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Show JUSTICE RULES HIS VILLAGE. M. A. Ernst of Boqulllas, Tex., Wields Much Power in His Town. Kl Paso. Tex. M. A. Ernst of l!o qulllas Is proving himself a powerful potentate. Me owns a store Imre and holds the olllce or Justice or the peace, and as such ofllcer has full sway over a territory as largo us an average stale. Iloqulllas Is slluaied on the Itlu Grande, fur down In the lllg llend region re-gion of Texas. It is 100 miles fiom Hoqulllns lo the nearest railroad point. Tho territory over which Mr. lCrnst presides borders on the Hlo Grande for more than too miles and extends toward the interior for 75 miles. It Is occupied almost exclusively by Mexicans. Mexi-cans. In former days this remote and wild region was tho pluce of refuge of deiqieruto criminals. Most of theso outlaws have been cleared out. and to Krnst is duo the credit for accomplishing accom-plishing much of this good work. Tho Mexicans on Hie upper border look 'upon him us Hie absolute ruler of this little kingdom. They go to him ror advice when In trouble, iiud should one or them commit an offense against the statutes of the stale they know that ho "'111 receive deserved punishment at the hands of the border justice of the peace, ir tho prisoner In Hie t-aso merits leniency, ICrust gives It without regard to the testimony testi-mony and lnw. Ktnst otliclales at most or the marriages mar-riages In that part or the Itlo Grando border region. |