El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-29

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The rainy season has started in and
showers may be expected at any time.
Parties in from the mesa report that
heavy rains have fallen all over the
region and tt at the water holes have
been filed up and the grass greatly
benefited.
The following cases were acted on by
the appellate court at San Antonio:
Motion granted: @. O. Coffin, eX-
so, for rehearing.
reversed: c. o. Coffin, executor,
VS.. A. NJ. LOOMS from Ell Paso-
brand, clerk: Il. Faust, bailif, and
Miss Ethel May. stanographer, for the
ensuing term of two years, beginning
Sept. l. 1897.
John Thompson of LacOn, ILL.,.
writes from the City of Mexico that
he has purchased 4 controlling inter-
est in the historical Jesus Maria mine
for so, 900 in gold. 1t is known that
it was discovered and worked hundreds
of years ago by the Aztecs. They
were driven off and made slaves OF by
the Spaniards, who worked the mine
in primitive manner till they were
in turn slaughtered by Indians. The
mine was then abandoned and its ex-
istepce was not thought of for a long
period of time. Four years ago Mil
liken, a prOspector out from the City
of Mexico, stumbled on the ancient
workings, ard made the discovery that
they were immensely valuable. The
property at this time was owned by
an old Mexican, who surrendered the
Jesus Maria to Milliken for $4,000.
An irrigation problem is one that is
just now attracting the attention OF
Texans. A constitutional amend
ment is before tue people and will
be voted on the first Tuesday in Au-
gust.
The following is the opinion of Con-
gresham Stephens, of this district, on
the subject OF irrigation. 1t is mat
ter that should be studied by the voter.
Mr.. Stephens says:
Il think that the amendment known
as the irrigation amendment to the
state constitution, to be voted on in our
state on the first Tuesday in August
next, should be adopted by the people
for these reasons:
81. Irrigation will insure good crops
on iris able lands every year in west
ern Texas.
50. 1t will greatly increase the
value of the state school lands in the
dry belt of Texas, and thus benefit
the public free schools of the whole
state.
%. 1t will add materially to the
taxable wealth and population OF west
ern Texas.
II. 1t will develop the beet sugar
and other manufacturing industries in
Texas.
70. 1t is purely a local option law
which permits land owners IN prescrib-
ed d st icss to vote q tax on themselves
for (wa.er) irrigation purposes, and Is
siml. ar in It's scope and provisions to
the law now in force for levytug and
collecting d special school tax.
In view OF the uncertainty of the
rainfall in west Texas, L believe
that this amendment should be adopt
ed"
Mr.. l.. NJ. Guggeuheim, of Dallas,
writing on the irrigation amendment
to the constitution, says:
millions of 60 lars co buy sugar an
nudliy leave the STATE never to return
Ini5 vast amount of money Will stay in
Texas and circulate among the people
if the masses who favor home industry,
viii vote for the II Irrigation amendment
on the Bird day of August. Inside OF
one year after the election beet sugar
retinerieS will be established in The
rich valleys of west Texas, the building
up of the drougnL-strlcken west will
tighten the taxes of the balance of tie
state at no cost to any one except those
VINO have their lana irrigated. The
state of Texas has millions of acres of
school land which will enhance ia value
at no cost TO tae state. No longer Will
California furnish our fruit, Colorado
our potatoes. Kansas our floor and The
sugar truet.our sugar. Irrl gatiou will
do the same Tor Us IL has for California,
Nebraska ana Co4OraIo, making US
rich, happy and independent The
poor farmers OF the west Will have a
nome worthy of the name, SCHOOL
houses and cnurcnas will DE built and
the lum Der VIII be furnished by east
Texas. 1t will BE- the Big ming of an
earnest Industrial era, thousands OF
men now out Of employment will find
work on dams and canals. Vote for
this am -ndment anu grad old Texas
VIII be one of the banner Industrial
states Cf the union"
The craze for souvenir spoons, which
ragged in viruleut form some five or six
years ago, Is d ,aln upon the country.
OF Unc past Two months TIE tfdVellu =
statesmen of the ditferelt wholesale
houses have been pouring in orders in
steady stream to manufacturers. Over
a hundred tnOu.a and spoons We're espe-
C ally mace and dispOsrd of at the re-
cent Philadelphia SAengerfesJ, and
several cOnsignments of spoons emble-
matte OF epOcns IN the history of Utau
are now on their way to Salt Lake, IN
advance of the coming cele oratlOn.
The boom IN these luxuries Is regarded
as an evidence that people are loosen
ing thelr purse strings IN the belief
that at La few breakers of the wave
OF prosperity have ma, aged to strike
shore. Ell Pa5o is souvenir spoon town
and many spoons al c sold mere to tour
ISIS.
The Philadelphia Ledger promises
TO enjoy before long the unique DIS
Junction of being the only leading
paper in the United States set up en-
tirely by hand. 1t IS understood thai,
in response 20 overtures from a num-
ter OF manufacturers of various type-