El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-21
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.

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Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
CARLSBAD, Nov. 1S.-The people of
the prosperous little city of Carlsbad
of an enterprise that means dollars to
them in local profit and great
precedence in the way of commercial
advantage. The enterprise is an as
sured fact and your correspondent finds
spirit of jubilance prevailing the
Carlsbad atmosphere. The occasion
for this spirit of good feeling is the
installment of a wool securing mill.
suffi Gent in capacity to handle all
demands of the regular wool clip, and
it will be il working order for the
spring business.
The mill that will be used here is the
one owned by Leon Halfin, of Colorado
City, Texas. The promoters of the
enterprise are Mr.. Hsl6n and Mr.. ].
F. Matheson, of Carlsbad. 1t was de-
sired to find better location for the
mill than where it now stands, so it was
decided upon to make this change. G.
L. Polsgrove, who will manage the
plant, will soon be on the ground,
when suitable site will be selected
and work of erection will then prompt
ly go forward.
It is claimed that the plant has
capacity of working about 10000
pounds of wool per day. By removing
the plant to Carlsbad it is with the
hope of finding location for 1t in the
very midst of the wool producing sec
| ton of the country. The establishment
of these works here will be of vast local
benefit, as well as of general good. A
force of at least fifteen persons will be
employed to operate the plant. 1t will
be the means not onlyof keeping local
capital at home, but will bring some OF
the good hard dollars of our neighbors
in the sheep business into circulation
in this neck of the woods.
1t is estimated by those who claim
| to be "all wool'' authority that the
coming spring clip will reach. about
| ], 200, 900 pounds, and it Is the expec-
tation of the promoters of the industry
| to have this mill in readiness for the
spring work. The enterprise will guar
antee to our local and neighboring
wool producers prompt and open
| m srket for their fleece, avoiding the
EN- Embarrassment and delay of depending
upon transient dealers.
ARTESIAN WATER.
The people of Carlsbad are not
asleep. They are enterprising and
not afraid to spend few dollars where
there is a prospect of returns from the
Investment. They are now after
water and are boring mother earth
with holes to tap her undercurrents in
the attempt to find artesian water.
A short time ago, $4,000 was raised
by popular subscription for the purpose
of drilling for this precious fluid and
trial we'll was started couple of
weeks ago on what Is known as the
Vineyard stock farm, about two miles
south of Carlsbad. The first trial
hole WAS bored to a depth OF
ed Water, however, was
found, but not artesian. The hole has
been abandoned, but effort has not
been discontinued, for Carlsbad peo-
pie are not made that way.
Another we'll has been started, about
one mile west of town this time, and
the hole is down $50 feet. In this new
development there has been plenty of
water found but not artesian flow, al
thought every Indication is favorable
aud the work is still going on.
The general contour of the country
seems to Indicate an artesisn belt.
There are artesian wells seventeen
miles to the north, also at Pecos on the
south. 1t is the intention to continue
the work of boring until number of
test wells shall have been sunken or
until good flow is discovered.
The striking of srtesian water means
much for the future of the country, and
there is every reason to. believe that
faithful and persistent effort will meet
with reward.
SPRING SALES OF CATTLE.
Col. G.. @. Slaughter is gradually
moving many of his registered Here
ford cattle from his Panhandle ranch
to his alfalfa pastures near Roswell.
1t is his intention to hold sale every
spring of fine bred stock, and in this he
will be assisted by J. j. Hagerman, the
Littlefeld Cattle company, and other
cattle magnates of Chavez county.
The heavy shipments of stock cattle
and feeders from Pecos City toward
the north and east continue, and would
be largely increased were it not for
the scarcity of cattle cars. Between
Oct. 18th and the It'll of the present
month 270 cars, 1920 head. left
Pecos for the north and east. These
shipments were divided as follows:
missouri. ...... .lUoo
Nebraska & S. Dakota 1921
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1t is reported that during the past
thirty days four hundred and twenty
three cars of cattle have been shipped
from Pecos for feeders and stockers.
In sll there were about Is, ZOO or more
head of stock contained in the months
shipment.
WINTER VISITORS.
Since the approach Of cold weather
10 the north and east people are be-
ginning to flock to the south west, and
Carlsbad is getting good share of
them. The hotels here are filling up
rapidly owing to the tenn