El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-15
LA MESA. N. N.
Crying For Wdter-LaWyers Leave
For Court-SchoOl Entertain
ment AnnounCed-The Census
National Guard ~Drll1-Bdse Ball
La Mesans Want the Herald
pennant.
cial Correspondence of the HERALD.

special Correspondence of the HERALD.
LA MESA, May 12.-Much anxiety is
expressed here on account OF water
s EolSn tie D liver nc North Of US. sen: "No
water" is the daily cry! The alfalfa
crops are very small. In fact no crop
at all. Fruit 10 doing yell. Cereals
suffering badly from thirst, but there
are still hopes of a very small crop.
Farmers look for a fair crop Of corn.
Alfalfa never failed before, but this
year Is an exception to the rule.
Mr.. Mellon, Mr.. MOssman and young
Mr.. Mellon, passed through b town
with a herd OF good steers. They will
pasture across the river.
Hon. Jose Gonzalez, county school
superintendent of Las Cruces, also q
practicing lawyer, left thts morning
for Cnamberlno to defend . case.
Senior Roman Bermudes, a lawyer in
the lower courts of La Mesills, also
prosecute. Lewis Goodman, and Jose
B.. Nevarsz, . legal light of this pre-
clnct, left for the above named town,
one as witness and the other as RttOr-
ney In the case.
Miss Viola Peacock, teacher of our
public school, Is preparing the pupils
for an exhibition to be given o As
the school will close In q few days.
The o~ne-lungers who came from Ell
Psso in search of that oozine New
Mexico ozone are doing we'll. We I'M
derstand that some of them can sing
we'll at the health resort
Isidoro Armijo, Jr., has beer ap-
pointed a census enumerator by Hon.
Pedro Sanchez, supervisor for New
Mexico. Mr.. Armijo will enumerate
Anthony, Chamberino and La Union.
w. c Data. $40 L. fk4 1gS- -4ak4--
day. His horse, which was carefully
tied to g post, got the "Brooklyn
Boys" at seeing q paper fly near his
smelling apparatus and pulling the post
out of the earth started on Q dead run
towards the ranch. No accidents hap
pened and the quadruped is reported
as doing we'll after the excitement.
D. G. Ames, our popular AT. & 8.
F. railroad agent,at Earlham, comes to
members Of the national guard. He
10 getting out the "kink" and the boys
In blue enjoy the exercises. Lewis
Goodman Is orderly sergeant and Isl
doro Armijo, Jr., @. M. sergeant. Mr..
Ames had seven months of actual SER
vice during the last var
The La Mesa boys are enthusiastic
" base ball and do some prsc-
Using every day-particularly Sundsys.
A4As Law PsoA VI sHS OtN A0
Mesa team says be would like to get q
chance at the pennant offered by the
HERALD. but fears the boys have not
the time to practice. They are all far
mers.
Our broom factory continue doing,
a good business.
Invitations are out for a bale at
Anthony. Mr.. Geo. w. King, II sc ems
is the promoter.
Master Lauro Albarez, of the Union,
o employed by the Creels at Chi
hrshua, is visiting his family. He will
leave soon for Las Cruces, Mesilla Park
and other places. He graduated In
~stenogrsphy al the agricultural COL
lege, Mesilla Park.
Qustsvo Auditst, a travelling watch
maker, fixed the main spring on all Of
Woolson Spice Co.'S engines about the
place. He carried q big number of
chickens and . larger n of complaints
with him.