Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-29
LAS CRUCES and
MESILLA PARK
Active Building Operations in the
Pretty Little College Town on
the Rio Grande.
FAVORABLE CROP OUTLOOK
The Report of An Epidemic of Scarlet
Fever is Denied-A Modern and Com
plete Grand Stand is Being
Built.

Special Correspondence New Mexican
Mesilla Park N. NJ, April -, 1901
Mrs. l.. l.. Brown, an assistant In the
preparatory department of the college
and at one time a teacher in the schools
of Santa Fe, is recovering from aer-
ious attack of pneumonia She Will
probably be out again in a few days.
Building operations are going ahead
at MesilIa Park. A neat store build ng
by the depot is nearing completion w.
s, Gillian of Earlham, N. NJ, is AT
work on a six-roomed adobe house. The
brick house of II. G. Newberry is we'll
under way, and it is expected THAT work
| will before long be commenced on the
Episcopal church, to be erected here,
the first church for this place.
| The weather conditions here are now
very favorable for crops. The cod
weather of the past very unusual spring
suddenly left us a week ago, since
which time it has been exceptionally
warm. The bitches, which have been
dry for nearly a month, are expected to
be full again today or tomorrow. IT is
generally conceded that there Will be
NO peach crop in the valley, and pears
generally are mostly killed. Other
fruits promise a good crop.
The report, published in an up-coun-
try paper that scarlet fever was cpl
damic in the college here is entirely un-
founded. Mo teacher i'm the institution
has been ill with it and only one stu
dent, who was Immediately isolated and
quarantinad when first taken i'll, sever
al weeks since. No case has occurred
in the girls dormitory or In amy college
boarding house, SO that the students, OF
the institution are in no danger of in
fection whatever.
Following election of a May Queen,
all efforts are now being made to in
sure success for the field day event.
May 3, with the event Immediately pre-
cedfng, will constitute, next to COM
mencement the leading social event Of
the college year. The coronation Gf the
queen Miss Elizabeth Coleman, occurs
on Thursday might, May 2, and the fol-
lowing day will be one train of impor-
tant events for which most elaborate
arrangements are being made. An ex-
cellent program of events has bean ar
ranged for the athletic contests, and both
young men and young women students
will participate.
On Friday night the grand ball and
reception with May pole dance festivi-
ties, will take place in the rink at Las
Cruces. A large attendance of people
from outside points is looked for.
The grandstand, built with the fund
of $500 raised from the May queen con-
athletic field and will be completed by
May 8. 1t is neatly and conveniently
arranged and in addition to the grand
stand proper includes dressing and bath
rooms, ceiled and foored throughout,
and with shower and plunge bath;
heating apparatus, lockers, benches.
ETC., and accommodations for refrcsh-
ment stand. f. H. Bascom of Las
Cruces, has the contract for the job
Orchardists and fruit growers who
are troubled with the codling moth
should note Press Bulletin No. 46, is
sued April a. the experiment. sta
tion here. This gives reliable formulas
which are easily prepared, for spraying
for the codling moth. It appears i'm an
other column of the New Mexican)
r. w. e. Etheridge, a graduate of '9e
of the stenographic department os the
college, visited the college on the 25th
and 2Gt'h. Mr. Etheridge came up from
Mexico City, ON leave of absence from
his position there, to take the civil SER
vice examination held in Ell Paso, Tex,
on the 22d instant, for English and
Spanish sltenographers for the Philip |
pines. Mr.. r. F. Barker, of the college, !
also took the examination.
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