Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-11
LAS CRUCES AND
THE MESlLLA VALLEY
ElephantBulie ePrOIeclAssured
and the People Are
JubIIani.
SOME INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS
apecIal currnannndanee-

special correspondence.
las Cruces. ". M. Nov. LAS
Cruces and vicinity Is iublsanl. The
progressive llller OF the aols along tha
whaling nonks oi sho Rio 0rnnde n
enthusiastic over the great victory
We have had Cine hundred aud twon..
" thousands acrca of land were sub.
scrihcd to the elephant Hnlto dam pro-
leci ai . D. M. yesterday II wna \
great struggle. but progress Ftllad
Mnny times tho outcome looked
sloomy ar 4 was slow Success han
srnWned The cR0i1a 81 tho water
ueefs' association ana fOr tho nrra
tinie IN five moniha the word Was
passed that the land Required Tor the
erection VI ihe Elephant Bnlto dam
had heen signed
The ioaaniike hasseed who waa and
b yet lingering IN the fuat ol clyiilaar
tlpn, however. Is still alluN oe 10 sign
his land cOnd'ti0naily. Contracts ave
FecelNoa, aud the man who wlahca Ia
execute the aatnn now does Il az HIS
expense. and has the same llled @afh
tho association, much In tho aame
manner that deeds are recorded In the
probate clerks Ofice with date, Civ
lag hour day. year. etc. When the
time comes 10 classify the lard 10 bo
under the dam. the contracts flo6
since November Z are % be taken an,
cordiug 20 date Of illlng. aud accepted
tor land that may 81 tnrOwn out.
which may not be irriRhble. These
who know. say that 10000 acres wlii
be signed during the week. rnder tho
conditional column thas IA any land
over 10000 afrer.
Real estate has gone nn. In 4 few
months Il VIE bc d,lacuil 10 buy lard
by The acre. n wlii bo aold by the
foot The alvegtiBR Dam IL 90 ho
started very ao0n. This will furnish
water free for nge yeafs 60 the farm-
cra alonr The beautiful MgHlila valley
Ono hundred aud eeyonty 1--WE thousand
dollars b PEI apart fof that purpose.
The Victory means q bonanza Ia the
FARMER. ihe business man ana the real
estate dealer. 10 the miner, Il IA the
'kifH Oi gold" The MDailla valley
wili bfoom Tao the rose. Tor water N
queen
We have been threatened with rain.
bat only small Showers hare damp
ened the sandy roads.
A marriage license has been lssuad
10 Mr Primitive ~ Ames ana Miss
Fraukle Apodaea. The bride Ia
beautiful young lady from san Elin-
nri0. Texas M, Aaes Is = modal
Young man og las Cruces. Thut witt
be- married al the Catholic churrh On
Wednesday November a
! Practical improvements are belms
made b. The trustees Of the lsaa Cra-
ces school district No. 2. In front az
the new brick. modern school house
The public road n wlaened 10 3 great
extent and thugs viii look belter ~
around. the public aud che school Ret
ting the henefi--the peOpf4 by havinH
a wider and better road nud the achoal
hy enhancing ~ beauty.
I. 4. Clapp from Hatch, ~ ~. og tha
Water Users aasocintion. II ia tire
city on dam business.
q. q. Thompson, uf Earlham. a
Yerliablc knight Of tho plains. made
triumphant entry into the city On
hin eavorise equine qeRdruped and Tn
medlaielt repaired 10 dam headanaF.
ters, where b. made an incredible re-
port OF the enormous amount of inRd
pledged h that district lie also rep
resented etfoaniy Commissioner
aOaaman. who was unable % be pres.
ent on account of illness. On his rss
turn. he likewise made a sfiumphRl
leave. very much reminding W. n thhi
fahled Drummer boy AZ MafeuRO. ffs
can beat q ehafHe bot never = ~
treat
Santa Fr trains nave been arrlvine
late s0f several days People here ara
. Of the oplnlel that the Santa te has
gone AZ ihu CLEANERS All freight d
hauled overland bs las Cruces mer.
chamln This has been done foI
. yeafs u - eheapef The Santa ~
has hn fflendh here
N ftN days 4 heN newspaper Wlll
hf established is thls city IL wlll bt
hapliged El Ece Del Vale. a0d riIl "a
under the manaHement ~ Mareellna
. i.erua an expert tYreReitpr
Francisco Jaramillo. county commits
sloner from Rodey. u III he ci'y On
business