Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-08
LAS CRUCES AND
THE MESlLLA VALLEY
Elephant ePrOieCtASSured
and the People Are
Jubilant.
SOME INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS
sneclal correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Las Cruces, n. NJ, Nov. LAS
Cruces and vicinity is jubilant. Inc
progressive tiller OF the soil along the
winding nCoks of the Rio Grande is
enthusiastic over the great victory
we have had. One hundred and TWEEN
ty thousands acres of land were sub
scribed to the Elephant Butte dam pro
iect at 6 p. m. yesterday. 1t was a
great struggle. but progress ruled.
MANY times the outcome looked
gloomy as it was slow. Success has
srowned the efforts of the Water
Users association and for the first
time in five months the word was
passed that the land required for the
erection OF the Elephant Butte dam
had been signed.
The fossil-like hayseed who vas and
is yet lingering in the rust OF civiliza-
ton, however, is still allowed to sign
his land conditionally. Contracts are
received, and the man who wishes to
execute the same now does 1t at his
expense, and has the same filed with
the association, much in the same
manner that deeds are recorded in the
probate clerks office, with date, Civ
ing hour, day, year. etc. When the
time m to classify the land to be
under the dam. the contracts filed
since November 4 are to be taken ac-
cording to date of filing, and accepted
for land that may be thrown out,
which may not be irrigable. Those
who know, say that 100000 acres will
be signed during the week, under the
conditional column-that is any Ian
over 10000 acres.
Real estate has gone up. In a few
months it will be difficult to buy land
by the acre. 1t will be sold by the
foot. The diverting dam is to be
started very soon. This will furnish
water free for five years to the farm
ers along the beautiful Mesilla valley
One hundred and seyenty-five thousand
dollars is set apart for that purpose.
The victory means a bonanza to the
farmer, the business man and the rea
estate dealer. To the miner, it is the
kiss of gold.'' The Mesilla vale!
will bloom like the rose, for water i.
queen.
We have been threatened with rain
but only small showers have damp
ened the sandy roads.
A marriage license has been ISSUED
to Mr.. Primitive S. Ames and Mis-
frankie Apodaca. The bride is
beautiful young lady from San Eli2
ario, Texas. Mr.. Ames is a mode
young man of Las Cruces. They VIII
be married at the Catholic church OF
Wednesday, November s.
Practical improvements are beinI
made by the trustees OF the Las Cru
ces school district No. 2, in front O
the new brick, modern school house
The public road is widened to a grea
extent and things will look better a.
around, the public and the school gel
ting the beneft-the people by havin
a wider and better road and the schoC
by enhancing its beauty.
L. Clapp, from Hatch, N. M, of tn
Water Users association, is in tn
city on dam business.
G. o. Thompson, of Earlham,
veritable knight of the plains, mad
a triumphant entry into the city o
his favorite equine quadruped, and in
mediately repaired to dam h~eadqua
tiers, where he made an incredible r,
port of the enormous amount of Ian
pledged in that district. He also re-
resented ex-County COMMISSIONS
Mossman, who was unable to be pre-
ent on account of illness. On his r
turn, he likewise made a triumphi
leave, very much reminding us of thu
tabled drummer boy at Marengo-"H
a beat a charge, but never a r
treat"
Santa Fe trains have been arrlvir
late for several days. People here al
of the opinion that the Santa Fe h'
gone to the cleaners. All freight
hauled overland by Las Cruces me