Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-21
MDR|OE AGAIN At
HEAD OF THE
COLLEGE
REELECTED PRESIDENT
OF BOARD OF REGENTS
Las Cruces Commercial Organ
izations Active Farmers In
site in Session. MeSiIIa VAL
ley Notes,

Especial correspondence to Morning Journal
Las Cruces, y. NJ. March 19.--Tho
board of regents of the a. K NJ. a,
college held q meeting Monday NOM
ing. Dr.. Il. T.. Mcbride was reflect
ed president Of the boa~d anG '. u,
May secretar. ana treasurer. No de-
cision was reached i'm reagrd to the
selection Of the faculty for the com
ing year and the matter was deferred
until the neXt meeting which viii oc-
cur sometime in May. 1t is under
stood, however, that most of the pres
cnt Faculty will be retained. There
will be n resignation, it is under
stood, that of Prof. Macarthur, and
his position will probably be filled by
Il newcomer. The board called for
bids for the college printing for the
ensuing year.
Mrs. Charles Gross died here last
Monday at | o'clock III re Afternoon
of pneumonia. She hJd been III ut
a few days, having cJrtide.ed \ Sc
we're cold last Thursday a week ago.
This developed 'apsd, int pn1unloi-
it and caused her death Moaday.
Mrs. Gross Nas a NATIVE Of MorgGn
city. Ia, and came to Las Cruces
about three and one has years ago
for The benefit - The hcaith If one
Of her daught ers. Sha is strviveo by
three daughters anl " 0 n
The funcra TOOK place Tuesday
morning at 1870 o'clock from Tie
Catholic church. Father Vandermes-
sen having charge Of the obsequies.
lntelment was in odd Fellows cemc-
terry. The members OF .ina local 6r-
der of the Kai4nts Of Columbus al
tended the funeral IN q body rs Old
also the local order of Elks, the cld-
est son being a ambr OF boil. cr-
ganigations.
DR.. Nathan Boyd is perfeetin2 plans
TO open a well equipped sanatorium AT
his ranch in the Orgll mountains
near the Dripping Springs resort Of
Major Van Patton.
ID. NJ. Morgan. new manager Of the
Electric Light and Ice company, IS
making many improvements in the
plants equipment. The chamber OF
commerce recently took up VITA t}le
new manager the installation of "a
all-night service and Mr.. Morgan
stated that he had planned TO install
such a service during the month OF
April.
Mr.. w. \. Fleming Jones. a mem
Der of the governors staff, viii en-
tcrtain Governor Mills and staff and
several out Of town guests at a dim
ner on the evening oil the first OF
April.
A letter of acceptance from the lei
Paso chamber of has been
received by The local organization in
reply to the invitation sent to them
to be present on governors day.
The regular monthly meeting of
The Mesilla Valley Farmers Institute
was held Saturday afternoon in the
court house. The main topics up for
discussion were the size and weight
of alfalfa bales the market demands
and celery culture. The meeting con-
Nened at 1880 o'clock.
The chamber of commerce has TAX
en- in hand the matter OF protecting
the Mcsilla ditch from the %encrouch-
ment of the river. The reclamation
engineers reported last week that the
heavy SHOWS of the north which would
soon begin to melt and swell the
spring floods to unusual proportions
might prove a serious menac to the
ditch, c~ndangering property and
thereby causing great damage to adj
accent lands. L
H. l. Young and George Frenger, ,
VINO acted for the chamber Of com
mercc board Of directors called Il
meeting Of the ditch commissioners