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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
PECOS VALLEY IS
DEVELOPING WATER
Many Wells Being Sunk at
Barstow and Vicinity;
Fair Exhibits.

Barstow. Tex. Sept 19.-The people
of this portion of the PecOS valley, both
here and ct PecOs City. have at last
awakened to the fact that instead CT
depending upon the uncertain flow or
the PecoS river for water for irrigation
purposes the vast underground flow
must be brought to the surface and
utilized in the growing of crops. TO
this end many wells are now being
bored and pumps installed At PecOs
NJ L. Swinehart and associates have put
down a number Of wells and are finding
an abundance of water at such cOmpar-
atively shallow depths that it may be
pumped to the surface and distributed
over the land that the cost Will be lit
tie if any greater than would be the
cost of water brought b. the river by
gravity. to say nothing Of the satisfac-
ton of knowing that water may be
had any time it is wanted. Worry over
water supply which is such a prominent
factor in the life of the man who OPP
crates an irrigated farm, will be ban
ished.
To Sink Many Wells.
On the BarstoW side of the river
Y. Biggs, who owns and controls about
20, 900 acres of irrigabIe land, and who
has been greatly hampered in his ef-
forts to develop it by the uncertainty
OF the flow of the Pecos. has two wells
down and is putting down a third.
These wells are in a sense experimental
If they prove to be Unfailing. wells viii
be put on every quarter section of the
tract and Mr.. Biggs Will cease TO wor-
~ when the Pecos runs dry
One of Mr.. Biggs' wells is 800 feet
deep and the water rises in il TO within
Is feet of the surface. The wei is IL
with the pump now installed furnishes
700 gallons per minute without percept-
IDLY lowering the water in the pipe.
The second well which is but 30 feet
away from the first is but 115 feet deep,
and the water rises in the pipe to with
in IA feet of the surface. This we'll is
in 40 feet of watch bearing sand and
with the pump now installed furnishes
1900 gallons per minute. A third well
is now being bored which Mr. Biggs
hopes will furnish 1000 gallons min
ute. This well which is 10 inches in
diameter is being bored on contract
that Mr.. Biggs is 10 pay the driller 81
per gallon for its capacity per minute.
This well will be carried 20 a greater
depth than either of the other wells
and when water is found a third type
of pump and engine will be installed as
Mr.. Biggs is experimenting with en-
gines and pumps as much as he is with
water.
Should the experiments in the way of
developing underground water. now be-
ing carried on in this valley, prove to
be all that is hoped for them there is
no doubt that farmers and landowners
in other sections of the dry belt Will
follow in the footsteps of Messrs. Bfggs
and Swinehart and not depend upon riv,
ers or rainfall for moisture for theiJ
crops.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
COUNTY JUDGE At ALPINE
CALLS IMPORTANT ELECTION.
DisineOrpOratiOn Question TO Be Settled
Plan to Drill for 4irteSIan Wa
ter-ManE Land Sales.

Alpine. Tex, Sept 19-COunty
judge E F. Higgins has ordered an
election to be held Wednesday. Septem-
Der p, to decide whether Alpine shall
remain incorporated. as some of the
citizens got up a petition signed by
a majority of two of the legal voters
in the city 10 get the election The
contest promises to be a warm one as
both sides are strong
w II. Funk and family have moved
to Alpine TO send their children to
school here. They are occupying a
residence in the east part OF town.
There is a movement to put down an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
SOUTHWESTERN TRAIN IS
D|TCHED; TWO INJURED

of the passengers were shaken up, but
only two injured and their injuries, con-
sisting of sprained spinal columns, were
slight, It is said.
The injured women were carried to
Santa Rosa, where the Southwestern
maintains a company physician, and
temporary relief given them. They pro-
ceeded to their destinations on train No.
when the track was cleared. Traffic
on the main line was held up for nine
hours following the derailment.
1t was stated Monday morning at the
general Offices Of the company that tho
track had been cleared.
The train was headed by engine No
IA and the exact scene Of the deraiI-
Tnent was at mile post 27S.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19

Southwestern train No. "a, which left
Ell Paso Sunday morning at 3
o'clock. was ditched near Los Tanos, N
NJ, Sunday afternoon at SIS O'Clock
due to a soft track and low joint.
Mrs J T Marsh, of Bernardlno,
Ariz, and Mrs. J. 5. Sellers, of St Jo-
seph, No, both travelling in Pullman
sleeper, were the only persons injured,
according to a statement issued at the
general Offices of the southwestern
When the train struck the soft track,
the tender, the baggage car, three
coaches and a sleeper left the track, all
except the sleeper careening considera-
bly, The sleeper merely left the track
and bumped along the ties. number
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
Fair Exhibits.

Ward county will be represented al
the Ell PasO fair as it was last year. by
an exhibit of its agricultural and hOrti-
cultural products which Will be gather
ed, forwarded and looked after by Mr.
Biggs. 1t viii comprise cotton, alfalfa
fruits OF all kinds and vegetables. and
viii show what may be grown on
Barstow farm with but little water
from the river and no rain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
Barstow Drainage System.

Tic great system of drainage bitches
put in at BarstOw last year have al
ready proved their worth in spite OF
the scarcity of water for flooding pur-
poses during the season just closed.
The system was established at great
cost for the purpose OF carrying off the
salt and alkali from a vast area of land
rendered practically valueless because
Of the presence Of the deleterious min
erals deposited. or brought TO the sur
face by subirrigatiOn- It was the intent
to flood the "water-logged" lands TO
point where the salts would be diluted
and carried off by the drains 10 the riv-
er. This intent would have been carried
out this year had there been water
enough in the river to spare for the
flooding purposes. AS it was however
the drains carried off the the seepage
waters which come down from the IT.
rigated lands above and with them
much of the salt and alkali which hith.
ertO found Judgment in the lands TO
their detriment.
s V. Biggs this year captured the
premium annually Offered by the city Of
Barstow for the first bale of cotton
grown in the vicinity Of Barstow. His
cotton crop will average better than
half a bale to the acre.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
to be a rush of Big Springs farmers
for broomcOrn seed next spring
Big Strings Growing,

to be a rush of Big Springs farmers
for broomcOrn seed next spring
Big Springs Growing.
That Big Springs is growing in spite
Of the drOuth and other untOward cir
cumstances, is evidenced by the fact
that when the schools opened last
Monday 72S pupils were enrolled as
against an enrolment of 500 at the
opening of schools last year. That en-
rollment was increased to over 500
later In the fall as families moved in
from outlying towns and ranches to
give their children an opportunity to
go to school. AS this year will be no
exception to the rule, a total enroll
ment apprOxima ting 1000 pupils IS
looked for before the close of the fall
term. Though two new ward schools
have been recently erected and dedi-
Gated to school purposes. a new ward
school will soon be needed and the
trustees are already discussing ways
and means for providing for the con-
stantly increasing number of children
cIamOring for school room.
Ney: Buildings.
Another evidence OF growth lies in
the number of new buildings completed
during the year or in process of cree
ton. OF those completed. the most
imposing and the cOstliest include the
new Texas & Pacific railroad passen-
ger station and division headquarters
building. the new Cole hotel, the Big
Springs Herald building and the build
ing occupied by the Big Springs Laun-
dry company. Among the uncomplet-
I'd buildings. the new Baptist church
is probably the largest. The walls are
up and the roof is on, but the interior
is still unfinished. The church when
completed and furnished viii have cost
the Baptist society about $4,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
NOGALES CELEBRATED
MEXICAN CENTENARY.
City Council Reduces Tax Rate For
Year 20 Cents; New Buildings
Planned. Nisitors in ToEyn

Nogales. Ariz., Sept. I9.-The ceIebra-
ton here in honor of the Mexican CEN
tenary will last several days-there be-
Ing parades, concerts in the plaza and
ball at the Ramirez theatre. Nogales.
Sonora, is gaily decorated as well as
all engines, s P Coaches and carriages
and nearly all places OF business are
closed The NogaIes public schools
closed on the 18th.
Surveyor Gore has begun the work
Of surveying the new business sites
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
DALLAS GRAND JURY RETURNS

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 19--The grand
Jury has returned indictments against
K. Hall and B. F. Haley. charg-
ing them with unlawful canvassing Of
returns in the recent Democratic pri-
mary. in which the men were election
officials. The indictments follow an in
vestigation which resulted from the
Roberts Scott election contest, for the
nomination of Judge of the 6Sth district
court. Haley made $3.50 bond. Hall has
not been arrested.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Its Origin, Customs, Superstitions and Traditions
ByDR

associated with the observance Of the
Easter festival from earliest times. On
some occasions There was such de-
mand for them that they reached fabu-
lous prices, Good authorities trace the
Easter egg custom to the Jews, who
at the passover, placed on the table TWO
small fish and a hard egg, which WAS
the symbol of bird called Ziz, con"
corning which the rabbls had thou
sand fabulous tales.
Others will have it that the asso-
citation of eggs with the celebration of
Easter is derived from mixture both
Of Christian and pagan legend The
early Christians looked upon the egg
as an emblem Of the resurrection. The
mysterious development of life in an
egg has always excited wonder from n
physiological viewpoint. The embryo
of tho bird forming and coming forth
can readily be taken as symbol of
the revival Of nature and the spring
ing forth of life, hence it is an apt
illustration of the resurrection Of the
Redeemcg.
The Romans had egg games which
ing to our modern Easter, On these
! occasions they ran races on oval tracks
and received eggs as prizes. The games
| were instituted In honor of Castor and
Pollux, the twins who came forth from
an egg deposited by the swan Leda.
| Different countries have varicus lie.
gends. concerning eggs. A myth comes
! to us from the Persians which probably
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week IN many countries was chosen as
a time in which TO hold athletic carni-
walls and both outdoor and indoor sports.
In early England handball was IA
vorite amusement and in Scotland was
the general sport of the country
men" played ball in the churches for
tansy cakes-sweet cakes baked with
raisins, which were considered great
delicacy. They are still much in de-
mand in many parts Of rural England.
On Easter Monday they had the hare
scramble and bottle kicking. Coins were
thrown in the air and whoever got the
most in the scramble was rewarded
with hare pie. 1t was generally com
posed Of mutton, however, for hare is
not in season at this time. Thick glass
bottles were filled with water and
kicked until the glass broke, when the
victor had his shins doused for his
pains.
Heaving Custom.
The "heaving" custom was one
much practiccd in England, Ireland,
Scotland and some other countries of
the continent, a "chair" was formed
by two persons joining hands and the
one who honored the seat was tossed
kissed. IT was the privilege OF the
boys to "heave" the girls on Easter
Monday, but the girls had their re-
venge on the following day.
Here is q description Of the woman g
chewing" as given by one who wit
messed the "sport.' "Often,' he
writes, "have I passed along the streets
inhabited by the lower orders of people,
and seen parties Of jolly matrons as.
sembled round tables on which stood
foaming tankards OF ale. There they
sat III all the pride of absolute SOW
; ereignty. and woe TO the luckless man
who dared to invade their prerogatives.
AS soon as he was seen he was pursued,
as soon as he was pursued he was
taken. and as soon rs he was "heaved' -
and kissed. he was compelled to pay six
pence for leave and leisure to depart. -
This "heaving' custom prevailed un-
til very recently. Indeed. it is vet
practiced in the remote neighborhoods.
There are many other quaint and
curious ceremonies, rites, stories. lie.
gends and superstitions connected with
the time. But out of all these, grand
and triumphant, comes the glorious Wis
ion Of the Risen Christ.
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part in determining meteorological con-
ditions for the rest of The year. An
old couplet runs thus:
Gives a good crop OF grass. but little
good hay.
Rain on Easter day denoted q very
wet season following. People believed
that if the sun shone on Easter Sun
day, though ever so little, there would
be sunshine more or less every daY for
the following twelve months When
tho wind blew from the east on the
holy morning it was deemed advisable
to draw Easter water and bathe in it.
so as to ward off any i'll effects from
an east wind until the festival came
round again. The importance Of the
clothing .was not overlooked by our
simple ancestors. Every one appeared
in his or her best array and there was
much rivalry in this respect,
Cause for Easter Hats.
To insure good luck for the rest of
the year it was deemed imperative to
don some new article of dress on Easter
morning. Women especially made great
effort and sacrifice to deck themselves
out ia new finery. An old English bard,
in the fervency Of emotion, thus i'm.
mortalized his spring suit:
Last Eyster l put on by blew
Frock cuoat. the vust time. vicr new;
WI yaller buttons aal o. brass,
That clitter'd l. the zun like glass,
Beleaise twor Eyster Iunday.
Eggs. used in various ways, have been
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kiss the cruciGx and bless the rings.
They then became sacred symbols and
were supposed to cure cramps by their
touch.
Other Superstitions.
Another English superstition in early
days caused the extinguishing Of all
fires on Easter eve. They had to be
thoroughly out and fresh ones kindled
by the ignition Of flint and steel. It
was believed that q brand preserved
from the newly-hghted fires would mt
any time the following year ward of
storms and tempests and be an offset
against lightnings and thunderbolts.
Ii was universal custom TO rise on
Easter morning to see the sun dancing.
The god Of day was said to be welcom-
ing the risen Saviour. The belief very
easily gained crcdence. AS the human
eye IS not strong enough to gaze into
the sunbeams, even when the meteor is
only emerging above the horizon
smoked glass was employed and, Of
course, the refraction Of the rays upon
the glass gave the orb the appearance
of bobbing up and down. The same
phenomenon under like conditions can
be observed on any other morning Of
the year.
In Scotland they believed that the
sun not only danced on Easter morn
but that he somersaulted for hours
through the heavens and INDUCED in all
kinds of celestial antics.
Easter and tho Weather.
The state of the weather on Easter
day 1t was believed had a significant
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aster i'm Many Lands

same day, to wit: the first Sunday after
the full moon, which comes upon, or
next after, the 21st of March, and if the
full moon happens on Sunday, Eas-
ter day is the Sunday after. Easter
may be as early as March % and as
late as April 25
The ceremonies attending the first
celebrations of Easter were simple and
there was very little Of any kind of
elaborate display or observance. 1t
was Constantine who first originated
the religious pomp. He caused night
watches to be instituted in the churches
and these remained until early hours
of the morning. He also had huge can
dies Of wax moulded which were light
ed on the altars instead of the wax
tapers. The great Candle still lit in
the sanctuaries Of the Roman church
during the festival had its origin in
these candles Of Constantine. He also
introduced the custom Of banking the
altars with flowers.
Observances Of Easter Tide.
The observances of Easter tide ma
terially changed in the course of the
centuries and In different countries In
England from an early time many cur
ious customs centered around the feast.
On Good Friday the baking of buns was
universal in all households, On most
occasions these were made with unlea-
vened flour or dough and were gener-
ally very unpalatable, but every mem
Der was compelled to eat one, for the
superstition concerning the non -obser-
vance of the eating had it, that misfor-
tune would overtake the house in tho
form of fire before another Good Fri
day. Pbe buns were generally eaten hot
and in commemoration of Christ g
death on tho cross, on this day, they
were branded by q hot iron in the form
OF a cross. Hence the origin of hot
cross buns,
Loaves were also baked on Good Fri
day, 1t was considered that these had
miraculous properties to cure various
ailments lf any one was sick q por-
ton of the crust of the loaf was graf
ed into water and the drink given TO
the patient. 1t was believed to be an
unfailing specific in the case of con-
sumptives or those suffering from pull
monary complaints.
Another curative superstition lay In
what was known as cramp rings, which
could be- made out of any material. The
condition to render them efficacious was
that they had to be blessed by the king.
They were placed in a silver basin on
the chapel floor, beneath large cruici-
fix carpet was spread on the floor.
The lung had TO kneel on this carpet,
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Episcopal.

ST, PAULS-Nain and Fourth South
streets, Charles +. Perkins, rector. HOLY
communion at and S q, m. Morning
prayer. holy communion and sermon at
II o'clock Chldren's Easter festival and
holy baptism at p. m, Evening prayer
and sermon al o'clock.
ST, MARKS CATHEDRAL--East First
South. between Second and Third East
streets; the Rt. Rev. Franklin 5. Spald :,
Ing d. D., bishop; the Very Rev, Samuel
II. Colladay. dean. Services today. GAS and
a. m. holy communion, morning prayer.
plain. 1890. Holy communion and sermon
by the dean. Stainer's communion service
In r. VIII be sung. II a, m. Full choral
evening prayer and sermon by the dean
al 1880.
ST, JOHNS CHAPEL-Logan avenue
and Ninth East street; holy communion
and sermon. II O'Clock.
ST. PETERS CIIAPEL-s67 North
Second West street. Holy communion, =
a. m. Evening prayer and sermon, 1880
o'clock.
INRATERNAL HALL-Murray. Service
and sermon, 4 p. m.
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furnishes a good basis for the Easter
custom. The legend states there were
two Jealous brothers who were gifted
with the power to create. One made an
egg containing good spirits, the other
fashioned an egg full OF demons. They
then broke the eggs and scrambled them
together and as a result good and evil
became mixed in the world. In mem
ory Of these brothers the Pcrsians to-
day hold festival IN the month of
March when they present to one another
colored eggs.
In every country Of Christendom
hard boiled eggs are colored and
Monday, the day after the feast. Roll
ings eggs has from the days of Wash
ington been a favorite pastime On the
grounds Of the White House in the
nation s capital
AS to Easter Rabbit.
We hear much of the Easter rabbit,
but the "rabbit' was originally a
hare. The hare has n good deal to do
with the moon in legend and story
and we know that tho moon has much
to do with Easter. 1t is the phase of
the full moon which determines the
date of the festival. Oriental my.
thology has originated some queer con-
ceptions of the moon, Hindu and
Japanese artists paint hare across
the moon IS disc, while the Chinese rep
resent the "queen OF night as a rab'
bit pounding rice in mortar. AS TO
the hare and the moon. the story goes
that Buddha once took upon himself
the form Of q hare that he might feed
a hungry fellow creature, and that in
this form he was translated to the
moon, where he eternally lives.
Another version has it that India was
once on the verge of perishing from
both cold and hunger, He succeeded
in kindling fire, but was despairing OF
obtaining food, when hare came along
and jumped into the fire, so that il
might roast itself for the benefit OF
the starving prophet. India would moi
accept the sacrifice, but in gratitude
for the intention he translated the ami
NAL to The moon where his follower!
claimed they could see it on bright
nights, The superstition of the hare
and the moon is mentioned by Pliny
Archelaus and some other ancient
writer's.
In the days not SO long ago Easter
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given by the city coun..
ell of Salt Lake City Of the Intention OF
such council TO make the following de-
scribed Improvement. to-wit:
Extending and laying sewer latcrals OF
vitrined pipe six (6l and eight (S( inches
IN diameter on all streets within the
district bounded on the north by Second
South street. on the east oy the reserVa-
ton line. on the south by Fifth South
street and on the west by Tenth Eas'
street, in Sewer district No. l. said later
ais TO DO built on both side9 of all wlde
streets, and In the center OF all narrow
streets and defray the abutters' portion
of tho cost and expense thereon. esti-
mated at lfty live thousand two hundred
sIXty-five and 62-l0Q (S55,26S;b2) doIiars' :
forty-tbTee thousand one hundred elSnty- :
four and 74-100 (SIS.1Si.74 dollars or TWO
and 3S-lO0 (S2.SS) dollars per front or In
ear foot OF aoutting property Tor sewer on
both SIDES of streets there being 1S;lfi 10
feet abutting said portion OF said I'M
provement. and twelve thousand eighty
and $500 (Sl2. .0SO.SS) dollars. or one ana
l9-lQ0 (Sl.l9) dollars per front or linear
foot OF nbutting property for sewer IN
center of streets, there being lO,lo2 feet
abutting said portion OF said Improve
ment by q local assessment upon the
lots or pieces OF sround WITHIN Lhe 5GI 50,-
lowing described district. being the DIS,
trict TO be affected and benehted Dy sulo
improvement, namely:
SEWER ON SIDES OF STREETS,
Tho west side of lots and 5, the east
40 feet OF the north side OF lot 5, the
west 49.5 feet OF the north side OF lot 9;
and the east S25 feet OF the north Side of
lot C. block II: the west side of lots :
and 5. the enst side of lots and 8, the
edst 1i0 feet OF the north side Of lot s..
the north side of lots q and Z. and the
west 40 foet OF the north sido OF lot s..
block 10; the north 132 feet OF the west
side Of lot 4. the west side of lot 5; the
east side OF lots 1, 6 and s. the north 10
feet of the south l5S feet OF the cast side
Of lot 7, the east 305 feet OF the north
side Of lot g. the west sos feet Of the
north side OF lot 6, block 90; the north
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knights of PYthias.

Calanthe Myrtle lodge No. l will
hold an open meeting and roll call on
Monday evening, April 4th, of all its
members, whether in good standing or
not This will include all who were
at any time members Of Myrtle No. l,
Calanthe No, >, Zion No. ~ or Calan-
the Myrtle No. /, who are earnestly
and urgently invited to be present and
answer to their names when called. If
you cannot be present, kindly write a
Short letter, which will be read at the
meeting.
All soiourniug Knights, in good
standing or not, cordially invited
Remember the date-Monday even
ing, April 4th, Mt S O'Clock.
CURTIS a. WuERRY, G. &,
C. E. HOLMAN, K. of r. & s,