El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-28
CANNING FACTORY
FOR SILVER CITY
One Building at Spaulding;
New Mimbres Valley
Road No Damage
by Flood.

| Silver City. y. M. July 2S.-The new
| canning factory, which is being built
on the Mimores river, about nine miles
! from Spaulding. a station on the Santa
/ Fe branch from Deming to this city,
is nearing completion, according to the
! statement of Charles f. Napp. Inter
ested with Mr.. Napp in this enterprise
| is senator j. n. Upton, who owns a
! large ranch near Spaulding The can
merry Is expected to be in operation in
| 80 days and will afford market for
the ranche-S and fruit growers in the
rich Mimbres valley.
These men have also secured several
hundred acres of land in the vicinity
of the cannery. which can be cultivated
and the same will be put on the eastern
market.
h o. Bursum and Harry n. Dough-
erty, of Socorro, passed through here
Ell route to Mogollon, where they are
both interested in mining properties.
Mr.. Bursum is Republican territorial
chairman and while here held confer
ence with number of the leading local
members of his party.
DR.. w. G.. Shadrach has rented cot
tage here and will move in from Santa
Rita,\ August 1.
Der of her young friends at a birthday
party.
J. B. Downey, superintendent of the
local electric light plant, is absent on
business in Albuquerque
j. Y Robertson has returned to Ell
Paso, after spending several days here
at his mining property at Gold Gulch
Miss Louise Tenney, daughter of W.
A Tenney, has gone to Lowell Ariz
Miss Helen and Anna Christ of Ger
mantown, Pa who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. brewer of this city,
have gone to California coast resorts,
where they will spend some time before
returning home.
A NJ Gillespie has returned from San
Antonio, Texas, where he was called on
account of the death of his father
Mrs. Louise Metzgar has returned 10
her home in this city, after an absence
of seven months spent at her old home
in Germany and other European points
W. S. Cox is reported to be improving
He has been for some weeks at Fay
wood Hot Springs, but will soon be
able to return to business duties here.
Sheriff H. J. McGrath is visiting his
parents, judge and Mrs NJ W. McGrath
at Lordsburg.
Miss Mabel Cannon, who has been
attending the summer normal school,
has returned to her home In Lordsburg
Ben Moses, who was born and reared
here, has been selected as member of
the faculty of the Silver City normal
school, located here, to succeed Prof.
Hugh A Owen, resigned. Mr. Moses
is a graduate of the University of Cali
fOrnia and has many friends here. who
are pleased at his selection as a member
of the faculty.
D. B. Robertson has just received
carload of four inch soil pipe. in antici-
patton of the early completion of the |
sewer system.
Deming merchants are making |
strong bid for the Mimbres river trade. !,
The county commissioners of Luna |
county have just appropriated a large |
amount of money to repair, improve /
and build a wagon road from Deming 1
to the Grant county line, along the
Mimbres valley. Work has already be-
gun.
The largest food of the season passed
through Silver City Main street arroyo.
Very little rain fell in the city, but for
several hours before the flood came
Town, there was heavy downpour in
he vicinity of Pinos Altos and Bear
mountain. The large arroyo was suffi-.
,ient to carry off the waters from both
directions, and no serious damage was
lone the town. The stone wall erected
is a protection to the east pier of the
Broadway bridge was undermined, and
large portion of it fell into the arroya.
several automobile parties returning
rom haywood were delayed several
hours some miles below town, being
Unable to cross the swollen stream