El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-12
IS EXPER|MEN
WITH TREES At
ALMOGORDO
Roe Makes Greatest Pro
gress In Luther Burbank
English Walnut

Alamogordo, N NJ, Sept. 12-Ex-
perimenting with trees and shrubs
that will grow in this section of the
country, the Alamogordo Lumber COM
pany has a large acreage that it is
now devoting to this work The ex-
periments are in charge of w. @. Roe,
general manager of the company.
The plant that has made the most
startling progress is the Luther Bur-
bank English walnut. Nuts planted
this year have attained a growth IN
four months that equals the ordinary
walnut growth for two years, as Mr.
Roe has some Of each variety in his
experiment tract. The Burbank wal
nut is said to grow so feet tall in 10
years and proves prolific producer.
Mr.. Roe has 1000 of these trees grow
next year as they have this season
and Withstand the winter cold, he Is
going to put in thousands OF them to
be used to reforest the mountainsides-
Twenty Feet in Year.
Another tree that is being expert
"the sudden sawlog." which has
grown on this experiment plat four
feet in four months.
Black locusts are also being given
a tryout- Mr.. Roe has some OF these
that grew 20 feet in a year and four
months, having been planted in May,
1910. These make good railroad Tie
timber when of sufficient growth.
Five thousand catalpas are being
grown in the experiment plat and
these are probably the most remark
able for quick growth Of any that ne
has put out These were planted in
May, 1910, and were cut to the ground
the past spring. The growth this year
has been almost marvellous. Some of
them are 10 feet high, having attained
this growth in little over four
months.
GuayuIe Grows Well.
Peaches, grapes, roses, South Caro-
lima poplar-the latter having grown
eight feet in four months-Norwe-
gian maple, Norwegian poplar, pecans,
sycamore and guayule are among the
other plants with which he is expert
menting. The guayule is growing
splendidly and Mr.. Roe has hopes that
it is going to prove a suitable crop
and Alamogordo. If the pecans grow
successfully here, he sees immense
profits for nut raisers in the foothills
on land that cannot be farmed to adj
vantage. yet is splendid for tree grow
ing.
Court in Session.
The petit jury Tor the rail- terms of
district court has been empaneled.
During the morning session num-
Der of minor criminal cases were dis
posed of. among which was that of
Melvin Lumbley, charged with larceny
Of horse. Defendant pleaded guilty
10 the charge, but sentence was not
imposed by the court. Frank Smith,
Of Cloudcroft, was arraigned on two
counts, the carrying of a deadly wea-
pom and assault with intent to kill. He
pleaded guilty to the former charge
and will be tried on the latter charge.
Tom Stogden was arraigned charged
with larceny and pleaded guilty.
The case of Bob Ra1ey is now on
trial. Raiey is being tried on the
charge of assault with intent to kill
w. H. McNew, at Orogrande, a year
ago last April. The defendant is rep
resented by judge J. Z. Wharton, OF FL
Paso, and Capt. Reeber, of Las Cruces
w. w. Cox, the Organ mountains
cattleman, has been here the past two
days
Lee Wood, of La Junta, Colo, is
here visiting his parents.
Attorneys Holt and BOnham, OF Las
Cruces are here attending court
The grocery firm of W. r. Cunning
ham & Co. have been forced into bank
ruptcy II. Lesinsky & Co., Of FL Paso,
are the heaviest creditors.
Territorial engineer Chas- D. Miller
has returned to Santa Fe. Mr.. Miller
has been here in connection with the
survey which is now be-
ing made OF the waters Of La Luz and
FreSnal canyons.