El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-15
ALTURh PARK HAS
MANY NEW
COMERS
Postoffice Receipts Increase
With Double Daily
Mail Service

Altura, Park, Texas, Sept 15.-
There are many newcomers seen on
Altura streets, especially from the
northern and eastern states.
A fine rain fell IN Altura Wednes-
day nignu.
The Altura postoffice receipts are in
rceasing very fast The double daily
mail service weekly, and one on Sun
days have been credited for this in
crease. Miss Hattie Berry, the carrier.
delivers the mail to the Altura post
office twice each day.
Leroy Miller has recently sold his
grocery stock to G. w. Moseley and
will soon take up his residence in
Straud, Okla.
Otto Olson will open a new store in
his new building in a few days
Postmaster Lees father and mother,
OF Eerrvil1e. Texas, are spending few
weeks visiting their children here. 1t
is reported that Mr.. Lee has purchased
some property here and as soon as he
can close up business affairs at Kerr
Vile he will permanently take up his
residence here.
John Loman, it is said, will build
eight new cottages as soon as they can
be constructed
F. M Taylor has sold a new four
room cottage, just completed, to Miss
Anna Doane, and is finishing UP an
other four room house on the same
block
E. C. Wohl and family, of Michigan,
have located here for the winter.
]. R. Segal is adding four rooms
to his Altura residence
J. R Hill has returned from pleas
ant business trip to New Mexico.
Mrs. Leonard, of st. Louis, Mo-, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. j. Cam
eron, in Altura
p dorf nj ic a
trip to east Texas for several days
Ed Wrinkle and wife, Of FL Paso, are
visiting the formers mother, Mrs c. ].
Wrinkle, on Nashville street.
District judge ]. G. McGrady and
family. of Bonham, Texas, will arrive
the latter part Of September to take up
their residence in Altura permanently,
on Memphis street.
visiting her sisters. the Misses Pierson,
on Nashville street, has returned to
her home in Kansas City, Mo.
Chester Miller AMI wife. of Califor-
MIA, have returned to Altura to imbibe
a good drink of mesa water.
d. B. Mabrey, recently of Wolf City,
Texas. now living here. says Altura
has the best water to be found in the
Miss Goldie Waugh. who spent the
summer visiting in California. has re-
turned TO her home on Frankfort
street
street has the finest growing corn in
Altura-
A H Bethel is contemplating pur-
chasing seven seat six cylinder auto.
Alberto Rodriguez has recently COM
pleted six neat cottages fronting Sacra-
mento street
The Altura school opened on Septem-
Der with an excellent attendance. It
will be taught by Prof Potter and Mrs. |
Mcbride.
G. J. Maple has recently added a
sleeping porch to his residence.
Col E. L. Dempsey, of Springfield,
Ill, will erect eight or ten cottages
in Altura the coming fall and winter.
Messrs.- Irwin Cox, H F. Smithe and
R Bass, of Memphis street, departed
this week for New Mexico
E. l. Lenox, OF Hamilton county,
Ill, has purchased 16 lots here and
will improve them with a home soon
for his family.
prospecting in A1tura- He is delighted
with FL Paso county's climate and the
mesa water.
H. NJ Miskimins has purchased two
lots near the Church house
Contractor George Sharpe and family, |
of Altura Boulevard, who spent the
summer at their old home in Monroe,
La, returned home this week and is
ready 20 erect a new cottage.
Mrs. c. NJ Mckinney has just COM
plcted another addition TO her six room
house on Frankfort street
Mrs. T. E. Wilson and daughters |
Misses Lucy and Mary, have returned |
from Florida, where they spent the |
summer visiting relatives
Miss Sarah Montgomery, of Rock |
Island Ill, is visiting her sisters |
Misses Mary and Ellen Montgomery, on |
Sacramento street
Misses Ola Wrinkle and Hattie Ber- |
~ will visit Ysleta next Sunday.