Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-24
SURVEYORS
DID EXCELLENT
work DESPITE
HAROSK|PS
Obstacles Encountered in
Early Days Strong Contrast
TO Modern Equipment Of
Boundary Commission.
LINE VARIES ONLY 60
FEET TOWARD TEXAS


der. chi,t engineer. and Mir Miller.
assistant engineer. are here chccking
W. the great work they are on In the
marking ANA ufiXing the boundary
line between Texas and New Mexico.
Hos different is this work compared
with IA, work uf the early surveyors.
nv having q variation OF only from GO
To- 90 feet shows the proficiency ~
the early surveyors. The early men
had not ouly almost NO KNOWLEDGE
OF tho wild country but water vas a.
scarce as IL veil could bee. The wild
savage would harrass the party and
the Quilts Wtro crude, indeed. No
Information whatever could De ob-
tained rom tho settlers, Tor th,r'
w.r, NONE, ana the pioneer surveyors
acrc lcit tu their own rsourcs. How
different today Tho party let with
"a splcndidly equipped outfit Large
missouri mules. new wagons. ara the
wagon loaded down To- tho guards
with ever convenience that could be
obtained 10 this now much civilized
country. They were enabled to get
good water from the settlers who have
taken ur tho f"ur-scction homostcads
of Texas II is tru, that the present
surN eyors haze done their work much
more rapidly than the pioneers, for
thcy have only been ont "A few weeks.
having started ut the southeast cor
ncr oi Eddy county and having now
arrived several miles west of the Rio
Pecos. They have replaced the old
piles OF rock with neatly made cop
per discs
The party will he In the Gundalupcs
by the Fourth of July. and at IN. IN
vitation 81 Captain Mitchcnor theS
will attend n barbecue nj the Farrell
ranch. about 80 miles southwest Hf
this place. The Farrell ranch is no,
Nike the averag. New Mexico ranch,
a windmill aud i2xi2 room with u
few large pens around IT, and the
sun blazing down at 40 miles an hour
but this ranch has IL coiionw God
grove on H. onc-fourth OF "a mile by
one mile. the trees are 20 years old
and the shade Is dense. \ regular
river pushes out Of the side al n hill
and the water is ice cold A large
comfortable house Is on the place.
and fat cattle, sheep. hogs and horses
roam the thousands of acres of sue
culcnt grasses or grazc on the alfalfa
fields Mrs Farrell Is I'm charge al
the ducks geese and yellow legged
chickens. ana prcsidcs over the cold
cellar. filled with preserves. Jam and
all sorts of canned goods, of fruits
ana vegetables. to say nothing ot the
cold Jersey milk, cream ana golden
butter. Truly Uncle Sans boys VIII
celebrate this day in well earned
holiday OF rest, recreation and rev
clry The automobiles viii whirl out
from Carlsbad with the up-to-dats
honuN and bellies. and they viii trir
the light fantastic To the small hours
81 the morning, Ana then when the
ith comes thu boys win be- III to take
up their weary march over the crags
ana the rocks of the noble Guada-
lupcs.
william r. Reed. thc editor of the
Argus, - ia Fort Worth. Texas, tax.
iug much-ncodod vacation that he
has earned by ten years Of close at
tcntton to business without n lay-off
The wool from the ranches H. com
ing IN lively ana the wagons loed
directly on the ears for shipment
showing that the present prices are
satisfactory L. the wool growers
Mrs Bernie Mullanc, who upon on
occasion took Il part ana Mas CON
plimcntcd by the great actor ia th'
Richard Mansfield company. Is put
ting on play at the Lyric op"r'
house called The saving Grace.
H. almost Identical with Polly of th'
Circus The east H. strong ana NJ
doubt the house viii be crowded. He
assistants ir, Mrs. y cunningham
Mrs. j. klrahu,r Miss Belle Nicely
| John Moore. Frank Moore, Monroe
Christian, J Kircher. ". Forsfn1rk
| Billi, Van camp. J. Penny.