El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-01
TOWN BUILDING IS
CONTINUING At
DAM SITE
Progress Made on Cable
Towers-Car Load of
Mules Received.


Elephant Butte. N. NJ. June IA
house is being erected for sheriff Put
man at the townsite. In the rear of
the house will be jail
The foundation for the new mer-
camille building at the townsite has
been laid. Work on the superstructure
will soon begin The new mess win
also be erected soon.
Mrs Swan T. Olsen aid sons Paul
and Lawrence, have arrived after two
months absence at salt Lake City.
Utah, visiting relatives and friends
Mr. olsen returned home month ago
and moved his household goods into
the new cottage erected for him on
the hill by the reclamation service, and
had the house in readiness for his
family's arrival
A pleasant meeting of the Aid So
cietys was held at the home Of Mrs.
Daniel Taylor at the townsite. The
next meeting will be held at the home
OF Mrs. Earl Phillips next Tuesday
afternoon.
Rev. w. C. Buell. of Las Cruces. ar
rived here Thursday to take up the
church work at this place which was
started by Rev. Mr.. Moordy. of Albu-.
querque.
One of the twins, age about one
year. of Mr.. and Mrs. William Arthur
Of the townsite, is quite i'll with
pneumonia.
Rapid progress is being made on
the excavation for the foundation of
the west tower at the damsite. These
towers, when completed, will support
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will be placed in the dam
The postoffice was closed part of
Decoration day. This was the only
indication of a holiday being OBJ
served. here. All the men employed
by the reclamation service worked as
usual
r. Coghlan. chemist, will soon move
into the new house erected for him
by the reclamation service.
new corral is being built below the
townsite and in a short time the horses
and mules win be moved from the pres
tlt corral to the new one The corral
boss and drivers will also som move
10 the townsite. The upper camp is
fast being depopulated.
The women Of camp who have been
accustomed to buying bread at the
mess are now having varied expert
ences trying to bake bread like their
mothers used to make Under the
present management, no bread is being
gold at the mess and the mercantile
store does not handle bread so the
housewives are compelled to bake their
own bread. A bakery here would be
great convenience to camp.
There is much sickness in camp at
the present time.
The Rio Grande is not yet fordabIe
at this place.
A new blacksmith shop is being
erected on the west side OF the river
a short distance from the end of the
new bridge being built across the river
about half way between the dam site
and townsite. It is built of corrugated
iron and is large building.
a number OF men are engaged at
work On the flume on the west. side of
the river.
Lewis Conrad now has charge Of the
sale Of The Herald at this place. The
people Of camp appreciate the oppor-
tunfty OF purchasing The Herald daily.
A car load Of mules has recently
been purchased oy the reclamation
service. and viii be used on the va
rious lines of work here. Quite a num-
Der of mules are already used here
and they seem we'll adapted to the pull.
ing of heavy loads over the mountain
Mohler D. Temple, of ,Artesia, a late
student of the Agricultural college at
Mesilla Park. has a position in the
mercantile store here.
Rapid progress is being made on the
new mess building on the hill A..
screens have been placed on the of.
flee building.
w. NJ. Reed, district engineer, came
up from Ell Paso and will spend brief
period here inspecting the work
Excitement was created in the
northwest section of camp, when two
Mexicans. Pedro Ruis and Mr. San
chez had some trouble in regard to a
love affair. It is said they \ were
armed for each other and meeting &C.
Cured in front of the Williams tent
house. The women who Mere wit
nesses fled, fearing that a shooting af-
fray was going to take place, but be-
fore dire results came an officer made
arrestS
William Harkness's family, having
spent some eime at the Los Polomas
hot springs, have returned and have
gone to housekeeping at the town site.
They recently returned from CIoudcroft
Mr.. Harkness's aged mother accom-
panied them and it has been for her
benefit their stay at the Los Polomas
hot springs.