El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-08

Deming, n. NJ. April 8.-Dr R. C. Hoff-
man has returned from the good roads
convention at Santa Fe. He reports a
very enthusiastic meeting, and states
that the movement for good roads is
general over the state. The most i'm
portant resolution adopted at this meet
ing was that recommending the com
pletiOn of the Canine Real before any
other state highways are undertaken,
the work to be carried out by conVlJ
labor and bond issues.
Upon his arrival in Deming, DR.. HOff-
man had letters from Harry c. Drum,
chairman OF tours of the TranscOntinen-
tai Highway association. Chicago, stat
ing that Mr.. Drum would arrive in FL
Paso April p and requesting that
Deming delegation meet him there and
pilot his car to Deming. He stated also
that he had 1000 signs for posting the
transcontinental highway through New
MeXicO-the Roswell. AlamOgOrdC, I'll
PasO, Deming and Douglas route A let
ter from LOrdsburg stated that Los
Angeles path finding car was en- route
there DR.. hoffman states that this car
will be met there by several Demlng
cars and the CalifOrnians and Dell NJ.
Potter, of Arizona, conducted here.
banquet will be given the party. and
they viii be pilOted north to Cuchillo,
where they will be met by pilot car from
San MaTcial The Los Angeles car start
ed out with the intention of going by
way Of SprlngeTville, AriZ-, and Magda-
lena, n. N, but found the route through
the barren wilds and Businesses Of east
ern Arizona and western New Mexico
impossible, and so changed its route to
Deming, and from Deming north A let
ter from I. P. Grindell, secretary of the
Douglas chamber OF commerce, states
that a number of Douglas cars VIII meet
Harry c. Drum at Ell Paso and stay
with him until he gets to Phoenix, ARR
Farmers Get Engines.
Williams & Harrison have received an
other carload of engines for the follow
ing farmers: Dever & Mayo, 25 h. p;
h. V. Ingram, % D.. p; j. c. StrOup, IS
h. D.; Garrett Gibson, 50 h. p. Mr..
Greenwalt, an expert mechanician, Is
here installing these engines, and the
house has wired for two more expert
men to help install them, as the farmers
are in hurry to get their plants in
stalled. The plant Of Wade HeTTen,
five miles south, was started today and
developed 500 gallons per minute.
Another well on the Little Vineyards
time Saturday and developed 1000 gal
Ions of water per minute. The two
wells irrigated 40 acres in 48 hours. and
ran the greater part of the water two
miles and a half from the plants. r. G.
Ely Is putting in on the Little Vine
yards company tracts 40 acres Of alfalfa.
25 acres OF oats and 40 acres of maize {
It Is Mr.. Ely's intention to feed stock
and market the feed stuff which he
raises IN this way. A. A. Douglas is
farming 10 acres on the tract. having ,
planted most of ii IN garden turck. VIM. 4
Burns IS planting eight acres to JOna- {
han apples, and viii grow truck be /
5ween the rows Of his young orchard. /
Mss Westbrooke VIII have 10 acres in /
also Milton DePuv. who 4
WINS the 10 acres adjoining. Both of I.
hese tracts have a water right from
he Little Vineyards company. Alto f.
rether on this tract there viii be this
-ear 200 acres IN cultivation, as against
20 acres last year, and there VIII be
hree wells IN operation, as against one
asst year.
Has a Diversified Crop.
R. II. D. Thompson IS farming %
ores on the Bumpus place, two miles
Outhwest of town. Mr.. Thompson has
3 acres in onions, viii plant 10 acres
cstSADdS- Two acres 70 carry 4IlsA po-
atoes, one acre of sweet potatoes. As
Don as the Irish potatoes are dug. he
rill Immediately set out 10000 celery
lants on the ground from which the
otatoes are dug. Mr.. Thompson Is re-
emily from Westfield, n. Y. and is an
experienced farmer.
G. n Sadler has sold to Geo. Bill
ngslea his livery stable on Railroad
venue. known as the old Jackson livery
table All the real estate, consisting
f five lots. Improvements, stock and
luipment changed hands, the considera-
ION being $4,000. One hundred and
xty acres of decided land four and
alf miles south of Deming was trans
srred by Biliingslea to Sadler in this
cal.
G. N. Sadler, who has the contract for