El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-11

/ ANTONIO ana IL EdSO- 81. H. lleLltlles
| who has been IN the valley for several
| DAYS looking after the interests Of the
/ Mountain States Telephone company,
reports that the division headquarters
! viii be removed to DemIng within the
next week. The company Is making
arrangements to install a complete new
I plant IN Deming. and viii erect a mod
! ern office building FOR the. exchange;
| this viii also be used as division head
quarters for the company.
To Repair Main Street.
Main street, which has been torn up
now for more than SIX months on ac-
count of the waterwOrks and sewer
system, is to be repaired at once and
the surface once more covered with
good maeadamized finish that viii be
a great Improvement over the sand
[ dunes and rock piles that have been
/ allowed TO remain on this thorough
fare much too long. The street already
presents an improved condition because
Of the removal of telephone wires and
poles, and the town trustees should
get after the Western Union Telegraph
company, the Postal company and the
electric Light company and require them
I to vacate Main street with their lines
I and install wires on side and back
streets only.
The business men on Main street are
maiing arrangements to have additional
electric lights placed along this street
and soon the town viii boast of a
"White Way" that viii be lacking only
in size when compared to the streets
of El PasO.
Word comes from Santa Fe that the
following men shave been appointed re-
gents Of the New Mexico Agricultural
college at Mesila Park: Alessrs. james
H. Paxton, NJ. o. Llewellyn. Hiram
Hadley, F. E Lester and A. H Huds-
peth.
Miss 8Iayme Adair of Ia Mesa, Is in
the city accompanied BY her mother,
looking after land business IN the Unit
ed States land office. Miss Adair owns
a desert claim near Deming and con-
templates improving the same at an
early date.
H. White and wife and c. G. Prude
and wife of Hope, y. NJ, are IN the val
lev looking over the land situation and
viii remain for several days
W H. Lleweliyn has returned after
attending the state legislature at Santa
Fe as representative of DOna Ana
county.
A. N. MeCraig of San Francisco Is
registered at the Don Bernardo.
c. A Carney, Of Albuquerque, IS
looking over the valley for a few days
Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mrs VIM Moore,
Mrs. H J. Sherwood and Mrs j.. o.
Howell are ali visitors from Ell PasO and
viii remain over to the commencement
exercises of the LOretto academy
John C.. McNary- Of BerInO. Is at the
county seat looking after matters IN
connection with the county commits
siOners.
Trains have been delayed in both d.
rectiOns on account Of track Difficult
ties caused bv the high water. The tram
from the south took an hour and half
to reach CanutillO and did not reacn
Las Cruces until after 1 .. N.
Land Office Notes
The following business has been
transacted at the United States land
office;
Homestead Entries. Robert Snod-
grass. AIamogordo. s Il. Ne IA and
\ IL Sc IA, See ., T. IS s. R
Luther B. Johnson, Alamogordo, n.
NJ. SW IA NV IA Sec q, T. Is S,
R. east. Rejected Tor the reason that
cOTrObOrated application was nos filed
and for the further reason that the
land Is covered by Application to amend
homestead entry No. O7132 OF Snltha
A Poe.
PetroniIo Nova, Aragoa, Y. ". s II
lot Is. Sec. /. L. s s., r Is west tleSs
a strip of 80 feet Widel containing
1913 acres. detected because land Is
in national forest reserve
Ross NJ Atkins. Chloride, n n. 5 Il
SW IA and S IL Sc "A Sec g, 4.
II. s. r II west. Reiss-ed because
land is embraced in a national forest re-
Home Tracts Sought
The records of tie land Office have
been thoroughly examined during the
past few weeks 5y hOmeseel1ers who
have heard of the MANY vacant tracts
of land in the Nesilla Valley which
49,, ---.-10-l-aT1 rrhnr, tho Ifnv~ was
settled 70. The fact that all these
lands were withdrawn in 1903 By The
order of the secretary OF the interior
on account of the Elephant Butte DAM
viii keep these lands from beng en-
tered until the project can be con-
pleted to a point where the water VIII
be furnished to reclaim the land
Several thousand acres OF these val
lev lands are still open on the records
of the land Office. These lands are N
lots and small tracts generally contain
inc from five acres up to as much as
$50 IN a block. and many Of these tracts
are surrounded by farms that are worth
from 500 TO $3.50 per acre The land
Is not being used at the present time
and is a direct loss TO the community
at large and to the people who would
be able 10 make their homes on these
lands If opened for entry
Baby Dies.
Christine Ethelyn Poole, age two
wears, died here Of pneumonia, June 8
She was the Onlv daughter OF NJ and
Mrs. c. NJ. Poole. of Las Cruces. for
merly of COvingtOn, la Airs. Poole
IS well known in FL PasO, having lIFeo
there before her marriage she was
Miss Tina Lindauer. sister Of ". A. LIN
dauer of El PasO. Just three months
AGO Mr.. and Mrs. Poole lost their BABY
bow. Edwin Lindauer Poole, age Two
months. Both children were buried IN
Odd Fellows cemetery here
Lawn Hose and Sprinkler
Laurie Hardware Co. sos Mills st