El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-30
DONA ANA VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY
FOR 100000 GOOD R0ADs BOND ISSUE
The Bonds Are Aleady Sold at a Premium and Work
Will Start at Once on Good Roads Building-One of
the First Pieces of Work VIII Be Building of
Canine Real to Connect With Ell Paso Road.

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Dec. Soy a re-
markable vote that for unanlmlty
stands as a record among southwestern
states, Dona Ana county approved her
500, 900 bond issue for better roads on
Saturday last The vote was remarka-
bly, heavy in some precincts as much
as 80 percent Of the vote at the Novem-
Der election.
Mesilla Park led the precincts Of the
county, casting 105 votes for the bond
issue and not one against it A remark
able feature, showing the unanimous
opinion in the southern part OF the
county, is that not a single vote against
the bond issue was cast IN precinct
south of Mesilla Park, fully One-half Of
the county
Voters went to the polls early and
the road boosters were busy until dark
getting out the vote At no time during
the past few weeks has there been
much doubt of the approval of the
boz ds, but the DOna Ana county Good
Roads association determined that the
vote on election day would be one that
proval OF the bonds, but would
sand as an evidence Of the gen.
eraI interest taken in the good roads
movement in Dona Ana county. For
that reason, officials of the association,
as well as members of the county road
board, have been conducting an ener-
getic campaign throughout the county
by means of personal letters and num-
been greatly helped by the series Of
good road lectures delivered during the
past week by B. H. Burrell, United
States highway engineer, who had come
from Washington under the direction
of the office of public roads, to deliver
his famous lecture GOOD Roads and
How to Build Them" The lecture has
attracted crowded houses wherever
given.
County to Spend s15O,OOO.
Of these q
were sold two weeks ago to a Denver
bond house at a premium of $1,000,
gives the county the necessary funds
to bring about complete change IN
bond issue, the county receives its
share from the recently approved state
bond issue of 100000 for state roads,
and this share will not be less than
tary funds, this viii give Dona Ana
county about $15O000 for roads, to be
available during the present year
The county road board which has the
expenditure of this money. has already
announced that it will endeaVOr to eX-
pend this money in the interest Of all
parts of the county, especially the
farmers. The board consists OF w =.
Gillian and Francis E. Lester, of Ne
siIla Park and P. H Bailey, of La
Union. The board is determined that 1t
will not move too hastily in the matter
and will first seek the services of the
best road engineer available and care
fully map out the best possible plan
for businesslike and economical ex-
Denditure of the available funds.
To Build Canine Real.
One result will undoubtedly be the
early building of DOna Ana cOunty's
state highway, the Canine Real, which
runs from Anthony on the south. to
Garfield on the north. This will con-
meet with FL PasO cOunty's paved high
way at Anthony and prove the connect
ing link with the main state highway
that extends to the Ration pass, on the
northern boundary of the state
The detailed statement of the vote
in the precincts Of the county follows: