El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09
GRAVEL IS PUT
ON GAMING REAL
Road From Mesilla Park
South Being Put IN
Good Shape.

LIS Cuces. \. NJ, March 9.-Rock Is be-
ING put on the surface Of the Gamma
Real bv a large force of teams end men,
working south from Mesllla PARK Inc
road Is being surfaced with adobe, which
fills up all the holes, and then the graYel
is applied, thus making hard level sur
face. that viii wear well and do away
with all the sand
The irrigating bitches viii all have new
eulverts built, or where they are small a
corrugated pipe VIII be used IN place OF
the small bridges now in use This road
will connect with the state road at La
Tuna and make a straight line Tor auto
mobiles and wagons from the county seat
to FL PasO.
Deming Contests Filed
The demand for land in the vicinity
of Deming Is shown in the filing OF a
large number of contests against home
stead and desert land entries IN the past
few days.
In the case of Mary Dimes vs.. Leila
R. Coffin, involving homestead entry
No. O5971. made August 80, 1911, 1or
the NV IA section "a, township 70
south Of range 10 west, the application
TO contest was rejected because the
| charges were not definitely stated IN
/ the affidavit.
In the case Of Martin Kief vs.. Mock
/ II. Jones, involving homestead entry No
O5214, made March Z, 1911, the contest
/ is rejected for the reason that the clal-
mant comes within the provisions OF the
} act of August 10, 1911, which gives him
] till April Is, 1912 to establish residence
( on the land.
Other cases where the contests have
been allowed and notices isued are;
! Herbert II. Rifle vs.. John F. Martin,
( involving homestead entry No. O3045 for
I the ne IA sec II, tp Is 5, 10 VI.
The United States vs.. John II. Potts,
| involving title to the sw IA sec 10, tp %
s,r ", made union to contest No 2672.
/ James 7. Watkins vs.. RemiJiO NJ.
Monies, involving hoestead entry No.
1888 for the II NV IA and W II ne
IA sec p, TIP % s, T W.
Thomas A Gates vs.. James H Powers,
l involving desert land entry No. 05152
made February is, 1911, for the ne Ia
| sec q, tp % s, W.
The spring blowing is well under way
! through the upper valley and the 1lrst
| irrigation on much of the new land that
! is being put in cultivation this year has
/ already been started.
The fields of alfalfa are showing q
I GOOD start on account of the warm days
] Tbe fruit trees are coming in bloom anC
| promises of a large yield OF peaches
I ana dUDlE5 uAb hCA ------
/ water is already available in the bitches
Land Office Notes.
The following business was done al
the United States land office:
Homestead entries: Cruz Cadena, Sher
man. n. NJ, e II sw IA W II Sc Il
sec II, tp Is s, 10 W; Frank ID: Dillon
! Deming, n. NJ, II NV IA sec 3, TIP 2;
s. W. Isolated tract was allowed
bv department as follows; James n Up
/ ton. Deming, y. n, ne IA Sc IA sec 4
/ to % S II W. Lieu selection OF S1nta
| Fe Pacific Railroad company by Hugo
| Seaberg, attorney in fact, Eat0n, n NJ.
| for the sw IA ne IA sec 8, TIP 5 n, 8 "
/ Filed lieu selection based on the NV l.
sw IA sec 25, tp 10 n, W, returned
bv ordinary mail to attorney IN fact, the
land being situated in Santa Fe lanC
district.
". ". Cox has returned from having
spent several days at the cattlemcn
convention in FL PasO.
Mrs Orrin Foster has retUrne'l from
Fl Paso, having spent the dav Their
/ shopping, accompanied BY her daughter