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

! putting in the road to Carne has about
! 20 men at work on the job. He has re-
[ ceived a bill of lading for eight culverts
to be used on this road.
Geo. II. Chandler, who has recently
I finished a birdseye map of the Mimbres
valley, IS now at work making a geo
logic map of the valley. The irrigation
statistics of the entire valley will be
Incorporated in this work, the horse
power of each pumping plant, the lift
of water. the number and character OF
the pump, number OF acres irrigated etc
Commencement Program.
The program for high school com
mencement week has been arranged, be-
ginning Saturday, May 19, with a com
mencement sermon in the opera house
by Rev. II. N. Bruce, and ending Friday,
May "a with class day exercises. There
are II students this year in the gradual
ing class, as follows: Carrie Steed, presi-
dent; Edna Watkins, secretary; Louis
HOgdon, Rita Wilkinson, Helen Swope
Ruby Chaum, May Clifford, Elsie
Crotchett, Bessie Conner, Fred Wyman,
Godfrey Trowbridge. The commencement
address viii be made by Ralph c. Ely
Thursday evening, May %. Mai Jas.
R. Waddiu viii make the address to
the graduating class of the grammar
school, of which SO VIII receive eertifi-
Gates emitting them TO enter the high
school without examination. A class
play entitled "a Scrap of Paper" viii
be presented by q cast made up of stu
dents in the opera house Tuesday even
ing, May q. There viii also on that
evening be ehoruses by the glee clubs
and quartets. Friday following the
graduation exercises on Thursday even
inc, viii be devoted to class daV exer-
cises. features of which will be the book
burning. the recitation of the class
poem. the class viii, the class history,
the class prophecy, all in the high school
auditorium.
J. F. Holiday, who had bad luck last
year with his irrigation well. having BY
accident cased of the water bearing
strata, put down a new hole and is now
getting 1000 gallons of water per min
ute He viii have 90 acres in cultivation
this year.
A slow rain began falling in Deming
at Z o'clock Sunday morning and con-
tinued for the greater part of the day.
Mrs s. d. Swope gave pink lunch
con. The following guests were present:
Mesdames COrbett, Rogers, Pollard,
ThurmOnd. Temke, Hoffman, Eighmey.
Holt, Waddill, Wyman, Burnside, NOR.
Misses Bertha TAYLOR and Mary Lu
SwOpe served the guests.
Mrs. John COrbett gave a lavender
dinner. which was enjoyed by the fol.
lowing guests: Mesdames Rogers, Pol
lard, Temlze, NOR, ThUmOnd and
Alessrs. Rogers, Pollard, Temke, MOir,
and Mis- Jessie Quincy.
The Blevins- Maynard Childs company
has sold f. q. Morgan. of MOgOllOn. n
H. two lots, and II. W. Miller, of the
same Mace. two lots in the Orchard
Park addition
Z. d. White has returned from the
Santa Rita mining district, where he
has several mining claims in the neigh
borhoOd of Baird station. Mr.. White ]
brought home samples OF exceptional !
richness from these claims, showing free }
gold. galena and vanadium.
Mrs. ". J. Clifford and daughter, /
May Clifford went to Silver City Satur- /
Law morning for a short visit.
Mrs. John Seifert has joined her nus |
band at Hurley.
Mrs. T. J. LETTERS went to Haywood /
Springs. to be gone for several weeks.
j.. F. Watson. conductor On the Santa I
7e Is recuperating at haywood Springs. ]
Mrs. H. L. Bradt, who has been visit
ng the family of George Ramsay for 1
everal weeks. has returned to her home
n MADEIRA. Mexico. Mrs. Bradt's hus-
)and is a conductor on the North West
I'm.
W. ". Crawford. who has been at the
.Iimbres Hot Springs for five weeks. has
eturned to Deming greatly improved in
iealth
f. +. Bohm, representative of the Irri
,ation Age, returned to Deming yester-