El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-30
TOWNS JOIN IN 4
BOOST FOR ROADS
Luna County Builds Road to
Be Part of New
System.

Demlng. y. N, March S0.-TOwns in
the southwestern part Of New Mexico
are getting together upon the matter
OF good roads.
enthusiastic good roads meeting a.
haywood, Following a good roads con-
YentiOn at Dem1ng, which Included rep
restntatives from FL Paso Douglas
Lordsburg, Silver City and Demlng
Another meeting with representatives
from different points met later n
FL Paso. Now comes Las Cruces with
q letter to the Deming chamber o.
commerce signed by a committee ap-
pointed By the citizens Of Dona Ana
county, Francis E Lester chairman.
Moses B. Stevens and John H. Nay
The letter states that an enthusiast
tic good roads meeting was held there
At which a set OF resolutions were
adopted which are confined TO these
subjects:
Appropriate good roads legislation
and its administration. and TO the
methods of providing funds necessary
to carry out such legislation.
The DOna Ana committee requests
the Deming chamber~Of commerce 70
take action in the matter and see that
the Deming delegates 10 the Good
roads convention at santa F6 April .
are properly advised The resolutions
declare for the building Of the CsminO
Real with funds raised by state bonds,
and question Of where first TO build
be determined by counties which first
offer to bear portion Of the expense |
Extension OF the powers OF the state
good roads commission.
rendering taxable property az tuu
market value, a cash road tax be coll
leeted from every male resident Of
New Mexico over q years OF age, also
a vehicle tax.
Administration OF county funds By
non-political board of road super
Tisors.
This committee was assured by sec
rotary Hills, Of the cooperation OF
the Deming chamber OF commerce in
everything that would make for bet
ter roads in New Mexico Further
more. the committe was informed that
Luna county is now building a road
directly east to the Luna county line,
and the section line upon which this
road is being built is the section line
which runs down the main street Of
Las Cruces, and the completion OF this
road through bona Ana county would
therefore connect Las Cruces and Dem
ing with an air line route straight
as the crow flies
In order TO make this route feasible,
however, there would have to be a
bridge built over the Rio Grande near
Cruces. Deming has already construct (
ed one over the Mimbres where this Z
read leaves Deming. For the rest the
route lies across open mesa land. for
the most part hard. and where road
building would be simply a matter OF
grading. The advantages Of an air
line hard road between Las Cruces
ana Deming are obvious, and such =
route can be easily built.
Plan Wilson Club.
Judge Colin Neblett, Wayne Nov. D
Wilson. II. J. Burgess. and J. S. Stau- ]
Der. all of Silver City came to Dem /
to Silver City this morning.
Judge Neblett went from here TO 4
Clovis. y. n, where he viii hold court j
in the fifth district for Judge Nc
Clure. who has conflicting engage |
ments. Dir. Wilson has been elected ]
president Of the Grant county Wood /
row Wilson club and H. j. Burgess I
was elected its secretary. These /
men came to Deming for the purpose J
OF helping forward the movement to
boost the New Jersey man for Dem
ocratic nominee. They state they
found a strong Wilson sentiment here
and that the club is now in process OF
has now $50 members. and the |
club by motion al its meeting made I
he residents Of Western SOcorrO coun-
~ eligible to men bership I'm the Grant |
county organization. Wayne Wilson
states that all except one OF the Demo |
cratic senators at santa Re are now
wearing Woodrow Wilson buttons.
H l. Benjamin. Of the Harvey
House system. visited the Demfnr
schools last fan and was informed By
Taylor that the most
crying need Of the High school was
or books for the library. Today Supt-
Taylor received a liberal donation
rom Mr. Benjamin for the High
school library.
r. r Miles, Of Fordsville, KY, has
bought through r. L. Miller the Har-
lin Wilson so acres six miles south {
Il Deming. consideration SIS per acre. |
Ir. Miles is here with his family and