El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19

John W. Maxwell, Salinas, y. NJ, NE
IA, E u NV IA, Ne IA Sc IA Sec.
20, and the Sc IA SW IA Sec. II, T.
y S, r 10 E, rejected because land IS
in the Roswell, \. VI. land district; Mar
garet Barron, FL Paso, Texas, Sc IA
See %, Z. 2S S. r. 8 w; Leah Jane
Keller, FL Paso, Texas, Sc IA Sec. %,
I. 2S s., r. s w, rejected because ap-
plicant claims to be the head of a fam
lily but does not make any showing as to
the facts thereof; Frank d. Harris, Hills
bOro. y. NJ, \ II SW IA, s II NV
IA Sec. l, I. 16 S, r. W; Austin
Beasley, Las Cruces, y. NJ, s II NE
IA, Ne IA NE IA See. 20, and SW
IA NV Il Sec. q, I. % S. R. E;
Hipolito q. ArmiiO, Datil. \. NJ, "
II SW IA See. 10, W. IL NV IA,
Sec. Is, 7. 4 S, r. Is W; Manuel "
Griialva, Ma@dalena y. ". Z II Sc
IA, Sec. 9, I. + S. r. 13 W; Thomas
&. Thwaite, White Signal, y NJ, Sc
Il See. 81, T. 20 S. r. Is ".
Lieu Selections: The Santa Fe Pacific
R. r., by Ely & Watson, attorneys,
Deming. y. Al, have selected the Ne
IA Ne IA Sec. 50, I. % S, r. II y.
Desert Land Entries flames 7. DeaG.
Artesia, \. NJ, Sc IA Sec. %, T. IS s.
r. W; William VI. Bassett Silver CITY,
\. NJ, lots 1. ,, 8 I, z, 8, 9, & 10 Sec. IS,
I % s., Il. Z ".
Thursday night, June 20, a special
communication of Aztec lodge No. 3, :.
I. & a. NJ, viii be held in the Masonic
Temple. This meeting IS for the purpose
of comforting the degree of Master Mason
on two candidates and the entered APP
prentice degree on one. Refreshments
will be served in the banquet hall
W. \. Sutherland. wife and son have
left for California. Mr.. Sutherland viii
be gone two weeks and Mrs. Suther-
land viii remain during the summer.
William \. Hackney, formerly OF FL
P1sC. but now a resident of Cane. y
NJ. made desert land entry of the east
half of section 81. township %. south OF
range west. This tract of land Is
Just half a mile east Of the townsite OF
and IS one OF the most
valuable tracts in that township. The
land was originally entered BY Flor
enee G. McAIillen and the entry was
later cancelled because the entrywOman
could not prove her citizenship.
Building Work Starts.
Work commenced this morning on tie
old Masonic Temple at the corner OF
Griggs and Main streets. The sidewalk
has been fenced off on both corners
now and the pedestrians are forced to
take to the middle of the road on ac-
count OF buildings that are being re-
modelled and Improved
The corner farmerly used as a Ma
sonic Temple, Is to be refinished through
out, a new roof Will be added, and the
interior all renovated and made into
one of the most attractive drink en-
pOriums in the Southwest. The build
ing Is out of the prohibited area in which
liquor can not be sold on account of the
Cathedral, and for this reason the site
Is valuable for saloon purposes. The
Sam Bean license has been transferred
to Mr.. Richards, of SOcOrrO, who Is hav-
ing the room made ready for the opening
of business July l.
Repair work on Main street to cover
the excavations made for water and
sewer mains has already been completed
with the filling in Of the trenches. and
the rolling of the surface by the large
steam roller. Now the surface Will be
covered with crushed rock and asphalt
to make a hard roadbed, this in turn to
be rolled in place.
To Accept Water Sewer Plant.
The formal acceptance of water and
sewer system viii be made this week
and several of the business houses are
already to tap tie new water mains as
welhas to make sewer connections. The
plant viii be in operation by
the first of July and will make a most
valuable addition to the advantages of
Las Cruces as a residence town.
The board Of directors OF the First Ma
tional bank is having the halls, stairway
and lobby all renovated and refinished,
keeping pace VITA other Improvements
about town. This building is one of the
best office buildings. on Main street and
one of the most expensive.