El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-07
VALLEY ROADS ARE
DRYING OFF AGAIN
Continued Wet Weather In
jured Hay, but Fruit
Crop Escapes.

Las Cruces. n. NJ. Sept. For the
first time in several weeks the valley
has had four days without a heavy
rain, and the roads are beginning TO
dry out so that farmers can haul
their hay and produce to the station
for shipment.
This season has been unusually wet
even for the rainy season in this val
ley, and the ranchmen are complaining
of the loss of much hay through
flooding of the fields by the arroyas
overlooking and the back water that
could not drain off. The alfalfa
fields are looking fine where the third
cutting was out of the way when the
rains began. Ranchmen who have
stock on their fields instead of try
ing to cut the hay for market, are
pleased with the rain which saved at
least two irrigatiOns.
The fruit crop is not seriously dam
aged except in a few isolated instances
where the rains prevented spraying at
the proper time and the insects were
ports some damage in this manner.
Joe Taylor states that his fruit crop
was damaged considerably by too
much water.
Dairying interests are making ar
engagements to compete at the coming
fair for the premiums offered for dairy
butter, dairy cows and cows producing
the greatest percent of butter fat in
a given length of time. A Kansas
City concern has donated a 46 gallon
milk cooler and aeratOr to be given for
the best dairy COW, judged by the
percent of butter fat produced by the
COW in "a hours.
The butter competition will occur
on Saturday, September 2S. Prizes
range from a sanitary stoneware
churn worth SI1.5O to cash prizes of
SO to 81. The baby show to be held
on Children's day. Friday, September
q. is expected TO be one of the great
est events on the fair calendar, and
babies are expected from all over the
county as Wei as from FL Paso.
In the district court judge Medler
is trying the case of the State VS..
Llexia and Jorda in connection with
the Sam Bean explosion and fire. The
special venire of Is men drawn for
this case resulted in securing a jury
and the taking of testimony will con-
tinue for some time
The county Republican convention
met in the old rink for the purpose
OF electing a permanent executive
committee, county chairman and sec
rotary.
Daura V. Peacock. county assessor,
was the unanimous choice of the con-
vention for county chairman, and
Frank NJ Hayner, county superintend-
ent of schools was elected secretary.
Fourteen delegates were selected to
the state convention at Albuquerque
The board of county commissioners.
after session lasting two days, ad-
1ourned to meet again the first Mon
day in October. Little could be done
with the road situation because of the
holding of the district attorney that
by virtue of the good roads legisla-
ton the county commissioners are de-
prived Of tie authority to incur any
expense or take any action regarding
road matters after September z on
which date the law becomes effective
and the provision for a county high
way commission of three members will
make it necessary that this commits
sion be appointed before anything
can be done
Contributions Of labor on the roads
Ire already being rendered by several.
and 1t is expected that enough work
can thus be secured to put the Cam
mo Real in shape for automobile
travel by the middle OF this month.
ana dragging the road south of MestI-
Ia Park is now going on with a good
force of men.
A letter received by the local. agent
Oh the Santa Fe railway from the pas
senger department at Topeka. stated
that that department would advertise
the second annual Mesilla Valley fair.
and that every effort would be put
Lortn by the road to help the attend
ance Dy giving excursion rates.
The brick work on the lower story
OF the new Sam Bean building is
nearing completion. 1t is Of red
pressed brick laid in black mortar,
and the contrast adds much to the
of the building.
w O. McNary, of Chamberino. at /
tended the county Republican conven- /
ton.
Geo. S. Cornell. of Kansas City. is
visiting his brother, DR.. Cornell. on |
the Alameda.