El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-02
TO GUT UP RANCH
INTO DAIRY FARMS
Thirty Carloads Of Machin-
cry Installed in the
Gravel Pit.

Nara Visa, n. NJ, Feb. I'll B. San
born, owner Of the big Bravo ranch.
Just east of here on the Texas side
OF the state line. IS contemplating a
big boom in the dairy business. His
plas is to divide the big ranch into
dairy farms Of s2G acres each. sell to
practical men in the milk and cream
business, and supply eacn with . or
more good cows. He viii also equip
one 800 acre tract as a model and mod
ern dairy farm for himself, and con-
duct il in q scieltlfic manner to con-
vince people of this part OF the great
southwest that large .asn returns can
be made in this business when proper
" managed The Bravo ste ton. on the
Rock Island rail way would then be
made a regular stopping point and
shipping depot
The gravel pit on the Rock Island
railroad about eight miles southwest Of
this town. recently leased by the Chi
cago contractors. DOlese Bros & Co.
is nearly ready 10 send out big ship
ments OF crushed stone and gravel
Nearly 80 carloads Of machinery and
material have been installed at the
pit during the past month, among IL
being large engines, two large nine
ton stone crushers. heaviest steam
shOvels, holsters, loading machinery,
etc From so 70 60 men are employed
John Burns has the only garden n
the city limits. two acres Of land, II
rigated by q windmill pump and CON
tanning q large number OF well bear
ing fruit trees and grape vines. He
has moved a cottage from one Of his
farms to the garden for a gardener
TO make his home in and is 10 Increase
the size OF the patch TO three acres,
set out any more trees. and keep one
man busy thereon all through the
season.
one Of the finest ranches in this
part of the country is that II W. A
Bell, on the state line, about three
miles east OF TINS city M Bell q
resident there for % years. has $50
acres on the New Mexico side and 10
acres on the Texas side, 8 fine old
orchard OF apples, peaches, plums and
grapes. a splendid garden and 300 head
Nara visa lodge of Odd Fellows.
which won the banner from the grand
lodge for largest percent gain last year,
has installed IS officers for the com
ing six months. II. H LoeWenstrn
grand; George SOper, secretary; .. o.
Gragg, treasurer. It IS expected that
a new encampmeut of Odd Fellows will
be installed in Tucumcari about March
A new floor was this week laid in
the Nara Visa Christian church and a
stone foundation Is being built under
the building
u d. Ky maj, the government NcOD-
tractor for carrying daily L. s. mails
from this station inland to Centerville
Armstad and Hayden. has improved his
home place here by drilling a we'll,
putting IN a gasoline engine and pump
and building q large tank to be used
for a swimming pool and furnishing
water for irrigating his garden
A new addition to Nara Visa has been
opened on the east side Of town by
John Burns. Three leading business
men, Charles H Cornell. L D. Smith
and H H LOeWenstern. have each pur-
chased a one-third acre building lot
on which they viii locate their resi-
dences. They have also jointly put in
a well and windmill and piped the
water to the three different sites. Air.
Suth has moved his house onto she
new location and is now dressing the
exterior Of the building with a new
coat of paint Mr.. Cornell is to move
his house there next week.
George Evans has carried out an
original plan by drilling a well in the
floor of his blacksmith shop.
The New Mexico Odd Fellow. the Of
fetal organ Of the grand bodies OF
]. O. O. +. OF this state, now published