El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-26

Deming, n NJ. April 26.-R. H.
Case has returned from trip
. by automobile with the Drum party to
Silver City. Haywood, Santa Rita, Hur-
ley and Lordsburg. after leaving
Deming, said MI Case. yesterday
morning at nine clock, the party made
no halt until rea ching Haywood
Springs. Here Nj. Drum stopped and
inspected the large hocel and noted
the possibilities for a resort for auto
mobile tourists. The party arrived IN
silver City at L M, being escorted into
that city by seven automobiles which
met us q few miles out. AIr. Drum pro-
nounced the road from haywood to sill
Yer City. the famous ridge road alb
sOlutely the finest thing in the way OF
a scenic drive ina ginabIe, and stated
that the road bed could not be in bet
ter condition Although il is consider
ably uphill, an ordinary auto can make
80 miles an hour from haywood TO
Silver.
Ten minutes after we arrived in Sill
yer City we were situated at an elab-
crate luncheon, and welcomed by Percy
Wilson, mayor of the city. At this
meeting W. : Cox was appointed as
district supervisor for the Silver City
road, and IS booster bOrderland but
tons were sold at 81 a piece, the
money thus derived to be turned over
TO the bOrderland association to be
used as the directors Of that assOcta-
tiOn see fit.
The party left Silver at one o'clock,
made a flying trip over excellent ana
picturesque mountain roads to the ia
nous Santa Rita camp, to the magic
town Of Hurley, across to Whitewater
and thence to LOrdsburg, arriving there
about eight o'clock. Four cars from
LOrdsburg met the party, and the en-
tire party was ushered into an elaOOr-
ate dinner by the LOrdsburg chamber
Of commerce.
ssSnIeDdid o-oOd roads enthusiasm, was
evident in Lordsburg- r B. Ownby was
appointed district supervisor of the
LOrdsburg road Here most of the
Deming people left the party and re-
turned home. The car OF c. H. Lester,
however is going with the party on
through to Phoenix, and II. H. VIII
llams, Of Deming, viii also accompa-
ny the party that far"
n. A. BOlich. who accompanied the
party TO Silver, santa Rita and Hur-
ley, returned TO Deming by train
r. /. Miller, J. N McTeer and J. n.
Crawford, in Mr.. Miller's car. returned
TO Deming at noon from LOrdsburg.
Put Gage on Well
vacuum gage was put on the first
well Of the Little Vineyards company
TO test the draw-dOwn, When pump
ing 400 gallons per minute, the well
vas found to have a draW-dOwn Of is
feet. In state of rest the water stands
at a. feet, so that the Is foot draw
down makes the lift at this plan 90
feet.
Col P r Smith has arrived here
from Los Angeles. He will go to FL
Paso on business and return here and
spend several days in Deming-
A Phillips Williams, Of La Mesa, is
In Demlng prospecting.
Chas- l. Schreck. of CarrizOzo, n. NJ,
is here looking for location.
The excavations for the new Deckert
building, on Gold avenue. have been
completed, and the foundation is being
started This building is to be the
home. Of the Leras Candy company, now
Of Silver City.
Water at IS Feet.
i. C. Richardson and R. D. Sidey,
who are employed TO put the well down
for the park in front Of the union sta
ton, encountered water at IS feet. They
are today trimming the hole out to %
inches in diameter. As soon as they
penetrate through the first stratum,
the hole viii be reduced to "A inches
and continued down through the second
water bearing stratum at which point
II VIII be reduced TO IS inches and put
through the third stratum The drill
ing Of this well in front of the union
station IS causing no end Of comment
from travellers. There is crowd
around the rig from morning until
night, and many questions are asked
and answered concerning the water
supply Of the valley and methods OF OBJ
tanning It. 1t is thus q fairly good ad-
verusement Of the greatest resource of
the Mimbres valley, its water.
Dr. Janet Reid has arrived from Ra-
ton She finished her business at that
point and has returned TO Deming to
stay.
Dr. Jones IS at present improving a
five acre tract purchased Of the Little
vineyards company, by planting four
acres to Jonathan apples and one acre
to miscellaneous trees, such as cherries.
peaches and plums. Dr. Jones states
that it is his intention to make this
tract his home and that he viii in
course Of the coming years erect a six
room bungalow thereon.
Miss Ellen Yeargin has returned
from a six months visit TO relatives in
Chickasha, Okla