El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-11
HORCAsITAs BUYS sHALEM COLONY
TRACT IN D0NA ANA FOR $4,000

master. and elected the following as
scout leaders: Charles Germany, Mike
Adair and Rafael Mitchell. The first
active service viii be a "hike" to Shalem
colony within the next two weeks, where
the BOYS viii spend the day and later
IN August the scouts plan a practice
march to SOledad canyon. in the Organ
mountains. a distance of 20 miles. Each
boy viii be equipped with four davs' "a
lions and a camping outfit and the DAYS
III the mountains viii be spent in out
door sports that viii develop the yOung
lads into real soldiers.
The Smith-James Mercantile company
has further improved its new store by
the addition of a new awning across
the entire front.
Henry D. Bowman Is back from a visit
on business to Albuquerque and other
northern New Mexico points
W. Fl. knight is spending the day in
FL PasO on business.
VI OL.ewellyn was a Pass city visitor
on Thursday to secure the return of
the watch lifted from him IN JuareZ
while at the prize fight on july 4
Mrs. W y Bradford and daughter
have returned from a four months visit
with relatives IN Mineral wells.
Fred Bascom, president of the Bas-
m-French company. who has been i'll
serious condition.
The work being done BY the reclama-
I ton service preliminary to the actual
construction of main bitches and laterdls
through the valley can hardly be ap-
preciated by those who have not been
brought IN direct touch with the sur
vev parties which are making the farm
unit survey of the valley, running out
each line of each little tract of land.
plating the lines to show each tract in
Its exact location. and then the bitches
VIII be planned so as to give the most
service with the least loss of land. for
with a complete irrigation system in
operation in the Mesilla valley every
available foot Of land viii be worth
looking after.
The High Line Survey.
One party of surveyors with team
and camp has been running the lines
of the proposed high line canal This
survey has lust been finished a short
time and the plans are now being re-
vlsed and prepared ready to submit to
the department Other surveys Of the
lines OF existing bitches will be accom-
plIshed as soon as possible and as many
of these bitches as can be used viii be
retained
Owing TO the old Spanish titles handed
down to the present owners of lands
in the Mesilla valley, the map already
prepared of the farms and ranches in
the various grants which lie north and
east of Las Cruces have much the same
appearance as the old style crazy"
qullt. The ranches are all manner Of
shapes from the triangle to the tract
with more corners than there are acres,
and the fitting into place of each little
tract Is no small Job. When completed
every farm viii have neat cement posts
II L IL.
U. s." which viii not alone protect
the corners. but viii protect the pur-
chaser so he will know lust where his
land lies.
Landoffice Notes.
At the United States landoffiee the
following business has been done:
Second Homestead Entry - Poole
Ernest, Cutter. y. ", has applied for
second homestead entry on lots l and
. and the south half of the northeast
quarter of section 3. township Is south,
range ? west; suspended to await action
of secretary of interior under the eQuit-
able powers granted by congress in cases
of this kind.
Additional Homestead-Eligio Cutter
rez. Datil. y NJ, has applied for the
northeast quarter of the northwest quar-
ter of section q, township 2 south, range
10 west. as additional to his former
homestead entry.
Desert Land Entries-Consuelo y
Seoane, Columbus, Southeast quarter of
section 81, and west half of the south
west quarter of section 50. township p
south, range s west. rejected as aDpli-
can't RENTED but $40 instead of %
cents per acre for the entire tract; John
". Duncan. Animas, y. NJ, northeast
quarter Of the northeast quarter of sec
tion y, township 80 south, range 20
west.