El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-08
PLAN FOR DIVIDING THE COUNTY INTO
UNITS FOR ROAD BUILDING SUGGESTED

: to work men over eight hours, he eouiq
| see no reason why the county should
! be exempt, and considered 1t an unfair
/ discrimination. The eight hour rule
adopted by the commissioners places the
| labOrers on the county road on the same
/ basis with other labOring men.
To Urge Irrigation Laws.
Because Texas has 10 valid laws regu-
/ lating and controlling the distribution
of water used Tor irrigating purposes,
the farmers and land owners OF the val
lev will hold a meeting with the county
commissioners Tuesday morning at ~
o'clock
This matter is considered of vital I'M
pOTtance to the farmers OF the ValleY
and all have been urged to attend the
meeting and offer suggestions Tor modeI
irrigation laws. The suggestions brought
out at this time will be considered, and
a code of irrigation laws Will be pre-
pared which viii be forwarded to the
state legislature with the request that
they be passed.
Order Fort Bliss Road Opened.
The commissioners ordered the open
ing up and repairing of the road between
the Country club and Fort Bliss reserYa-
ton. The road runs along Meyer street,
from Dyer to the fort. being 12OO feet
in length. 1t results in a shorter cut
for the soldiers and avoids the necessity
OF them passing the saloon located IN
that vicinity.
The petition of Gaspar GirOn and
Joseph Zelman for a quit claim deed
to land in San Elizario grant, was grant
ed.
The bond of A. T. Celum, justice of
peace at Clint, Tex, was approved
SantT Cruz PARA WIS given pauper
q allowance Of ce month
The sum of 800 was appropriated
to be used in repairing the road running
from San ElzariO to Clint.
Permission to Lay lever Pipe.
1t was ordered that Jennings and
Wood be granted permission to lay sewer
pipe along the following course: Com
mencin" at a point on the eastern lin
its Of the city where it is intersected
by Westminster street; thence easterly
along that street to Lamar street, thence
along that street to Chester, across blocks
29 to 81. to the county road.
The trenches and pipes are to be laid
at the side of the streets and the sur
face Is to be replaced in good condition.
Gaspar Giron and W. J. Stahlman Pc
titloned the commissioners court to exc
cute deed to a small tract of land in
the San EEzariO grant for the reason
that the deed to the property had been
lost. The application Tor the quit claim
deed was granted.
1t is proposed to erect a monument
in Alamo plaza, San Antonio. Tex, to
the deeds OF the heroic
defenders OIL the Alamo in that city, ac-
cOrding to a letter addressed to the coun-
ty commissioners.
In order to raise the amount of mon
ay required, said to be s2,000,O00 it is
planned to sell throughout the state A.
100000 tickets
This county. having a population of
$3.50 inhabitants. the commissioners
were asked to dispose of 1888 tickets.
No action was taken in the matter.
The county commissioners Monday aft
srnoOn decided that the county would
,ay for telephones in the sheriff's office
md in the offices of the county clerk
district clerk, county collector and coun-
V assessor. IF any other county Off
ials wish telephones thev will have to |
ear the expense, as the county will NOT |
ay for others.