El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-27
To the Members of the Water
Users Association and All
Other Land Owners in the
Rio Grande Valley in FL Paso
County.


the petition or complaint which has
been filed in the name OF the Water
Users Association against all Of the
owners OF land in the valley This suit
is brought under the instructions Of the
Department Of the Interior and IS in the
fullest sense of the word a friendly suit
It is intended to bring into Court every
person owning or claiming land IN the
valley On which water Is now used for
irrigation or which the owner may de-
sire to irrigare in the future 1t is not
the purpose Of the suit to take away
any water right from any persOn. but
IS intended TO determine and establish
just what water rights are now held In
the valley by any land owner and to
make provision for supplying water IN
the future as Tar as possible 10 every
land owner who wants water. There
VIII be no expense 10 the individual de-
PENDANTS sued as defendants II they VIII
act in conjunction with tie Water Users
Association, except the small assess
ments which the Water Users AsSOcla-
ton makes against all Of its members
7 MS letter ana the accompanying pet1-
ton viii be printed in English and in
Spanish and IN effort viii be made to
deliver a copy to eFcly owner of land
this Is requested 4 90 ale an owner
of valley land, please read tue Deti-
rin7 and see l. you ;:re named as a &C.
fendant If you are not named, you
should be, for your own protection and
your name WIN be added II you send II
In with a description Of the land owned
by you TO the legal office Of the Water
Users Association II you are named as
a defendant in the petition or If you
are the owner Of land in the valley you
are requested and urged TO call at the
legal office Of this Association at No.
bO2 Two Republics Life Building IN the
City OF FL PasO at the earliest con-
Venient date after you read this notice
Some one viii be at the office every day
from a. m to u o'clock noon and
from $50 p. m. until p. m. and any
information you desire concerning the
suit or the perfeCtinE OF water rights in
this valley, viii be given, as Ear as We
are able TO give it. An interpreter VIII
be present who can speak Spanish
fiuently. 1t is desirable that the Water
Users Association should be in com
municatOn with every person IN this 4
valley who claims q water right or who I
desires a water right. Ample time viii Z
be allowed Tor all claims 10 be heard 4
and examined fully and no decree VIII I
be taken in this cause until ample op-
pOrtunity has been given for all TO be 4
heard. but YOU should act promptly /
You have nothing TO gain and much to /
lose by delay Call at No 502 Two Re !
publics Life CRio Grande) Building.
The Ell PASO VALLEY WATER /
USERS ASSOCIATION
BY F. MARTINEZ. Secretary
FELIX MARTINEZ,
A. COURCHESNE,
c. W HUFFMAN.
HORACE B. STEVENS. /
4 l. COBB.
Z. r WHITE
J. A. SMITH
j. z. DOANE by F. N !
G. y. GARCIA by F. N 4
ROYAL JACKMAN.
Constituting the Board OF Governors 4
In the District Court Of the United D
States, for the Western District OF I
Texas. at Fl PasO, Texas
Fl Paso Valley Water Users Associa- /
Complainant
vs. No. 20 In Equity.
At ak 1aTa-6or7~z
To the Honorable the Judges Of the 4
District Court Of the United States. /
for the Western District of Texas. FL I
Paso Division
The Fl Paso Valley Water Users /
Association brings this its bill Of com 4
plant. against William h Austin Luz /
Abieta- H NJ Adams. CristO bal Aguiars I
EmilianO Aguirre, Estate OF Jose AIar- 4
con. Estate of Loreizo AlarcOn, Mrs /
F. G. AlarcOu, Executor. Julian Alarcon, {
Lorenzo AlarcOn, Pedro AlarcOn, Re ;
fugiO Alarcon. Abe Alderete, Adelaide I
Alderete. BenignO Alderete, F. g. Al 4
derete. Isaac Alderete, Ramon Alderete.
Ruis Alderte. NuranO Alderete, W Il {
Aldridge, Ethan Allen. James Allen, R. !
2 Allen, Antonio Armenian, Basilio Al |
menzar. Delfina Almenzar, Franco Al /
TaradO. Jose AlvaraoO- C. AlV1dres, c J
AmadOr, Refugia R de AmadOr, Mary 4
Andenreids Anderson & Giddings, G J. /
Anderson, T. F. Anderson, A ApOdaca-
AnaCletO ApOdaca- Carolina ApOdac2,
CesariO ApOdaca, Daniel ApOdaca- El1liO /
-Apodaca- ElzariO Apodaca. Franco Apo
dacGs Guadalupe ApOdaca, Jesus Ma
daca, j. ApOdaca. Juan ApOdaca- Maria
A ApOdaca- Melton Apodaca- p. Apo
daca- PstriciO ApOdaca- PEDRO ApOdacas
Pedro ApOQacas IT. POnclanO ApOoaca.
Ramon ApOdaCa- XgnaciO ApOdaca.
Zararias ApOdaca- ZoterO ApOdaca7
Alexandra Amanda BenitO Amanda, Caro-
lima Amanda Caroline Amanda, Eloisa
Amanda Luis Amanda NJ A Amanda n
and A Amanda. Maxine Amanda
Victoria. Amanda. Franco ARGOS.
AlbinO Arias, AlvinO Arias Dolores
Marcos Arias, MarUla Arias, Paula
AriaS. Pedro Arias. Ramon AriaS, I
Vicente Arias. Vicente Arias, B. Ar
mepdsriz, F. R. Armendariz, P Armen-
dsriz, S. ArOnstein, Jose Arravenes- Abel
ArrOyas. Jesus ArUOyaS, s AsztOlas, An
tonic AvalOs. T. LucerO Avalos, Pedro
Avillar, S C. Aubrey
Mrs 3. "a Rabbit, D. Baca- ROmulO I
BacO. X Backhouse. S. P. Bookshelf. D.
". Bailie. H H Bailey. T. ii. Bailey,
w d. Bailie, Vim Baker, W NJ Baker,
Elena n Ball HerculanO Ball, Juan
Ball. Jose Bales. j. A Balslnger, Cleta
Barela- D. Barela- Greg. -Barela, Jose
BareIa, c. n. Bassett H s. BauEh. o.
r. Baum. George Wythe Baylor, Sailie
c. Baylor, c. P Beal, S. A Beanes, f
O.. Belk. s A Bell, Jose A Beltran,
J. s. Beltran. CaliXtO Benavides, Mrs
1aliKto Benavides, N BenecOmo, Peter
y. Benson, Conception Beru, LibradO
8ernaI. Franco Bernal J. Bernal, JOa-
luin Bernal, Manuel Bernal, Ramon
8ernaI G. J. Berry, c. Berru, Stanley
3evan. s B. Biddle, A NJ Birdsall, Mrs.
-da Bishop JOsepha. Biscarra- Estate OF
P F. Black, J. r Blacker, B. H. Blan-
hard, o. G. Blanton. Victor Blot. ST., F.
n. Booker. Nora Booth, D. n Boozer,
,risDin Borego. Dionicia BOrregO. Elijio
3orrego, Luz BOrregO. Estate OF A T.
3oulet. Pedro BOrrundO, G. S Bovee,
R. v BoWden. K NJ BOWington, J. A
Bradford Lillian Branch, Mrs A Bran
ION. A z Brown. B. F. Brown, C. h
Brown F. Wells Brown, j. X Brown
?. H Brown, Henning Bruhn, Executor I
4lice Buchanan, George buchanan,
lanes Buchanan, Jose Paz Buchanan,
yuma, Buchoz. J. A Buckler, Mrs Mag
yie Buckler, ". c. Bulger, J. o. Buquori .
Richard F. Burgess. c. Butler. Chas.
Butler, CeciliO BustillOs, Cleta Bustillos, Z
1loisa Bustfllos. Inez BustillOs Jose :
3usullOs, Juan BustillOs-
3. CaballerO, BenitO CaballerO, Area I
10 Cadena c. Cadena, Cecilio Cadenas Z
Domingo Cadena- udefOnso Cadena. {
-uan Cadena, TeOfilO Cadena, Tomas {
5adena, Vicente Cadena, CadWillader,
Foster & Smith. G.. Cadwallader. NJ i
,adwailader. j. Calisher, ElijiO Calder J
N, Elena CalderOn, lgnaciO CalderOn, {
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