El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-17

Las Cruces. Y. H.. Jan. 1.-THE auc-
ton Of condemned office furniture at
the old land office caused crowd 70
cOngregate- oscar Lohman Dougnt Ine
fire proof safe fO- So and the desks
and stationery cabinets were purchased
by various parties who had use for
Business at the land office has been
conducted under difficulties caused BY
the cold. The steam heating plant did
not work and the officers have been
sitting arOun their rooms in oYercoats
trying 10 answer questions that were
asked by the various attorneys ana
others who had business before the OF
E. ". Bowans, division superintend-
e1t of the National railway Of Mexico
at TOrreon Mexico, Is valley visitor
looking for location for a small farm
Mr. BOwans has been actively engaged
in railroading in Mexico for many years
and his health demands that he return
TO the farm and live the simple life.
Construction work on the telephone
line is progressing satisfactorily under
the management Of foreman Reilly. VINO
has many Of the poles erected and VIII
begin stringlng the cable Wltnln
short time. The company is erecting a
modern brick exchange about q block
west Of Main street fronting on Grlggs-
a new switchboard which viii do away
with the old phones and install new au-
tomato phones i'm their places.
County treasurer ". W Cox has re-
moved his office to the suite OF rooms
in the new postOffice- building. and
viii be ready to collect the taxes IN
g very few days- The business OF cneck-
ing up the old office under oscar Lon
man will not take long owing to the
systematic methods employed by the
former treasurer.
The newly elected probate clerk, c.
o. Bennett has completed checking
over the office Of probate clerk and
has assumed charge he IS now DuSy
with Jose r. Lucero finishing up the
Of "a
which under the new law viii be com
bined with the office Of probate clerk
As soon as the records Of Dona Ana
county are in the possession OF Ine
probate clerks office, 1lr. LucerO viii
leave for Deming and Silver City,
where the offices of district clerk viii
be turned back to the county probate
clerks for their respective counties.
IOhn G. McNary. county comsulS-
Fioner from the lower valley, Antonio
f. BarncastIe. from DOna Ana. and
commissioner Findlay, Of Ri1con, haze
been prominent figures on the streets
the past few days all being here TO
attend the various meetings Of the
county commissioners made necessary
BY the changes in county Officers
r J. Harrison was a valley visitor.
r T. Hare and z G. Beck, Of Be
rino. represented the lower valley here.
T. F. Linseley. Of St Louis, No, is 2
newcomer in the valley.
Harry Leight. Of Kansas City, NO.
IS a business visitor
Miss Croker and Mrs. Miller nave
returned from Fl Paso.
J. s Naurer BIrs. 8faurer and son are
newcomers in the valley from C1icago.
o. c. Taylor Of Kansas City, No, is
q business visitor
S. LeBaron and party OF friends
spent part Of the week in town from
Columbus n NJ.
The little son OF professor Garrison,
Of the Agricultural college, who was
thrown from his pony, and sustained
a fractured arm last week. viii be
able to have use Of the arm shortly.
J. T. urke Of Lamar, Colo. is
visitor in the valley
Albert A. SibIey and J. B. Carter.
both from Chicago, are newcomers In
the valley.
NJ s. eek. of New York city, viii re-
main a few days attending TO business
A. Scott. Of Pittsburg. Pa. is here
and viii remain a few days.
Mai. Van Patten left for Anthony,
y ~
r. E Nicholai. Of Denver. Colo, is
a valley visitor