El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-26
ROAD BOND ISSUE
TO BE VOTED UPON
Election Tuesday to Decide
Building Of Road From
Fabens to Ft. Quitman.

Beginning at o'clock Tuesday
morning and lasting Throughout inc
day the polling places in the olIIeI-
ent precincts will be open to the VOt-
ers who will cast, their votes on the
proposition of issuing S15O,OOO worth d
bonds for the purpose OF DulIdlhS
road from Fabens to Fort Qultmah'
a point on the eastern line Of the
county.
The purpose of the bond issue, as
outlined by the prime movers, IS 10
build a road which will give the Iar-
mer living in that section an outIet
to the markets for his products, and
to open up thousands of acres of fer
tile land which it was stated IS lying
unused on account of the lack OF roac
facilities.
1t is believed at this time that the
election will carry, although the vote
both UP and down the valley Will De
divided. Commissioner 7. Love, who
voted against the commissioners
ordering the election, although the
statute under which it was presented
made it mandatory for that court 10
call the election, stated Monday morn
ing that Sierra Blanca would vote al
most solid against the issuance OF the
bonds. The people down there DO
not believe the time is ripe for the
building of the road" said commas
sioner Love.
The people at YsIeta are about d.
vided on the proposition" said COM
missioner Ike LOWenstein. IhoSe IN
favor of the issuance Of the bonds are
going to get out and vote for them.
Commissioner Perez, from san Eli
carlo, stated that the residents OF MS
section were also divided on the ques-
ton.
I do not think the people down the
valley or up the valley are in favor
of the issuance of the bonds" said
commissioner James r. Clifford But
the people who are not in favor OF the
bonds are not going to come out ana
sition."
voting Places and Officers.
The polling places and the selec-
ton of the judges of the election are
as follows:
house, J. B. Badger, presiding judge
and z. Kogelmeier, associate judge;
No. 2, Second and oregon streets, Per-
ry Carroll, presiding judge and Lew
Gilbert. associate judge; No. 3, black
smith shop, 414 East Overland street,
c. y. Bassett, presiding judge and / >
Kerr. associate judge; No 4, Alamo
school. w. H Austin, presiding judge
and J. T. Neson, associate judge NO.
judge and Frank Coles, associate
Judge; No. 8. East FL Paso fire sta
ton, Claude Hange, presiding judge
and L. 3. West. associate Judge; No
7, Schobe's restaurant Joe Dunno,
presiding Judge and J. NJ. Mason, as
sociate Judge: No. S. Trunk warehouse,
corner Of Cotton and Boulevard
Thomas NJ Mayfield, presiding judge
and H. P. Stacy, associate judge; No
9, Lamar school, John L Dyer, pres1d-
ing judge and O. H. Baum, associate
Judge; No. 10. Virginia street fire
station, H. ". Brcaddus, presiding
Judge and H. A. Baker, associate
Judge; No. II, city hall, J. NJ Langtord,
presiding judge and J. B. Sanbeen, as
sOciate judge; No. II, Frazer Brothers.
plumbing shop, East FL Paso, Paul
Hammett, presiding judge and Arthur
J. Fullen. associate judge; No 10, NeII
company's store East FL Paso, A II
Goldstein. presiding judge and Charles
R. Loomis. associate judge; No. II. Al
tura Park school, r. S Nichols, pre-
siding Judge and L West, associate
Judge; No. Is, Lincoln Park school,
Z. L. Millican, presiding judge and F.
G. Hadlcck, associate judge; No 16,
Ysleta, VI. s. Graves. presiding judge
and Frank Candelario. associate Judge;
No. II, SocorrO. Seth 8. Orndorff, pre-
siding judge and Cenaro Chavez. asso-
ciate judge; No. IS. san Elizario school
house, Francisco Garcia, presiding
judge and Leonardo Lujan. associate
Judge; Nc. 10, Clint school house. D. L.
Peters, presiding judge and w +.
Skov, associate judge; No. 20. Fabens
school house c. s. White presiding
Judge; No. q, Fort Hancock school
house. r. 5. Ross. presiding judge and
J. B. Bean, associate judge; No p,
Sierra Blanca, Charles Brown, presid-
ing judge and Pat Edeins. associate
judge; No. %, Alamore section house,
J. R. Milican, presiding judge and
W. z. Yarbo, associate judge; No. p.
Towne. l.. B. Jones. presiding Judge
and Ewald Kipp. associate Judge; No
25, Union Mercantile store Canutillo,
7. W. Spivey. presiding judge and
James Henninger. associate Judge; No.
26. Morrisons ranch, z. 3. NJ Hamil-
ton. presiding judge and G. W. Bent,
associate judge.
The election will be held under the
provisions of the road district act OF
the 31st legislature and only quail
fled voters who are resident property
tax payers of the county will be al
lowed to vote.
The ballots which will be used will
have printed on them: For the bonds
and for the tax" and against the
bonds and against the tax" The voter
is to scratch the proposition he is op-
posed to-