El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-08

Las Cruces. n. NJ. July S.-Exercises
attending the laying of the corner
stone OF the Methodist church were
attended by Aztec lodge No. 3. a. F.
& a. NJ, acting for the grand lodge
Of New Mexico on special request Of
the committee of the church.
Deputy grand master Frenger ap-
pointed the following lodge officers
to lay the corner stone:
Grand master, George W. Frenger;
deputy grand master, Francis L Les
ter; grand senior warden, John ..
Miller; grand Junior warden, John Z.
Robbins grand treasurer, Henry StOes;
grand secretary, 4, L. Kelso; grand
senior deacon, Harry L. Parks; grand
junior deacon, Raleigh T. Hare; grand
senior steward, John \. Anderson;
grand junior steward, Richard a. Ste
vens; grand tyler, Joseph Mathers;
grand marshall, L, c. Wade jr.; prin-
cipal architect, ". J. Stevens.
The Masonic ceremonS in laying the
corner stone IS impressive, ana the
various officers appointed to perform
the rites on this occasion were all
wei posted on the work and the at
tendance was very large.
Las Cruces seems to be destined to
lose the principal, diversion OF the
summer season, as it is reported that
the Alameda Realty company, owning
the subdivision on which the ball park
IS located, has given orders to mana
ger Wetlaufer OF the Las Cruces team,
to remove the grand stand at once.
The ball park was located at the north
end OF Main street near the LUcerO
mill last season, ana when the question
of erecting a grand stand for the &C
commodatlon Of the fans WaS raised,
the owners were approached for
lease Of the ground. Mr.. Jones was
unable to give lease, he stated, be-
cause he was but one OF the members
Of the company and it would require
a meeting to authorize him to enter
into any lease, but he authorized the
erection of the grand stand for the
season.
Later when the Fair association
needed a place to hold the fair, the
question OF grounds again became Of
interest, and a lease was again pro-
posed which would permit of the fenc-
ing of the park and the building of an
exhibition hall that could be used for
other purposes as we'll nothing was
done however and the fair was held
on other grounds in the BrOwnlee
addition.
At the armory saturday night about
20 couples of young folk gathered to
enjoy the week end dance given by
the B. o. 3. club. the evening was
cool and dancing was followed by light
refreshments, the young people break
ing up in the wee sma hours
~
of the Alianza HispanO Americana has
left his home in Tempe, Arizona, and
will arrive in Las Cruces within a
few days on a visit to the various
lodges in his jurisdiction. Mr.. Brown
while in Las Cruces viii examine the
affairs of the local lodge and Will then
proceed northward on his trip of in
spection to the other lodges.
The First State bank has issued
the regular semi annual report as
called for by the state banking depart
ment. The institution was but 406
days old, and made 4 showing Of s14I,-
1864 in deposits. a growth in L
months of S129.OOO. The semi annual
dividend has been declared Of per
cent on the capital stock.
Mrs. c. 2. George has lost 4 hand
bag containing her purse and $50 in
money. The loss was first noticed in
passing the cemetery after having
been at the Davis dairy, and returning
over the road brought to light the
bag where it had fallen, but the purse
was not found and neither purse nor
money have been recovered by the
owner.
Mrs. F. Z. McKie has arrived from
Deming looking for good location
for a restaurant