El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-10
BONDS FOR WATER
WORKS ARE VOTED
Practically No Opposition To $4,000
Issue in ArteSia; Republicans Angry
With County Chairman.

Practically No Opposition To $4,000
Issue in Artesia; Republicans Angry
With County Chairman.
Artesia, n. NJ, Sept 1O.-The vote in
Artesia for $4,000 bond issue for the
Improvements of the streets and water
works system was practically unani-
nous The vote was very light, as
there was no contest and only taxpayers
could participate. There were 102 in
favor of the issue and seven against
1t The bonds will run 20 years at 6
percent
Artesia Republicans are highly indig-
nant over being deprived of a voice in
county to the state Republican conven-
ton that meets at Albuquerque, Sept.
II Artesia is the Republican strong
hold IN Eddy county, having cast al the
last election more than twice as many
Republican votes as any other pre-
cinct. The local Republicans expected
that there would be a county Repub-
Ican convention to which they could
send delegates from Artesia- On the
contrary NJ. S. Groves. corporation COM
missioner, chairman of the county CEN
trail committee and a member of the
state central committee from Eddy
county, it is claimed appointed himSelf,
I. J. Sanford, who holds a position IN
der him, and W. T. Reed as three of
the delegates to the state convention
and had J. Frank Newkirk, local post
gates, who were J. W. TUr4nett and J.
W. Cave, both of ArteSia
Horace Harper and Herbert Menden-
hall have departed for FL Paso to en-
ter the railway mail service They
were accompanied by Herman Harper.
Ernest Zeitz has sold out his plumb
ing business to D. A. Loucks and de-
parted with his family for Kansas City
He Will later locate in san Diego. Cal.
The Santa Fe is constructing a plat
form nearly 800 feet lonS connected
with the freight station which recently
was moved to the east side of the
tracks.
Rev. J. Arthur Stout who had charge
Of the Christian church about three
again assume the pastorate of the
church.
In order to expedite the completion
of the new s25 600 Methodist church
the men of the congregation have been
volunteering their services as carpen-
tiers and each day some of them put in
few hours driving laths. On next
Thursday there will be a rally of these
the whole day working and will par
take Of dinner provided by the women
of the church.
Judge G. L. McCrary is in Santa Fe
to present to governor Mcdonald
petition to appoint Gayle Talbot of
Artesia one of the three good road
commissioners of Eddy county. Other
petitions are out for two appointments
of residents of Carlsbad and one from
Hope
The public schools opened with
nearly 500 pupils, an increase of over
80 over last years attendance. West
crn college opened up Tuesday with an
increased attendance. The red school
house south of Artesia has been moved
to a more desirable site on a hill
The cantaloupe association has
shipped nine carloads of cantaloupes,
John L Krausa has returned from
making a tour through the fruit dis
tricts of Arkansas. He reports peaches
selling from Is to 25 cents a busheI
as compared to from to 8 cents a
pound in Artesia-
The artesian well district in the upper
Cottonwood is much more extensive
than was ever imagined. T. A. Stan
cliff of Lake Arthur has brought in a
guSher on the farm of Fred Miller. u
miles northwest of ArteSia that flowed
u inches over an eight-inch casing
and has a capacity of 1900 gallons a
minute. 1t is nearly two miles south
of the Cottonwood and several miles
from any flowing well. It was gener-
ally supposed that the water in this
well would not reach the surface and
would require a pumping plant for
irrigation. As result of the showing,
other wells will be sunk in the vicinity
OF the Miller well.