El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-10
GAULT RESIGNS As
RECLAMATION NAN
Will Go With Department of
Commerce and Labor Has
Been Long in Valley.

! service as a token of appreciation Of
| him, gave Mr.. Gault yesterday II
| jewel gold watch. Inside of the case
was inscribed, Presented to Homer j.
Gault by his civil engineer associates Of
/ the Rio GTande project, New Mexico
| Texas, 1913"
The initials Fl. J. G." we're engraved
upon the outside of the case. When Mr.
Gault was transferred from Elephant
! Butte to the canal work in the Las
! PalOmas, RineOn and Mesilla valleys,
/ the employees at Elephant Butte pre-
/ scented him with a pair of field glasses,
| handsomely mounted and with his mi
J tials engraved upon them.
Mr.. Gault has been an employee of
the Rio Grande project since the autumn
/ OF 1906, when he took charge of The
! construction of the diversion dam for
/ the east sf1e of the Mesilla valley. and
| located near Selden. as it was then
/ known, but the station has now been
\ changed to Medler. After the eonstruc-
| tlOE of the diversion dam, he next To-
Gated the railroad and wagon roads at
( Elephant Butte and constructed most Of
the wagon roads.
In July, 1909, the work at Elephant
Butte was suspended because the gov
eminent had not secured the damsite
anc large part of the reservoir site
| from the Victoria Land and Cattle
company. This was condemned and Dur-
chased. After the purchase of this land
construction work was resumed in july.
1910, and Mr. Gault was construction
engineer. After the construction OF the
| railroad, the two towns were built, the
WaterwoTks system was installed, the
power house was built, the flume was
Dullt and the towers erected. Mr. Gault
had charge of all the preliminary work
10Y the construction of the dam. About
a year ago he was placed on the canal
work
Previous to entering the Z. S. reclama-
ton service he was construction engineer
on on fiager-s East Coast R. R., near Key
west lie constructed the famous Y
bridge at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, the largest
OF its kind in the world.
lie IS a member of the American So
clety OF Civil Engineers whose head
quarters are in New York city.
J. r Gray of the reclamation serv-
ice at FL Paso, finished his proDertv in
yentory here in Las Cruces and went To
there. WIN
Is Grading Streets.
1oWn superintendent Anderson is
having several of the streets east of
Maln street improved by grading. These
improvements have been badly needed
Tor long time.
william Alexander Sutherland left
last night for Engle He will ioin "
Z: NeWoerry, Clay NeWberry, and Da-
Wis Gambler, who went overland in
wagons The entire party will then 90
~ the black range on big game hunt
Elks to Give Ball.
On oct 10 the EIks will give ball
winch VIII be the dedicatory ball of
the new Rouault hall. Great prepara-
tons are being made and it will be one
OF the leading social events of the sea-
son; Music will be furnished by an
orchestra from Ell Paso.
Ball Postponed.
The W. L A. ball which was tn have
oeen held in the Rouault building to-
night has been postponed to some fu-
ture time, the date not yet being fixed.
r,- Dr- and Mrs. c. L Hill will leave
w hee1ng, w. Va, on Saturday for
tneir ranch at Hill. Dona Ana county.
n. NJ Since they went east last sDrine,
a postoffice has been established on 1
thelr ranch, and II is named Hill.
stevens Wins Again.
Moses B. Stevens has won for the
lhlrd time at the state fair at Albu-
querque first prize for a pen of White |
OfplnSton chickens, winning the third |
Tune gives him a cup. He also got third /
in the sweepstakes More poultry of
hlgh class and SOod breeds can now 1
be found about Las Cruces than ever !
DeI1re. The increase in the number of |
turkeys raised is also very noticeable. |
Cases in Court.
The Bowman bank and Trust com (
pany mas brought suit against Chas I
L. Hosmer, of Los Angeles, CAL on a /
promisory note for $3.50
In the district court of the third dis 1
trlcT M o. Harmon is a plaintiff in a I
case against T. NJ. Connolly A T. PAT
rick and Oscar Lehman. The plaintiff /
prayS Tor the foreclosure of a mort !
gage given in connection with a prom I
Issory note upon a lot of land in South /
Las Cruces. Subsequent to the filing of /
tne mortgage with the county recorder. |
connolly, II is alleged sold the prop !
erty to A. L. Patrick, who sold it to /
Oscar Lehman.
In connection with the bazaar which !
WIZ be given by the women of the |
catholic church on Oct %, % "a /
periods have been designated for vari-
Gus organizationS Wednesday, Oct % 1
Mi be Knights of Columbus day; /
thursday afternoon children's day for
the school children and Thursday night,
Elks night; Friday college day.
Inc president of the organization is
MISS Josephine Islas. vice president,
Mrs J. D. Walker; secretary and treas
urer, Mary Shenk.
Mrs. J. D. Walker and Mrs. NJ 2.
BeVens VIII serve tea. The decorations
for the teas will be Japanese in char
acter and appointments
Little Water in bitches.
mere is DOt little water in the
ditches about Las Cruces It was shut
out at the order of Earl Patterson of
the u 5. reclamation service because
the canal of the Las Cruces Mesina
community bitches is not in good
SoiAuAliOu as the contract with the re-
clamat1on service calls for. Some time
ago the Las Cruces-Mesilla bitches
brought suit against Mr. Stuart for
turning an arroyo so the debris was
deposited in the canal. The ditch peo-
pie did not remove the debris while
there was no water When water was
available it was allowed to spread out
over large area and finally found it's
way back into the canal. The back
water in the Las Cruces-Mesilla canal
has caused considerable damage.
A number of the people in the valley
are now wanting water
A number of the ranchers about Las
Cruces are now cutting alfalfa
On last night r. P Banner opened
his second moving picture show The /
new one IS at the corner of Main and I
Iriggs streets. There are now three
moving picture shows in Las Cruces
and another one will soon be started |
IN the new Williams building
The dog catcher was making his
rounds again on yesterday and placed
number of untagged dogs in the dog
pound
Sam Brown, Chas. A Fox. S Good
nan and A S. Pierce have all been /
business visitors in Las Cruces recently.
The schools at Rodey postoffice. a
Colorado village. have been without !
-eachers this fall. A delegation has