El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-23
WEST SIDE PLEDGES
$4,000 FOR ROAD WORK
8iU Urge Canine Real on West side
And Starts Movement for New
County Cut From Dona Ana.


people have pledged $4,000 for road
. work and are planning to start a
B movement for new county to be cut
The West Side Improvement asso-
{ citation held rOusing meeting at
J ChamberlnO school house at which a
Z large attendance from all of the West
I SIDE districts from La Union to san
Miguel. was present. Matters of inn
pCrrance to the West Side were taken
up by the meeting, among which was
the proposition of locating the cam
inc Real on the West Side. from Mes
quite south to the state line.
The w lest Side which it was agreed,
contains ppfoNlmaleIE sV per cent OF
the lrrlsanle land IN the lower Mes
illa valley. and has at the present
time over $4,000 acres Of land in Gull
tVatlon, is SONG 10 be one OF the
most important factors in the develop
mont of the entire territory under the
Rio Grande project. The West Side IL
IS claimed, embraces more than two
thirds of the population of the lower
Mesilla valley, and it is safe to say
that within the next four or five
wears the population viii be quad
rupled- in view of these circumstances
the West Side feels that the location Of
the Canine Real should be such that
it viii serve the greatest population.
besides going through the heart of the
most productive and prosperous sec
ton of the entire valley
Another matter of Importance taken
up by the meeting referred to the
creation Of a new county. ResOlu-
tons were adopted that active meas
ures be taken by the association,
locking to the ultimate segregation
into "a new county of that portion of
DOna Ana county lying south of an
east and west line just north of Pic
achO and west of the river to the state
line on the west and south.
Resolutions were also adopted pledE-
ing the association and its individual
members to subscribe $1,000 for road
work on the West Side
Miss Aileen Moore has returned TO
her home in FL PaSO, after a two
weeks visit at the ranch of i. II. Ben
nett She was the Inspiration for
many social events among the young
people
Earle W. Murphy gave a dinner. in
PRODUCING Harry Reiuhurg to some of
the young people Of the immediate
neigh bOrhOod- Among the guests We're
the Misses Aileen Moore Marguerite
and Dorothy Bennett and Rena Gil
lette. Harry Reinburg, Uric Wallace,
Joe Bennett and Idus Gillette
II. H. Richardson OF DeminE has
been visiting at the home of John H.
Murphy
The Misses Marguerite and Dorothy
Bennett gave a picnic at' Cottonwood
Springs up in the mountains, in honor
of Lewis CrOOker and Jim AlVeS. of
EI Paso- The guests were the Misses
Bennett AIleen Moore Eena Gillette;
Lewis Croker. Jim Alves. Joe Ben
nett. Lewis Casad. Uric Wallace. Earle /
Murphy and 1Ir- and Mrs 7. IT. Ben
nett and son Donald. and Mr. and
Mrs. John H Murphy
The tackev dance given by the Aladdin
club was a success. both socially
and financially A large number were
present including the people from the
reclamation camp and number from
FL PaSO. Many of the costumes were
Uarvels of tacIiness Mrs. Burus OF
the reclamation service won first prize
ETs--- inc
of CanutillO first prize for the men.
Leonard Thomas came down from
Las Cruces to visit Uric Wallace and
attend the dance
Miss Bertha lIandell. of 1TesilIa
Park. is visiting relatives here for ]
q few days