El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01
GOOD WORKS. DONE
ON OONA ANA ROADS
Lester and Others Make Trip
to Elephant Butte; Find
Roads in Good Shape.


! Las Cruces. n. NJ. March THE
/ State Highway commission is doing a
/ splendid job in the building of the Las
| Cruces-Organ road, now under con-
| structiUn. it is understood to be the
! ambition o. state engineer French to
| make TINS road one of which his COM
] lclSslCn can be proud. A hard-surfa ced
| nlne-tJot roadway is being built, with
I gravel six inches deep. on a solid base,
/ and SUI faced with about two inches Of
I clay The gravel is being hauled from
an arroyo, the average haul being
about mile and quarter The clay
must all be hauled from the valley.
I The road is being built evidently, with
n view TO permanency, and while, nat
urally, little rough at present, ii viii
be a smooth highway Of easy grades
when finished The sides are being
county grader, and the last process
Y i'll be to run the county steam roller
over the entire stretch.
The force seems wen organized, is
receiving good wages, and the teams
employed arc, IN the opinion Of the
state officials in charge. as good rs
any teams employed anywhere IN che
state on state road work The force
is now in camp a few miles east of Las
Cruces. and there remains about one
mile of road to be built It is also
planned 10 construct a first-class con-
crete crossing over an arroyo that She
road crosses
The county road board is taking an
active personal interest in the prose
cutiOn of the work, and its local mem
bers inspect the progress of the work
every week. offering suggestions where
they see fit
Francis E. Lester. Joseph W. Taylor,
P. W. Barker and j. s Macgregor, all
DOna Ana county good roads enthuSi-
asts. made a trip Of inspection by auto
to the Elephant Butte dam. In going
hnV rr-aT Hsa6 fT-r rf n =
the Rhodes ranch and the mesa road.
which parallels the Santa Fe track
north of RincOn to Cutter, and from
Cutter direct to the dam. They spent
a day at the dam, being shown over the
works by the courtesy OF construction
engineer Baldwin; and returned by the
plains road, which leaves the railroad
at Aleman, going in southeasteTIy IL
rection. by way OF Flat Lake, Red Lake
and Turney's ranch This road Is IN
much better condition than the one
they took in going to the dam
For many miles at a stretch the roads
are in perfect condition, and the motor
list can let out his car to the limit
Mr.. Lester made a careful log OF the
trip both ways, for the benefit OF mo-
florists. The distance from Las Cruces
to the dam by either road is about IS
miles.
Splendid work is being done in sew
eral precincts Of DOna Ana county Dy
calling out the county road tax and
organization of precinct deputies which I
the County Road board appointed some I
time ago Some of the best Work IN the I
vicinity of Las Cruces is being done /
on the rectangular stretch OF road con- F.!
Meeting Las Cruces, MeSilla and MeSllla I
Park. This road is being graded, under 1
the supervision Of deputy P. w Barker, (
and the result is a greatly improved I
highway. The road board has an /
nounced its policy OF applying the road
tax first of all to the Improvement OI I
the principal and most Travelled hign-
ways. In one precinct over 70 per cent /
of the road tax has been applied, and /
an equally good record is looked for !
in other precincts. At its regular
monthly meeting to be held Monuay1 /
the road board viii meet with the CITY
trustees of Las Cruces, in order to CO.
operate in the application of the road
tax in the vicinity Of Las cruces
Old Adobe building Raced.
The old adobe building owned by i.
Rouault on Main street has been RACED
and the old material hauled to the va
cant lots on the north side OF GriggS
street between the aceQuia and the
blacksmith shop. Many adObeS have
from year to year been made on these
lots and consequently many depreSSlOns
were left therein. By filling this in a
fine building site will be made
The new ROuault building will be
erected by the BascOm-French company
on the site of the old building on Main
street and will be a two story building
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the entire space from the First State
bank to the building Of the Farrah
brothers, on the north. a distance Of I
10 feet The length of the building will
be 140 feet and the structure will
extend at the rear of the bank building
10 Griggs street with a frontage there
IF 50 feet. which Will make the store
men on both Main and Grfggs streets
In appearance the new building will
,e a reproduction of the First State
,ank building which is owned by the .
2ouaults.
The first floor viii be occupied BY
he consolidated firm of T. Rouault &
,on and the Meyers company of FL
'asO-
DR.. and Mrs C. L Hill gave a surprise
o their guests, Dr. and Mrs. George
I'LL and daughters, of Wheeling w
"a, and Mrs William Geib, of Column
us, O., as they were leaving the Hills
ale ranch for their eastern homes last
venlng, aLIer visit Of almost two
lOnths- me tenants on Mr.. Hills !
lrge ranch were invited TO secretly
ongresate near the Hill home and as
be departing guests left the house the
ssembled crowd followed them to the
abroad track and furnished music or ]
arious kinds Of Instruments until the
anita Fe train arrived. Afterwards the l
snants were entertained at the home
here refreshments We're served.
Snow on the Organs.
snow covered the Organ mountains
Il day yesterday. The mountains pre-
snted an unusually attractive appear
nee
The pulpit of the Baptist church will : Z
e occupied by a. Z. Boyd, pastor OF : =
lie Highland Baptist church Of FL Paso I r.
lnday morning. IS
sunday Services.
Rev. Dr. Sands will preach in the / =
resbyterian church here Sunday morn I
~ owing to the absence of the pastor.
ev Thomas Mitchell. who was called /
Texas on account of the illness Of T.
s aged mother Rev. Mr.. Mathes OF Il
esilla Park, viii occupy the Presby-
rian pulpit here sunday night 81
Dr. McMurry, of st. Louis, will preach