El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-18
WOULD BUILD ROAD
IF EXPENSES PAID
Artesia Does Not Accept Offer %
Tennessee Man Who Asked 500
For Personal Expenses.

Artesia. y. NJ, Aug. 1S.-President
Robinson, of the Tennessee railway
company. teIegraphed TO ArJesia and
Roswell to have committees meet him
at Pecos, as his company desired TO
build a railroad from the Pecos val
lev into Texas Secretary Dinsmore,
of the Artesia Chamber Of Commerce,
and Clark DiIley, R. H Kemp and
judge J. T. Mcclure, of Roswell. met
him at PecOs and were advised that
Mr.. Robinson would come to Artesla
and Roswell to investigate the 1eaSl-
bility of the railroad if he were paid
$500 for his expenses of coming here
in his private car. Negotiations were
forthwith terminated and the com
mittee returned home
The school bond election passed off
quietly, the bonds carrying an al
most unanimous vote. They include
and an issue of $1,000 for improve
ments.
John B. Enfield has exchanged his
Artesia mercantile stock with L J.
Hushey for some Oklahoma land Mr.
Hughey is on the ground continuing
the business and has changed the
name of the company to the Cash Mer-
The Corrington college of arts has
been organized with the following
board Of regents: Walter Daugher-
ity, president; John o. Douglas. sec
retary: c. Z. Mann. treasurer. Mrs. J
B. Enfield. registrar. and DR.. J. B.
Cochran, DR.. NJ N. Inmad S. w GIL
bert and Mrs Villa AtkesOn- There
are six departments and the school
viii be open September 8
DR.. c. W Williams has been APP
pointed by governor Mcdonald as one
of the states representatives TO the
dry farming congress at Tulsa, Okla
c. J. Buck. on the Cottonwood. Sc
cured 81 tons of alfalfa from 90 acres
on his second cutting.
An enthusiastic gathering was held
IL @r.Hn# lln Hanau ~
The meeting was scheduled for the
chamber of commerce. but so large
was the crowd that adjournment was
had to the Christian church. Among
the speakers on the profits of dairy
ing were J. Z. Banner. chief of the ag-
ricultural bureau of the Santa Fe:
P 3. Barber, secretary treasurer of
the Roswell creamery; J. b Foster.
president of the Otis creamery, and
r. II. MCNally, a separator man and
dairy expert Mr.. Barber stated that
his creamery at Roswell would furn-
iSh cans and take all the cream the
farmers could furnish until a creamery
was established John B. Enfield,
cashier of the State National bank,
stated that $4,000 was available for
the purchase of dairy cows. The sec
rotary of the chamber of commerce
read a letter from Hugh Boyle. who
formerly conducted n creamery at Den
YER. to the effect that he would soon
I come to Artesia and that if conditions
warranted he would start creamery.
I The committee from the chamber of
commerce that had interviewed the
, farmers. reported that 15e cows were
available for a creamery and that the
farmers would add 500 if a creamery
were established. The meeting ad-
. jaurned to meet Saturday afternoon to
give the farmers an opportunity to at
tend
The Artesia Melon Growers assOci-
alton is engaged in shipping canta-
loupes- II is shipping car load a
day and has shipped II cars. CrUtch-
1 field and Voolfolk, of Pittsburg. have
| contracted for the entire crop and have
a representative here inspecting the
/ crop. About % car loads will be
| shipped.