El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13
.RELOCATEs %
MILES Of CANAL
Highline Canal Survey from
Tortugas Drop to Canu-
tillo Is Completed.

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Sept. 13.-Fred NJ.
Hough, of the u. S. reclamation service,
who has been relocating the high line
canal from TOrtugas Drop to CanutJllo,
has finished the task and has dlsbanded
his party. One plan of the U. ). re-
clamation service was to put drop IN
near Fort Fillmore, but investigation
showed a good site at point about
mile and a half below Tortugas. The
droD there would not be so great by II
feet and the water could easily be taken
to the west side.
Twenty-eight miles of the canal were
relocated Mr. Hough and his assistant,
T. c. Schaffer. viii finish the protiles,
plats and estimates in connection with
the work here in the Las Cruces. Of the
disbanded party Maurice Mitchell, level
man, will enter State college, Pat Hogan
will return to his home at La Mesa,
Frank Sanches and Miguel TruiillO are
at their homes in Las Cruces
Bert Ramsey, Frank Campbell and
George Frenger motored to Elephant
Butte today, leaving Las Cruces at
o'clock this morning.
Prof. Sloan, teacher of Spanish in the
Las Cruces high school, will move into
town the coming week from his Riverside
ranch, about four miles from town.
Literary Society Elects.
The Literary society of Las Cruces
high school held a meeting and elected
the.follOwing officers: President, Blanche
BrOwnlee; vice president, Anabel Lane;
secretary and treasurer. Maxine Lane;
pianist, Aida O'Hara; chorister, GLADYS
Nesbit, instructor of mathematics in the
high school; critic, James W. Cox. The
first meeting at which a program will
be rendered viii be held two weeks from
yesterday in the afternoon, in the high
school.
The Maccabees held a large and en-
thusiastie meeting in the Eiks' hall yes
teTday afternoon. An effort will be
made to secure a larger hall for the
regular hive reviews.
Miss Eleanor Lyon, of AIesilla Park,
visited the Las Cruces high school yes
terday. Miss Lyon viii leave on next
Tuesday for the east. where she viii
enter a school for girls in Virginia
Miss Alma NOrVlel. teacher in the
third grade in the central school build
ing, with her sister, Miss Bertha, who
is attending the high school, and her
brother John, who is in the eighth
grade, are now located in the building
next to the office of Numa Frenger,
and are doing light housekeeping.
Streets Are Graded.
Town superintendent, z. I. Anderson
has large number of men and teams
employed on the grading Of several
lar the work has been in leveing and
putting a crown on the street, prepar-
atory to the placing Of a gravel coat
for the surface. The prisoners in the
county Jail are used for cleaning the
streets and cutting the weeds.
Miss Ophelia Koelle, teacher OF the
eighth grade, and her mother, occupy
the MCGOWAN property on Griggs
street
Miss Cushman. teacher Of the sixth
, grade, is located at the Amador hotel
Z. L. ShacklefOrd, OF FL Paso, was
. up on business yesterday.
Mayberry, the painter, is doing as
seSsment work on his mining claims in
the Dona Ana mountains.
Miss Hester Day, daughter Of Mrs
2. +. Day, on Griggs street, who late
" left here for Long Beach, Calf,
has entered the high school in that
city.
Jerry Ward of FL Paso, was in Las
Cruces yesterday.
Mr.. Karcher and son. of Elephant
Butte, after two days spent in Ell
PasO, will stop off here this evening for
a brief visit in the home of Rev. w
Park
Commissioner John C. McNary has
! returned to his home, near Berino,
after two days, business visit in
Santa Fe.
jay Turley. of the office Of state
engineer at Santa Fe. passed through
! here to FL Paso.
Mrs T. E. CorIey and two daugh-
tiers, Prudence and Eugenia. of Ter
rel, Tex, left here this morning for
Galveston, Tex, after two weeks as
guests of her sister, Mrs. P B. Hin
ton. on Hinton avenue Previous to
their arrival here the yspent some time
in California. P. B. Hinton accom-
panied them as far as Ell Paso TODAY