El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-23
CANANEA MAN BUYS
FARM NEAR CRUCES
Iron Culverts Are Put in
Roads Improved in
Dona Ana

Las Cruces. n. NJ, Oct. 23-Through
! the locating agency of the Elephant
Butte Water Users association, DR..
Chas P. Bull. ir., now of FL PasO, but
! lately of Cananea, Mexico, has pur-
/ chased 106 acres of land from the De-
| metric Chavez estate. This is about
three miles west of Las Cruces. DR..
! Bull expects his brother, who is a grower
| of oranges and grape fruit in southern
| Florida, to move here and to put the
land IN a high state of cultivation in a
| short time.
Culverts Are Put In.
A considerable force of men has been
/ engaged in installing the new corrugated
! iron culverts which were shipped from
Ell Paso short time ago. Great i'm
| provements are being made by the man
ner installation. The straight pipes
are being set deep in the ground and
| then dikes are built at the upper and
l lower ends and the pipes then become
| pressure pipes. Some of the crossings,
when compared with the old wooden
| culverts, have been reduced from grade
of 20 percent to about percent. With
| these improvements larger loads can be
| hauled on many roads.
Henry Stoes Appointed
! Henry Stoes has been appointed a
delegate to the dry farming congress
at Tulsa, Okla, by governor w. c. Nc
Donald.
Political Clubs Unite.
A new Democratic club has been or
| ganized bv the uniting of two Young
! Mems Democratic clubs. The following
are the Officers of the new club: Presi-
| dent, James ?. Asearate; vice president,
| Roman Herrera; secretary and treasurer,
| Joe JOrdle; assistant secretary, A. Pa
: dllla- The directors are: Ranta Rosa
Rico, Luciano Duran and J. NJ. Rivera.
t. next meeting viii be held on Oeto-
/ Der 81, at which time the constitution
and bylaws viii be read for the third
time and viii be voted upon. The COM
mittee' which drafted the constitution
was Joe Jordie, chairman; Roman Her
rera, Jose Romero, David Herrera and
Joe Precidio.
The regular meetings viii be on the
first Friday of each month after No
vember 1.
Three rooms are being handsomely
fitted up in the Rouault building for
Judge Edward Medler and the Dona Ana
County Bar association. In the past the
Judge has had no office. The largest
OF the three viii be used by Judge Meo-
Ter IN hearing cases which do not re-
quire a Jury trial. One room will be
assigned to the stenOgrapher and will
contain an extensive law library. This
viii belong to the members of the Dona
Ana County Bar association. One room
Will be Judge Medler's private office.
The furnishings are being supplied by
henry StOes. The Rouault building viii
be largely occupied by law offices.
Entertains Social Club.
Mrs. Thomas Brannigan Yesterday aft
ernoon entertained the social club at
her ranch home west of Las Cruces.
The following guests were in attend
ance: Mesdames H. A. Broaddus. E. Z.
Day. Nancy Hamilton NJ. Fl. Peterson,
K. L. Young. Herbert B. Holt. W. A.
sutherland, W. J. Stevens Gus Manasse.
Sam Manasse, Vincent May, w II. H.
Llewellyn. Atkinson. L. C. Clay, Edmond
son, b. Link and Henry Stoes, all of
Las Cruces, and Mrs. Oscar Snow. of the
1VVV acre ranch and Mrs. H D. Bow
man, Mrs. J. C. Robbins and Mrs. George
W. Ladd, of Mesilla Park. and Mrs.
Broaddus, of Los Angeles. Calf.
The house was decorated with pro-
fusion OF dahlias and chrysanthemums.
The color scheme for the dining room
and reception hall was red and white.
and for the drawing room, white ana
green: A two course luncheon was
served: Mrs. Henry Stoes assisted Mrs.
Brannlgan in serving. 1t is a rule of
the club to give no prizes. The scores
are being kept and will be compared
at the end of the season.
On Tuesday of this week one of the
reclamation service parties had an axle
70 beak on rig while thew were fOrdino
the river. They got the rig out all right
and did not get wet themselves.
In Charge of Surveys.
Thomas H. MatsOn is now in CHARGE
OF the surveys of the Mesilla valley.
de occupies the position formerly oe.
eupIed by Homer J. Gault
James A. French, state engineer of
New Mexico, came to Las Cruces yester-
day and left this morning.
X. l.. Young is having new linoIeum
put on the floor sof the offices which
ne VIII occupy IN the Rouault building.
Visit Modoc Mines.
a number OF young people enjoyed one
OF the beautiful autOumn days at the |
Modoc mine in the Organ mountains
They made the trip in a hav WAGON |
Drawn by four horses. The following !
were the members of the party: Misses 1
FRANCES Benavldes,, Dortea Triviz, Ada /
ina Irlviz, Maria Carboniere. Adelina /
Carboniere, and Messrs. Frank G. San
chez, John Carboniere, Alfredo Barrio. /
AIDino Costales, Marcos Barrio. Santiago /
Barrlo, Jaime ArvIu. Limo Turriela. Max i
Franco, John Garcia, Roman Herrera, !
PlazidO Herrera.
Rev: and Mrs. D. c. Barb, of Spring
fleld, No, have arrived here for a visit !,
with their daughters, Mrs. J. NJ. Jones
and Mrs. X. E Lee. The mother had not
seen these daughters for six years. and |
the father had not seen them or eigI,f
years.
Burt Bray is giving a series of stere-
optIeon lectures in Spanish in the Luera |
in East Las Cruces.
William d. Newton has returned home
rom brief visit in Fl Paso.
Mrs ) A Pineham is confined to her
1ed on account of an attack OF appen-
ilcltIs. Her son, Price, has returned
rom three months visit with rela-
ives and school friends at Abilene, Tex.
Rev. Juan Blea, of Las Cruces, a Bap-
,lst missionary from Lincoln county.
Who has lately located here, will occupy
he pulpit IN the Spanish PRESBYTERIAN