El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-15

Las Cruces, y. n, July IA great
many people from the west side of the
MesiIla valley were here TO attend a
. lawsuit between water users of the
La Mesa community dIICh and the
I commissioners of that ditch.
The case was called by judge Med
Ter. The attorneys Tor the commits
SIOners were Young and Young, and
Paxton and for the water users, Holt
and sutherland. Judge Medler dismissed
| the case for those who had paid the
assessment levied by the ditch COM
mIsslOners and the injunction was con-
Z tlnued against those who had not paid.
This prevents the non-payins mem
I bers from securing water.
Storm Does Damage.
The electrical storm did some dam
age TO the local telephone system, but
no long distance lines were put out of
order a great many people were
Kept awake by the storms. Last night
there was some rain. but not as much
as on the previous night Some heavy
{ winds accompanied the rain last night.
Water Conditions Peculiar.
The water conditions of the Rio
Graude are peculiar. The report from
Elephant Butte that there was flow
of 20 cubic feet per second; at the some
time there was lS5 cubic feet per sec
Ond at Selden, due TO local rains be-
tween the two places.
All the water was diverted into the
ditch at Selden, but because Of local
rains in the vicinity Of PicacLO there
was q flow on Monday morning at the
Mesquite bridge after the san Miguel
ditch had diverted what it could.
Work Progresses on BuiIding.
The principal building now being
constructed in Las Cruces is the ROU-
alt building, on Main and GrlEgs
streets The builders, the BascOm-
French company, have Deen delayed
because they were not able TO secure
steel beams and also cOrnlce work as
soon as needed. Some of the latter was
q o. in L-1rr
All materials are now on the ground,
the roof Is partly on and the fathers
have considerable lath put on The
lower floor Of the new building will
be occupied by the Meyers company,
implement dealers On the upper story
viii be q Office rooms
frost and frost, OF FL PaSO, are the
architects, and Frank lslas is super
lnteudent of construction for the
BascOm- French company.
Treasurer Moves office.
The office of county treasurer W
w. Cox has been moved from Main
street to the new county hall Of rec
OrdS. near the courthouse This is q
brick building of mission style. con-
tanning several office rooms and also
containing commoulous treproot con-
crete vaults, with steel filing cases and
steel bOOkshelves- The building is To-
Gated at the northeast corner OF the
courthouse square and is well shaded.
Sewer and water connections have
recently been made with the Palace
SLaA-t1r ELDDtA ~ Oh the AaLAO44E
church. Town superintendent o. H
Brown is making water and sewer
connections and the number using the
city water viii soon be great enough to
pay the running expenses
J. H Paxton has returned from a
business visit in Santa Fe.
DIT. Troy Sexton has purchased a new
automobile. He has had -FOUR pas
senger for some time, but the new one
is two passenger.
Mrs r i. French and son. Joseph.
and daughter. Ruth. have left for an
extended visit in Missouri and Iowa
They viii first visit Mrs French's
grandparents in the Ozark mountain
region, and then so to Des Moines,
Iowa They purpose TO return TO Las
Cruces the latter part Of October.
A passenger coach was placed on the
switch here yesterday morning for
company A, New Mexico militia, Capt
Phillip DesSaner. commanding The
company leaves here tonight for Las
Vegas. where all the New Mexico mill
tia viii 80 into enCampment this year
a dance was given in the armory last
night in honor Of the militia, at which
q large number was present and an
enjoyable time was had The hall was
artisticauy decorated for the occasion
Rev. J. c. Rodriguez and son, Carlos. Z
left yesterday for POlOmas hot springs [
to be some a couple Of weeks. The son
is in poor health and it is hoped that [
the baths may prove beneficial
Frank NJ Hayner and wife and Jo-
seph Lowe went by auto to AlamOEOrdO /
ana from Lnert uN ral 10 0lOuQcEDLL- Q
Mr. Lowe returned home by train yes
terday morning. but Mr. and Mrs. Hay
ner Will remain longer and return In ]
their automobile from Alamogordo.
Mr.. and Mrs W T. kitchens, Of FL /
Faso, are in Las Cruces on business /
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rhodes and son. I
Harold. of the Engle Cattle company. Z
located north of Selden. were guests in 7
the home of Dr. j. W Minetree yes !
terday-
The sew and So club was entertained /
at the home OF Mrs q L. POST on /
North Mira uda avenue. this afternoon. [
Salmon Brown, Of Chicago, has ar /
rived for visit in the home Of o. H. !
Brown, south of Las Cruces.
Miss Sirra Soto and sister, Miss Mar !
raret Soto. went to FL PasO this morn !
ing TO visit their aunt. Mrs Guadalupe [
Soto at Washington park
Mrs A. Douglass went to FL PasO I
today on business.
Mrs Ella Braggan. Of Coffeyville F.,
Kas, who has been a guest of her (
niece. Mrs. T. T. Winters, left here
this morning for a visit in Los Angeles.
Cal. expecting TO return about the first
of September
had a room in the Strong house on
Courthouse, have taken room at the
Surface Water supply. =
The office OF the state engineer,
James A. French, has distributed a
pamphlet on the surface water supply /
for New Mexico. The data concerning
southern New Mexico is interesting
The pamphlet shows an extensive
amount of stream gaging and office
work in connection herewith The
reliability of the data is shown which
is very valuable for hydraulic engln- I
GERS. The Glow of the Rio Grance at :
san Narcial is always variable From
Jan. to 9. 1871, and from Sept 20 TO
Oct 6, 1872 there was no flow. the
maximum flow in 1911 was 1000 cubic
feet per second on July p, and the
maximum in 1912 was 1920 cubic feet
per second on May 81. The greatest
monthly discharge in 1911 was in July
when 392 800 acre feet were discharged,
and in 1912 was in June when 5e2,095
acre feet were discharged The total
run off for 1911 was 1887 acre feet;
the runoff for 1912 was 1,t99,614 acre
feet These two years had runoff OF Z
q small amount greater than the aver
age Of the 16 years previous.
Sixteen Years. Record.
For the &c years previous the runoff