El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-04

strength, they but added another mar
vel to the many wonders nature has
evolved to BATTLE the wits of man.
Standing, as they did. monuments OF
stone on the sandy plain.
Road Smooth and Straight.
The road. smooth. level and straight
in places, added to the zest Of the tour
lists. Winding here and there with an
occasional bump to relieve the monol-
ony of a direct line, is in itself Won
der No drags are used upon It, ne
steam rollers, yet 1t IS better lnan
many, very many roads close TO Il
Paso that have been improved Dy moo
ern methods True, II is not neaVlly
Travelled and. consequently, is not cut
up as those roads which are subjected
to much travel
Stop ut Bar Cross Ranch
Just as the sun was hiding behind the
black hills to the west, the party ar
rived at the Bar Cross ranch, which is
managed by John Rhodes. Here stop
was made for water and inquiry as 10
the distance before them Mrs. Rhodes
informed the members of the party that
they had q miles to make. That meant
just half the trip had been completed;
With western hospitality, she invited
all to come in for supper, but the INV
tatiOn was declined with thanks, as all
were anxious to proceed.
The lamps on the machines were
lighted and the journey resumed II
was easy travelling from there on to
the Swift ranch, eight miles from Rim
con.
The cattle at this latter point bawled,
calves ran in front Of the lights, and
dazzled by their brightness, ran away
scared by the reflections cast upon the
ground.
But a short distance out the wrong
road was taken and all went back to
the ranch house, where Earl Patterson
/ got further instructions and both cars
proceeded, Patterson taking the lead
which he assumed at Las Cruces, on
account of his knowledge of the road
For half a mile, a calf gave White
head a lively chase, lodging in and
out of the road in front OF the car He
was going at a lively clip and finally,
when tired, quit the race with a grunI
of disguest
Patterson had a similar experience a
short distance further on and also ran
over a rabbit The latter animal was
probably frightened by the glare OF the
lamps and could not get out Of the road
in time.
Arroyo Road Reached
Within two miles of the town of Rim
con, the arroyo road was reached II
winds about in snake fashion from the
high tableland down onto the plain
and is most picturesque From here
the lights of the town of Rincon were
visible, and the run in was quick
Met by President CIapp.
At Rincon. the party was met by L
Clapp, president of the Elephant Butte
Water Users association. Those who
made the auto trip from Las Cruces
were: c. J. Blanchard and Earl Pat
terSOn and all the baggage in the L. ;
reclamation services Ford, and R E
Bassett, H. A. Shaw, Walter Pack, c. A
Brann and W. n. Whitehead in the lat
ter's Peerless.
Sunday in RineOn Valley.
Sunday Gua0r TTfefffr7r~ ranches in
the Rincon valley and looking over
conditions, and Monday morning the
party started for the Elephant Butte
dam, from where they will return tc
FL Paso on the Santa Fe train Tuesday
The lower FL Paso valley will then
be visited.
Visit LeasburE Dam.
Saturday the party made the trip to
the Leasburg diversion dam by
way of Paseo, up through the old Dona
Ana ditch made so years ago, and in
use until the Leasburg ditch was COM
pleted in 1908 This old ditch is now
used as a road
well kept road that leads ont of Las
Cruces, past fields filled with corn five
feet and some more in height and
beautiful fields Of green alfalfa and
old town of DOna Ana six miles away
where many cantalOupe shipments are
made.
VIII Ship 200 Cars of Melons.
There will be 200 cars of cantaloupes
shipped from DOna Ana and Las Cruces
this season. the bulk of the crop going
to New York. while a few cars will
go to Boston, Mass, and Pittsburg. Pa
Enroute to the Leasburg dam, some
sandy washes were found and there
was one hill u miles out, that is filled
with ruts and was found difficult tt
climb, but all of the cars made it
Charles O'Hara making it on high
speed.
The Leasburg diversion dam. II miles
north of the town of Las Cruces, is
the only complete unit of the Rio
Grande system of irrigation 1t wa:
finished in 1908 for the purpose OF
diverting the flood waters into the
Leasburg canal. from which they are
again diverted in the Dona Ana La:
Cruces and Mesilla irrigation bitches
The top of the dam is 1892 feet above
sea level Prior TO the construction
of this dam brush dams were con-
structed at various points at different
intervals but were frequently washed
out and proved atisfactOry.
Kill n RattIcsnake.
From the dam, the party went tC
the home of major W. H. H. LeweIlyr