El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-20
SECOND SECTION Of BIC DAM NEARLY FINISHED
MELON GROWERS
TO MEET At CLINT
VIII Sign Contracts for 1914
Crop With Eastern
Produce Firm.


Clint, Tex Nov. z0.-J. L Davis, Of
the John Nix company, of New YORK
and Chicago, will be here Saturday to
address a meeting of the FL Paso alley
Fruit Growers association, which viii
be held IN the Mckinney building Al
this meeting those who have agreed
10 plant cantaloupes will be present to
sign a contract for the delivery OF
their 1914 crop to the firm who will
have representatives here to accept all
the melons which can be raised. More
than 500 acres have been pledged al
ready
The plant of the Clint Publishing
company is being packed preparatory
where W. r. Elliott has taken a new
partner and will engage in the news
paper business. This viii leave Clint
without newspaper again. The Clint
News is less than one year old, the
first issue being dated December 6th,
1912.
Mrs. Frank P. First is now in an Ell
PasO hospital having undergone an op-
Grafton for appendicitis Mr.. First IS
on his lower valley ranch between
Clint and Fabens and is constructing
a modern ranch house with a view to
making the lower valley his home
"Give-a-Dam" Jones has charge OF the
carpenter work.
An addition is being built to the
ranch house of Jim Oden on the Love
and Oden Dairy farm. Mr.. Mclaughlin
having charge of this work.
J. B. Robertson has gone to the
Southwestern mines, near Sierra Blan-
CO, where he has a position as sta
tionary engineer.
A petition is being circulated among
lower valley farmers asking the
county commissioners to allow work
on the north Boulevard to commence
teams are idle which will not be the
case couple of months hence, as
farm work will become necessary, and
il is feared that unless this road is
completed this winter it will not be
before next fall.
Homer Wells, jr., and family, form
erly Of this place, but who have lived
in Waco, Texas. for the past several
months, have returned to Clint to make
their home.
The best rain OF the season has Wis
tied Clint when more than one-half
inch of water fell, and the continued
warm weather is causing alfalfa to
Miss Bessie Steen, who is suffering
with typhoid fever, was removed to
an FL PasO hospital and her brother,
Kent who was Just recuperating from
the same disease, is reported to have
suffered relapse, and is dangerously
i'll at the Steen home. in Clint.
J. ". Duffus, who has been in Mex
leo for the past year, came in this
week for a feev days visit with home
A turkey shoot is being arranged by
Willie Cefum to take place on the
Albert Celum ranch near the new
north loop Boulevard, about a mile
from Clint, on next Sunday.
Miss Helen DeLacy, principal Of the
Fabens schools, spent Sunday in
Clint as the guest of Miss Halle Pull
len.
The Clint Embroidery club will be
entertained this week at the country
home of Mrs. Marcus Jungjohann,
north of Clint.
The Thursday Bridge club met last
week at the home Of Mrs. R. NJ. Jack
son on Orange avenue. An extra table
was spread in honor of Miss Sewall.
of Wills Point, Texas, who is spending
the winter with her sister, Mrs. Joe
Fields, of this place.
John Celum is reported on the sick
list this week.
Miss Nellie Helms. Of Ell Paso, who
has been spending several weeks with
her sister, Mrs Bogart returned home
this week.
Mr.. Freeman, the new blacksmith
employed at the Clint Blacksmith shop.
moved his family from Ell PaSo to this
place this week. They viii occupy the
property of J. J. Schairer. which was
recently vacated by Mr.. Miller.
Mrs. Roy H Davidson and son, Paul
are spending several days at the home
of Mrs Davidson's parents at Rainbow,
Texas
Mrs. R. W. Love is visiting friends
and relatives in this vicinity while Mr..
Love IS serving on the grand jury in
FL Paso.
J. A. MeGonagiu, o. c. Green, Sam
Celum and Robert Carr, OF Clint
Caples case.
Adobes have been made on the Paget
place near the canal for the use OF
erecting small tenant house thereon.