El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-09

alfalfa, and a glance over his field
would almost convince anyone that ne
is right Besides some 80 acres OF
oats and alfalfa seeded together, Mr.
Jacobs has considerable acreage IN
indian corn. milo maize, and Two va
rieties Of wheat, one of which, the
North Dakota blue stem, is especially
promising In addition to about 50
acres in the crops above mentioned,
Mr. Jacobs has 40 acres prepared Tor
beans which viii be seeded at the pro-
per time.
As to Harvesting Alfalfa
Mr.. Jacobs has also interesting ad-
vice concerning the harvesting OF al
faIfa. He declares that it should not
he crf until tWo-thirds in the bloom,
and that the hay should be stacked
and allowed to go through sweat
before baling. This, he says prevents
NOV burning. and makes Weight1er
and better quality Of hay.
New Hotel ut Meisse.
Lumber is on the ground for the
new hotel at MeisSe. and anOIner 81
60 RunIev tractor was taken out 70
the land Yesterday. A store house for
storing oil and machinery IS Delns
erected at the main camp and also
commissary 100 acres OF beanS are
being planted At the present time 80
teams and as many men are engageu
in this work The tractors are pom
busy breaking land for alfalfa tOVO
acres of which viii be planted during
the months Of August and September
Eastern Capitalists Arrive
r R. McFatters, president OF the
Mimbres Valley Alfalfa Farms com
panv. also president of the Union Rail
wav. company, Of Pennsylvania, ar
rived this morning to inspect the work
which the company has had IN pro
e-ress now for several months. with
him. and also a stockholder and ol-
rector OF the company, is f. . Brown
chief civil engineer Of the carnegie
steel company. Of Pittsburg- These
men win spend several GAYS IN tne
valley investigating conditions with
a special reference TO the work being
done by their company
Personal Movements
John C. Watson, of the firm OF E.
NJ. Watson, is in Las Cruces this week
on LEGAL business.
Messrs. T. T. and R. B. Given, OF
Tulsa. Okla, were here this week sell
ling stock in some local home oil com
o. D. Turnage, Of Chiron, s C., Is
prospecting in the valley.
T G. Kreiger, Ada Okla, Is in the
valley investigating conditions with
a view to buying land
UnlOads Fuel on.
The ATimbres Valley Farmers asso-
citation unlOaded its first car Of fuel
oil into a new $4,000 gallon brick IN
dergrOund tank by gravity system TINS
morning. This fuel oil is being re-
tailed at 6 - cents to meet the de-
mand Of various farmers who have fuel
oil engines The most popular fuel,
however, in the valley is the socalled
$40 or No .. which retaiIs at IL
cents. Last Saturday 1903 gallons OF
No was sold to consumers. The
largest amount Of oil sold IN one day
was above 5000 gallons on June a.
Save on OIL Purchases
The sale OF stock continues, and
there has been now somethin~~ like
$4,000 worth Of stock paid in. The com
pany's business each day averages con-
sfderabIy over 800 and with the small
advance Of cent per gallon over the
cost price, All expenses are paid and
the stockholders are saved all the way
from three to seven and eight cents
per gallon on oil, besides securing
much better quality than they have
been accustomed to receive.
Representative S. ]. Smith leaves
Deming this afternoon for Arizona
points in the interest OF the Isle Man
ufacturing company, Of Clarinda. La
Mr.. Smith Is selling the well drilling
outfits manufactured by this company