El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-18

hold in Las Cruces this week the al
tentative has been presented to the
Dona Ana county road board of doing
what is popular or what is rlSnl-
The present discussion arose IN con-
nection with the expenditure Dy the
road board of the proceeds OF the
county road bond money anounSinS
to $1,000 Before the board star teu
TO expend this money and before tne
bonds were voted upon and the Dollc4
therefore approved. the bona ana
counfv road board publicly announced
its policy regarding the expenditure, OF
The funds. The chief feature OF TINS
policy was and is that the money
would be expended in the most eco
nomical manner possible MAKING II
20 as far as practicable at the IhlAI
mum cost Of labor and material; put
that on that basis preference would pc
given TO home teams and nome people
Board Contracted Outside Teams.
Early in the work the board con-
tracted with an individual from another
county to bring in 20 mule teams anu
start the work. the terms OF the coz On
tract being unusually taVoraoie 70 lIle
county Home teams have, however
been used. from the beginning ana nave
done about UWO-thirds OF the WoIk 50
~ At Dresent there are three times
more home teams on the road work
than there are contract teams FROM
the beginning the road board mas paio
for the hauling of gravel, Whlcn - -
he greater part OF the roau WOIh
expense. on the basis Of a fixed price
The fact that some of the small ma
tive teams are unable to haul large
enough load TO earn good DAY
wage on the above basis has caused
some dissatisfaction in some quarters:
and this feeling under the direction OF
skilful hands. brought together seN-
eral hundred native cltlzehs III 1lS
mass meetings
Native Citizens Dissatisfied.
At the first meeting. held IN the
court house attended almost eXcIuS-
ivel7r by native citizens. addresses were
made by senator H B. Holt, who urged
consideration Of the wisdom OF me
policy of the road board. ana Dy MAJOR
W H H. LIewellyn. Isidoro Arml1o ana
Mr.. JOrdi all three of whom urseu
that the road board dismiss the con-
tract teams and engage home teams
Francis r. Lester. Of the road board
spoke in defence of its policies. even
~ higher rate Of pay .-..-.-,o7
tive citizens held a second mass meet
ing. at which all members OF the
road board We're present. 1sldoro
Zales N. B. OHara- Numa c. Frenger
and others made addresses. the views
of the road board being set forth by
Francis F. Lester. P. H. Bailey and ".
Demand Is Rejected.
The representatives Of the native
citizens present finally presented /
demand that all contract teams be dis
charged and that all the county road /
work be done by teams hired blythe daN I
at a good wa e irrespective of the
Ultimate cost of the material hauled. |
This demand was promptly rejected by
the road board unanimously. The meet
ing then appointed committee OF
three to wait upon the road board and
a conference resulted n the afternoon
The road board from the beginning
has. it is understood. given home teams
the preference in the employment OF |
labor but so far as possible without
increased cost or waste of the tax
payers money It is being constantly
solicited TO make expenditures from I
the road fund that will benefit indi-
s-f6rr17c without f111 v17nn hainC
given in return 1t would undoubted-
" prove to be a popular move II the
hoard acceded to the demand to turn
the money lose freely and TO build
the roads at an increased cost over
what they are now COSTING bat the
hoard is unit in looking on this road I
fund as a public trust. to be expended I
with all the business like care and |
economy that governs the eXpediture
say they have no intention Of depart /
ing from that policy for the sake of /
EIks' Bail We'll Attended.
The Elks' ball. the greatest social Z
event Of the present season. was held /
Friday night in the new ROuault hall. /
and was the dedicatory ceremony for (
this hall The affair was largely at !
tended, a number of guests being from /
Miss Katherine Lehman presented /
each Elk. as he entered the door, with !
q white carnatiOn to distinguish them !
from invited guests. Miss Lehman !.
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The grand march was led by Moses /
B. Stevens, exalted ruler, and his /
mother, Mrs. Stevens. of Ell Paso. The /
music was furnished by Knox's orch !
estra. Of FL Paso.
Card tables were arranged. in a cosy /
corner down stairs for those who did 4
~ Banquet is Served.
At Il o'clock a banquet was served 1
IN the vacant store room. on the first I
floor Of the building. which was beau i
~ffr11T decorated with flowers and Ma {
vajo rugs were artistically arranged !
on the floor and in the show windows. |
committee of Elks' wives composed OF /
eIesdames ". Il. H. Llewellyn, Dirk /
Seligman, R I. Faulkner, Henry Stoes !
and Oscar Lehman The banquet tables ]
were decorated with flowers, silver, /
cut glass. fine china and candles.
The menu consisted of roast turkey
and cram berry, sauce tomato s9Iad'
cheese straWs. coffee. cake and minis. /
Entertained With Cards.
Mrs. Robert P Porter and Mrs w A
lFleming-Jones entertained at the
home of Mrs. Porter. There were sew
IN tables of "Forty-tWO" and auction
bridge. The color scheme for the hall
and reception room was yellow and /
white. and chrysanthemums Of those
cOlOrs were used. The dining room was
n pink and white roses. The guests
were MesdauneS H N. Cornell, William
Alexander Sutherland, c. T. Scale. Geo.
". Frenger, R z. Bassett, J. E Doyle,
Fred Hess. John Lemon, Gus Manassee,
T c. Campbell. William Broaddus, E H. /
Stettmund, c. II. Poole. 7. r. H. Smith.
Frank NJ Hayner. c. ". Gerber. Moses /
3. Stevens, a. JacOby, Numa Frenger, I
NJ II. Peterson. Nancy Hamilton, R j.
Young. L K. Edwards. EdmOndsOn B. !
Link. Thomas Brannigan. Luther FOs-
ter. Frank French, all of Las Cruces,
and Mrs. James G. Stuart Of Mesilla
Park, and Mrs. Richard, of La Mesa
Mrs French, the guest of honor, was
presented with two hand embroidered
and initial towels.
Mrs. T. r H Smith made the high |
est score in auction bridge and re-
ceived a basket filled with yellow chry-
santhemums. Mrs. T c. Campbell re-
ceived the consolation favor. a Jap
anse basket of pink roses. The high
est score made in ''Forty-two" was
made by Mrs. H. NJ Cornell. who also
received basket of yellow chrysanthe- 1
NUNS, and Mrs A. Jacoby was con-
soled by a basket of pink roses.
A tWO-course luncheon was served,
which was carried out in the color
scheme
Mrs Frank French who recently re-
turned from Oregon. the guest of honor.
IS now the house guest Of Mrs. Robert
p. Porter
Mrs. French in Oregon for 4 week last [