El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-23

Las Cruces. n. NJ, July pa car
load of cabbage was loaded By the Me
siIIa Valley Fruit association at DOna
/ Ana Yesterday and shipped by refrlgera-
! tor freight to Kansas Another car Oh
/ cabbage is being loaded at Las Cruces,
which will also be shipped in the same
manner to the same state
/ A civil service examination Tor clerk
I in postoffice service viii be held at Me
! silla Park August g.
Visitor From Australia.
William NJ. Carne, of Sydney, Austria
! LA. q representative OF the department
! of agriculture of New South Wales, Is
| a guest of C. T. Turney, the cattleman
residing near Mesilla. The day was
spent mostly on me range, as Mr. Carne
| Is interested especially IN range mVestl-
cation in New South Wales. Mr. Carne
| has been in the United States Tor sew
[ eral months and has Travelled from coast
to coast and from the north to the south,
| and spent six weeks IN the department
of agriculture at Washington, D. c. His
mission in visiting the agriculture col
| leges. experiment stations and ranges
in this country Is in search OF new
ideas and methods which may be tried
in his home country, some parts OF
which have become Impoverished from
drouth rabbits and overstocklng. Inc
rabbit. he states, has had good share
in this destruction and the government
has built many thousand miles OF wire
proof fencing to protect parts OF the
country from the rabbits.
Picnic at Dripping Springs.
A merry party of picnlckers from
Mesilla Park enjOved an all day pIcme
at Van Patton's Dripping Springs camp,
in the Orpan mountains. In the crowd
Nd NJ naou RlnOdCrOnd and
guests. Misses Hazel and Beulah Miller,
OF FL Paso; Mr.. and Mrs. Ira c. Farney
and sons. Homer and Raymond, and
Charles Strickland. of College Heights
After enjoying a dinner IN true picnic
fashion the whole party began to climb
to the most interesting points, among
which are Ice CANYON, Maple grove and
Chimney rock. Many snap shots Of these
different points were taken. The re-
turn trip was made by moonlight A
tnip to the river Is planned by this
same party for the pleasure OF the Fl
PasO girls.
a number of young peopl at this place
viii be entertained at the home of H. d.
Bowman. near Mesilla Park, Saturday
evening.
The choir of the Presbyterian church
was entertained at the home of Prof.
| TWining last night Each member was
required to bring with him something
for which he had no further use, and
each OF the presents was wrapped and
presented to another. Much meTiment
was manifest when the presents were
! opened
Word received from Miss Gertrude
Flanagan, who Is well known In las
| Cruces. states that she is enjoying a
brief stay at Grand canyon on her way
to Phoenix, Ariz.
P. Moreno has returned from Palomas
Springs. where he took the baths, and
returned much improved In health.
Mrs Mary S. Armilo and sister, Annie
Stephenson, went to Soledad canyon yes
terday to spend a few weeks.
Herbert Kelly and family returned
home yesterday from a camping trip
at Solidad canyon
Fruit Committee Meets.
There was a meeting of the executive
committee of the MesiIla Valley Fruit
/ Edmundson B. Link, yesterday after
noon.
A Buchanan and wife. of Rineon, were
here for a brief business visit.
Mrs. Z. B. Faulkner returned to her
home in Ell PasO last night. after brief
visit in the home of Rev. ThOs. Mitchell
on Las Cruces avenue.
Mrs. Robert A hammers has gone to
Omaha, Neb. for a 10 days visit with
her mother, Mrs. Converse.
John /. Andreas, of Ell Paso, drove
up from FL PasO in his American road
ster and spent the day with his uncle,
John H. May.
G. c. Smith. of FL Paso. was among
friends here TODAY
Mrs. W. S. Kidd and daughter, Miss
Rosa Kidd. and granddaughter, Ruth
and Ruby Kidd, Of Lower Valley, Tex,
left here this morning, after a II days
visit in the home of her sister. Mrs.
J. B. YOast, near town, for HighrOlls,
n. NJ, where they viii visit another
sister of Mrs. Kidd, Mrs. E E. Johnson
Later they viii 90 to Cloudcroft for a
few days, and will be accompanied by
Mrs johnson. These parties, accom-
panied by Reuben YOast, Mrs. Center
and Hester Day, spent yesterday at Van
Patton's camp and at Modoe.
Prof. and Mrs. Fabian Garcia, Mrs.
F. w. Campbell and daughter, Natalia,
Mrs. James Swank and Mrs. J. BOYD
went to Ell Paso this morning to spend
the day.
Mrs. Anna Archibald and granddaugh-
ters, Misses Carmen and Ernestina
ArmilO, went to FL PasO this morning to
spend a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Kitchens left
here this morning for their home in EI
PasO, after a 10 DAYS visit
R. E. Bassett. who arrived here a
week ago from FL Paso, and has the
position of secretary of irrigation for /
the Water Users association, went to !
Ell Paso today.
Mrs. P. R. James went to Mesilla Park !
this morning.
Misses Helen Hoagland and Ruth I
Brownlee went to Mesilla Park this |
morning to spend two days with Miss |
Carmen Gillian.
AUTO WRECKED