El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-05
Best Price on Record Sc
cured by Mesilla Valley
Growers.

Las Cruces. y. NJ, Oct. 5.-Mesilla
Valley melon growers received Inis sea
son the highest price for cantaloupes
Of any late season cantaloupe ever
shipped from the valley
Reports on ten cars Of cantaloupeS
shipped this season have been received
by Dr. W B. MandeVille. Iney sliom
that valley melon shippers will receive
so cents per crate net for JUMBO mel
-ons. % cents net for l2-pack crates
SO cents for 15-pack crates and 81 cents
ner crate for ponies
In August DR. Vaudeville found that
the California and Arizona cantaloupes
had been exhausted, and that the hochy
Ford melons were not ready 70 snLP s
z He watched the market closely ana
was able to place ten cars OF Aesl4I4
Valley melons to such advantage that
they brought the best net results on
record
An organization will be formed by
local growers for handling the crop
next year. and it is expected that even
better results than those Of this year
will be obtained
with the Injured.
Jesse Isaacs is suffering greatly from
the broken bone and other injuries re
ceived in the football game on the Ialr
grounds Saturday
Hal Cox, who suffered a COMPOUND
fracture Of a bone in his left leg at the
fair, is able to be out, having his AIho
/ enclosed in a plaster Of paris cast MS
brother. A. B. Cox, is recovering from
the wound received from the burstlhs
Of a tire on his auto. when a piece OF
the rim struck him on the forehead
Chrysanthemums Are blooming
The chrysaathemums are beginning
: to come out in bloom. Soon Las cruces
; will in parts be like a flower garden
! Probably there is no place in the SOUTH
west where the chrysanthemum IS more
generally grown than in Las Cruces
: Preparing Prize List.
II. B. Link, manager Of the Dona Ana
! fair. is busy compiling the premiums
( awarded at the fair by the judges ana
will soon have il ready for publication
Land office Notes
John F. Allen. of Jackson, y. NJ, MED
! aDDIicatfon for homestead additional o.
5 lots and Z. Z. IL Sw- IA OF section
I 6. township II s, range 20 W. contain
Z ing 1917 acres; application suspended
| NIiruel Perea Of Monticello. n NJ,
! filed application for Sw. II Nv Il OF
! section %, \. - Ne. IA, Sc IL Ne II
| of section %, township II, range W.
containing 100 acres; allowed
william a. Caskes, OF Silver CITY y.
I NJ. filed application for Ne II Sc II
I Of section 90. township II s. range IL
( w, containing 40 acres; suspended
/ Narcelino Sedillo, OF Mangas, y NJ
! filed application for homestead, ) l.
/ Sc. IL OF section Z, Ne II Ne Il OF
! section IS, township 10, range II w
I containing 12O acres; suspended
I Mancisca Sanchez, Of Aragon. y NJ
! filed application for Sw- Il Of section
/ Is, township 4 :, range Il W. contain
7 ing $50 acres.f suspended
! Ethel N. Forsander. Of White sigma
I y N, filed application for lot l. Sc Il
I Ne IA OF section g, NV II Sc il OF
| section 8, township q 5, range u W.
I containing 1856 acres; suspended
! Edward W. Face. Of Reserve, y NJ
/ filed application for homestead trac
! Of $50 acres in sections % and 20, town
/ shin o =. range Il W; allowed
Maurice G. Cloudt. OF Jackson, y. NJ
] filed application for homestead Of Sc
| IA Of section %. township Is s, rang,
{ 10 W. containing 100 acres; suspended
Andy Leonard OF 9f7 East Henderson
4 street. Cleburn. Texas filed applica
| ton for homestead OF lot Of section
Is S. IL Sw IL OF section Il, town
Z ship 21 s. range / W, containing $50
/ acres rejected
Thomas +. Miller. Of Playas, n NJ
filed application for homestead OF -
IL NV IA, Ne. IA Sw- II, lots an'
! 3. Of section IS. township p $, rang
! II W, containing 1919 acres; sus
| pended
Bertha c. Tohner. OF Cloverdale. y
! ". filed application for homestead o
I f. II Ne. IL. Sw. IA Ne II, Sc i
! Of section 3, Ne. IA Ne Ia of section
townships and 8, OF range 20 W, con
I tanning $50 acres; suspended
James May, Of las PolOmas. y VI
! filed application for homestead OF SW
Ia Ne IA, Nv. IA Sc IL or section
6. township 16S.. range w, containing
! so acres. rejected