El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-25
EXPERIMENTAL
FARM IN VALLEY
Commissioners Set Aside 40
Acres at New Poor Farm;
Anthony Road.

At the reqest of \. G. Ora
ham, county farm demOnstrator,
the county commissioners IN their
Tuesday morning session set aside
poor farm for experimental purposes,
the land to be used by the federal gov
eminent and the county jointly II the
land is not used in the manner asked
for it is to revert to the county. The
poor farm has 199 acres and the crops
from the experimental farm viii be for
the use of the county and its charges
To Pave Anthony Road
County engineer Henning was in
structed by the commissioners to make
a survey from FL PasO to Anthony with
a view TO arriving at figures and the
possible laying Of a pavement between
the two points.
y petition was read for the changing
Of culvert on the county road, con-
veying water from the Franklin canal
through the acequia madre 10 lands
comprising about 500 acres. lying be-
tween the two paved roads west Of
Fabens. The petition was granted
\ communication was read from =
r. Love. of Maria, Withdrawing from
Sierra Blanca
Fort Hancock Road.
A petition for laying out OF public
road in precinct No. 4. at Fort Ham
cock, was granted by the commission
ers- The road is to be opened begin
ming at a point opposite the two water
tanks on the right Of way OF the
G. II. & ). a railway at Fort Hancock,
thence in a sOuthwesterly direction 70
the main county road between FL PasO
and Sierra Blanca
The commissioners acknowledged
the deed of Jesus Para to the county,
conveying one and one-eighth acres for
q right Of way along the San EliZario
and Clint rock road. An application
for quit claim deed was received from
Para covering the same area of land.
To Pave in VaIverde.
A petition was received from citizens
in the Valverde section asking that
the public road running at right an
giles from the tracks Of the s. P rail-
way TO the main irrigation canal be
paved The petition was referred to
commissioner Clffor with power 70
act
More Protection at SmeIter.
Because Of unsettled and disturbed
conditions in the smelter district, pre-
cinct No s, citizens in that locality Pc
JitiOned the commissioners TO furnish
n deputy sheriff to maintain protection
there The commissioners referred the
petition TO county attorney c. W
Groom with a request for an opinion
The petition sets forth that approx
mately 90 percent of the population in
this precinct are Mexicans and that the
deputy sheriff now engaged in the pre-
cinct is chiefly occupied with his duties
in and about the works and buildings
Of the FL PasO Smelling company.
AAEA4EGAS A0L ItA4l1 u LAWS " q Z
ceived from Miss Mary / Stanton and f.
l. Brewer and was referred to the
county assessor for consideration
Damages Asked
A communication was received rom
the firm Of Lea, McBrady & Thomson,
asking for $30O damages caused 10
ElijiO AguiTre by the county road
crossing his property in the lower val
ley in section four and block 4. where
six acres Of his land was taken without
giving him any compensation No &C
ton was taken upon the communica-
ton
A petition was received from resi-
dents on the south side of Canal street
for wider bridges across the canal IN
the Nalverde addition. One-h2l1 mile
below Washington park.
Those present at the meeting were
judge Adrian Pool. George Pendeu, J.
NJ Walling and James Clifford
Power Contract Let.
The commissioners awarded the con-
tract for the light and power plant for
the new courthouse to the FL Paso Elec-
tric Railway company. The bid OF this
company was three cents a kllowatt.
This will eliminate the power plant
which was included in the original
plans for the courthouse