El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-13
ByBriggs

grains and potatoes are raised in
great quantities. the potato being the
principal market crop Those grown
there are OF the finest quality and
the average yield per acre is 100
sacks. weighing IL pounds each In
many Instances. the amount Melted
per acre is 5000"
1T now looks as II the Southern
Pacific was about 20 begin construc-
ton OF the freight division shops al
Deming, n. NJ promised i've or six
months age" said r B. Griffith, edi-
tor and proprietor OF the weekly
Graphic at that place. who, with his
wife. are guests Of the Stockmen's
hotel Two car loads OF materials
were unloaded this week, and we are
now hopeful that the building wiz
be commenced soon"
Il wish the citizens OF FL Paso
would discontinue the dangerous
practice OF burning lawn grass" said
fire chief John ". Wray. IF they
would stop TO consider they would
realize that burning the grass in
jures the roots while allowing il TO
rot means fertilization Of the soil
However. the city fire ordinances
strictly forbid the burning OF grass.
or for that matter any open fire in
the city limits We have had fires
in the past resulting from violations
Of this rule"
q notice a considerable increase IN
idle men now" said ". II. Brooks.
examiner in charge OF the q. S. en-
ployment service in Ell Paso- This
office has shipped about IS men Ia
borers to TT Bayard, y. NJ, and
about 100 to Whipple barracks. near
Prescott. ARK. the latter including
commanders
nothing in the way Of orders for help
except locally and IN this state. The
Fl Bayard and Whipple barracks or
ders have been cancelled"
I'VE have two oil concerns drilling
in the Pecos valley near Artesia," said
J. f. Robertson, cashier OF the First
National bank OF that New Mexico
town and chairman OF the Eddy
county Fourth Liberty loan campaign,
who is in FL Paso to attend the meet
Ing of the chairmen Of that loan at
the Paso del Norte hotel Saturday
afternoon The Illinois Producing
and Refining company's men are
drilling about three miles north Of
Lakewood and are down in the neigh I
borhOod o. 1000 feet hv this time,
-pDOse. They are extremely quiet, I
10 not seem 10 have been grabbing J
for leases on lands and are spending !
their own money and are paying as
up on Cottonwood. northward
from Artesia, Mr.. Lincoln has been |
drilling for over a year. I do not
know what results he has obtained :
There have been three good SHOWS Z
IN our part OF the Pecos valley" added /
Mr.. Robertson. 1T had been so dry /
for the past two years that the SHOWS 4
and cold have been hard on stock, OF 1
course, but II means early spring /
grass. One snow was as much as
eight to ten inches deep
The tourist business Of the coun-
try has held up remarkably ven dur
ing the past year when the fact that
the railroads under government man
a gement discouraged travel for pleas
ure," said J. W Ham, Of the ASK
Mr.. Foster" tourist agency. one OF
the agencies through which the cham
Der OF commerce keeps the city and
its environs before the outside world.
"Our people have long had in mind
the establishment OF one OF our
branch agencies IN Ei PasO through
which to handle business IN Mexico
and the hundreds OF tourists who pass
here and who might Ike TO
take in the many interesting side
trips which can be taken from this
city and who would take them II
there were an agency here to fur
lish them with the necessary infor-
nation and secure the needed accom-
modations. We are looking for a re-
Fival OF tourist traffic this winter,