Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-21

Watson OF the West Columbian field,
TO dig thirtyfiye hundred foot well
on the fifteen thousand acres of land
which the pool controls. Another well
is also contemplated on the northern
end of the drill site later IN the year.
The Carlsbad board of aldermen are
discussing the paving of the city
streets, and are determined that some
improvements shalt he made Wlthin
a short time. The county grader ana
Moline tractor will be put OF the resi-
Dental section avenues within short
time, but this will not suffice for ths
business district, which needs some
sort of top dressing to Withstand the
grind of heavy traffic.
District Attorney Dow has returned
to Carlsbad, and is slowly convalescing
from the wounds given him by an as
sassin on the streets of Clovis two
weeks ago. The efficient prosecutor
of the fifth julicial district, who re-
eeived his wounds while in the line OF
duty, was not able TO attend to the
tenn Of court which opened this week
IN Lea county, but sent instead his as
sistant, J. G. Osbun, formerly Carls-
bad attorney whose headquarters have
for the past few MONTHS been at RIOS
well. Mr. Dow is weak from the et@
fects of the knife wounds in his alb
domen, but is able to be driven ABOUT
in his car, and is expected to be able
to resume his work within month.
Lucio Luera was the cotton planter
who had the honor raising the first
bale OF cotton ginned this year, and 1t
was ginned at the Larsh gin at Low
ing, near which Luera lives, The
crop this year will run near to five
thousand bales.
County road superintendent Clar-
ence NJ. Richards has his men at work
now in the north end of the county,
although minor repairs are being
made on the road between Carlsbad
and La Huerta.
A shipment of six thousand young
brook trout were lately received In
Carlsbad. They were distributed TO
various owners of sporting water
roundabout. principally going to Jul
liam Smith, of crystal Springs; ]. U.
Faulke, of Blue Springs, and William
Jones of Rocky Arroyo. County Clerk
ID. M. Jackson. who is a great fisher
man and sportsman, was instrumental
in having the fish sent down from the
Colorado. Three years ago a like
shipment was received and now the
fish then received are big enough to
eat, and several crees of them have
been taken by local sportsmen.
jim White, who is foreman for the
General Fertilizer company of Cali
fornia, at the local bat caves, expects,
expects soon to ship guano by the
carload to the orange orchards of the
Sunshine state. The caves here con-
tain a supply of guano which is estl-
mated to be seventy-five thousand
tons in extent 1t is used almost en-
tirely in fertilizing orange orchards.
1t is said that an orange tree can be
made to double the amount of oranges
it will bring to maturity through a lib
eral application of the guano.
Cowmen in from the Guadalupe
mountains report fine rain having
fallen there lately.
II. H. Dilley has returned to his
work with the Roberts Dearborne
company as chief accountant. Mr. Dill
Icy recently made a flying visit to his
old home in Arkansas.
-Four inches of rain fell in Carlsbad
the first of the week. The storm did
no damage, except to some crops OF
hay which were ready for baling, and
was life-saver to the stockmen of the
county some of whom would have
had to move their cattle to other
ranges. The rain fell slowly, and was
accompanied by but little wind,
During the storm mischief maker
raised a gate in the public utility dam
six miles south of Carlsbad. which is
the principal source of electric light