El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-26


Judge Hunter made a more extend
ed report, stating that the play
] ground equipment. consisting OF
Z slides, letters, swings, horizontal bars,
etc, was on the way to Aiamogordo
from St Louis and, through the cour-
I tesy OF the E p & S W officials,
would be placed in a through FL Paso
car ana ought 10 reach ClOudcrotr. in
/ about ten days.
He also stated that he had received
! the hearty cooperation of the Cloud
3 croft company officials and their as
I surance that seats would be provided
for the new pavilion
] A vote Of thanks from The property
] owners was rendered the Cloudcroft
] company for the new pavilion. with
7 its large ballroom. cosy assembly
] room, bowling alley and woman's rest
[ room.
Under the new bylaws the terms Of
only Two directors expired this year
J. F. Coles and Frank E Hunter
q S Stewart, chairman Of the COM
mittee 20 examine proxies. reported
- property owners present and en-
I elected
Nessrs. Hunter and Coles we're the
unanimous choice for directors TO
serve for the ensuing Two years.
Protest ut Cutting Timber
BY invita- ton. Ben LonEWeli Of Ala
mogordo, was present and addressed
the meeting, setting forth plans OF
MS company for cutting timber on the
Indian reservation and asking the
Cloudcrofr directors 10 sanction his
plan for building a logging railroad
through portion Of the deer park
and across the Cloudcroft- reserve
down james canyon
Mr.. L0ngWell stated that his com
pany has a contract with Cato Sells
indian commissioner. for logging off
$4,000 acres in Silver Spring and Elk
canyons, which would cut more than
ll0,00O,O00 feet OF lumber-and init
mated that he expected TO continue
cutting timber under other contracts
until the entire reservation, consist
ing OF 100000 acres. was denuded.
thereby yielding a revenue to the 500
Indians on the reservation Of more
than $1,000 000.
Horace B. Stevens spoke against. the
destruction Of forests on the reserva-
ton and introduced the following res
oluuonl which was adopted, with only
one dissenting vote, Fred Enouen-
berg, Of FL Paso:
whereas. the United States govern
Inent has proposed 10 sell timber on the
-descalero reservation adjacent 10 CoIud-
croft. and
Whereas. the cutting OF this tlmbsr
WI destroy much OF the beauty Of the |
Whereas. the timber as It now exists /
conserves much Of the snow fan and Ans
and furnishes water for the Irritation
fa-use In the James Canyon and adjacent !
property; and
Whereas. there IS a prospect that said
reservation will sometime be converted into
a national park. and
Whereas. the cutting of OF such tim
Der Is not in the interest OF conservation
and would benefit the Indians very little.
Now therefore. be It resolved BY the
property owners OF Cloudcroft, In annual
meeting assembled. that we do protest
against the logging OF timber IN the Mesa
Zero reservation. and that copy OF this
resolution be giver 10 the press. and a
copy forwarded 10 Hon Cato Sells. the
Indian commissioner"
Protest ut Railroad.
o. S Stewart. A p. Coles, DR.. vii
us waite and others spoke against The |
timber cutting and the crossing Of the I
Cloudcroft reservation with a logging
railroad By far the best SPEECH and Z
argument against timber destruction I
was made by Mrs. E. ". Parker, OF 1
Il Pasos who told Of going to White I
Caks' \. H. 40 years ago and driving I
through beautiful canyons, heavily I
limoered with great trees Of pine. I
spruce and fir, and that now in their J.
pace were ugly rocks and unsightly I
places where the forests had been de- /
stroyed and that she did--not want to 4
see CloudcrofJ and the reservation /
suffer a like fate.
Mr. Longweu demanded an fume-
date answer from the property own