Rio Grande Farmer (Newspaper) - September 13, 1923, Las Cruces, New Mexico NEW THURSDAY An independent de- voted to the of tbe of the Rio Grande Cotton ers Will Meet Saturday in the oE This meeting by the county agent at the request of powers for the purpose of coming common understanding be fore the rush is on v e Some of the matters to be discussed will be- Shall there be a common understanding regarding The most practical way to sell cotton when classified as is being done in Dona Ana county Discussion led by C Y Smith Interpreting market quotations pools and selling dates will come under this head The past and future of the cotton seed situation Speaker to be selected So get out trusty And you are sure to have a hunch And there'll be something doing you meet the cotton bunch The meeting will take place in the new assembly room on the second flour of the Temple of Agriculture Saturday September IS at 2 o'clock Chamber of Commerce Urges Cotton Growers to Take Part in Contest TiM regular monthly meeting of directors of the Chamber of Com- held at the rooms Monday evening The cotton committee of the kr in conjunction with the tee from the Hureau will urge collon growers to take part in the cotton contest and work for prizes The contest has a competent cotton ing and secondly to advertise to tie country at thc richness Ik lands under the Elephant Butte and the superior quality and of Mesilla cotton Tbe committee will see tn it that every cotton grower is made ej with the contest and its purposes isd rales Display is Growing fine display of valley pels at the rooms of the chamber il growing weekly and now includes n addition to the display of SOCK extra fancy specimens of fruit vegetables Every visitor in the should be to call at the and view this collection of products They wiil see a dis- of grains fruits and cannot be in the country of directors passed a unanimously thanking their N I for the manner in which he is hj thc financial records of tat chamber Present nf were Gco If Frenger president of the board f E Lester Charles Loomis Fred S t Roller D JM C county agent tended the FOREST MAN WILL LECTURE ON BIRD LIFE of forusi reserve Albuquerque wilt deliver a re in Us Cruces Saturday tie auspices of the Dona Ana teachers association His will be Birds and Bird Life Nw The lecture wilt be at a o'clock either in the Star stre or the Armory Jle Leopold a set of films depicting bird life if he brings these with him the Wi at the Star re where the screen can be used will be very glad to have this There will also be an program in connection Mme lecture and program I Uke at State Collete on evening who come in the evening Las Craces Women Kindergarten With Sixteen Enrolled Las Cruces now has a kindergarten Mrs Boy Prance and Mrs Baylus Cade have opened a school for ren between the of four and six years Classes are conducted five mornings a week from 0 to o'clock at Mrs France's home on Avenue The youngsters are taught to sing and dance They are instructed in numbers and learn the letters of the They play games lated to make them think and use team work Their memories are built up by learning nursery rhymes and songs Their hands are trained lij instruction m drawing anu in ing things from paper and building with blocks We Mrs France said that few of the fundamentals upon which all of their education will be based will make more rapid progress when they do enter school Their little minds will hove become accustomed to thinking and reasoning Their hands to responding to their wills By associating with other ren of their own age the ice is broken so when they enter school they will have lost much of their timidity Making things themselves singing and dancing in unison and reciting little poems should also increase their self-reliance and lessen their sense of self-consciousness We stalled last Monday morning with a children and now we have 10 on our we feel certain more mothers will avail themselves of this opportunity to place their children where they will be well cared for and instructed in ni school work Both Mrs Cade and Mrs France are qualified for the work they have undertaken Their own ren have given them an insight into thc of a child's nnd both are musicians of considerable Las Cruces is fortunate in having such an institution established here It should grow and be highly successful BUYS FARM E B of Faben Texas hiis purchased the C P Samples ranch north of Las Cruces Mr was attracted here by reports of the wonderful climate and big crops raised in the valley Now that he is a property owner he is more enthusiastic M C O'Hara Son made the deal with Mr O'Neil A J of Anthony was in thc city Wednesday on business Mr son has entered the well Military Academy as a freshman T COTTON PRIZE CONTEST ENROLLMENT Prize Committee N M the good of the cotton industry in Dona Ana county 1 agree to enter the contest for the prize offerer in group Signed Address Contestants will please sign and mail this to the Chamber 01 Commerce Las Cruces N M YOU ALL PER YOUR EUMER IT CAN'T SB IT'S WALNUT STAIN Prizes Aggregating Offered Cotton Growers For Largest Aire Yields stm sn aggregating the sum of f5 ThC m of thc contest consists of 1 French chairman L I C H I W E and R C found scholar of the will give evening classes Special Continued High Price of Cotton Means Big Returns for District Cotton prices have been soaring ever since the government's August report was made public September 1 Early this week it looked as though the price would reach 30 cents but reports of ter weather throughout the bell caused considerable realization and the price went down 41 pojnis about 00 a bale October closed yesterday at 27.76 cents a pound in New York However the clear dry weather which has prevailed for thc past week more than compensates growers for this slight slump C Y couon classifier who recently arrived here has made a thorough in- of the crop throughout the district and is highly optimistic over the Continued dry weather should mean a production of much more than thc bales estimated in the last official he A late frost will greatly If bulk of the bolls now on the plants lave time to mature properly there will be many tracts which yield more than two bales to thc acre The color nnd staple are excellent judging from that which hus matured so far and the Mesilla valley cotton should bring a heavy premium on the market This district has the finest stand of cotton I have ever the fact that R large portion of the growers inexperienced this year's crop one to be highly proud Dona Ana Farm Bureau Unit Meets at By MAYNOR D Thc Dona Ana Farm Bureau unit met of Mr and Mrs E C Crapps Tuesday with a at- tendance Miss Klinor Murphy of the ex- tension department of State College Rave a very interesting tion in millinery displaying the ferent shapes trimmings etc ot hu new fall hats She gave instruction how to make these things which will no doubt result in much pleasure and economy for the women present Mrs A 11 Thomas presented the women with a sheep bell with thc wish that it might always ring for the happiness and prosperity of each member of the unit C Y Smith me new ton classifier pave a very instructive to thc men on classifying and grading cotton in general Mr SmitJ comes to the valley with splendid With a of approximate y 28 I i j -11 i 7 been an instructor cent and a yield of onc bale to tho hp c acre cotton growers receive SUI will tor iht crop production vary on different soils j but in nearly all cases the farmer receive a handsome profit for his and investment Many experienced eotton men look forward In higher 11 Figuring on a basis of bales each advance of one cent a pound meana nn increase of in the income of the district II net from the cotton crop Dona Ana County Raises Quota for Japan Relief month The appalling disaster in Japan has forth the feeling of America President Coolidge sent out a call for to he raised through the American Other organizations are likewise calling for help and finding ready The Dona Ana county Fled Cross chapter was assigned as minimum quota in the drive The executive committee at a meeting Friday voted to accept the j UbE quota and to have lap day Over had been turned and I this kind in Texas or several years After Mr Smith's address the farmers inspected tho apple packing plant which Mr Crapps has installed to handle this crop Thc of the unii who the bountiful lunch served at 12 o'clock an invitation to appl f: hari and A number the tion Thc were Messrs and W C Strode W P Thorpe L S K key I- D Todd 11 C Stockdale C Y Smith J A J E liams Harry J S McClure If H Henry R M Atkins K R Foster Charles Thomas Cooney A K Thomas Van H If McGee Col W K mer Klinor Murphy McClure Ilev A K Kennedy Will and in Saturday with none of thc Friday The prize story in picture towns heard from then they have heen sending in their BROKEN CHAINS it is now Colleen Moore and that the Dona Ana county has exceeded Us quota The j organization went over top Tuesday when been collected Rut more can he if you kind have not yet ted you are invited to leave your bit at Broaddus Jewelry ber of Commerce or Red Cross moms Dexter and Claire Windsor GRAND LARCENY Sunday Monday POLA in MAD LOVE and ia THE KICK BACK Up and ging in the Hour was so popular last turday night it was im- possible to a seat between H o'clock and The orchestra was such a success we have decided to repeat the dance this Lt Dale Lane snid today A size 27 is in the window of the C J Com- pany store So tar no one has with a head to fit cap but Hal Tice says he expects to sell it to onp of the in thp ber of cotton contest If it isn't big enough we can stretch he added John Uingham looking for n husky man to HA his personal Since he his Main office where he will write insurance and make loans for thp International Life he has with eager prospects Harold Scott president of the Seott Motor company will erect a garage at the corner of man and Water streets which he make headquarters for the Dona Ana county agency for Dodge motor cars A miniature airplane correct in proportion and detail hns built hy of Motor Co Inc It is made entirely of genuine Ford and shows the use of ble ingenuity on the designers The airplane with a miniature cannon also made of Ford is on display in thc window of thc Happy Hour confectionery Isidore Rouen f eld t of the Boston Store highly optimistic over the business outlook for thia fall and winter The excellent crop duction this season IA bound to mean business for all he said Thc increased enrollment at Slate College and in city schools to fall Berry W who recently look over tho Confectionery has started serving enchiladas every evening after He h nn rhof in who hud long experience in combining the of this dish the most way the youngsters a good lunch iml you will keep them happy and in trie for school work ia Mr and Mrs 0 Beard's Idea of what school children are entitled to They have inaugurated n cent lunch welt cooked and hot which they will children every noon at the American Home Lunch on Main street Realizing the importance of a knowledge of correct Spanish to residents of district A U Tias started A course in Mr Medellin who is in business into four IB will nUo be ted D B Bobbins head of the commercial department of school has started n night school In shorthand typing nnd keeping classes are held four CARS OF MELONS SKIPPED FROM VALLEY A total of of were shipped this leason from ihc Mesilla valley according to figures compiled by W R Brown division and freight ascent of tho Fo Shipments from stations Canutillo 80 06 130 Donn Ana 59 All of the cars wrrc iced nnd billed from Cruces Splendid Samples of On- ions and Chile Displayed A Yellow onion 17 Inches in of frct shone And exactly two Some This fs one of in were raised by iin of Snlcni Ann county Mr has and n of onions of conic near Ihc size and weight of thc in Greon Chili 8 Lony Konian 51 county com- missioner of Hatch hns umple of the of Donn Ann county land Kivu if roe n chili run nf the field weighed pound and each measured between seven eight Inches lonjj Tho peppers ure of very rood shapo with n slight smooth glossy nml five from blemish Onion I tie favorite One of our moat successful growers then Is nut such n market for the yellow us for the while He lias Jen mod thin by experience with both il now grows white only for which ho a fusible over 2000 while onions here thin ami Mild ul rule of same farmer lull's produced sacks of onions re- about for what thc white on i tins realized lo lie with thc while onion Twenty Acres of Valley Land Buys Twenty More When a Dona Ana county farmer farming only 20 of can buy another JO nnd pay cash for it out of money Oii 211 it is evident Unit IhR proper j kind of farmer CAM the Elephant Hullo project i Thix was an The farmer U t new larmer hero having been in the valley but i few He with 20 Tori ay he 41 acre's freo of debt he purchased acres for it hns of cotton un- sold from last Hir cotton exclusively however Recently this man at court lo nay hn opinion of thc tax rale ami water he jairl in and water don't me I can miike money nn the land J am perfectly willing to pay and even a per cent In charges couM not scare me off my land Mr and Mrs K N fl Know nf Ala arc here veiling their E 0 Snow and family They expect to stay at nix in Lms Cruces agent Cotton growers been divided Group or For tho ono producing the I urge it yield of an entire crop on i form on which not lew than Second lliird 10.00 Group o 30 For tno ono producing thp largest nn aero on tho of not IOSA than 10 and not 30 on a Second 16.00 Third 10.00 Group to 10 For the yield pur acre on nny of 8 to 10 Kimt Second -16.00 Third prize 10.00 Group to 3 For Unreal nn acre on any of 1 to 3 acres Second 10.00 Thc cotton has decided give production ilum for earliest production for reason that tho dirtiest ton In not the beat and con produced on light nnd nt tho expense big Heavy not yields uTr ami upon careful of seed splicing of Irrigation nnd tural employed growers have already for tho prizes but moro arc urged lo can bo with V T French chairman of the with K C county or with nny of the nt tho Temple of luro or nt tho Chamber of Commerce of the content on pago I of Tho of r 0 but will supplied to has mislaid last Huch n co n teat In connection with the wonderful cotton crop In the will result In tho moit tho has received and will Im to thc winners and near prize winners in tho contest It is not so p matter of tlis prize money tm It Is Iho honor of producing thn yield per acre n given Acreage will count Cotlon in king in ho volley this year nnd we to give all honor the king Rodriguez Heads K C new grand knight of 1 council No 1220 of Ho and other officers elected At a meeting of the council at their borne last Thursday evening Other A Jr deputy Krand Fred chancellor Julian R Chavez financial C T treasurer K Jr recording secretary Frank Brilo warden J C McCarty advocate F A John guard T Martinet John B F Mr Mrs Thomas Matron of futth wore in Monday n They say thc of Hutch has had altogether much rain lately and parU of Uie lown have been flooded ly reminding the of the there two ago However the Reclamation Service rapidly constructing a big ditch above tho town to carry away the water from the arroyos and in the the town will be secure from anything milder than a Japanese earthquake and tidal wave Mr ron operates the flour at Hatch reports good Cotton Now Holds Sway in Dona Ana County
