Rio Grande Farmer (Newspaper) - October 18, 1923, Las Cruces, New Mexico annual Pep of the New Mexico College of Agriculture ant Mechanic piece Saturday at State College The the day open with a band concert on Miller Held al A M MlB OI Dona gather at Miller Field at meet in which the young people will compete in athletic events Prizes are be- ing arranged in these events V x A committee college and chamber of went around town Wednesday and in 0 few minutes merchants had given all asked for In of one of the committee had been more than At o'clock automobile deal era will stage a parade of 1924 mode cars on the streets of Las Cruces Lunch Noon Visitors are asked to bring a ket lunch with them to be eaten on ibe college campus The Chamber of free hot cof tee milk and sugar to all Football ia Afternoon In the afternoon at the Las Cruces High school who recently ran away with the Deming will take on the Aggie second football team for a scrimmage At o'clock the event of the a between the Aggie first team and Simmons Col- lege of Texas will take ptace The Aggies have a big team of heavy fighters this year but in the Simmons team they will meet a bunch of determined fighters who will make the Aggies play real football all the time to tome out victorious It's bound to be an interesting game 8.00 O'clock At the College gymnasium at 8 the day will wind up with a big dance to which everybody is invited The faculty and students of State want YOU to te there and hflp in making Pep Day a big event to Be Cel State College October 20th TWO YOUNG GIRLS ARREST BICYCLE THIEVES Unaided and but own nerve to back them two young us Cruces girls Went them up to Las where they were turned over to the sheriff and are now lodged in the county Monday Billy Ellis a student Central school missed-his told his sister Ma bel Ell s Afler inquiry she heard that two young men were seen on the Park road with a cle and Miss Ellis and Miss Sun started out in a car to follow up the clue Several the other side of Mesilla Park they found two boys with a bicycle and nude them come back to Us Cruces One of the parties was about 22 years Old and the other several years younger They that they were on their way to Angeles and of 1 We understand Sheriff guez is seriously considering ing two lady deputies to his force to handle tho difficult cases THE FROST IS THE PUMPKIN last year Pep Day was attended by the crowd that ever at s event in Dona Ana ty Two Las Cruces Boys Enter in Contest for Rhodes Scholarship The examination to decide who would represent the New Mexico A M in tho competition will representatives of the New schools was held last week Cloyd Miller son of Dr and Mrs C A onj Mr and Mrs Bliss Freeman both of Ins Cruces were chosen from s of six candidates The other contestants Lawrence dington Everett Will Elmer and James -nd gu to que where they will meet the representatives of the University Normal schools to decide who go from New Mexico The in this will be given a Service Gives Schedule for Winter Water Service After November I water will be for irrigation in two weeks periods between the hant BuMe district and the El Paso Farmers are urged to make leir plans now lo USD the water when t available and save grief and worry later when the ditches will be dry year water will be available in December but not in January The schedule is given in as October to November 1st Elephant Butte district November 1 wishes As we go to proas young ladies havo cast their hats in the ring They JIao Free man Georgia Audrey Comos Geraldino Rouault thy Springer and Mildred Stewart All who wish to compote for tho now on exhibition In tho win dowi of tho Broaddus Jewelry com- immediately turn In their names to Reading son or E U Holt ini Pint a diamond second diamond third a string of Britons Claim Millions for Early Work on Rio Grande Dam Site D C Oct hearing will bo held in London No- County Agent Advises Care in Selecting ton Seed for Next Year in selecting cotton seed for next One naturally wants a high yielding train of seed but the fact that th otton made a high yield this yea oes not mean that it will next year Crossed varieties often make a gooi yield the first season ond then rapid ly deteriorate By examining the cotton plants in a field early in the picking season one can determine whether or not the cotton is uniform true ic riety If there nre all shapes and sizes of plants and mature bolls you may be sure the cotton is run out or has been badly mixed with other varieties at the gin or by insects at blooming time It has been proved to November ID El Paso district November 15 to December 1 Butte December 1 10 December 15 El district De- cember 15 to January I water vice available to the entire project No schedule is provided for the month of January which period will be utilized in ditch cleaning and work where necessary or for wflter if climatic conditions necessary and ad- vance request by land owners is made Certain construction work is required on some of the main canal features and this period will be required for such work Water will be back in the ditches I on February 1st Hmes Rosenfeldt Ec- kert and Snow Give Tea to Many Friend out by using colored seed that some of the seed from one load of is still com- ng from the gin while following of cotton jire being ginned and other insects are known to carry pollen for over one-half mile in the varieties Thus it may be seen that cotton is readily mixed If the bolls arc large and uniform and scl in the field and are the right shape for the variety the seed is worth saving provided the staple is of good quality and the amount of seed is not too high The nets a true mental picture ot ideal type of plant of a certain riety csn proceed lo improve his cotton by seed selection the majority to rule those having a shorter or inferior colton will do a kindness to their neighbors by dis- carding it experiments prove that some variety ia more profitable the valley can turn to it later euro should bo to for years planting This ear u pays to use considerable care uu that no Injured seed is to sny nothing of a b by American Legion Will Stage Beauty Contest in Cruces Next Week i n season poor stands were due in many cases to the planting of immature or frosted seed At State College cotton variety tests arc being conducted Any one who is not satisfied with the variety of cotton grown hero would do well to get the ot work Is cotton properly insured in the cotton yard question frequently raised by some growers Others rather than take chances or cotter home Operators of cotton yards generally carry a blank insurance covering a certain number of bales in tho yard but M rule tlie of the yard do not know how many bales nre covered or with what company the is The ones op- cotton yards would ie willing to furnish this ion request The following is a brief summary the rules laid down by the board of pacification for Y Standard Cotton p at Oxford years Mrs Isidore Rosenfeldt Mrs E C Snow and Mrs J Frank Eckert en- with a tea at the Eckert home on North Alameda avenue last University covering was a de- The fund that makes this possible established by Sir Cecil Rhodes diamond king of South Africa It is hoped that one of the local will be in the com- petition Cruces High Defeats Team 33 to 0 About fifty LaB croces people the High School football over to Deming last week to watch the Bulldogs over and around the team a football It was a with a score of 33 to 0 in lightful program of vocal nnd piano music presented hy Mmes W J vens Mrs Thomas Broaddus H B Holt Baylus Cade R H France Misses Aids and Lea O'Hara Mrs Reeves Mn James Smith Mrs Eugene Mrs C F Knight and Mrs J W Lowe assisted the hostesses in serving in the room The hostesses will entertain with bridge parties next Wednesday and The gaest list Mmes W E Ayers C M E W Nelson Frank L C Woodson Mrs Bushman F L Burrows Baker Jesse Isaacks Frank Burke Hal Cox George Clark Ralph Conroy L- G Not i ect Capacity is bales The col- on must be piled in single tiers two bales to a row and an aisle way be- tween each row about ten feet wide tho must bo marker posts 4x4 cotton varieties become crossed by insects nnd in ginning nnd that ners desire and will pay a premium for cotton of a uniform staple it is evident that a locality can re- the highest price it has riely Samples of this year's crop of valley Acala cotton have been sent in English spinners to quaint them with the quality of our cotlon The day will come when we can give assurance the samples re- present the entire crop Some of cotlon predict lhal in near certain such as the Underwear people instead of buying just cotton for their raw will certain variety For example they might say yarns insurance must be nit underwear made from pure and per cent to value lime ot loss meet many other nnd delightful tions when Joe post of the American stages its great full festival in Las all next week Booths will bo erected on the cant lot behind the First National bank building there will bo nil manner ot games and concessions in lull swing every tiny and every night for next week The Creson nnd shows will slage these and will also brine to town a f orris wheel merry-go-round One of the booths operated by the will tw devoted lo mer from Las Cruces stores Its object will bo to stimulate tho campaign to Buy II in Dona Ann county There will be games ed nnd the points won will give tho winner credit for merchandise in the stores of the city Which The will take Wednesday when il Is hoped thai all babies in counly will be pd for one or more of the many at- tractive prizes There will be big fat jolly babies and demure solemn babies babies with teeth and babies who are toothless blue eyed tho department announced today ican and British claims to consider claims s ing out of tho of tho Rio Grande reclamation project in Mow Mexico and Mexico Tho claims ranging beween throe and million dollars represent damages sustained by British capitalists who attempted to irrigation years ago before tho States government took un Tho department will sent the United Suites Sir William Wilcox a British irrigation engineer expected to slvo testimony on of the and II is A F Davis former of tho reclamation will ha 0 Lawion M Lawson project o u tho United States reclamation o vice with in El has given the following history The limits of marked braced and painted white No signs must be nn the posts There must be one and two I ets for each square feet cf space The yard should have a hundred foot clear space on all sides Thn is to have no buildings or exposures within one hundred feet of the ton yards This applies lo gin and auxiliary buildings especially Other inga taken into consideration when rate published by inspection au For proper protection on in cotton yards insurance must be Arala cotton grown in j Cotton yards not sunny Sew Mexico of Las Cruces Past years the Deming team has been a go-getter winning of games pretty regularly t lines sending the Cruces boys nam with a headache Judging from Gertrude Stevens Hearn Frank game either Cruces must ley Jeff Isaacks L W lies G B M unusually atrong team Jones A I Kelso Hunter Lewis Cormony Frank Davidson Elliott has Bliss Freeman Herbert Yeo r its Smith Pickard French irly I mine Joseph Thomas ham Peyton Tutweiler W R Eccles or Deming haa the reverse Jones A eso un David Lewis D W Morgan F A demon B B McGee George Lassater president of the liams McNabb Ernest Mclntosh W Land Bank and the D Newton E C Orwell ii J saer present of te liams McN Land Bank and the D Newton E C w Credit Bank at Wichita Kan I Reemtsma Frank Goodin George in Las CruMs Sunday Speers Harold Scott Margaret merford F E Taibott E C Wane Dan Williams and Cecelia and Anna and given an to Clark of Philadelphia Fannie his own impressions ol the French Fannie Ely Floy French and from personal I Jane Talbot a week's visit of inspection of Mr Lessater will be tat Gatton one tni of the to tne man with gin yar of cotton growers prefer Acala and transferred from as it is an American principle cotton yaiti Cotton CQ gin yard to the golden haired babies nnd black eyed babies with raven locks But each one will have his or her own charms which should entice tho judges to award il a for some reason or another Friday afternoon is the field meet for the school boys and girls A large shaw of the proceeds will be over to tho schools for the j improvement of athletic nnd the purchase of new All good old fashioned even be scheduled potato races races obstacle races tests p speed and team events Every bo and girl in the district uta in now nnd practice up for their ow Who It Molt Girl? Il has long been n moot just who is prettiest in La Cruces The question will be dc a week from Saturday nigh at U o'clock when all the votes art counted At ench booth and each o the games nnd sports during the week 1.000 voles will bo given to Ih purchaser of each ten cont licket The j privileged to cast these claims Involving Ri Some years ago before the tales Reclamation Service o build the Elephant Hullo dnm t ig English company engaged Boyd f man of Its but American birth to gate the possibilities for a dam in tho vicinity of present am Practically all of the capital or the proposed project raiser n London nnd quite of money Knent in he district the proposed canal work Dr Boyil lived in both pi Paw Las Cruces nnd well known was iho plan or he English company to build a dam 0 lo 100 feet In anil Dr Doyil remained here for years hero aboul u for to present com- claims tho exact nature of which I nm not capable of g The present dam nt Elephant built by the reclamation service SOS feel three as high as the proposed for any of tKc candidates he View of Miller Field State College athletic ground as it will appear after ments now under way are completed Sen Lake During Big Storm Senator Morris Sheppard of Terns bad tho thrill of a stormy on B M Hall on fi his visit lo Butto dam day and Saturday according to H II Brook of Butle district Mr Shoppard enjoyed it Immensely Mr Brook said are Presented AI the conference Hi Elephant Butto night and needs of the irrigation project were marie known to Mr Included in parly were Con- Claude H ard Y T Davis president of El Paso Irrigation 1 If Smith former Harwell manager A B Poo cily Walter for of El Paso of commerce II H and L M Lawson project manager Navajo Theatre Program eter B The Pride of Palomar -ON and in Flesh and Blood Sunday and Monday Walker of Captain by Night In his recent play The Fourth Musketeer mnc Oliver Country and the law RIZONA COUPLE COME TO LAS CRUCES Mr and Mrs J C Holmes of Arizona arrived here in M Cruces yesterday to make their ome here They have been In with Graces chamber f commerce for lome time and were Chamber of Com- merce Ai Day Celebration Director of the mersa met at MOW Tuesday evening with a good ance of that usually torn oot Tho natter before meet ng was tho annual Pop State College Tho chamber to ina c for hot coffee milk and sugar for tho crowds at college on that day The president of chamber W Frenger appointed a committee of one o go out with a like from ho college and solicit for tho school children's- field aronta Tho chamber has also been con- for several meetings the to bo pursued In the no In tho new campaign to bo led In tho near future seeking a friendly working agreement with the El Gateway club Mr stated tho position of tho Las chamber by recalling that jonio yoara ago tho El Paso chamber of commerce a trado journey through the territory to El Paso calling at I JIB on tho roturn trip Ths sported n big icey which they with fitting ceremonies at each stopping as key to tho gates of El Paso not to bo outdone had a mammoth mado and when tho presentation of tho key wan our brought out key hole Intimating that if El used tho right koy we were ready to meet them half way by tho koy hole and keeping open house to our neighbors As Hr snld Tho koy hole Is still El kept tho koyt Stephen Clark of Philadelphia brother of Cieo M Clark of Las ccj n visitor at the meeting and was naked to say r tow words ing his of Lne nir Clark wnB yory indeed Ho stilted ho much impressed with tho present development of tho volley and Iho go-ahead spirit of its but doubly Impressed with tho future prospects of tho valley To show Him ho what he Bald Mr Clart ho proposed to spend a part of hlo timo here In the future and would conclude In tho near his here He has just roin const ho went o look tho and Tho valley s stronger appeal for him than tho west coast Directors present President W Fred S P W Marker Chas Loomis L E Sam Bean Henry W Bronson Kd C Snow and A Goo H Clark of the publicity was also and Clark was a visitor FLESH AND BLOOD Chaney who has been il as tho most powerful character dor on tho screen haa the leading art in Flesh and that at the theatre Saturday f this week He Impersonates an escaped convict whoso fear of the law Is so great that ho disguises self ami becomes a helpless cripple His portrayal vivid nnd compelling one which extracts the utmost thy Roberts nnd Jack hall take care of tho romantic inter- est the former playing the daughter nf convict the latter as tho of the financier who sent tho un- fortunate man to Ralph for his work in fith productions is tho magnate while Noah Beery mauls a cunning Oriental to tho nw horn A detective Is admirably by DeWill Jennings Chaney Is a big draw HERE FROM ROCHESTER Mr and Mrs Marshall Todd and daughter Miss Alice Todd of Rochester N Y arrived They will make their humo from now on Jdr Todd 1 have been In correspondence with your chamber of commerce for quito a he added Your chamber painted a picture that seemed almost too good to bs true but instead of It It to me they have hardly said enough nice things about your ful valley cheering sunshine and people It Is a better place than we had finally persuaded to come here by Information sent them by the Mr Holmes announced that they were more than pleased with the change they had made If is the aort of weather you have at this season you bare ti finest climate I hare ever tit Mr and Mra are star at Hotel Bosault
