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i smesshe DogsSCS16-N PRESENTS TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF CCC PROJECTSIWALLACE tin. Wither the is ore not clop boLhcr to gel logs.ic tags In Lna than money dormitories, Ing still near-he city cleric's he forty-eight iig 1I13S) were chased during 0. only a mere •s have beenI Vi riel(ed dogs, fox Next in nunt-l* city cleric's *. SheplicKls h police dogs s for fourth, mlely In the lilt oro listed.!Ill'S HK “Pal. Suiuly/ andmum in this V wore listed if Lhu names inch us Hot-Br.il, Whn-By DON SCOTT* Although Ihe CCC has received much publicity and has gained Ihe favor of most Americans, the average perrons knows little about the actual life and functioning or this most popular of the New Deal alphabetical agencies. One of the lf00 CCU camps scattered over the United States, Camp SCS-1G-N, located two miles cast of f.is Crunas, may he studied as exemplifying I hr purpose for which the Civilian Consei'vatSon Corps wiist bmnfied In 1933.This camp was established In the summer of 1035, Just before a serious flood which swnmped the town of Las Cruces. The InLe Major Burton P. Fleming, former manager cf the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, and at that time. Head of the soil erosion district at Safforil. Arizona. was credited with being lhu most Influential person in having this camp established.us, Chico,’Cf'C In the BrumeFrom late in August 40 September 2, 1305, llic cnrollccs of Company 3333. which has been made up o[ Slh Corps Area men since Us establishment, were puttionnl acclaim for its pioneering spirit of democratic education. At present nearly. 200 CCC enrol I-uus from camps nil over the New Mexico district, which takes in New Mexico and western Texas., have bencrittcd T7y this plan. Many o: the enrol!ees who began their college work under this plan Have. Jcft the UCC to uttend State College regularly. One enrolee, who was graduated from college while In this comp, is now educational adviser nt Tulnroi. Others have completed ns much 38 two years of college work while in camp.Although academic work has been chiefly cmphueuwfd in the camps educational program, the enrollces have had access to valu-nhle training on the job. Such practical occupations as truck and tractor driving, concrete finishing, and civil engineering work, have been mastered by ambitious CCC boys.Can Earn Full Alio wane A range building ill low am set up on each ranching uni operating In the .program, fc on the acreage and carrying pacity. A rancher .can earn full amount of the allowanc. following practices approved the county committee. •Mr. Reynolds urged all st men who have private range lo see their county committee for lull details of the range gram before May 1, If they in to cooperate in the 1940 progTyre Named On Teacher CommitteesCo: 11 ling School Featured Another unique feature of. Camp 16-N’s educational prog rain, is the District school for bilkers and cnoks which was opened in May. 1H3H. Under this plan, cooks and mess stewards from nil over the“Bravo.'cr.; city licensed i' were .1. J l. gcr, and .InctD work pumping water from the,New Mexico dfsUicL receive one. basements and houses of Las Cm- j month s training under the expert ccs. removing furniture from the ' direction of retired army mess flooded sections of the town, clear- j ncigeunts. These cooks are taught Inp debris from Die street*:, and how lo make up menus and jre-The Rio Grande and Albuq que chapters of the American aociation of Teachers of Spa wilL be co-hosts of the annual tional meeting of the assoclatio be he! din Albuquerque next comber, Dr. C. A. Tyre armour today.Dr. Tyre has been notified he has been appointed a men of three committees, one the c millee on integration of 1 school and college work and uther the committee on gen policies. He has also been pointed chairman of the chaple representatives committee.El Paso Deputy Is Murdered: wisy, placid r n reckless fighting life t or convened the Inevil-Irst rebellious religious life oday. It nnist I perilous a ullant Irishdigging (IIIdies tlt;» divert the surplus water. \Vhun the flood work urns completed, enrollees were released lo the Soil Conservation Service lo spend two venra ofpare food fur whole companies of men. as prescribed by United States Army standard?. A district requirement is I hut the mess steward und two first, cooks of eachwork on the town's 25,0011-ncrc • of the 40-odd camps In this CCC watershed. In order to rmnhnl the district, be graduates of this ravages of the infiTqfient. but dev- [school. At present more than 2,-astuUng floods which had wrought 000 cnrollcc cooks IibVR been giud-much properly damage In Las Cruces, the first work of the camp in the soil conservation nnd flood control program, was to hulld several Inrgc dclvnllon clnms nn the Organ mountain watershed.During the last two years the (tump's work project netivxlie*’, have been spread to include flooduulcri.Co. Comdr. Ilarry W. Cooper, us chief instructor of the bakers* und cooks’ school, has made the mess of Uda company into what is generally recognized, * as one of the bust to he found anywhere hi the CCC. In addition to the cooking school for c.nrolleea, ail of flit a so seldom • docs Chrisli-e enthusiasm ora? Tim I IS ivc forgotten o’s mast civ-ugrrotia rru-lm profesi It hlnk of II as .aidvnt insur-%p up out of id nut of licit ilny wife nil le. We don’t ft do Unit, nncl prrserv* dkl not play live, not ncg-lo l ho doers, ctr faith wax nl alt loo oft-k fiery torch, foes on, l invalid ngnnv of red nnd bm-cnntrol at Fwbens. Texns, nnd ero-. ccrs’ cooking school is also held for Mion control projrrts near Hills- jail officers of the. New Mexico dls-Ihiio nnd Rincon, New Mexico. | Each officer in the district At one time the cnmps was ciI- . must attend school for at leant one ed as the most outstanding unn Uveek, and at present, every officer In .this region, wlilrh covers Now | on ecu camp duty at lhu various Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colora- cainps throughout the district has do, since 11 war carrying nut only fi0ne through the school.I'nvlvy. F*idll?yimr lonely •rrllilo peaks. ie eon rage to iled ImW a mln complete conservation program nn i\ huge acreage, but alro a great, variety of useful conservation work, all pointing toward protection of I.as Ciuccs.Figures Ucve.il Work To learn whnt tlie actual operations of the camp have been since its establishment in the summer of 1935. It might he helpful In look at some figures on accomplishment*. Camp 16-N has built eleven Impounding nnd large diversion dams, 121 miles of fence, •14 miles of truck Units nnd minor roads. 961 mile:; of contour furrow* and •frrnccR. 951,000 feet of water spreaders. 4CO wulur clt;m-tr**t structures other than dams, and 9.314 chock damn. Two uf thv.-o large drtnir. Alameda damr*n the Dus Cruces watershed, mid the large enrth-fill dam at Fn-hens. Tex., nro among the largest onrtli-fill dnms ever huill by thnMnVf * li i n 7.1 nail (n.nu ll.ll’ftEL PASO, Texas, April 28 —Rosnllo Antlvcros, 28, shot j stubbed Deputy Sheriff J-Cramer to death because he seated the charge Cramer » going to file against him. Anll\ os was arrested on the compli of a valley girl, Adells. .Frgur 25. who charged he had abu her.Antiveros was .shot four ho after Cramer’s death. Offi Cromer's body was fouad slum down in his ear, three miles iv of Clint.Antiveros and Miss Fred? had been friends for years. .Blockade Captur Hunt SteeplechasCamp Makes Improvements inning the post year many physical improvements have been mndc ul Camp ’ 16-N. More than 5.1,000 lias been spent in the last few months lor modern racss equipment. The storage cave and permanent ice-box recently const niv ted at Hie on nip by enrollee lalx»r, have been judged boBt tn the district by the remanding general * of the Slh Corps Aren.J11 short, the personnel of Camp SCS-1G-N believe Ihclr cunip is a model one in nil respects, and they point with pride tn the record it has set during its almost five years of existence here nt Lns Cruces.BALTIMORE, April. 27 1A Blockade, son of Man-O-v b r 0 k. 0 u time - worn j today when ^.e swept the field his third straight victory In Maryland Hunt Cup Steepleclu Blockade’s victory gives Mrs. Read Beiud permanent possess of the gold cluflleage cup nwnr to the winner of the event c. year.Commissioner Makes Tourist Survev HereANNOUNCE DEADLINE STICKERS“There are three days left which to have your cox tested brnlccs nod lights, and to reci your new red sticker/* announ Captain Cnrlos Salas of the SI Police Force yesterday.All cars not haVing the 1 atickerd in the regulation time, be stopped and given a warn and those who do not heed warning will be fined. .IF WOMEN, WHY NOT IKE? DALLAS, Tex.,. April 2K id Four handsome men wearing blue shorts, sweat-Shlrts. and cluii liontc ivnrp rnmnetine'
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Las Cruces Sun News
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Mon, Apr 29, 1940
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