The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-07-19

Harlugcu, Texas, July Lion G..
Uul the man OF Choc.aw Indian
blood who has made fortune of up.
wards Of St.oOO.OOo iu tu, last six
years. going to build railroad
between llarliugcn and San Antonio.
90 distance of 2I0 miles Mr hin says
that hc will build the road, and as
hc has never failed yet to accomplish
what hr sc.s out To do. since his
rise ,o wealth began, the people who
know him have confidence in the
project. !, Is 100 big proposition
for Mr.. nm 20 handle uuldcd. and
hc has obtained the financial assist
auco Of ST Louis trust companies to
put Il through The n.rh business
standing ~ Mr. hin was shown by
the voluntary offer ~ large land
bonuses which ne received from
ranchmcu and the people " the
towns along the route of the pro
posed road as soon as 90 was pub.
licly announced that he was promot.
ing the project
Mr.. Hin is doing great things for
the lower Rio Grande valley region
o' Texas It is here that he has
made a fortune by the simple process
Of buying their value manifold by
distributing water over them by
means of great system Of irriga-
tion. The long sought for alchomist
secret OF turning dross into gold has
been discovered by Mr. Hin. The
formula is ~imple. II Is water-noth.
ing but water. The other ingredl.
ents are soil and sunshine. TO which
should be added plenty of good.
strong elbow grease. The more sci.
encc that is used in applying this
mixture the better adc the results
obtained
How to Get a Crop Of Dollars.
Il don't know why chemists want to
be fooling their time in trying to
discover some means Of making arti-
fetal gold when they can come here
and get a crop Of gold dollars off
OF the land every few weeks. winter
and summer simply by mixing the
soil with water and using Mexican
labor at 80 cents a day TO stir up
the compound" said Mr.. Hill.
The beauty about the dollars made
in this way is that they are genu.
inc coin OF the realm. It's a pretty
business-this making OF money OF
soil, water and sunshine. It makes
me feel like writing poetry when !
think about IT,"
Mr. Hill is called THE Developer
by the people OF South Texas. He
was the first man to realize the
wonderful possibilities OF the wide
stretch OF rich valley lands extend
ing along the lower course OF the
Rio Grande. and 20 show his faith
in the future by coming TO the chap
arral-covered region and making II
his home. He had been educated foi
the law and was living at the little
town OF Beeville 200 miles north o
here. when he had occasion TO visit
/ Brownsville to try case in the dis
trict court That was about eight
years ago. Brownsville was the onl,
/ town on the Texas side OF the lowel
Rio Grande valley in those days. II
order to reach It an overland tril
OF $50 miles had to be made through
a semi-descrt country. On this wagoI
trip through the mesquite covered
region Mr.. Hill took careful note o
the character OF the soil He observ
ed that in n few isolated localitie
MeXicans We're growing abundan
crops OF various kinds OF produc,
upon small plots OF land by meant
OF irrigation from surface wells.
Investigated the Country.
Mr. Hill found that his case II
court at Brownsville did not requir
all OF his time and he spent man.
hours in riding over the valley IN
vestigatlng the lands and the avail
able water supply He quickly reach
ed the conclusion that many hun
dreds OF thousands OF acres OF IN
valley lands could be irrigated b
water from the Rio Grande. He mad
the Interesting discovery that tn
bed OF the international boundar
stream is several feet higher tha
the land which sloped down fror
II on the Texas side This fact wa
important from an irrigation stant
point, as IL would enable the builc
ing OF canals direct from the rive
intakes and lessen the cost OF pumI
ing, II, IN fact, it did not permit IN
distribution Of the water by Fravit