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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
Science Of Dry Farming; How To Do 1t Successfully

who had tried to grow crops with
few inches less of rainfall than they
were used to, and failed. 1t was a dis
astrous time The loan companies
which were carrying millions of dollars
in mortgages on these lands went into
bankruptcy, and helped to make the
panic of 1893 worse. The homesteads
were sold by the recgvers of the loan
companies, and were trafficked off TO
spectators for 81 to So an acre, lands
which are selling at from SIS to SIS an
acre at this moment
a Man and an Idea.
Two things have brought back the
people to the drier west, and reestab-
lished prosperity and happiness there.
One is cycle of moist years. The
other is H w Campbell. Those VINO
depend solely on the wet years contin-
uing will go broke" as did their pre-
decessors Those who depend on the
philosophy taught by Campbell VIII
weather the drouths that must come,
and will be prosperous
Campbell was a South Dakota farm
er, and in the boom times made money
and did we'll When the drouth wiped
out his neighbors it wiped him out. too
financially. If there had not been IN
him something out of the ordinary IL
would have wiped him out completely
But after the extinguishment OF thou-
sands of ordinary men, Campbell was
still there.
An idea is sometimes the best OF lie
nreservers. Campbell climbed on the
back of a hobby and rode out or the
gloom and disaster of those stormy
times
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
DRY LAND ALFALFA IN
EASTERN COLORADO
By Prof. W. H. DIN

Winegars newly sown alfalfa fields at
-Burling ton, Colo. He seeded over 100
acres and had a most excellent stand.
Part of it was drilled and part of it
seeded in rows of sufficient width to
give thorough cultivation The rows
are 20 inches apart. SO he can use the
best civilizations in tillage operations
We will all watch results in these
alfalfa fields, with deep interest. So
many think no matter how or where
you plant alfalfa, its roots must go
down TO water somewhere or somehow.
In refutation of that statement, let
me say that DR.. W. NJ. Workman, of
Ashland. Kas-. has alfalfa on a red soil
two feet underlaid with rock TO a
depth of $50 feet. Here he has sue
cessfuuy grown alfalfa for IL years
No, the secret is, make your soil a
reservoir in which you store the neceS-
sary moisture. Cultivation, after prop
er seeding, is the all important factor
as Dr. Workman and other successful
alfalfa growers In western Kansas can
testify. DIR. Workman tells me had he
possessed an alfalfa renovator when he
would have added % percent 10 his an
nual crop yields.
If you have not a renovator use the
give the field a good vigorous discing.
often the latter process is beneficial
tillage with which to follow each cut
tnig.
The writer found on a vacant block
in the town of Burlington, Colo, more
than 100 vigorous alfalfa plants that
had come up" like Topsy, with no
care whatever. in the native sod
Across the road from this block. in
the field of ]. c. Newberry, we found
seeded alfalfa three years old. This
had been given no cultivation whatever
and was having a seemingly even fight
with western wheat grass for posses
sion of the ground
Selecting a representative plant the
writer dug it up and counted 10 stems
in the crown. Leaf, crown and roots
were fine examples of ideal hardness
and vigor.
If alfalfa can survive and thrive
practically growing wild in native soo,
are we willing to fold our hands ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

In the SOS by Mexicans. who erected
a small mill to treat the ores In 1882
all the inhabitants of the little camp
were massacred by the Apaches, and
khe property was idle and abandoned
for many years on account of indian
troubles.
In the late '9Os a company, com
posed OF Messrs. Stent and Cow Bros,
of California, took it up, and under
the management of Col. Pender, start
ed to drive ahead the old workings, and
after driving so feet beyond the end OF
the old drift they encountered a body
of ore II feet wide, averaging $4O0
ton, which proved TO be a very large
and continuous body of ore These
former owners took out large sums OF
money, several hundred thousands OF
dollars
In 1903 the mine was taken over by
the Venture corporation, off London,
and the Mines company Of America, aft
erward reOrganized as the Dolores
Mines company, at purchase price or
s1,5O0,000-
Large Cyanide MIL
This new company erected a large
cyanide mill. with capacity Of 10
tons per day, and completely equipped
the mine. The cyanide plant is one OF
the most complete and perfect in Mex
leo, consisting OF two cruSherS, four
ore bins. % stamps. three Bryan mills,
four tube mills and Whitley tables and
vanners, and complete vyanide plant
The ore is crushed so that So per
| cent goes through a 200 ton mesh
screen. An average saving OF 80 per-
cent of the gold and silver values is
| obtained. which is believed to be the
highest saving on this class of ore In
! Mexico.
The mill is driven by water power
| in the rainy season, by Pelton wheel
under head OF $40 feet. and in the dry
season by $50 horsepower Corliss en-
CINE. The mill is one of the finest ex-
I amples of sectionaliZed mining ma
chinery in the world. Much of 1t was
supplied from FL Paso-
| In order to carry the machinery into
/ camp. it had TO be made in pieces
weighing about 800 pounds. and packed
I over trails 125 miles on muleback from
1 Minaca. then the railway terminus.
| The present power plant is now be-
| ing increased TO soc horsepower. and
a new compound engine is being in
: Stated. and a 250 electrical horsepower
| Is being added
Mine Equipment.
\ The mine is substantially equipped
bv an excellent 10 by u duplex hoist.
| Air power is furnished by a Reidler air
/ compressor capable Of 700 cubic feet n
/ minute. This plant Is driven by cleo
trical power, derived from an electrical
newer plant driven by water power, I'M
Ger a head OF $50 feet. One hundred
and twenty-five horse power is devel-
ored here and is used at the mine and
mill.
| Water Power Plant.
The company has erected magnifi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

mo, We cannot grow alfalfa here.
too dry. we must have irrigation or
35-inch rainfall to succeed with al
falfa. 1t is a waste Of seed to attempt
growing alfalfa in eastern Colorado"
This was the sentiment of one ranch
man who claimed to be authority on
eastern Colorado, expressed TO the
writer less than a year ago. Some
ranchmsn have been succeeding with
alfalfa in eastern Colorado for several
years. seeding in the land tributary
TO a draw" or on the low places which
receive the flood waters of other high
er land. VIM. Rose, near Siebert, Colo.
has succeeded in growing both hay and
seed Tor a number OF years on that
kind of ground as have others in Lari-
mer. Weld, Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips,
Yuma, Kit Carson and FL Paso coun-
ties.
Three years ago the writer encour
aged number of farmers in Yuma
county to try seeding with a certain
imported strain OF alfalfa which, for
an unknown period of time, has been
growing in semi-arid Asia, with less
than Is inches Of rainfall. The name
johnson, Of Yuma, Colo, agreed TO
cost In this way they got the seed for
a cent a pound less than the native
grown seed. This alfalfa was put on
high ground not susceptible of irriga-
ton and where it could not receive the
flood waters of other lands. The seed
bed was prepared and seed sown as
advocated in this journal. The proper
seed bed and correct manner ana time
for seeding often measures the differ
ence between success and failure
Rapid Growth
Six weeks after seeding the writer
found plants with roots IL inches long,
hardy, sturdy growing plants That
same season. more than 1000 pounds
of this imported drouth resisting strain
Of alfalfa was seeded in that one
nesghborhood. 1t is destined to be-
come an important crop in Yuma coun-
ty. since all alfalfa, properly sown ana
carefully taken care of has succeeoeo
very well, passing through two naro'
trying winters on alfalfa.
Last spring the writer visited MI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
Tillage With Reference To Moisture
By ALFRED ATKINSON
Chairman Executive Committee OF the Dry Farming Congress

fullest use of the natural precipitation
This is essential in order that the plants
may grow, and equally so in order that
the plant food supply locked UP by ma
ture In the soil may be brought into a
soluble state and so become available.
Surface cultivation must be practiced
at he proper time, and early maturing
hardy strains of the different crops must
be planted.
AS new ! farming communities are
opened up, the tendency is for those who
first take Up the land 10 start a skim
ming process. BY this 1 mean to grow
soil reducing crops like wheat or other
cereals yeah after year, and return moth
ing 10 the( land TO comenSate for the
food elemekts removed in the crops har-
vested. I'll dry farmers make this mis-
take II will be in spite of the warning
of past exlneriapces The community the
state the /nation and the world have an
interest i'll the store Of plant food held
in the sofl as this is a great treasure
house, from which iuture generations
must geti their supply Oh mes neces-
sites.
The drE farmer cannot grow wheat
contin,;ouf1v without inviting disaster
He nnust yinclude soil improving crops
such as Alfalfa and peas to keep UP
the humuA content and nitrogen supply
and must Grow live stock in order that
the value Bic plant food elements may
NOT he nledlessly shipped from the
farm ~
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

saw this most valuable of all forage
cannot. with advantages Of proper soil
culture. be made TO thrive and grow?
Grows Like '1Topsy."
BY no means can we truthfully say
this Observe this alfalfa plant which
like "Topsy' grew up in the most I'M
favorable environment and determine
that Won will make 1t a crop of your
farm. The writer has spent many years
studying this plant in the rainbelt
state. under irrigation and on the nom
irrigated lands Of the west. de here
states that he is confident that this
plant. by proper seed selection and
correct tiIlage methods car be grown
on every $50 acres now farmel where
other crops are being successfully
grown with less than 20 inches Of
rainfall.
May we realize the rare value OF this
good forage, the oldest cultivated crop
grown Geo. ClothIer OF the u 5. de-
Eartment Of agriculture. commends
this crop to the American farmer
north, south, east and west in the fol-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
DOLORES COMPANY HAS ONE OF THE
FINEST CYANIDE MILLS IN MEXICO

cent water plant at Dolores, and con-
structed a dam across the Arroyo Am
pliO, so feet high and 500 feet long,
that will impound 50.0OO,000 cubic feet
Of water. From this dam the water
is taken through a tunnel 400 feet long
to the flume line which is 5000 feet in
length At this point is installed a
hydroelectrical plant
The water has fall Of $50 feet and
drives a 125 horsepower motor The
water, as discharged from this plant is
carried by a flume 1000 feet long, TO
the reservoir and thence is carried
through pipe 22O0 feet long. under a
head Of SO feet TO the Pelton water
wheel, which drives the mill
Mine Development
The workings consist OF a vertical
shaft, $50 feet deep. from which five
levels have been driven The shaft is
intersected by a main tunnel level at a
depth of $50 feet below the collar OF
the shaft This tunnel is nearly 1000
feet in length
Three large ore bodies have been en-
countered in the property, and some
of the richest ore ever found in the
mine was found in the lowest level
The vein is essentially a large vein.
and ore bodies So feet wide are not
uncommon The ore averages $40 TO
$50 United States currency a ton, be-
ing half gold and half silver values
The vein is presumably a fissure be-
tween andesite walls, and runs north
east and southwest
Production.
The production of the mine for the
past three years has been over ga
100000, United States currency. and has
netted the present owners 100000 IN
dividends, besides the accumulated re-
serve funds, after paying out large sums
Tor improvements, betterments and
supplies. 1t is now paying IS percent
year on It's capitalization of $4,000
600. according to Mr.. Paul.
The property is splendidly developed
and has ore reserves blocked out
ahead for two years. estimated to be
in excess of 100000 in value
This wonderful showing is due to the
able management of ". H Paul the
general manager.
Company Store
The company maintains a large gen
eraI merchandise store, one OF the most
complete and uptodate in Mexico. which
supplies not only the Dolores miners.
but the entire surrounding district
The company purchases over $4,000
worth OF supplies each month II BUYS
sugar. flour and groceries in carload
lots, and has on hand 10000 bushels Of
corn. E D. Lachman is manager OF
this big store
Over 1000 Employed.
Over 1000 Mexicans and so Aroerf
cans are employed by the company. The
Dolores district will soon be the near
est rich mining district of the Sierra
Madre mountains to FL Paso.
The Dolores Is the only deveIone1
mine in that camp, but there are MANY
rich prospects in every direction. In
one Of the lowest levels a streak ~
ore has been exposed a foot wide. aver
| aging $1,000 ton in gold and silver
The company controls Is square miles
OF timber land, but the surrounding
! country is open to prospectors and fs
| a virgin mineral field.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
Conquering the Dry Spells
By Herbert Quick in Lafolette's Weekly

: ferent things, and to practice it scien
fifically is still another matter. In
North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, South
Dakota-and on down TO Mexico-many
have learned to practice it scientifically
The story of the popularization Of
dry farming" is a fascinating one. In
the early SOS the semiarid plains on
the hither side OF the Rockies were
/ ~homesteaded," ''timberclaimed, and
settled upon, good deal as they have
been in the past few years. Allured
by the fruitfulness of a few wet sea-
sons and charmed by the fertility and
traotabiilty OF the soil, the people pour
ed in from the wetter east until hun
dreds of thousands had found homes
and flattered themselves that they had
! founded them.
Then came the drouths and hot winds
and crop failures and mortgage fore
closures, and the depopulation of whole
] counties by the fleeing Of the farmers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

West of the Missouri river one hears
n great deal about what is called dry
farming" 1t is new phrase in this
country, and relates to a most impor-
tant matter. There are more acres
n the United States which are droutfly,
year by year, than favored with suffi-
cieut rain. Every season is a drouth
when one gets into the short grass
country; but they are farming there
more and more, and with better sue
cess year by year. Their methods are
10 q large extent new, and are i'm
portant to farmers in the east as well
as in the west; for all farms are sub
ject to occasional drouth, at which
times dry farming is as useful in
Ohio or Illinois as in Colorado.
Every farmer knows. of course, that
nv frequent shallow cultivation he can
cover the earth with a dust blanket,
and keep it from drying out. But TO
know it and to practice it are very diff
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

lowing language:
Alfalfa is one or natures choicest
gifts TO man. 1t is the preserver and
the cOnserver of the homestead. IT is
peculiarly adapted to a republican
FORM OF government, for IL smiles alike
on the rich and the poor 1t loves the
sunshine, converting the sunbeams into.
gold coin in the pockets of the thrifty
husbandman. 1t is the greatest mort
gage litter yet discovered. II forms s
partnership with the micro-organisns
OF the earth. by which II is enabled to
enrich the soil upon which IT feeds. Tt
brings gold into the farmers purse by
processes more mysterious than the al
chemy Of old The farmer with a So
acre meadow of alfalfa viii have
steady, enjoyable employment from
June to October, for as soon as he has
finished gathering the hay at one end
of the field it will be again ready for
the mower at the other. The homes
surrounded by fields of alfalfa have
an aesthetic advantage unknown to
those where the plant is not grown"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
BILLS FOR RELIEF OF
NEW MEXICANS By ANDREWS.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 22.-Andrews
introduced a bill that the pres dent ap-
point a commission to sell SC Dol sec
ton 16, township II north, range 20
east, for the benefit of the Art ,sia school
district; also to sell section :, township
II north. range 80 east. TO the oeneflt
of the Tucumcari school district
He has also introduced 4 Dill ror the
relief of the heirs of F-sSward LELAND,
late register of the Iani office, to the
amount of 5000; for I'll : relief of A. H.
Reynolds. 5000; for tie relief of Will
liam strover, $500; for the relief of
Jesus Gallegos Vigil. $3.50, Navajo
indian depreciation claim
Bills for a tension for Paul L. Krouse'
s45 per moth, and John Ritter, $50 per
month, ere also introduced.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
TIE CHURCH AND LABORING
MEN; SUBJECT OF SERMON

Rev. Perry ]. Rice, of the First Chris
tdan church, will speak Sunday evening
Cfn the subject. THE Church and Labor
il e Men" This is the third sermon Of
the series Mr.. Rice is presenting on
.1Che Church In the World Today
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

! EVERYBODY GOING TO LAS
CRUCES SUNDAY. TRAIN LEAVES
tAT S:45 A. NJ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

GRAND VIEW LOTS ARE WORTH
THE MONEY. $40 DOWN, 81 MONTH
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
Develops Enormous Water
Power With Big Dam
Three Large Ore Bodies
Encountered.

Continued From Page one-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22

The company has erected a magnifi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
Nervous Disorders

Aeurasla as result OF
o.
modes of tratingth
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-23
MISSOURI STRIKE is ENDED.
Railroad Company Said to Have Won
Out Over Men.

St. Louis Dec 20.-The striking ma
chinists, blacksmiths boi1ermakers
and sheet metal workers of the Mis-.
souri-Paciffc-Iron Mountain system
have returned to work. According to
the statement of General Manager A.
w. Sullivan to the Associated Press,
the settlement is complete victory
for the company.
The men go back to work on the
terms offered May /. which they re-
tected. That proposition includes a
3-cent-an-hour increase. Under the
new agreement the men permanently
relinquish control Of the shop fore
man and acquiesce in the rules adopt
ed by the Chicago conference Of West.
ern lines in March last. The work day
for repair shop men will be nine hours
and for engine house men, 10 hours.
The agreement provides that all Of
the former employees who desire to re-
tain their seniority must apply for re-
instatement within 50 days. All of the
strikers are eligible, but the foremen,
numbering nearly $50, will not be TAX.
en- back.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-23
Winnipeg Street Car Company Is Run
ming Only. Half Service.

Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 20 The
street car strike is developing quietly
although the tension is high. The
company is not running more than
half service. Policemen are in all the
cars. College boys are still in evil
dence as amateur motormen and con-
ductors although their examinations
are calling them off. A number Of
men arrived from the East but they
are being kept in the background.
Men at the strike headquarters ap-
pear resolute. An immediate appeal
will be made to all unions for support
and there is little doubt that all will
respond to what is looked upon by
unions as carefully engineered
scheme of the company to fight the
union on field of it's own choosing.
They point out that the present wage
agreement expires in the spring and
they allege that this issue is being
fought in order to break the union.
Undoubtedly there will be trouble be-
fore the men give in, as many OF them
are desperate. None of the men have
gone back so far and there is little
probability of their returning by to-
morrow noon, when the company's ul-
timatum expires.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-23
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CURIOUS CHRISTMAS DISHES
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures

Curious Christmas dishes, unfami.
liar to Londoners, are by no means
put of date in various parts Of the
country. In Derbyshire, for instance,
there is the delicacy, always made
On Christmas eve, called black ball"
which is especially appreciated by the
younger members of the community
Black ball" is made of black treacle
and sugar boiled together in a pan.
While the mixture is boiling. little
flour and grated ginger or spices are
added. When thoroughly boiled. it Is
poured into large shallow dish and.
when sufficiently cooled, is cut into
squares and lengths. which are rolled
Or nodded into various shapes. When
quite cool the BLACK ball" is very
hard, but is declared by connoisseurs
to be decidedly toothsome.
In Cornwall, again, it is the ortho-
dox practise in most households ON
Christmas eve to make a batch of cur
rant cake colored and favored with
saffron, according to western custom,
with Christmas" on the top of each
cake. The adornment SO called is a
small portion of the dough in the cen
ter OF the top pulled up and made into
the form of miniature cake. resting
on the larger one beneath. 1t Is the
custom for each person to have his or
her own special cake. and everyone is
supposed to take a small piece OF
every other PERSONS cake; but none
Of the batch must be cut until Christ.
mas day.
STUDENTS REPLACE STRIKERS
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-23
IS GijRoOA7 4 F'.|DJSTER?
HORNET CLEARS FROM NEW OR.
LEANS HEAVILY LOADED.
Supposed to he Bound for Honduras to
Participate In RevoIu-
tion.

New o. leans, Dec 2O.-The former
United States gunboat Hornet, report
ed to have been purchased by Hondur-
ms revOlutionists, secured clearance
papers from this port for Cape Gracias
with crew of 20 men, 200 tons Of
soal and provisions for 80 days.
Included among the crew are sever
IL men who are said to have been con-
,ected with previous filbustering ex-
petitions directed against Central
American republics.
Jesus Ulloa. Hondliran CONSUL to
this port. notified the Honduran min
lister at Washington that the Hornet
expedition 'looks strongly revolution
airy and that the vessel undoubtedly is
fitted out to take part in revolution
airy movement against Honduras by
former President Manuel Bonilla. of
that republic and General Lee Christ
mas"
Senior Ulloa expects the state de-
partment to take some action to pre-
vent the Hornet sailing.
Some of the crew frankly admitted
to an Associated Press reporter that
they believed the Hornet was destined
for Honduras.