El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-12
Land that be had for $50 will in few
years. when the Elephant Butte dam completed sell readily
for $1,000 Thousands Of will be turned into
garden spots FL Paso Valley land richer than the famous
Fruit land of California. =

The Ell Paso Valley is located in western Texas on
the banks of the Rio Grande that flows from the mountain
valleys the north for hundreds of miles, spreads
when reaches Ell Paso and for distance of fifty miles
winds through the lower valley like ribbon of steel The
key the entire valley of the Rio Grande both above and
below FL Paso is at Elephant Butte in the upper valley,
where the between two rock walls There the
government is spending 100000 in constructing
that second only the great Assouan dam
the Nile in Egypt From this great storage reservoir
water will be taken to gate the valleys of the lower
Rio Grande including the Mexican side of the below
I'll Paso Practically the total flow of the river will be
stored behind this concrete wall and will be sent down the
canals when most needed make the crops and orchards
grow and produce This dam will on base of bed
rock and will extend from granite wall to the other
with the spllways and intakes for the main canals
ming through solid rock prevent any danger of injury
to the dam itself In times of flood Extending back from
the dam for distance of 10 miles will be immense arti
fetal lake that will be formed from the impounded waters
of the On this plans already being made for the
erecton of resort hotels and the establishing of
motor boat lines for the of the visitors to the great
artificial lake
The dam will not furnish water alone for the Ell Paso
Valley for there will be hundreds Of feet than
needed behind the concrete wall when is completed.
There is string of small valleys along the lower Rio
Grande, beginning at the Las Palomas Valley near the
dam SITE and including the Rincon Mesilla and FL Paso
valleys The latter divided by the river below Ell Paso
into the Mexican and Texas valleys the being the
international line. Treaty rights with Mexico have been
established and the southern republic to receive part
of the total flow of the river after it is stored in the File
plant Butte reservoir But the storage capacity this
great dam to be 100000 feet or enough water to
that number Of with foot Of water and after
the completion of the reclamation service work there will
never be danger of shortage of after the melt
ed SHOWS from the Rio Grande watersheds have been
caught and conserved in the reservoir main canal 175
miles ia length Will distribute the over the territory
to be irrigated each section receiving its proportonate
sunpy at the hands of the government reclamation service
There free lands to be secured that will come
under the Elephant Butte project all of the land that is
signed up for water rights being owned by ndvid
uals These water rights obtained by the payment of
$40 an acre In the form of ten annual payments of 81 an
This sum is to be used in the repayment of the ma
ona government for the money spent in constructing the
Elephant Butte DAM and the farmers the valleys that
are included under the scheme, will eventually the
complete irrigation SYSTEM although probable that