El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-20
Land that can now be had for $50 will ia ew
years. when the Elephant Butte dam copleted 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 =: =

md eastern markets There are number of large cattle
ranches av one of which could easily be used as the stage
setting for western puncher story and from Wnch
drove after drove of shipped to the attenng
farms and the packing houses Of the north and east
Pro6ting by the example of such Col T. Smith,
the alfalfa king of Texas the farmers coming to see
the value of alfalfa foot and of them are making
preparations to feed instead of shipping their hay next
YEAR Hogs thrive on alfalfa and all that is necessary
to prepare them the market is to put them into corn
field for few days before they shipped IN order to
put the finishing touches his majesty the porker to
make him fit as fiddle for the breakfast table. Stock can
also be fed and faened in the way Dry alfalfa Is
considered the best possible feed for cattle and as from
four to crops be raised the land the feeding
capacity is only limited by the amount of space that can
be devoted the industry Chickens also thrive IN the
valley laying and reproducing at rate that makes them
profitable side line to the regular industry OF farming,
or a business in itself worth while
Ell PasO the METROPOLIS of the southwest, has nine
railroads. It is the largest city between Los Angeles,
Denver Dallas and San Antonio and the center OF the
business of the entire district be irrigated by the Ee
plant Butte dam It is surrounded the east and west
BY mesas that rise to the Importance of mountains
The elevation is $500 feet which insures equable
climate the year round The socaed winter is little more
than continued fall while the moderated by
the altitude and the mountain breezes that blow through
the~vallev all times The climate of the Ell Paso Valley
has been pronounced by government experts to be the
the northern hemisphere ana the I'll
and the city of FL Paso enjoys the benefit of this supreme
climate twelve months of each year. There of the
extremes that make most every other widely advertised
climate dsagreeabe at of the year. to be en-
counered in this valley of sunshine The heat OF the Arr
IONA tempered to that of the northern sections
and the cold Of the Colorado mountain resorts not to
be found in the Ell Paso Valley FL Paso the metropolis
in this land of fruit flowers and sunshine possessed Of
every attraction historical and climatic, that makes the
FL Paso Valley the ideal place in which to live To the
Young offers future that promises to be rich IN
opportunities the middle aged the stability of It's future
appeals at once and sound investments offered that
have none of the elements of speculation about hem to
the old persons, it holds out climate that has none of
the Objectionable features of other sections of the country
The DAYS of the bad and boomer have gone and the
legitimate business man. whether he is running ranch or
bank is the that is shaping and controlling the des
TIMES of the richest valley in the land the FL Paso Valley
of the Rio Grande