El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

cilities and its proximity 70 the i'm
rnense fields of territory insure the
cheap production of electrical power
Cheap electrical power means cheap
water for the irrigator. and cheap water
means tremendous profits. Cheap pow
er also means cheap telephones. cheap
electrical lights, cheap labor saving de-
vices for farms all over the valley
Every labor saving device on the farm
means greater luxury for the farmer,
means greater profits, means advance
in land values.
II is a conceded fact among frriga-
tors that water may be pumped profit
ABLY from "any distance within me-
chanicaI possibilities" onto land that
will produce merchantable fruit IN aver
age quantities. to say nothing or lana
that will produce fancy fruit In abund-
ant quantities At the FL Paso fair last
fall the Mimbres valley took the Iol-
lowing premiums on fruit In compeu-
ton with fruit from New Mexico, north-
err Old Mexico and western Texas: Ten
varieties of apples. End; best plate OF
winter apples End; best display OF
frrit 1st: peaches and pears, 1st; Ar
kansas Blacks, 1st; largest peach, 1st;
hest plate of pears, 2nd; Black Tw1gs'
1st Rambows, 2nd; Missouri Pipp1ns'
1se.
Prize Winners.
Ont of thirty-one entries OF fruits and
vegetables. twenty-one prizes were cap
tured This is an indication or the
o,,ality of fruit grown IN the MlIiioie g
valley. Now, if water can be puIlpeu
nrofitablv any distance within mechan-
zeal possibilities" to grow an ORDINARY
crop OF fruit, what can be salo as u
tbo profits Of pumping it from exhaust
less shallow wells 70 produce aouhu-
ant YIELDS of the choicest 1rult sro""
onvyrhere in the United StatesE
Much has been said so Tar OF the
,1t,+,- Of water in the Mimbres val
~ h,,t nothing of the quality DEM
to- water anaIyzes 99.9S percent pure
The unrest water in the United o1ates'
,r,+b the exception OF few springs
=. +r,o email counties in the state Oh
-, York Moreover, this UNDER
Ground river is of a temperature e&-
actlv suited to irrigation
Little Difficulty.
None of the difficulty is encounters
IN this regard which farmers IN many
mountain districts of the western sldeoS
have 70 contend with, where tne
go, melting SHOWS is so cold as 10
-a+ord the growth of. and o1ten' per
nanentlv injure vegetation MI ID
CO warm as to be deleterlous 10 SI'"
;ne crops.. as is sometimes the case l"
artesian belts. The water OF TINS ul
aar,round river is about the tempera-
80 Tho air at night during the
errou-ing season, which is just the tenn
oo+,,re hest suited for the purpose
OF irrigation.
There is still another unusual al
,,+oee connected with the irrigaole
1onds of the Mimbres valley Behealn
+ba rich surface soil. at depth OF
fro,,, two to three or four feet. Is d
cuheoil which holds the water like
ing This condition explains lacl
which II is so hard for irr1gauohlsts
elsewhere TO understand, VIZ, that
given amount Of water VIII lrrlsa'e
thorougblv about twice as much land
:. tto Nimbres valley as it irrigates
IN regions where a porous subsoil az
lows the water to leak away before
tbe growing crops have thoroughly
utilized II.
Natural Advantages
The natural conditions and advan-
tares above outlined would attract in
Store into a region If there were no
roi1roads within so miles Of il. The
farmer would go there and depend upon
the railroad coming in time. But 1t
hanpens that Deming has already more
railroads than any other town in
the territory On the map. the little
circle which represents Deming looks
like the hub OF a wheel. and the lines
representing railroads look like five
spokes, straight, and equidistant apart
Another road has a permanent survey
through Deming, and when this road
Is built. there will be two more spokes
in the wheel. These railroads pene-
trate vast mining and cattle raising
districts. thus affording the Mimbres
valley farmer an ideal market for his
produce.
Tempting Offers.
In many regions Offering tempting