El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26
Bv P. E. Kern.)

lola. n. NJ, Aug. 26.-I made a trip
to Mimbres valley last week. Prac-
ticaIly everything grown in the
temperate zone grows here, land Of
perfect apples and fruit of all kinds
The land is underflown by an under
ground river and no superior home
place exists. Find, if you can. Mr..
Homeseeker. another corner on the
gl6be where a small patch of ground
will afford your family independence
and at the same time give you sucn
unequalIed opportunities for healthful
outdoor life and recreation. The hill
side bordering the valley contains at
this time of the year fine, grass.
Search the whole world over and you
cannot find anything to surpass it
Ideal Fruit Land.
For many years choice fruits have
been obtained by irrigated farming
methods. Of late water has been
pumped by pumping plants All sorts
Of farm products grow to perfection
in the Mimbres valley. but fruit IS
the best money getter. The soil and
climate are such that extra highly
colored Spitzenberg, Jonathan. Rome
Beauty and delicious apples can be
brought TO maturity in. marketable
quantities here with comparative ease.
Wherever displayed, Mimbres valley
apples are always among the prize
winners.
Good Opportunities.
Good opportunities remain to ac-
10 ~ ha roI1 Low
at prices which promise to advance
rapidly. Because of this sections de-
STABILITY as a domestic lis predict
ed that the orchards here will become
the most valuable in New Mexico, all
things else being equal.
The Mfmbres Valley.
Where the little town of lola is
building, already 1T is surrounded by
more than a hundred husky men and
women putting in cultivation thous
ands of acres of irrigated land. The
enterprising people who have cast
their lot along the Mimbres valley and
WHO have tested it's possibilities like
to describe their valley as a place
where nature has outdone herself In
providing an unrivaled combination of
scenery, climate and productive soil.
It penetrates some 20 miles in a south
westerly direction along the eastern
slope of the Florida mountains. Snow
capped peaks stand in the winter like
sentinels all about it. The mountain
sides are covered with fine grass as
July is the rainy season.
Immense Immigration.
tt is estimated that there are at
least 100000 acres in the Mimbres val
ley proper. Two hundred and twenty
thousand acres have been located by
men and women from the north. In
addition to all the foregoing, no less
than $4,000 acres of good land is avail
able in the Mimbres valley for farm
ing purposes
Work is now in progress by the
Mimbres Valley Land Owners associa-
ton with a project of $4,000 acres Of
which 10000 acres will be put in cul
tivation in 1912. Private capital see
ing the possibilities of the Mimbres
Valley is back of these various en-
terprfses Something like 5000 acres
are already under cultivation. this
area being enlarged rapidly from year
TO year.
Membres Valley Soil.
Numerous analyses of Mimbres val
fey soil show it to be a deep volcanic
ash intermixed here and there with
sandy 1oam- Tt contains a high per-
centage OF potash It's depth varies
from four to Is feet but drainage be-
ing good, the land is free from alkali.
or sour spots. which insures its cul
tivatibility. The bench lands have a