El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

cases where they have been working.
enlargement in scope of their work.
The Moctezuma Consolidated Cop
per company, a Phelps-Dodge holding,
is chief among these in Importance.
This company has completed a new
mill and aerial tramway which car
ries tailings, formerly dumped in the
Nacozari river, greatly to the annoy
ance and injury of the farmers, inxo
the hills on the opposite side of the
stream An incipient strike among
the Mexican employees has been
quelled by the prompt action of sup
erintendent Williams, who discharged
hundreds of Chinese laborers who
were the bone of contention
At FL Tigre mine, a new mill has
been erected, power for this and 9TH
er projects of that vicinity being fur
nished by a transmission line running
from Douglas. completed within the
last few months. The Copper Queen
smelter here furnishes the electrical
current which turns the wheels Of
this and other plants of the section.
A Prosperous City.
Douglas, being the nearest supply
point for these and many other small
Ter mining camps. naturally has COM
menced TO show the effect of a bust
ness revival as the result of the min
ing activity. Her merchants are
selling more goods, more money is
circulating and, in consequence real
estate is moving in a manner not
thought possible a few months ago.
No realty deals of great Importance
have been closed here, but a healthy
tone is exhibited by the market At
least a half hundred small deals, in
volving change of hands of residence
g.
businesses have been reported during
the last five weeks It is only natural
that this should be the case, as Doug
las, located in the floor of the Sulphur
Springs valley, with an extremely
rich soil, an abundance of water and
energetic citizenship to make the
most of the opportunity, presents the
ideal location for q home. It's well
shaded, smooth and beautifully sur
faced streets, bordered by green of
grass plots and the glistening white
of miles Of concrete sidewalks, invite
the. additional ornamentation of hand
some residences. These are plentiful.
It is doubtful whether another city
in the southwest can show more at
tractive setting for homes. Many
ranchers, mining men and capitalists,
who have their business interests else
where have established their families
in the wholesome, healthy atmosphere
of this city, the home of schools and
churches.
Farming Outlook.
Douglas has just commenced to come
into her own as the center of a pepulous
and thriving farming community
Heretofore nearly all of the ranchers
have satisfied themselves with the
old wastefuf method of ranging cattle
in the Sulphur Springs, taking little
thought of the wonderfully bountiful
underflow which lies but few feet
below the surface. The small farm
er has commenced to replace the
stockman. Little homesteads with
small windmill pumps irrigating small
tracts devoted to gardening have COM
menced to spring up as If by magic
all over this rich domain. Not all are
satisfied to allow a windmill to en-
body all their ideas of irrigation. On
the Brophy ranch, a small pumping
plant has been established. meeting
with such success that installation of
a larger plant and irrigation of a