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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
Pioneer Cattle Man of the
Panhandle, Native Texan
Col. A. G. Boyce Was Born
in the State When 1t
Was q Rennblic

Dalhart, Tex, Oct. 14=Col. A. G..
Boyce. the cattle king OF the Panhan-
die. president Of the Midway Bank and
Trust company, Of Dalhart Tex; owner
of large cattle and ranch interests, sue
cessful business man, is recognized
throughout the state for his philan-
thropy He was born In Torrance
county. Tex. in 1912, when Texas was
operating under the Lone Star flag"
as a republic.
He became a member OF the Texas
Cattle Raisers' association in 1859, and
has been member Of the executive
board for the past Is years He was
general manager of the Capitol Free
hold Land and Investment company
during its activity for, 10 years, and
has been associated with and interested
in the economic development of north
west Texas TO its present high state
Of efficiency. He has four sons, who
are most active in the commercial and
business sphere of the Panhandle coun-
try-Henry BOyce. cashier Of the Mid
way Bank and Trust company, Dali
hart; VIII Boyce attorney. AmariLoi
A. c. Boyce jr. and i. H. BOyce, known
as Boyce Bros, OF Amarillo, cattlemen
and ranchers. All are members Of the
Panhandle Cattle Raisers' association
and are boosters for the association
meeting at IL PasO in March, 1912.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

EW MEXICO as the home Of ir-
M rigation has few If any super
\ Tors 10 the United States. With
q climate ideal for maturing fruits,
vegetables and farm crops that are IN
eouaIIed anywhere In their flavor or
value as foods. and. soil rich ana pro-
ductive. the valleys Of the state are
veritabIe gardens. practically all re-
deemed by irrigation.
In the, uplands or mesas. there is
much agriculture of the ordinary kind
and New Mexico is by no means bar
rem region above the irrigation belt
because It is the home Of such vast
irrigation undertakings. but in its ir-
rfqation New Mexico ranks second to
none. Irrigation was practiced in the
valley Of The Rio Grande when the
Franciscan fathers came north into the
country then known as New Spain and
ruins OF prehistoric irrigation bitches
IN central New Mexico leave no doubt
that 81 was practiced before Columbus
came to America
Today irrigation is practiced In all
sections Of New. Mexico. yet not one
fourth the available irrigable land
he's been put into cultivation. Besides
the big HOveruulent projects completed
and buiIdine-the Elephant Butte prof.
ect is the greatest in the World-there
are small Irrigated areas all over the
state
The valley Of the upper Rio Grande
is irrigated from private or commun-
ity bitches, q great part Of the Pecos
valley OF New Mexico is irrigated rom
flowing artes5an wells, much more Of
it is Irrigated by pumping, 6nd
throughout the state, wherever there
IS a valley success ful irrigation is 70
be found. In every case there IS stlll
much open land susceptible TO lrrlga-
tion and several immense private
projects are under way, notably one
at Santa Rosa one a. Iucumcari. and
another near TuIarosa. each to re-
claim above 10000 acres In ell the
mountain regions are many fertile val
leys large and small where the 1rri-
gator is producing big crops Of Talu-
able fruits, reEet ables and forage
Apples peaches ounces, pears,
plums Rpric0rs- grapes. flowers. figs,
melons, cotton, alfalfa, cantalOupes,
onions. celery beans asparagus are
all grown IN shipping quantities all
over the state. The PecOs valley
alone shipped %. 900 carloads Of alfalfa
this year and Roswell shipped 1000
carloads Of apples, while Carlsbad has
shipped over 40 carloads OF peaches, all
these raised on 1rri gated land
Deve10um1eB1 Of Irrigated Land.
Yet withal. the Development Of New
ATeEfco's irri gated area has just begun.
The magnitude Of fits irrigation re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

"A Of the earliest II not the
earliest portion Of what consH-
tutes the present United States In
which Europeans settled. stiu until
very recently we did not have what
could be called roads in the modern
occupation Of the term. Today our
highways are not what they should be.
They are, with some notable exceptions.
not a credit to our territory, and yet
they are certainly improving and wiz,
I hope, in short time be in such
good condition as TO suit our people
and the many tourists who pass over
our borders.
When the spaniards first conquered
what is now New Mexico good roads
were not needed But a few Spaniards,
comparatively speaking, came into the
conquered province. Their holdings Of
the country were confined TO a few
towns and watering places Of strategic
Importance. each OF them being prac-
tically self supporting. Nothing eN-
cent the precious metals could for two
and half centuries be shipped. as
the only route to the ocean was by
the way Of the City Of Mexico and the
distance was so great that farming
or stock raising was not pro1ttable
and therefore did not thrive. All that
any community needed was to raise
enough food to supply their wants and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
Artesian, Pump, River, Flood
Irrigation Makes Fertile Fields
New Mexico Has Cultivation and Yet Has
Hardly Started Workany Undertakings Are Projected Or
Under Way--FIOme OF the Biggest Dam In the World

which irrigated lands are now selling
The prices vary with location as to
markets. improvements and character
OF water rights Generally, however
prices for raw land, under irrigation
range from $40 to $50 par acre. Gull
tivated land under irrigation ranges in
price from $50 to $500 per acre. Lands
with bearing orchards are selling at
from $500 to $500 an acre, the later
being the record price to date Lands
subject to irrigation by pumping are
selling at from $50 to 500 per acre.
The majority Of land being sold under
private irrigation projects, may be had
upon very reasonable terms. All OF
these projects have iGcCntestable water
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

rights and the state irrigation depart
meut is so careful in granting rights
to appropriate water that only bona
fide investors prepared to carry out
their construction plans are able to
obtain water rights. New Mexico Is
indeed the land of the small, highly
cultivated farm Ten acres under ir-
rigat ton here produces returns equal
to the best that can be had from $50
acres I'm the rain belt Production
of fruits. alfalfa. and other field crops,
garden truck and melons. is enormous.
All products grown in this climate
under irrigation attain large growth
and have perfection Of flavor and col
OrinE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

The Real Awakening.
After the American occupation In the
40s things were not much changed, as
the then route to New Mexico was by
the Santa Fe trail from Independence
Missouri, a long and tedious trip the
real awakening Of the territory came
after the building OF the santa re
railroad IN the sos
A good many years ago in the in
terest Of securing better means OF
travel the legislature passed a law by
which county commissioners appointed
a road supervisor in each precinct Of
their several counties in order that
the roads might be improved and
looked after. While this was an i'm
provement over no road supervision at
all It was not the best system which
could be devised to build highways and
care for those already constructed.
Many Of the precincts were so poor
and the territory covered by them was
so large that the small amounts raised
BY taxation to be expended on roads,
supervised as they were by men VINO
were not expert in road building. gave
but comparatively little help TO trans
portauon.
The New Road Law.
A few years ago the legislature
realizing that the appointment OF one
road supervisor in each precinct in the
several counties was not calculated to
produce the best results, changed the
law and provided that three road
supervisors should be appointed in
each county; in other words, one from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
New Mexico Is Build
ing Modern System of
Roads For It's People

Great Highway From Border to Border Is Feature of the
Work the New State Is Engaged Upon-The Value
of Good Roads From an Economic Standpoint.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

By Wm- J. MINIS Teritoriai governor Of New Malioo)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14
Tie Real AWakenlng.

enough wool to weave into cl0th 20
furnish clothing to its Inhabitants.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

Statistics show that the amount Of
money expended in carrying on the
elementary and high schools of the
country is approximately the same
that Is spent by the federal govern
ment on warships, pensions and the
maintenance of the army and navy.
The School and Home Education"
magazine suggests a rather fantastic
and impracticable means of bringing
the public to a realizing sense of how
much militarism costs. The sugges-
ton Is that for one year the schools of
the country be supported by the rev.
enue derived from indirect taxation
which now supports the army and
navy and the direct taxation, formerly
used for school expenses be used for
military purposes. This publication
believes such a method would bring
it home to the people how much of
their money is being used in powder
and shot and they would demand a
halt. 1t is questionable if the public
at large would pay much attention to
the change.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

President Taft has already an
nounced his intention of living in Gin
cinnati, which has been the home of
both his own and Mrs. Taft's families
for many years, and also says that his
son Robert will follow the example of
his father and grandfather and prac.
tice law in that city. So another ex.
president has made his decision to
live his own life in his own way after
his retirement from the chief execu.
tive's office. Our retiring presidents
all seem abundantly able to look after
their own future.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14
THE ALASKA COAL LANDS.

Amid the smoke of conflict and the
tangle of opposing opinions regarding
the Cunningham coal lands claims in
Alaska, disallowed by Secretary Fish
er, it may be predicted that the Amer
lean people will have at least two def
mite convictions.
First, these lands, one Of the most
valuable coal deposits in the world,
shall be disposed of to the highest
bidder Stephen Birch, managing d.
rector of the Guggenheim interests in
Alaska, said last year that the land
controlled by the Cunningham claims,
and held under option, as alleged, by
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS syndicate, is
worth $500,C00,000, and that there is
$1O0,0O0,000 profit for the party that
operates them.
A private individual owning prop
erty estimated to offer a 500, 600, 900
profit would have very widely adver.
tised auction of the same before he
let go his title.
Another principle which the Amer
lean people would like to see realized
in the handling of this vast treasure,
is that profit of the nature Of an un-
earned increment should be the her
itage of our people. AS civilization
advances, pushing ever back the bar
riers of barbarism, as population In
creases and transportation develops,
all kinds of property become more val.
liable. A coal pile located far away in
the Canadian rockies, remote from
our steamships and railroads, with
only a few miners cabins and wander.
Ing savages near by, Is a very differ.
ent business proposition today from
what it will be in few decades, with
better transportation, and when the
untold resources Of the Canadian
northwest are developed and furnish
a nearby local market for these black
diamonds.
For that reason we imagine that
nearly everyone will want these lands
to be handled on the lease system,
making possible at some future day a
revaluation.
Could our forefathers have taken
the coal fields of the eastern and cen.
trail states as public lands, their in.
come would have paid the entire cost
of administering the affairs of several
commonwealth. In the same way,
Uncle Sam has at some future time
the prospect of an enormous revenue
from the Alaska coal lands If he keeps
the title to himself as they advance in
value.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

A most convincing proof of the
abundance of money in the hands of
the people for legitimate investment
is found in the promptness with which
the Panama bond issue was taken. 1t
was not expected that these bonds
would prove particularly attractive as
investments, as they bore only per.
cent interest and could not be used as
the basis of bank note circulation.
That they have been so promptly TAX.
en- is encouraging proof that there is
money obtainable for legitimate en-.
terprises even If the profit is not
large.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14
AN ECHO FROM THE PAST

The news item of July to the effect
that Assistant Secretary of state Al
yey A. Adce has returned from his
seventeenth bicycle trip through Eu-
rope sounds like an echo from the
tombs of vanished sport.
ON reading the foregoing, and curl.
Gus to see to what extent the decline
of interest in the bicycle is to be
found in the literary records of our
times, we looked up the subject Of
Bicycling in the magazine index of
the years 1892 to 1896. There were
seyenty.seven articles on that subject
in leading magazines.
For a similar five years period from
1905 to 1909 there were but five ar
ticles. one of these related to the
displacement of the bicycle by the
motor, and all the others had to do
merely with scientific aspects of the
bicycle.
We were curious still further to see
how the enthusiastic predictions of
those days of universal wheeling had
turned out. An enthusiastic author in
the Forum of 1896, said The bicycle
is the most revolutionary social and
economic force of modern times. 1t
has entered into and changed the
course of human affairs to an extent
wider than any other influence. The
time is not far distant when for all
healthy persons the universal method
of locomoton will be the bicycle"
The writer proved his case by show
ing that the bicycle had knocked off
the consumption of cigars 100000 a
day, that the women's dress goods
trade had suffered to the extent of %
to 30 percent of its sales and that
theaters and churches are depleted.
\ writer in the Arena at about that
time remarked that the bicycle mark
cd the beginning of transportation by
mechanical instead of animal power,
and meant the eventual reduction of
the cost of repairing highways to the
minimum, as the destructive impact
of horses hoofs would be removed.
Wonder what he would say now to
see a big touring car scrape the dirt
out of macadam road like some cy.
clopeian grindstone.
Today society girl would as soon
be seen wearing hoop-skirt as riding
a wheel. But meanwhile many bicy-
Giles are still sold. A few devotees of
the simple life like Mr.. Adee continue
thereby to find brighter faces and
sharper appetites. But the modern
youngster won't go even to a Sunday
school picnic unless he can be trans
ported in an automobile Of recent
build.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

Potatoes have always been consid-
cred one of the cheapest articles of
food obtainable, but for some years
past they have been growing gradually
higher. Potatoes at 25 cents a bushel
and less are now only a memory and
at the present time they class among
the luxuries at from 50 to SO a bushel.
This condition is due to unfavorable
weather conditions in potato raising
districts, but there is good money in
potato raising every year for the man
who will go about it scientifically and
prepare the soil for his special crop.
In European countries farmers pro.
duce from three to five times the guam.
tity of potatoes to the acre that are
raised in America. Here is fine field
for the agriculturist to increase his
income, and also, the worlds supply OF
food.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14
SWIMMING.

With the swimming season here,
when the splash of the diver and the
putting of the novice is heard in every
lake, stream and shore from one ocean
to the other, the philosopher is led to
query why the poets never paid any
more attention to this ethereal enjoy.
ment.
Possibly because there is so little
illusion about it. When trust mag
mates, plumbers. clergymen and GRIM
inals emerge from the same bath
house, distinguishable by nothing save
the small brass bath room checks
hanging down their necks, little room
for imagination respecting their men.
tai power or emotional interior is left.
However the boy who grew up with.
out learning to swim scarcely can be
said to have lived a normal boy life.
RELOCATED to the inglorious task of
guarding the clothes of his comrades,
While they perform aquatic stunts
worthy of youthful vikings, how can
he escape some small stain of servil.
ity from this failure of initiative?
AT least in properly conducted swim
ming lessons there is an almost un.
paralleled physician development 1t
has been shown at the Amherst col.
lege natatorium that thirty.four men
have made an average gain of eight
pounds weight and twenty-three cubic
inches Of lung capacity, as the result
of four swimming lessons a week for
six weeks. This is the result of the
deep breathing necessary against the
strong resistance of water No other
exercise is so useful in developing the
chest and middle third of the body
containing all the vital organs.
To many a man confined in some
stuffy office building or grimy factory,
the memories OF the old swimming
hole have lovely glamor of romance.
Somehow the cool feel of the water on
hot day seems to bring boy nature
to the highest point of tempestuous
enjoyment.
The yelling of the boys at a ball
game has in it a note of competitive
struggle, forecasting but too strongly
the enyies and emulations of later life.
The pure sensuous ecstacy of the
swimmers, making the forest, valley
and stream sides ring with their
mirth, is untainted by the slightest
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14
PROSPERITY AHEAD.

Norfolk this summer Is the center
of the greatest crops in the United
States. with pretty nearly the entire
middle west burned up, the rich terri.
tory surrounding Norfolk, reaching
200 miles northwest, is producing the
greatest corn yield in history
AS result of the scarcity other
places, farm products will be high
priced this fall. And as a result of
the local abundance, wealth will pour
into this territory.
1t ought to be a great fall and win.
ter, in point of business, in this field.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14
BUSINESS FRIENDSHIP.

One is often surprised to see for
what slight reasons people will turn
down an offer by the tried and true
home merchant, to accept some more
or less illusory bargain offered at a
distance.
Often the apparent gain of a nickel
or dime is enough to lead people to
send their money away from home.
1t is one of the laws of life, that to
get one must give. You can't always
be absorbing the good things of life
from those around you, and never
give anything in return.
All life is a trade. Sooner or later
the man who thinks he can get some
thing for nothing always is found out,
and he gets what he gives.
The man who is not a familiar face
in the business places of his home
town is not a man who attracts many
business friendships. He creates very
little good will. People buy of him if
they have to, if they find that he has
bargains that they simply can't re-
sist, but when things are about even,
they never go out of their way to
serve him.
Such a man gets a reputation for
cold isolation, and if he wins it Is by
sheer hard work and friendships never
help him.
A great many Of the prizes in life
go by favor. The fellow who feels in.
terested in his townsmen, who takes
every opportunity to throw a good
business deal in the way of neigh.
Dor, has created a host of friendly and
willing debtors. These favors are not
forgotten. They may seem bread
cast upon the waters of a shoreless
sea.
Then some day when he least ex-
poets it, along comes some man to
whom he has done a business favor,
to whom it is pleasure to make some
return.
Here is explained the mysterious
ease with which some fellows get
along in life. They never seem to
work as hard as others. But they
have a genius for business friendship,
they throw business favors to friends
whenever possible. they buy every
thing possible of their townsmen. They
create such host Of business allies.
that by and by they find what a lot of
people there are in life who enjoy and
believe in returning favors and re-
membering mutual obligations.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

The most hopeless thing about our
American system of education, is the
small percentage of those who make
use of the opportunities freely placed
at their disposal, to complete the high
school course. Statistics show that of
every eighteen children who enter the
public schools, only ten remain in the
fifth grade, five in the eighth grade,
and but one to graduate from the high
school. That is, "a percent of those
who enter our city schools fail to COM
plete the whole course. 1t is recog-
nized that the school system is in
some ways to blame for this deplor-
able condition, in not providing prac-
tiCal instruction in trades and indus
tries that will fit the pupils to leave
school equipped to earn their own
livings and meet the conditions they
are obliged to face successfully.
Trade and industrial schools are now
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

The erratic wanderings of the Rio
Grande river are causing much trou-
BILE in the city Of Ell Paso, Tex. The
international commission which has
been trying to decide what country
this unfortunate city belongs to since
the river has taken a notion to inves-
tigate the lay of the land on the other
side of it, has decided that consid-
cradle portion of the city is legally on
Mexican soil. This decision is decid-
edly displeasing to the people OF FL
Paso, and not wholly satisfactory to
Mexico. When rivers are so fortunate
as to have good beds they ought to lie
quietly in them and not roam about
getting into trouble with their neigh
bOrs
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

The imposing ceremonies in which
King George has so recently been the
central figure are, after all, the most
meaningless that a nation ever in
dulged in as far as they seem to in
vest the king with unusual power and
influence. 1t has conferred upon him
great dignity and there is in it the po-
tency of good influence upon the ma
tional character. But its governing
powers have long since become almost
pure fiction. Compared with the
power exercised by the president of
the United States, or, for that matter,
with his own prime minister, the
kings position is largely honorary.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

Farmers have been told that wheat
is down because Of the reciprocity
agreement. This is an entirely false
statement. Wheat is down simply be-
cause the supply exceeds the demand.
In May Minneapolis had in her ele.
vators over fourteen million bushels.
Other points have large supplies. Ar.
gentina shipped forty millions more
than the preceding year. These facts
have fixed the price the world around.
The Canadian proposition had moth.
ing to do with It, If, however, the
agreement is not adopted Canada will
go into the imperial federation and be.
come our great competitor. With the
remedy in cur hand, in the power of
repeal, why not take the broad, com.
prehensive view of the matter and
ratify the agreement?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-07-14

Now that the simplified spelling
board have the financial backing of
Andrew Carnegie, it announces it's in.
tention of resuming its campaign with
renewed vigor. 1t will issue circulars
to be sent direct to 100000 persons,
the postage on which will amount to
$4,000 annually. If it does no other
good this movement will give employ
ment to printers and stenographers
and help out the postal deficit, and it
seems harmless hobby to ride. But
the American people are not inclined
to make radical revisions in the spell
ing of their language suddenly. Such
changes must come very gradually if
they are to be permanent and salts
factory. Col Roosevelt found out
some years ago that the English Ian.
guage could not be changed by decree.