El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-05

as large in proportion and it seems to
yield In direct ratio as the area OF
sandy land is larger in proportion to
other areas. Col. Henry Exa11, OF Dali
las, president of the Texas Industrial
congress, speaking of this section, says:
What is known as the great prairie
plains is probably the largest area of
like fertility On the face of the earth"
Irrigation From Wells.
No one who has had opportunity to
visit the numerous gardens and small
orchards around Midland irrigated from
wells. windmills and surface tanks, and
has seen the wonderful products grow
ing therein, would dare gainSay that
we have the soil and the climate ideal
for fruits and vegetables.
If one perfect peach and one melon,
why not millions? What is true OF
watermelons and peaches IS also true
OF sweet potatoes, beets, peanuts, on
ions, cucumbers. squash and radishes
In fact, all vegetables indigenous to
the temperate zone and that thrive in
a sandy SOIL This is also true of all
kinds of fruits, especially Of grapes.
We challenge California in the produc-
ton of grapes You should see our
wonderful display of these products
on exhibit now at the Commercial club
in Midland.
LIZ j. " WyckO1 mas been styled
The Father Of Irrigation on the
Plains "A little more than two years
ago he began to advocate the sinking
of deep wells to the supply of under
ground waters and the raising of these
subterranean rivers to the surface by
the use of powerful pumps, with the
result that many wells have been sue
cessfully brought in in Hale county and
land values are soaring. While the
idea of irrigation from wells by the
use of pumps was not original with
him, having been practiced for some
time sections of the semi-arid west
still the doctor was the pioneer in sug-
costing the idea of utilizing the un-
derground water in times of drouth on
the south plains
Your Great Proprietorship.
The deed which conveys title to
your land carries with It title to every
thing under the surface to the center
of the earth. Do you know that men
in erecting artificial dams and reser-
voirs for the storms of surface water
to be utilized in irrigation? And that
these artificial means of impounding
water and restraining the course of the
streams is necessarily expensive and
imperfect, and that much loss is en-
tailed by evaporation, seepage and
the Dreakage or dams, etc., Do you
realize that you can draw upon your
supply underground with a great deal
less expense to you? That the supply
when once obtained is perpetual and
everlasting. no waste from evaporation,
no breaking of dams. no partner In the
ownership?
Cost Less Than An Automobile.
Did 1T ever occur to you that cen
trifugal pump with capacity to lift
from 400 to 1000 gallons Of water per
minute can be had for less money than
is required for the initial cost of an
automobile. and the motor power to run
1t could be supplied for less money
than is required to run the gasoline
motor Of an automobile and the up
keep expense? If an infinitesimal part
OF the money and energy expended in
perfecting the automobile was applied
TO the perfection of pumping plants. we
could reclaim hundreds upon hundreds
of acres of fertile soil. ideal for the
habitation of man and add thousands
upon thousands OF dollars to the ma
tons wealth.
Our gardens will then grow into
truck farms; our fruit patches into
fruit orchards and vineyards; our linn