El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01


1 only repairs TO the work damaged by
the flood. but an enlargement of the
[ capacity Of the reservoirs.
A new spillway is being constructed
! at Avalon, spillWay No. 2. and 1t viii
. be Of the latest concrete weir" type,
/ 400 feet in length and containing
I about $500 yards Of concrete. The base
/ Of the weir viii be % feet In breadth,
at the old spillway where the break
! occurred this year.
The Improvement at spillway No ]
/ will consist Of blocking the present
: gates and making a double tunnel from
/ the channel bed to the present river
/ channel below the gates. Each tun-
mel viii be eight feet I'm diameter and
/ viii be cut out Of the solid rock for
Z a distance Of so feet. to the river be-
I low. Steel gates, especially designed
for this class OF work VIII be In
stalled Tie tunnels viii be con-
The east and west entertainments at
lake Mc8Iillen are to be raised by ad-
ding $4,000 yards Of dirt, a storage
increase Of more than 10000 acre
Owing TO the extent Of the alfalfa
production Of the valley, an effort IS
now being made TO have erected IN
Carlsbad an alfalfa meal mill, such as
PecOs. Roswell and ArLeSla nave III
fact certain Carlsbad people are on
deal with the owners Of the PecOs meal
mill to have IL moved to CARLSBAD, but
uOrnruR
The building OF good roads through
out the valley has been given impetus
this year as a result OF the increased
farm acreage under irrigation and
many good pieces Of roadway have
been Constructed. including splendid
connection with Malaga and Loving In
the lower valley and also with the
plains country reaching in the direc-
ton of Knowles.
Cattle Farming Advocated.
There has been considerable farming
above the irrigation belt IN the region
south and east Of Carlsbad and many
sOcalled dry farmers" have made good
crops n T Stone, who came to Carls-
bad in 1888 when there was only a
trial where Carlsbad Is now located"
as he put it. has a big ranch south OF
town and says the farmers IN that
region have raised enough forage TO
be able to sell to the cattlemen and
prevent removing any cattle from the
range There has been some drUuth,
too, he says. He Is an advocate Of
stock farming and believes that the
future success OF the man on the
plains country where the rainfall Is
light lies in raising forage for his
cattle. The forage crop grows easiest
he says, and the buying Of cattle to
reed the crop to, ne believes, viii
solve the problem. This is a mater
that The Herald has often urged on
the dry farmers" Wells are secured
on the plains for domestic use.
Successful Dry Farmer.
mat uEg farming q success in
this region has been demonstrated by
W. h Merchant a cattle raiser Three
years ago he established a residence
on a homestead claim south OF Carls-
bad three miles and erected a neat
comfortable, three room house and has
since that time made ii his residence.
ne has expended considerable means
on the place with the idea Of making
II his permanent home and he now has
fine growth Of shade trees frrfg-|
trees and vines and one OF the finest
garden patches grown anywhere in the
valley. He has about 90 or go acres
under cultivation and has just now
harvested his crop Of milo maize.
i rom a patch OF about II acres he has
garhered about eight tons Of maize
BESIDES a fine stack Of fodder which
VIII supply him with feed for the
coming winter. He has a flock OF
chickens which supplies his table with
meat and eggs as well as contribut-
ING largely towards supplying the
local market Mr. Merchant has
planted dry land crops in Eddy county
LoE the past nine years and on an
average he has met with success. For /
seven years he planted feed stuffs On
the San Simon ranch, in the plains
county and as dry land farmer, he
claims to be an authority.
Carlsbad, The Town
Carlsbad boasts a population Of $500
me government census gave the town
little less than 1900 people but q
large number Of those residing outside I
the city limits yet who make up I
part Of the population were not
counted and then Carlsbad has been I
growing fast since the census was (
taken.
Beautiful in its coat Of green. boast
Ing that 1t has more trees per capita /
than any other city Il the country. /
Carlsbad is an attractive little city. i