El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-07


ley are no better illustrated than in
this region, long cultivated and seldom
without the water so necessary for the
successful production of crops.
Fruit, alfalfa, grass trees and weeds
in their rich green coloring testlfy 10
the character of the soil and the Won
ders Of the climate. Everyw here beau
tiful fields of green or freshly cut
golden brown alfalfa delight the eye,
while the rosy cheeks of the ripening
apples add the proper color to the
view. The pear and peach crop rs about
exhausted, but both have been good
Along the roads, cut deep, from fire.
quent travel, in the soft, productive
soil of silt from the river overflow, the
sunflowers. the cottonwoods and the
sageweed add a green to dusty drive
ways that puts 1t in a class for scenic
beauty with anything in the country.
The roads, it must be admitted, are
not the best: in places deep sand makes
hauling a task and often an expensive
one to the farmer who is any distance
from the railroad. but Improvements
are being made and good roads are
coming. Already the farmers are talk
ing of good roads associations, realiz-
ing that 81 a ton rate for nine or 10
mile haul is too high for the profit
they should have from land of such
productiveness.
New Settlers Numerous.
The. valley is fast filling up with
new settlers, many of them from the
east and middle west, with the neces-
sary money to firmly establish them in
their new homes. These people are
building new residences, and in a gem
eral way have helped largely to pull
the community out of the lethargy that
marked its existence for many years
when the principal settlers were of
Spanish blood. There are more Amer
leans than Mexicans in the valley at
present and nearly ali of them have
private telephones, good dwellings.
modern irrigation bitches, and good
horses, wagons and farming imple-
ments.
Poor stock and farm machinery is the
exception rather than the rule and the
fields are clean and well kept while
the old condition of broken and dilapi-
dated irrigation bitches has almost dis
appeared and the resultant muddy, i'm
passabie road is very seldom encoun-
tered
Upper Valley Grows Fast.
All communities along the river north
of FL Paso to Las Cruces are growing
Iast an evidence of the development of
the farming community surrounding
Canutillo has lately added another
large mercantile house and Anthony
has added SO many Improvements in
the past year that it is not recogniza-
bic as the same community of only a
Few months ago. Red, pressed brick
residences, new two story railroad sta
ton in place of the old box car; new
stores, restaurants and other improve
ments make Anthony a town TO be
reckoned with. The Anthony rolling
mills in season do a large business and
are among the stable industries of the
valley Green chile grown in this val
ley also keeps up a large and impor-
tant canning Industry at Las Cruces.
The roasting ears from the rich. green
wavy fields of corn find a ready mar
ket In many places in New Mexico and
IN III Paso- The alfalfa handled by the
Berino- Anthony Farmers association
all OF 1t grown in this valley and
Dig warehouse in Anthony-cuts a big
figure and has to be reckoned with in
the feed market Of the southwest
Water Is Plentiful
Water has been plentiful all year.
ana, while this is usually the case I'D
here, the farmers always CONGRATULATE
themselves when there is no failure.
Advantageously located so close to the
Leasburg diversion dam. and with sew
eraI dams Of their own supplying small
e es, tney are now irrigating their
fields with a plentiful supply of water
that is coming down the river to this
point, but is taken up here and used
without permitting any of it to get
past to FL Paso. As the ditch supply:
ing the farmers west of Canutillo con
tinGes from this point. the farmers
down In that region are as fortunate as
those or this section. Men are now
making repairs to the temporary d.
version dam at the head of La Union
oltcn- after going to considerable ex-
pense couple of years ago to extend
their ditch up the river the Rio Grande
changed course again this wear and
they are taking water once more at the
Ola head This ditch. as well as the
Chamberino and. Anthony bitches now
carries a full head of water. with ali
banks repaired and farmers using ey
cry drop OF 1t to best advantage
The installation of telephones
throughout the valley has served
tfargely TO facilitate irrigation for the
farmers communicate more easily with
escn other and also with their ditch Of
ficlals Very few houses are without
the phone service and central at An
tnony Is kept as busy as in small city
exchange.
Bridges Washed Out.
There has been so much water This
year that the farmers have suffered
some inconvenience- The July rise took
out the west span of the Anthony
prldge and badly crippled the span adj
joining No attempt has yet been made
by the county officials of Iona Ana to
make repairs and when the river is nm
ming with much water, west siders are
marooned unless they go to Mesquite,
several miles above. The river Is florida
bic at places, but it is always more or
less dangerous and almost every farm
er resident of the west side for anv
length or time can tell of some mast
experience in which he lost a load of
hay, fruit or groceries in Drawing the
muddy waters Of the old stream
Down at Canutillo, the flood did the
same damage to the bridge over the
river at that place. but the FL Paso Of
Ulcers have been more energetic than
those Of the sister county in New
Mexico and have been conducting re-
pairs for some time In a few DAVIS
more, the bridge will be in use again
The rains and the high water in the
river also damaged the new Ell Paso
county road between Canutillo and FL
Paso in several places, but most of this
has been repaired. There are some had
chuck holes" in the driveway, how
ever. that need the same attention Civ
en- those In the Ell Paso-Ysleta road re-
Gently.
Railroad Prospects,
The people in this region are consid
erably excited over the railroad prose
poets The survey of the FL Paso e
southwestern UP the west bank of the
river has set them to talking and there
is a firm conviction that 1t will NOT he
many months before the Phelps-Dodge
concern announces its intention of
building.
The survey passes through Chamberi-
no, west of here. beyond the river.
which. by the way. is the heart of one
of the most beautiful pieces of valley
country that it is possible to imagine
and runs north through the rich raoion