Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-01

" ~. BpWuHn tn' N'''fhn nHuh'f
OF this part Of The valley. said COM
citi7.ns VIII vote on sewer aud water
improvements win hc sii.0eo We
must have u modern sewer SYSTEM. 1H
tn" town ~ growing rapidly a Nuu
viii notice. bindings are being crrct-
eel IN all parts 81 the town. particular
" ia the business district Mauy p,o.
pie ar" coming IN from other scctiuns
Some ot them are locating IN the
town and others are buying land IA
this Niciuit, which they AZ" farming
cot. w \ Fleming Jones. u MON
her of Governor Mills starr. said
Vow That actual work "a the Elo-
plant Butte dam mas commenced tho
prospects for the valley ar" magnifi-
cent \ crying need here. as IN other
parts of the Rio Grandc WILEY. H.
the real farmer who will cultivate his
, land 50 as To- gct th, greatest income
from II W" scarcely know the FUN
value of our hand h"causr we have
never realized It's fun productiyonrse
When our farms ~" subjected t. sci
,ntific cultivation thoir pric, viii soar
far beyond our fondcst expectations
The Canine Real which viii passI
through this part of the valley. Nill
do much towards increasing nnd wall
uations. There are about 100 teams
working Oh the road nov u few miles
south of town
Edward Ehlo, who has been in tho
real estate business here for SOME
time. said Real cs,at. values are
Just beginning To advance around
cruces. The valuations at present
are. tncultivat"d lands undcr ditch
49, To- 81 an acres; cultivated 500
la $500. som. of this latter land is
already ia alfalfa Alfalfa land sells
from tli1 to $500. We hav, fiV"
cuttings at alfalfa u year. Ultimate
N cantal"upos viii be on" of our hest
paying crops The Mosillu NalioN
Produce cxchang" employs au expert
to teach growers how to plant canta-
luupcs, when tu water them ana whom
Ia pick them The association fur
nishcs seed lnd crates To- it, members
which are paid for after III" crop
has boon sold Cantaloupo storage
aud shipping sheds are located at
Dona Ana, Mosilla Park and Las cru.
sheds an, located at the same points
Inspectors are placed q, the sheds :"
see that the cau,al"up"s are an risht
before being shipped We dispose of
our cantaloup" crop between JulN
and August TO-"
Captain :. j Woodruff. vcli
known capitalist of Las cruces, and
who has llVod here for six years. said
'Bcfor. investing here | Looked over
Colorado. california and other places
and finally gave my prrf'rcnc. To- the
Las cruces country because ! knew
the huilding ui the Elephant Hutto
dam would compl"t"lN rrvoluUoniz"
affairs here. have seen cousidcrn-
bile of a revolution here IN ,hc past
Few years and ! cXpcc, to SEQ this
revolution gain increased momentum
from this tim, forth
Captain Woodruff was long engaged
in tn" sheep business in Now Mexico
ana IL" has large acqulintauoc
among stoohm,n ia The Rio Grandc
and Estncia valleys IT, is interest
90 IN many enterprises az Las cru
res and owns many acres Of hud boo
this Nlcinit,
Z. SnttieN president or santa
TOMAS grant. said This grant. which
IL not Tar from thc town. contains
about 5000 acres. ~ which lHu0 are
under cultivation We own our own
ditch and our improvements have cost
uH about S3G.Oou. ", are growing Hl-
fali1, corn and wheat ON the rultiyat-
ed section "t The grant and huy" 'rum
30 - q" acres in orchards uf dpplr-
und pears We have an apple aud
pear nursery of $4,000 trees We
propus" To subdividc the gran, into
20, 40, go and No-acro tracts Hnj s.ll
20 settlers"
g. SNOW president Of IN. First
National bank of Las cruces and
who has the largest alfalfa farm in
Ncw MsNico. said More Land is
being soWn IN wheat and alfalfa zach
year Eventually. ! think. an In"
wheat band viii bc put IN alfslfl This
valley grows 1900 cars 10 han each
N"ar Alfalfa * splendid paving
Cfop for this section"
Mr. SNOW has farm ~ 600 ACRES
about iiNe miles frum Las Cruces tn,
gfcatcr part OF this land Is in alfalfa.
W n sutherland. chairman ~ the
pona Ana good roads commission.
said We are building 30 milo, ot
ia" Canine Real IN Dona Ana ,ouut,
W" are parallclling the santa - rail-
road as far as tn" Texas state unr
and six miles above Las cruces Tho
iund~ for this road are provided b'
the territory. the county and private
suhs,t iptiuns The cost of the main
road VIM h" sl5U.Goo tn. ht,Isls
viii add considerahlc go these fix
ur,s.
Thor" ar, two nlgh -cAes English
printed papers published mere. viz
The Rio Grandc Republican and the
ittizrn, The former H. published and
edited by prrn \ Foster and Jus,-
phinc Foster M and Mrs Foster
have made on,iahlc names for them
selves IN newspaper circles in New
Mexico and IT is freely prophcsicd by
members of the fourth estate that
they viii surpass at Las Cruces their
previous record for conducting mfu-
entail papers.
The citizen Is printed and edited
! by VIII l. lapoirt, Young man who
| has had large and yalunbir export
| Cnrc ~ the ntMSpa Der buSiutss Ian l.u.