El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-23

I follow the foothills
II mas been suggested that the build
~ q me ieVee IN question. VIII benefit
Ne rev property owners along the
river front at the expense OF those
VINO live farther away from the stream
me same thing can be said OF our
county road. There can be no question
mat the building of this road cOnfers
more benefit on the owners of property
fronting on II, than Il does TO the
properly owner al Fort Hancock. but
az the same tine, the property front
ING on and adjacent 10 said road has a
45leE tax value than that at Fort
Hancock and the owner pays more
taxes In proportion, which makes the
question as broad as it is long"
suppose YOU took half Of the taxable
values OF this valley and transferred
them TO the other side Of the river
how would the tax of the Fort Hancock
man be affected2 Would IL not be neces-
sary TO increase the rate on his prom
erty, In order to provide the necessary
revenue for the county, cannot con-
celve how any one could object to nav
ing an almost impercepuble increase
IN his tax for public Improvement
Of this kind. the intent of which is to
keep the valley intact as it Is today
and TO enhance the taxable values with
in the county.
1t has been suggested that the danger
OF Hood waters in the Rio Grande viii
be eliminated upon the completion OF
the Elephant Butte dam How about
the Hood last october that did so much
damage 10 valley farms2 ] am in
formed that the greater part OF this
water originated below the ELEPHANT
Butte whether or not this be true Is
more loss. before the completion OF maj
enterprise than the cost Of the confern-
plated improvements Before the
Octooer nooa, the. river was at least
a quarter Of a mile from my orchard
At the present time il IS not over f5O
feet and is daily getting nearer and
nearer Long before the bond election
is 10 be held I expect to lose nor only
my orchard. but my house ana other
improvements as we'll After the COM
tng high water in June I do not expect
mere VIII De any part Of my ranch
leLl ara Jhe county VIII be deprived
OF that much less OF taxable values
after tapping Up my ranch. il VIII
De only step TO the canal and county
old channel and on to the foothflis
This is only part Of the DAMAGES in
store You VIII remember that during
the nigh water last year. the foundry
was in imminent danger Psvne's sr,b
division was under water and great loss
was narrowly averted. To VIII be rnueI,
worse lnls year as YOU know the
moan lalns are tuu OF snow. the un-
precedented cold weather has Dra
vented II from thaWing, and the indI-
cations are that it Is we'll packed and
VIII remain undlsturbed until the warm
weather rs upon US when it VIII make
us get up and take notice Then fh0se
who are against the bond election viii
DE Tor II and viii regret that 1t had
not come sooner
I am not an alarmist, but I was here
IN 1sut llest ~ when Evergreen Gene
terry was, under water and when tns
river was over mile from my present
boundary and / speak from experience
do not hesitate to say that I am AZ
Interested party-vitally interested.
All that have is centered in this home
but ! want TO say that I trust I am nor
50 narrow as to oppose any propositfor
that would iuure to the beneff Of the
uttermost confines Of this county.
n. c. Marks