El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13

things that the people of this city
should unite to secure in 1914. An up
todate high school will not only save
thousands of dollars to Il PasOans
who send their boys and girls else
where on account of the inadequate
facilities we have at present put Wlu
draw to this city many families who
are DESTROYS Of seeing their children
educated in the modern way.
Farmers Needed, Too.
eve need the right sort Of farmers
TO settle up the valleys up and down
the river and get ready for the water
from the big dam When the land IS
under cultivation. more factories viii
come and do well We mustn't Iorset
to capitalize Ell Paso's climate in our
advertising.
Now is the time for us to begin plans
for a permanent International lair.
FL Paso has the strength to organize
and maintain an exposition OF the re-
sources of the southwest every fan,
and it is simply a matter of getting
together on the right basis
Want Real Farmers.
". B. Latta, of Latta & Happier, real
ty; The genuine farmer located com
fOrtably in the Rio Grande valley, IS
what we must have to make FL Paso a
solid city To bring him here and 10
cate him so that ne can begin to make
the rich land yield its just harvest is
the greatest problem for US TO 6OlNes
right away, while the reclamation SER
vice is storing the water for his call.
An organization Of the live men of TINS
city. under whatever name, should De
formed Immediately to adopt Such
measures as viii guarantee the farmer
q fair start and be OF real service TO
him for the first few years Induce
mentS must be held out TO pracucal
agricuIturalists and fruit growers that
viii not only bring them to the valley
to colOnize the tracts that are now
ready for development, but will Sc
cure settlers against the hoIdupS OF
the purely speculating class. who nave
no idea of actual development
Must. Advertise Irrigation
eff we are to enjoy the prosperous
advance that this community is entitled
to from the creation OF a garden out
Of an eXpanse of desert we are belnd
to see to It that our project is put
fairly and fully before the practical
kind Of farmers, ana then stan0 unit
edly on q schedule Of agreements with
the men who are to do the work. That
the practical farmer is the foundation
OF the wealth of every city no one can
deny. The thing to do, and DO II now,
is to show him that FL PasO stands for
the square deal and welcome him IN
the heartiest possible manner"
start Up Mine School.
Charles NJ Newman, Newman In
vestment Co.: THE acquisition Of the
School Of Mines of Texas university is
in my opinion, the matter that COM
mands the attention of the citizens oil
FL PasO to a greater degree than any
other thing that confrOnts US as We
are about to begin a new year. This
community must get together on a
plan that viii be publicly announced
in a few days and provide for the
transfer Of the old Military Institute
property to the state, as has been
agreed upon. and complete other de-
tails looking toward the establishment
Of the mining school in the fall OF
1914. The legislature and the univers-
ity regents are waiting for US to full
fill our agreements to provide a site and
buildings for the school, and immedi-
ately when we have done this the mi
tial appropriation will be forthcoming
to begin instruction
Great Educational Factor.
''The School of Mines will be. I be-
! lieve, the greatest factor in the up
! building of our educational system
that has ever been planned. Besides
bringing at once students AMI teachers
who will distribute few hundreds OF
/ thousands of dollars annually TO be-
! gin with. II will decidedly put FL Paso
in the highest class of practical edu-