El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-31

are pears making a total of 500 tree
IN all But, it is from the 90 bearers
1 which are from 20 to rs years of age
that he gets the big profits.
He has IS acres in alfalfa and mas
| secured good crops there1rom, some
, of this being an old stand From one
| tract of three and one half acres
/ newly planted, he secured $4,000 tons
! of alfalfa on the first cutting this
| season This cost him but 50 for If
| rigating about $3.50 for baling and 81
/ cents for cutting so that at SIS ton
/ he will make good profit thereIrom
I FL PasOan's Ranch.
| The next stop was at the Riverside
/ ranch, owned by Felix Martinez, of Ell
I Paso, and W. J. Viljoen, the latter lly-
! ing on the ranch. They have Az acres
in ali and I20 of it are cultivated.
There are so acres in alfalfa and 40
acres in wheat Besides they have
some of the prettiest Jersey cows in
/ the country, which are good milk pro-
ducers.
Proceeding on toward La Mesa, the
ranch of Nicolas AppelzOlar was
passed. He has 100 acres in alfalfa
and a 2O-acre apple orchard with al
falfa growing between the rows OF
trees The ranch of c. H Leaveu and
C N Bassett, of FL PasO, lies Just
across the road from this place. They
have 100 acres and 100 are planted
in alfalfa while they also have a
small farm orchard.
La Mesa School.
The next stop was the. La Mesa
school house, two and half miles
from San Miguel 1t is a pretty mis-
sion structure of white brick and
number of the residents were waiting
and others were called to the meeting
by the ringing of the school bell.
B. J. Viljoen presided At the meeting
40 RI Will
Mr.. Blanchards reason for coming was
to get acquainted with the people and
conditions so that he might aid in
bringing new settlers to the country
formation to those seeking it He said
San Miguel had more home builders
than any other section of the val
ley.
Movement Back to the Farm.
Mr.. Blanchard said in part: II did
not think I was getting close enough
TO the country by a sight from pass
ing trains, so I came back here to the
farming communities. In 1902 the
government began laying its plans for
gradually grew to 80. There has been
trouble enough getting engineers and
little money for them to go ahead
with after they had been secured, on
account of the speed demanded by
the people. The demand for infOrma-
ton about the reclamation projects
during the past six or seven years
has been enormous. This indicates a
healthy movement from the city back
to the farm. Therefore the bureau
of information was established. There
is no trouble getting the people on
government farms; the difficulty is in
getting government farms for the peO-
pie.
The Spectator.
"a serpent came into your garden Of
in he Of OF
Spectator was known, I believe, even in
the Garden of Eden, for he was known
long before art and music and science
were known and it was long before
their time that water was put upon
the land The Spectator holds prop
erty until it is increased in value by
the improvements made by the home
builders surrounding it The specu-
lator does not improve the land
1T is up to US to show this valleys
benefits and induce the right kind of
people to come into it-nOt specu-
lators but home builders. I believe
you can demonstrate to lots of people
that this is the place for them to
Get Together On Prices.
"A community effort, properly con- |
Quoted. can do more good than all |
the newspaper advertising in the |
country you came from, tell them the I
truth about conditions and induce them /
to come The tenderfOOt comes out /
some call him q sucker-and some !
one takes his money. He goes back /
and tells his story and his story hurts I
the community more than you can /
ever tell Therefore you should get /
and agree upon a proper 1
price for raw land. No one can set a 1
price on improved land. but, raw land 1
is now being held too high. The man
who wants to come and build a home /
here and remain among you, cannot
come because he cannot afford to pay
the prices asked
Secretary Lane has indicated a de-
sire to put larger duties upon the /
people as soon as they are able to |
take care of them You are to have
a 100000 proposition on which ]
you will have TO make payments be-
fore long. Get busy with your water
users association and arrange for the
introduction of new material into your
How to Build Up.
Spread this gospel We are enter |
ng upon a period of land depression |
-alues. Many have capitalized dreams. !
Many lands in the west have been over
ated- You figure too much on the sell
rs price and not at all on the buyers. |
L man must figure on the latter in try
ng to build up a community and q
community spirit
I'VE need better methods of farming.
ng. Now is the time for you to take up
With the government, through the
exclamation service, the proposition to
stablish experimental farms in this
alley. The government will send a
orps Of farm doctors down here. They
viii be here permanently. Small eX-
erimental tracts will be established on
he farmers own land But. you will I
ave to assure them-taking this mat
er up through your water users as
oclatlon-that a sufficient number of
racts can be secured The government !
oes not have to go begging for these
ands, there are plenty of farmers only
90 glad to offer theirs
Then, one of the best ways to help
is to do the pioneer work
ourself- Many persons who want to
ONE out here would not be able to do |
hat and get along. They do not I'M
erstand conditions well enough. have |
cen greatly pleased with this valley. I
am glad / have come and seen ii. 1t /
a valley of great promise" He was
pplauded by those present
No Mercy For SpecuIatOr.
L. -CIapp, president of the Elephant J
ute Water Users association, said the
service would have no mercy ;
n the Spectator, but he would have /
D cut his land up into 160-acre tracts |
r less and dispose of it, not being al
lWed to retain more than 100 acres. !
-e said there had been some criticism (
the reclamation service because the !
ov >rnment projects had benefited |
pee uators and this is the reason that ! {
is not to go on. He sail that the !
0a I'd directors Of 1,o 7 I