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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-26

Washington, Jan. 25.-Fears for
the safety of Americans in Turkey
were put at rest today by the re-
ceipt at the State Department of a
report from Ambassador Rockhill
saying that all Americans were safe
and that there is no apparent hos
tility to them.
Shake Government to Foundation.
The sensational developments of
the past twenty-four hours have
shaken the Turkish government to
its foundations and Sultan Moham-
med V. is left with a group of hos.
tile advisers, whose policies are op-
posite to his own. The SULTAN
wants peace. The radical Young
Turks who have seized the govern
ment want war.
Some diplomats went so far as to
predict that IT might be necessary
for the great powers of Europe to
intervene in Turkey If the revolu.
tionary movement spreads further.
The chance still remains for cool
heads to secure control through
political strategy, and IL this oc,
ours the action of the Grand Council
in voting for peace may eventually
be upheld.
Nazim Pasha was known not to
be in sympathy with the strong
movement in favor Of resuming the
war. Only recently he stated in an
interview that the Turkish army
was in no condition to resume the
fight.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-26
YOUNG TURKS
WILL RESUME
BALKAN WAR
Revolution.sts in Complete Control
Of Government to Renew
the Conflict.
RUSSIA DEMANDS MEDIATION
by Powers to Prevent Renewal
All Hops TO: Peace Now
Abandoned.
RUSSIA DEMANDS MEDIATION

London, Jan. 25.-While the fleets
'of the powers are rushing at full
speed toward Constantinople, the
new young Turks ministry tonight
pledged an immediate resumption OF
tho Balkan war.
With the reyolutionists in full
control of the government, the Otto
man peace delegates here have been
recalled.
During the armistice the Turks
have massed 100000 new soldiers
along the Tchatalja defenses and
these are ready te take the field I'M
mediately.
Mahamoud Shcvkct Pasha, who
has been acclaimed Grand Vizier by
the Young Turk Committee of Union
and Progress, has issued proclama
ton addressed to the people Of the
empire, in which he demanded that
|"the political differences be forgot
ten until the national honor OF Tur-
key can be saved from further dis
honor at the hands OF a foreign foe,'
Rifaat Bey has been appoint d
Minister of Finance and Mukhtar
Rey has been temporarily named
Foreign Minister. The Grand Vizler
will act as Minister OF War and the
pertfolia Of Minister Of Marine has
been givsn to Tschnruksnla NAH
mud
In. an effort TO prevent renewal
of the conflict, the Russian govern
ment has made representations to
the powers OF Europe demanding Inn
mediate Intervention.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-26
|OH|O RIVER Will
| PROBABLY BEGIN
TO FALL BY EVE
Waters Show Tendency to Come to
Stand With Inclination
to Fall.
WILL BE GLADLY WELCOMED
Traffic Between Mound City. and
Mounds Resumed BY Inter.
urban Trains.
I'LL BE GLADLY WELCOMED

0 o o o o o o o 0 . . Q
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-01-26

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

TORT STOCKTON, Texas. Aug. "a
II It is a tale they tell in Fort
Il Stockton that the builders took
the rock wall from around the little
post cemetery in the center Of town
10 build the foundation of the new
Orient railroad station
This is typical Of Fort stockton for
there IS nothing dead and everything
alive about this wonderful Texas town
which has pulled itself over the NUM-
cipal fence by its very bOOtstraps
FIRST, It's enterpr1sing people harnessed
the boiling, bubbling COmanche
Springs to an irrigated land project,
where they produce alfalfa six tons to
the acre, grapes that taste like sunny
Italy, pears, melons, fruits and grains
IN big money quantities.
Next its live ones induced the Orient
to build through here and put ii on
other than county map With an
irrigation system that is putting the
water on the land through concerted
bitches, a soil that is as rich as John
D. is generally reputed to be, a people
who live in the country and farm IN
the country, and a spirit which
amounts to a temperament. Fort Stock
ton can no more fail than the moon
can fail to reflect the light Of the sun
Fort Stockton is spread out over
five mile square tract with an old and
a new town, both growing rapidly,
good automobile and wagon roads and
more than 100 automobiles to enjoy
The First Impression.
When the first-time visitor leaves
the train at the stone station for the
Stockton hotel, the impression is not
a promising one. Brick store build
ings line the street-mOst of these are
vacant and the lots show no present
inclination to sprOUt bungalows or
more stores. This impression is speed
lily corrected by the first Fort Stock
tOnian, for he informs you that far
be it from Fort Stockton to be suf-
fering from a Debated boom, as the
empty stores would indicate. but that
she is Just having her grown up
clothes cut a little big for the growth
that is sure to come within the next
year. Stockton is not going back; it
is going forward like a torpedo on
Jag and it is only. getting squared away
for the growth that is 70 come when
the possibilities of the wonderfully
fertile irrigated district become known
in the swampy. flood ridden regions
east OF the Mississippi.
The Stockton Hotel.
AS well write of Fort Stockton with
out mentioning the Hotel Stockton, as
to sing of San Antonio without say
ing something about the Alamo This
hotel is a credit to any town west OF
the Pecos, bar not even FL PasO. 1t
has a big town style which bodies no
i'll for Fort stockton It is built OF
flinty looking limestone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

initiative city in the ultra-progressive
I southwest. are unable to read and
write. And of these four thousand
two hundred or more are foreigner
are Of the cOlOred races.
According to statistics prepared by
commissioner P. P. ClaxtOn for the
| United States Bureau Of Education
compiled from the federal census Of
191O-El PasO ranks far and away
higher in education than other cities
Of the United States Of comparable
population. This is more remarkable,
Of course, considering its higher aver
age Of foreign population Of the black
and brown races.
That FL PasO outranks such educa-
tional centers as Fall River, Massa-
chusetts, and Savannah, Georgia, is
shown by Mr.. Claxton,s bulletin; and
1t also shows that WHINING ton, S. c.,
and MONTGOMERY. Ala, cities Of high
educational standard, are outstripped
by the border city that has won the
reputation of bearing the commercial
brunt Of war-ridden neighbor ma
ton with the banner Of prosperity
ever flying and unsUllied by the
wOrld-predicted commercial depres-
sion that would inevitably make itself
felt in Fl PasO.
To some unacquainted with the sub
leet OF illtteracy as a compact study
dealing with states and big cities, 13
per cent would seem high rate Of
per centage. It is mott In consider
ing a city such as FL Paso; a city of
sixty-odd thousand persons over the
age of 10 years and harbOring within
its limits so per cent foreign born
residents Of the colOred races, a large
number Of whom are almost fncapaci-
tated for an education of the most
meager manner, the per centage
looms a S an enviable monument to tho
thOroughness Of the city's educational
Institutions, all Of which, save one or
two. are public schools. Such a per
centage is but an index to the type
of man. woman and child that inhab-
it the border city on the Rio Grande-
people intelligent, refined: educated
to appreciate the higher arts in their
spiritual sense.
To revert to the cob-webbed past
OF 13 years ago well brings out in
bas-relief the wonderful educational
advancement FL Paso has really made.
In 1900. FL PasO was deemed unworthy
Of educational statistical notice, prob
ably on account of insufficient popu-
lation- It was passed up, a dallying
grammar school girl spurned by the
high school Juniors, as it were But
tOday2 LOi Ell PasO is given a place
Of honor among its Texas classmates
"a place Of enviable worth among
the participants in an uliterate
exam"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
By NORMAN NJ. WALKER.

, with red tile roof. three stories high.
with enough rooms with baths to &C
of the deal is that it is not all in
the walls and the baths and the red
tiled roof. Within, it is as perfectly
appointed as any country club Tinted
in splendid taste in oil, its furnish
ingS are of the most art1Stic-green
wicker, fumed oak and brass beds-the
service is top of the column class and
the rates are most reasonable, making
a combination which has given Fort
Stockton the name of the OASIS on the
/ Orient among travelling men. Inc
Stockton is not the only good hotel
in Fort stockton, even if it is the best
There is the Bennett motel, the Rooney
house and a number of others.
Modern sold Town.
1t is a mlsnomesr 70 can In ne man astIll
town." for that savOrs Of ALBUQUERQUE
with its old town Of adobe buildings
and tumble down mansions There IS
nothing old nor tOwny about the grown
up section Of Stockton. The First Ma
tfOnaI bank building is large enough
to accommodate the First National
bank of FL PasO without crOWdtng,
and the stores are all housed IN brick
and stone structures which are a
credit to the city, the churches are
modern and mostly new, all OF the rail-
road buildings are of stone and the
residences are built to live IN and are
real homes. The new Pecos county
courthouse, located in the older sec
ton, gives this part cttified air with
high columns This building is Just
being completed at a cost of more than
100000, and will be occupied this IAN
by the PecOs county courts
Fort Stockton boasts that 1t has
grown from 200 to 1000 in less than
three years It is now setting its pins
at 10000 by 1915 and If it does not do
this. it will be because Jim Rooney,
Judge F. Barry, John OdOm and the
other live ones kick the bucket and
are placed in the fenceless cemetery.
which is the smallest thing to be
found IN Fort stockton. the town OF
magnificent distances and with elbow
room to grow
WaferVTOrHB System.
A bond issue election is to be held
in September to vote bonds for new
waterworks system. The bond issue is
to be for s35 1000, and mayor Rooney
saws there will be no doubt Of It pass
ing Good water is obtained at a
depth of from $50 to 800 feet and has
never been known to fail
The range around Fort stockton IS
looking fine because Of the rains
which have been falling during the
past week To the north and east Of
Stockton rain clouds may be seen daily
these days pouring their deluge upon
the lands and making the grazing stuff
grow like a carpet of green
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Tu1arosa, Oasis of New Mexico
By 3. B. Kronen6erg

grow here-aI kinds of vegetables;
watermeIOns, cantaloupes with an ex-
cellent flavor, milOmaize. kaffir corn,
cane. beans and other things Wheat
viii do fine here.
With a 12-foot windmill there can
be irrigated three TO four acres of
fruit trees and one acre Of garden
truck Each years cultivation will
make the land more fertile. The soil
is deer. Chicken-raising IS very
profitable branch for the dry farmer;
$50 eggs tC one hen per year IS the
average
The raising Of hogs brings good re-
turns
The conditions for pumping plants
in Tularosa's vicinity are very favor
able. On the Otis ranch, seven miles
northwest from town, there are four
wells now from s. to n feet deep,
which hold water from so to so feet
In boring these wells, the soil was
found to be from 20 to 80 feet deep;
the first water was struck at a depth
of 20 feet. The cost of q IS foot well
with a y hp. engine, pumping 300 gal
Ions Of water per minute, is between
$3.50 and $500.
Stockraising is quite an item around
TularOsa- Big areas of grazing lands
on the flats and in the mountains give
food to thousands Of cattle, horses,
sheep and goats. During the first five
months of 1913, there have been shipped
from here 176 cars of cattle, which
proves the importance Of cattle rails
ing
The surrounding mountains contain
rich bodies of ore and copper. Most
of the mines are still developing,
some are working with good results
and the time will not be far away
when railroad facilities will open up
a large mining belt here.
In view of the recent sale OF Az
900 acres of state land to an eastern
immigration company, there viii be
chance here for all who desire to
build up good homes, to help develop
the great southwest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

~ ECAUSE water was a bit scarce
during the past year, there was no
- considerable increase in the lands
put under irrigation under the Elephant
Butte project during the vast year.
However. there are SO.49O acres under
irrigation in the various valleys that
are to receive water from the dam
In the FL Paso valley there are H.
SOS acres, in the Mesilla valley on the
east side 23,115 acres, in the same val
ley on the west side, 22,617 acres and
in the Rincon valley there are $500
acres under irrigation. This is an in
crease of 2100 acres over 1911. The
crop reports for 1913 have not been
made but there are $4,000 acres in al
falfa, that being the staple crop, and
1f,OOO acres IN corn
The FL PasO valley has 160 acres in
cantalOupes this season. this fruit
bringing from s1-1O for ponies TO $40
per crate for jumbOs- The MeSilla val
ley raised and shipped about 200 cars
of cantaloupes this season. OF this
amount 200 acres were planted in this
fruit on the east side OF the Rio Grande
and the farmers received 81 a crate net
for it.
To Cement Franklin Canal.
Upon request Of the water users, the
United States reclamation service took
over the Franklin canal extending from
FL Paso to Fabens through the FL PasO
valley a distance of 30 miles, and this.
through the city of FL PasO from a
point near the Watts well to Cotton
avenue, at a cost of about $4,000, in
order that the water may be carried
through the city without waste ana
the canal kept cleaner
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Alpine's Growth Apace With the West
80: -: So: -: -: -: -: -:
Great Cattle Region; Trucking Center

A LPINE, Tex, Aug 2S-The growth
n of Alpine from a relatively in
L significant station on the South
ern Pacific to the Importance of juno
ton between that road and the Kan
sas City, Mexico and Orient railway,
has consisted in a steady, prosperous
increase Of population and business &C
tivity, inspired for five years past by
the connection that the new road would
in time be built through
When in June of this year through
freight and passenger service was es-
tablished on the Orient between Kansas
City and Alpine, and thence by the S.
P. to the coast the hundreds Of visitors
who come to help celebrate the event
from the ranches, towns and cities of
the neighborhood, found that the town
had doubled in size and its real estate
doubled and trebled in value since the
announcement that the new railroad
would be built
Three years ago there were not a
half a dozen houses in Alpine built for
rent; today there are many dozens,
suited to every pocketbook, circling
the town, on land once good only for
grazing cattle, yet it is still very
difficult to rent a house. for the de-
mand keeps constantly ahead of the
supply.
Many New Houses e.
The higher standards of living that
have developed in the last few years
are witnessed by the superior style of
many of the new houses The resi-
dences built by Mrs. NJ. P. Hall, Rea-
gan Cartwright, P. c. Burney, W B.
Burton, A. L. Stroud, F. e. Gillett and
r. E Nevill are artistically designed,
rOOmy, Well-furnished and equipped
with modern plumbing.
That the new spirit is extending to
the outlying reaches is proved by the
beautiful plastered adobe house built
this year by Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Tan
quarry on their ranch. 80 miles north
east Of Alpine. The graceful lines and
arches of the old Spanish Missions are
adapted to the comforts of a modern
dwelling, which includes all the nice
ties of scientific culinary arrange
its ample corral are surrounded by
grounds set out with yucca, bear grass
and cacti, and the place in its entirety
is a notable example of the beauty
innate in the old adobe architecture
and the desert flora
The Stores Improve
The change that has been worked in
the stock OF the grocery stores speaks |
wei Of the more comfortable living
in Alpine. A few years ago only one
grocer carried green vegetables and !
fruits, and then only those raised in
his own garden. Now four stores |
carry a full line Of green groceries ]
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
CRr Miss 4. N. Brnnson.l

supplied from California, Florida, New
] Mexico or south Texas, as the seasons
change, and a vastly improved line OF
canned goods as we'll A similar i'm
prOvement is noticed in the dry goods
stores
The store buildings themselves, have
! risen much improved from the ashes of
the fire that two years ago burnt the
main business block to the ground.
Within the last year the large Ma
sonic building, containing four spa
ciOus srorerooms, clubrooms and Of
fees has been erected, dedicated and
occupied by new firms.
Fruit and Truck Growing
Although the main business of Brew
ster county is cattle raising, there Is
a strongly marked tendency to turn
the land near Alpine into fruit, al
falfa and truck ranches. About twelve
miles north of town is the Mitre Peak
fruit ranch owned, by A J. Tippett
who markets yearly a large crop OF
apples, peaches and plums in Alpine
and Maria Two mile to the west is
the orchard of r. G. Goodwin, pronoun-
ced by experts to be more scientifically
set out and cultivated than any other
orchard in Texas. Mr.. Goodwin this
yaer brought in a well with a capacity
of 100 gallons a minute, and has
powerful gasoline engine pumping
from it at need. He has also built dikes
to confine the overflow water from
the mountains in a large tank, from
which it is piped to his irrigatinS
bitches. Besides apples, peaches and
pears, Mr. Goodwin raises large guam
titles of sorghum, milo maize and wa
termelOns.
IrrlGatinS From Creek
Five mile to the northwest is the
orchard and truck farm of J. W. Miles
at Sunny Glen, conducted this year on
a larger scale than ever before Mr..
Miles and his neighbor, Brame Hill
yard. this spring built a ditch a mile
long connecting with a creek which
brings water from the Twin mountains
watershed to their irrigating bitches.
The creek has flowed five times this
summer when there were no local
rains.
On the north five miles from town.
L. n. Halbert is conducting an expert
ment farm Of 13 acres, planted with
a number Of varieties OF seed supplied
by the government, and cultivated ac-
cording to its directions. The results
Of this experiment will be carefully
collated, and farmers of the vicinity
will learn from them what grains
and vegetables are best suited to the
soil and climate.
Big Ranch Deals
Many important changes have taken
place in the ownership of the great
pastures surrounding Alpine. In Aug
ust 1912 Jackson & Harmon bought
from the estate Of the late Francis Hall
the Bar K ranch. lying five miles north
of town, consisting of 10000 acres, for
SIS, 600. This same firm has bought
a number Of smaller tracts during the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23
Over $4,000 Acres Under Irrigation
In Valley Above and Below Ell PasO

The government also operates the
Leasburg canal, extending six miles
southwark from the Leasburg dam into
the MesiIla valley
If the plans Of the water users meet
with the approval OF the secretary OF
the interior, a highline canal extending
from the Leasburg dam to MOntOya-
distance Of so miles, will be constructed
at a cost Of from 100000 to S2,5OO,O00-
This cost depends upon what scheme
adopted and eight plans are being con-
sidered.
High Line Canal and Power.
In the event that this canal is con-
structed, It viii develop about 10000
horse power which would be an i'm
mense amount of power considering the
small amount that IS required for Op-
Grating power plants in FL PasO and
-slnOI sQ1 SUOTe sepTo IsqlO
The water to develop this power IS to
come from the Elephant Butte dam
During the past year tn edam has been
building rapidly until now il is As
percent completed. It will impOund
water sufficient to irrisate 10000
acres Of this amount $4,000 acres VIII
be in the FL PasO valley, 10000 in the
Mesilla valley on both sides Of thes
river. 10000 in the Rincon valley ana
5000 in the Palomas valley besides %
600 IN the JuareZ valley in Mexico
opposite FL PasO where 10000 acres
are now under irrigation
Dam Ready by 1915.
The dam viii be ready to store water
in 1915. It viii be 800 feet high at
its highest point, this height being at
tanned by the construction Of a core
wall to protect the structure The
waters impOunded viii form q lake
20 miles long covering 1880 acres
It IS to cost 100000
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

~ ULAROSA, N NJ, Aug. 23--Tula-
rosa, New Mex, founded in 1862,
Il may be called the "Oasis Of New
Mexico" it attracts the eyes Of every
traveller along the Chicago Rock Is
land and FL Paso Southwestern line.
There are very few places in the
great southwest with so many chances
for good and interest bearing invest
ments as Tularosa.
The altitude is 1886 feet Protected
on three sides by mountains, the
climate is unsurpassed Tularosa has
q good public school with high school
connected. a full force Of able teach
ers is secured for the ensuing year;
manual training and domestic science
are on the list Of studies. The town
has three churches, two hotels, a tel
ephone exchange, postOffice with pos
tai savings bank, a state bank and a
sufficient number Of business estab-
lishments. The railroad station, about
one mile from town. is at the same
mining companies, the indian reserva-
tion at AIascalerO and for many big
cattle companies.
The main crop Of Tularosa is al
falfa- which is raised by irrigation
from the TularOsa river. having an es-
timated flow Of p secOnd-feet. There
are four cuts Of alfalfa every year
and always a good market for it at
better prices than in other sections
Of the country, because it is ga most
excellent feed especially for dairy
COWS" The best Favored fruit. such
as apricots, peaches, plums, pears and
grapes are raised and there is always
good market for these products.
The Cornell chicken ranch, the WOhl-
enberg apiary and the Derbyshire rab-
bittery are good paying industries at
TularCsa
Dry farming. although in its in
fancy. viii make a success here If it
IS started right and the dry farmer
intends to work. Everything will