El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-23
Settlers Flock to Mesilla Valley

. the land being located near the station O
! DOna Ana. Mr. Fitch cleared TINS land, pu
it into cultivation, and today it Is one OF tn
best and most productive ranches IN IN
( Mesilla valley. BY hard work and lnteII
l gent farming, Mr.. Fitch has been able u
make enough money to buy TINS pIaCe' dHt
! a few weeks ago he purchased the 20 acre!
! of land at S135 per acre. Mr.. Fitch also re
Gently purchased about 60 acres from =
( B. Hoagland. Mr. Fitch's is a notable e---
! ample Of what a man can 90 In TINS very
] fertile section by applying proper H2ethOus
Home People Investing
Confidence in these valleys is now so gem
/ orally established in the minds Of home peo-
pie that a number of big sales are being
! made every few days to home people
/ Manassas Bros, of Las Cruces, have Just
/ contracted 12G acres Of land from IneoUore
/ Rouault. ST. Just north Of the home Of Prof
I Hiram Hadley. near the New Mexico Agrl-
! cultural college and Mesilla Park. which
/ faces on the Paseo road on the east and on
9Iessrs. Scale q Dyne. Of the Las Cruces
Drug company have purchased 10 acres
north OF Las Cruces near the station OF To-
A deal has Just been been closed by W.
n Hager, vice president of the First state
bank Of Las Cruces, to take possession OF
hood of the station OF TOnuca north of Las
Cruces. In addition to this tract Mr.. Hager
a few days ago purchased another tract IN
New Corners Are Many.
Local real estate men in the valleys are
busy showing people around, and while some
OF the new Corners are OF the sight seeing
variety, many good substantial farmers are
emong them and sales are being made every
Among the recent arrivals was o. B.
Wheeler, who bought eight acres of land
from A. L. Patrick Mr. Wheeler will be-
come a permanent resident here.
T. NJ. Roberts has rented 46 acres near
Las Cruces, south Of the Bingham place.
J. 7. WilmOth has taken the GatIn place
q mile south Of the Fuller place.
Scale & Dyne have purchased tract Of
land at Tonucas 20 miles north Of Las Cru
Nellie r. Chavez. Of Las Cruces sold 6O.97
acres Of land to H. G. Holthroff, of Mil
waukee, Wis. The sale was made by the
Buchanan Realty company. Mr.. Holthroff
who bought the tract as an investment. con-
templates making other purchases
Geo. T. DOoley,- nonresident sold 13l
acres of alfalfa near the city limits to J.
r. Galusha, deputy L. S. marshal who at
present lives in Albuquerque. The sale wag
made by the Buchanan Realty company. Nj.
(Ialusha intends to put improvements on his
tract.
Experienced Farmer BUYS.
Luther Minard Of Idaho. an experienced
irrigation farmer, is in the valley looking
for land Mr. Minard recently sold his land
under an Idaho project for $3.50 per acre. lie
has had experience in the Sacramento valley
in California, and has engaged in grape Gull
ture and farming on various projects. Ny.
Minard says that prices of land in this val
ley are low in comparison with other pro-
G H Baker Of Arizona. is a visitor
representing a community OF farmers and
investors looking for a location
- a rlSncr OF AlSSourl and ID. N Iarr.
of Illinois. are looking at valley lands. and
Jas B. Bryan, Of Missouri is on his third
trip to this section, and he has concluded to
locate here.
NJ. W. Granson, of South Dakota. is here
IN advance Of party Of 20 farmers from
his section Of the country who will locate
in the southwest
Goes After Family.
Leo Barta, Of New York has purchased
20 acres OF valley land north Of town ana
has gone for his family and viii return with
them and take up his residence on the
property.
H E. Cantrell. Of Arkansas. who came
mere recently has located near Chamberino
on Is acre tract.
J. A Freeman and S. J. Norman. of Cali
I .,T have, bought land near Hatch. and
will locate there
J. L Alilly and B. A. Cajacob. of Colorado
who have been looking this valley over. have
MADE inquiries as to railroad rates on house
mold goods and stock from their Colorado
homes.
Railroad Is Helping.
The eolonization department Of the Santa
re IS working with the government and the
Water Users in locating farmers on this
project Colonization agent c. i. Seagraves
OF THIS road, viii be in Las Cruces in the
near future to prepare data for a booklet
covering the Rio Grande valley. The next
issue Of THE Earth" viii contain as a Lead
ing story, an article by engineer Baldwin OF !
the Elephant Butte project and two articles (
on the valley