El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-26
SAN SIMON'S 100 FLOWING WELLS
ARE MAKING It 4 VALLEYOF PLENTY
People of the Ambitious Ar IONA Community Believe in
Working, Not Waiting an They Are Doing Work
Which Already Has Ma de Desert Garden Spot;
What Some of the Settlers Are Doing.
q GEoRGE n. CLEMENTs.

~AN SIMON, Ariz-. Oct. 26.-Across
the top Of the letter head used by
- the officers and members Of the
san simon valley board Of trade is the
following legend;
The san Simon valley board Of
trade is operated in the interests
OF the farmer with rolled up sleeves,
his farm TO the end that we may have
a bigger, better and buster san simon
Not a bad motto as notices 90, and
one that boards OF trade and chamo ers
OF commerce located IN cOunuIlllleS
dependent upon farmers and the devel-
OpmenL Of farm lands might copy with
profit The farmer with rolled up
sleeves" represents 20 the membership
of the San Simon board Of trade the
farmer who Will Work, and they are
trying TO encourage only that kind OF
farmer 10 settle in the san Simon
Good One to Remember.
The board of trade Of BOwie-Bowie
IS IS miles northwest Of San simon,
but il is in the San Simon valley Just
the same-has a motto not quite go
long, but, probably. more expressive
It reads: I'VE believe in working, not
waiting"
That might also be committed to
memory by other boards Of trade and
chambers Of commerce with benefit to
the communities in which they are
located.
be unfair to other sections Of the
Baby State" where the development
has been greater and where there IS
more 10 show for the work which mas
been done. The San Simon valley IS
not the. garden spot Of Arizona yet
but II soon viii be if the board or trade
lives up 10 its motto ana conunues 70
work for the interests OF the farmer
who will work for himself It has the
elements all of them. soil, water. ell
mate, which go 10 make up garden
spots"
To refer TO the san Simon valley as
the Land of Opportunity will be no
mistake. It is the land Of opportunity
for the farmer who understands lnten-
sive farming, who knows SOILS. VINO
viii not trust altogether TO water and
a kind Providence TO produce MS crops
who viii pillow deeply, use wafer
sDarinEly, plant only such crops as are
ADAPTED to the soils and climatic condl-
tons and who viii use his hoe vlgor-
ousIy during the growing season
How to Find the Place
San Simon. the heart Of the valley
which bears its name. is located on the
Southern Pacific railroad. le5 miles
west Of Fl PasO- The valley OF Wnlch
nearly 100. 900 acres are within the area
of the proved aTteslan belt eNJenus
from a point 20 miles southwest OF san
Simon TO a range Of low lying nils
about ! ; miles northwest OF the town
in this area there are already 4v7
flowing wells Of from 100 to 6vu Ieel
deep and flowing at the rate OF from
50 to $50 gallons Of 9S-9 pure water per
minute
Besides the lands which are being
and which may Yet be irrigated by
means of flowing wells there are from
$4,000 10 $4,000 acres Of land lying
closer TO the foothills where water may
be brought to the surface or TO from
10 to 80 feet Of the surface which VIII
make admirable pumping propositions
and which in a very short time will
be added to the cultivated area Of the
san Simon valley
But Three Years Old.
san Simon. which as a town Of com
parative Importance is but three years
old. is one Of the Oldest stations on
the Southern Pacific in Arizona For
many years the valley was a cattle
mans paradise. The grass was good,
water was reasonably abundant and
San Simon was a convenient shipping
point Though the land lay as level
as the proverbial floor and it. was
covered with q vigorous growth Of
mesquite. always indicative of good
soil. IL was never believed that il would