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electric farm Is not "A new idea. Sew
eral electric farms nave been IN sue
ccssful operation for years. and have
got beyond the point where they are
regarded with suspicion by the neigh
bors as foolish hobbies. Electricity
has been most successfully used for
irrigation pumping purposes, Electric
lights and electr e HAT irons We're used
in Pacific coast tarmhOuses fifteen
years ago.
Scientific agriculture, irrigation and
electricity are working wonders in the
farming West. At Fresno, CAL, a or
poration supplies electric service to
seven counties. all cons sting of fertile
farming land. whore there are $50
electric pumping plants, In such sec
tons as this irrigation is the key
that is unlocking soil fertility. In
other sections of the East and South
which nature has hamprrcd by too
much instead Of too liz e moisture
swamp land will be reclaimed through
| electric pumping. THIS is but one of
| the many things sCicnce is doing to
| bring into ultimate cultivation all the
available land,
. teAl ~ 49, '''f - NN wv
are generally recognized as the basic
assets of the nation, yet the attempts
t. put on rs proper footing the
biggest of all big business -aGricul-
turc-nave been sporadic and gem
orally have ended in failure. But
farming Is coming into its own The
farm is the base of The nationa!
pyramid of wealth and the estimated
value of the farm wealth Of the United
states is forty billion dollars. The
bankers are waking up, under the
lead of %lllinoIs's, Minnesota's and
Denver's Gearing houses, There are
now thirty-cight State bankers assoc
cations with committees on agricul-
ture collecting and sending out in
formation n reporting on county
agricultural conditions, The farmer
in America is no longer to he brow
beaten. ON the basis Of forty billion
assets he is demanding long time loans
at low rates of interest.
While the fortunes Of America
primarily rest upon the cultivat. on Of
the soil the farmer has in the past
received but scant consideration, cspc-
Cially in the matter Of his borrowing
needs. Recent Federal and State ac-
tlVIties look forward to a systematic
establishment Of farm credits. A
Federal commiss ON recently studied
extensively the systems Of farm
credits in use in Europe and reported
on the same,
The writer was summoned to a con-
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normally flowing into the port of New
York at the rate Of 1000, 900 a year
where il may find immediate agrs-
cultural employment OF desired oppor-
tuu.ty, thereby at the same time solv-
ing to a great eNten the unemploy-
mcnt and charity problems of the city.
Those immigrants are now going
into industrials. rather than back to
the soil, and the ability of the nation
To feed itself suffers in consequence.
North Carolina imports, for example,
- per cent. of the eggs, butter, poul-
try, meat and vegetables il consumes:
and Connecticut, of the food consumed
In that state, supplies only sufficient
milk.
The v!ril,ty of the Japanese, IN peace
or war, is well recognized, They are
the living opponents of a rice diet,
that scarcely appreciated grain, with
which our Southern States could sup
ply us 10 any needed extent, Texas
alone annually produces 5000, 900 BUSH
els of this cheap and excellent cereal,
hut 1t has not been able So to popu-
lari2e rice as food that it may be found
daily on the tables Of Americas wage
earncrS,
The European war has brought
Americas agricultural possibilities into
palmer view and the whole civilized
world Is appealing to the United STA '-
for n larger production of all the great
staples Of life. There is scarcely a
branch of the agricultural Industry
which SO vitally affects the welfare OF
all the people Of this country as does
the live stock industry, The largest
and oldest single industry in the world
is the work % supplying its lnhabi'
tants with meat other branches oI
agriculture have suffered in Conse'
qucnce for the reason that the greater
proportion of the crops grow on tho
soil at present are fed TO live stock
Crop growlns. therefore, has beer
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Population overcoming the LAND
available for tillage.
In forty years this republic may be
Obliged to meet the needs OF more
than two hundred m Hon people. A
New York with more Italians than
Naples; n Chicago with more GER
mans than any city except Berlin are
straws which show which way the
wind blows. The Yankee, Ven in
New England, is disappearing in
Americas melting pot.
Few better opportunities are Offered
to the youth of America than the
study OF ayr cultura. conditions and
the chance to become tillcrs of the
soil. Too often boys and girls Of the
cities. however, are blind T. farming
opportunities and the advantages of "A
rdral life. The lure of the city is
strong and the craze for popular
amusements holds, but these things
are not making bone ana sinew, the
true wealth of this nation,
Americans are beginning to realize
now as never before that the farmer
is no longer "A Joke and that the repre-
sensations Of him in the comic press
will have to be revised. For several
years the pendulum Of prosperity has
been swinging steadily in his direc-
ton. The farmer boy nc longer plods
his weary way, but 81 des in an auto
mobile. Maud Muller 10 longer rakcs
ti- hay: it is gathered by electricity
wE.ch lights the farmhouse, pumps
the water (JaCk and Jill no longe,
carry i) and churns the butter, after
milking the COW and separating the
cream, which Is no lon"er permitted
even the slow process of nature,
Ploughing by electricity has for sew
eral years been a commonplace mat
ter in Germany, In many sections oI
Germany farms are marked by electric
poles and the electricity is chiefly sup
piled from big central distributing
p,ants. with circuits all we the re
gion. Mr.. Edison has long advocate,
the same system here and recently
predicted that true intensive farminl
wcu.d come through utilizing cleo
tr.city on the farms. In fact II
Illinois three or fou hundred farm
towns already are using electricity
aud the farmers can easily utilize this
connecting with the electric sub
station through the wires at the vii
lnpe grocery e. drug store.
Electricity is one of the few luYuric,
or commodities that have gone down il
price, and the farmer can wei, AFFORD
to utilize IT, II VIII better his Condi
ton and make for efficiency. TIT
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porting these immense quantities Of
food supplies the London Board of
Trade that from the begin
ring of the war the general increase
in food prices in average households
throughout Great Britain is estimated
at 30 per cent, Nnnd that from best
figures obta!nable the fooi prices
throughout Germany are now about 65
per cent. greater than in July, 1914.
the greatest rise being for meat and
TIT least for cereals and potatoes.
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Vast Areas Here Still Unworked Which
Offer Marvellous Chances for I'M
migrants or for Native Born

The Department of AgricuIture's report on the condition of crops
as of August l. recently made public. indicated that two records would
be broken, the corn area jumping TO Ioes75,ooo acres and the wheat
crop promising to reach the billion bushel goal The corn crop. accord.
ing TO the Government experts. promises a yield of so18oooooo
bushels. an increase of s455o6.ooo over last year, but falling a little
short of r91as three billion bushel record. These official figures lend
particular point to the accompanying article by Gilbert McClurg, Col
orado State Commissioner to the Panama Pacific EXPOSITION. on the
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ha unnu,lIv raised vithnnt t,ir,ra ana
vi,hout irr,nutior To lIus,r,,c mis-
woudrous now wealth for the Ncstarn
lalr of America AN international dry
farming CONGRESS and SOIL pr ducts
eNuosition. with a cnu.rcys Of farm
women. viii hc held IN Denver from
september - until octuhcr .. There
viii hc displays hy the United states
Government Ny the l~a'Drmuuutlin
States n foreign exhibits
RAYMOND Pearson Ut" commission
er ot AGrlc"iiNr" OF New YORK StH'e
an" now president "I 'H' IOWA S'lle
NSrl''I'ul"' '"I''E"' says NAV aSl'-
c''''i,h N"'''S" ''ih'' "''"e pe
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surcr.s i'm agriculture. ns I'm any other
industry. is one VIII" realizes his own
individual responsibility
Th- one aVorit.un which, accord
iug To- Holy Writ, marks tn" begin
vim" of human life as "" know il and
tho establishment uf human toll. Is
the calling ~ the farmer, IT sweat
o.! tho brow and struggle with he
stubborn slch" were a primal curse
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forecast for 1915 estimates that Colo
radios wheat crop will amount to
Ia. 900. 900 bushes and that her sugar
beet crop will be worth more than
81. 600. 00O. 1t il To he noted in
this connection that colorAdo's Old
time order Of gold ard silver first,
live stock second and farm products
third has been perfectly reversed, for
her crop output 10Y annually exceeds
500, 600, 600 in value, while the out
put of her mines only approNImates
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BY GILBERT McCLURG.

W WASHINGTON said: How
\t/ much more valuable TO the
w undcbauched mind is the
task Of max ne the most n
the earth than any vainglory that Tan
b. acquired hy ravaging it,"
The European war emphasizes the
fac, that mar cannot live long with
cut c~ultivating the soil. and the war
has seemingly narrowed down to the
question whether the English blockade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
MISS NATIONS GETS
PRAISE FOR BEAUTY

The following is from the san Fran
cisco Chronicle. which prints a picture
Of Miss Nations in court costume with
the article:
"Reigning by common consent as
queen Of the social functions OF the
delegates to the convention Of the
American National Live Stock assOcia-
ti0n. the most beautiful girl in Texas
is in san Francisco. and, as she eN-
presses il, finding exquisite joy in see
ing the exposition. She is Miss Mary
Nations Of FL PasO. daughter Of J. H.
Nations. president Of the Panhandle
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers' asso-
citation
The last year has been a busy one
TO Miss Nations, and her experiences
varied from British royal court func-
tons in Buckingham palace to France
and Germany, grazing the edge Of the
great war, home to her people in Tex
as after long absence in foreign
schools, and then TO the great expo
siti0n.
Miss Nations was presented to their
majesties, king George and queen
Mary. by ambassador and Mrs Walter
Hines Page last year. and was the only
Texas woman so honOred in 1914.
shortly after this event the war start
ed, and she had to give up her plans
TO continue her European education
and return home.
Miss Nations is not much more dis
inclined TO talk OF herself and her ex-
periences than her friends are TO praise
her. The latter unhesitatingly as
sert she is one of their states most
charming daughters Miss Nations
admits that her sympathies are with
the English and Belgians. and she has
made and forwarded to queen Mary's
Needlework Guild some articles for the
relief Of British sailors and their fam
lilies
Miss Nations and her parents are
staying at the Palace hotel"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
GIRL IS Shot
WHILE At PLAY
Mexican Maid Plays "Hide
and Seek" Rifle Dis
charged; Will Die.

Six year old Eledora Garcia was
playing hide and seek" with her three
year old sister at their home near the
smelter Saturday morning. Their
mother was in an adjoining room and
could hear the children laughing as
they played.
Suddenly she heard a shot and found
little5Eledora lying on the floor with
a bullet hole through her forehead
and a rifle lying near. The rifle
had been left on a table in the room
where the children were at play and
it is thought that il was knocked off
by one Of the children while they were
cunning about the room.
Dr. l. G. WitherspOOn, surgeon for
the smelter, was called and rendered
medical aid, but stated that the little
girl had little or no chance Of living,
as the ball had penetrated her brain
She is the daughter Of Pablo Garcia,
an employee at the FL Paso smelter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS
FRUIT CROPS GOOD IN VALLEY

An annual report Of the work accom-
plished in 1914 on the Rio Grande
project has been compiled by l. N.
Lawson, project engineer. The progress
IN construction work is reviewed and
considerable portion of the report
Is devoted to a discussion Of the crops
Of the FL Paso and Mesilla valleys
In the former il is pointed out that
the alfalfa crop was normal but that
owing 70 heavy rains. the gross returns
We're poor. The canJaioupe crop was
fair but was late in maturing. The
report states that the pear crop was
unusually good and that other fruit
crops were good and were in ready de-
maud locally.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
PRES. SCOTT OF C. H. LINE SAYS
MONEY MARKET LIMITS WORK

W B. Scott president OF the c. H &
s. A. arrived from Houston Friday
evening on an inspection trip OF this
division. being accompanied by his sec
rotary, T. o. Lane. and superintendent
R. NJ Hoover. Mr.. Scott started out
on an inspection tour of the local termi-
mails early Saturday morning and ex-
poets TO return to Houston tonight.
Regarding the expenditure to be
made on the rightofway in this district.
Mr. Scott had little TO say. He explained
that improvements are now being made
the money market and Of business do
not warrant such expenditures as he
would like to see.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
MANAGER Of BURLESQUE
COMPANY To START REHEARSALS

Frank Wolf manager Of the bur
lesque company which will open at the
Crawford theater next Thursday night.
arrived saturday from san Francisco
and viii start rehearsals Monday for
the opening bill.
Mr. Wolf was here with the com
pany which played at the AirdOme six
years ago and was popular comedian
when he played here. The burlesque
company Is under the management Of
the western wheel Of the burlesuue cir
cult and viii plan an indefinite engage
ment here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

~~-~-~~-~-~-~-~-~---~~~
WANTED-GirI for cooking and general
houseworzi must live on place Phone 1884
WANTED-Cook and housekseper. Apply
62s Stewart st.
WANTED-House maid who will stay on
place and help with care Of children. Answer
R. s v. Herald
WANTED-To employ lady agent TO take
orders for nice line o. hosiery Write H.
IA. Herald.
WASTED-A competent white woman cook.
good wages Apply mornings COZ ". Boule-
ward
WANTED-GirI for dining room work and
20 help IN kitchen. Must speak English
IN e42t =
WANTED-Nursery Eovsrness; prefer one
speaking French OF Spanish Write B. %.
care Herald
NANTED-Good cook. good salary and
room Phone 2220, mornings. Robert Kra-
kauer.
FIVE BRIGHT, capable ladies TO travel.
demonstrate and sell dealers. SIS 10 $50
per week Railroad fare paid Goodrich
Drug Co Dept 572. Omaha, Neb
DO EASY, pleasant coloring work at home.
good pay, no canvassing; no experience re-
quired- Write Gleason Wheeler Co. 557
Madison. Chicago
WANTED-Young lady pianist: must also
have good voice and sing in Spanish and
LoPe. general delivery. stockton. caiif
WANTED-Two women for work in private
family on ranch. good cook and capable
nurse FOR children; references required Ad-
dress box 46, Las Cruces, or telephone 54s,
Las Cruces.
WANTED-sIlddle aged woman 10 do cook
ing and Homework for family Of four. Good
wages for one who viii stay in New Mexico.
Cau Normandy hotel, room s, between ten
and twelve.
LADIES 10 address envelopes. 81 per 800;
no canvassing. light. agreeable work. a per-
manent business can commence work i'm
mediately- Instructions and copy material.
lie Money refunded q not satisfied The
National Form Co. box SIS. Chicago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Help Wanted-MsIe and Female


MEN-NOMEN-S25 weekly collecting all
kinds names and addresses No cauvassing
Send stamp Superba Co. y. 49, Balti-
more. Nd.
A TALENTED PERSON may earn as high
as $500 a year writing verses for popular
songs IN spare time. Send samples Of your
poems. Instructive book free DuEdaIe
Co, studio 1240. Washington. d. C.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Notice To Classified Advertisers

All classified advertising ordered
to run Indefinitely It T. must be in
writing No [. Z. advertisements ac-
cepted over the telephone. Orders
to discontinue {. Z. ads must also be
in writing and cannot be accepted
over the telephone A stop order
receipt will be given when a L Z ad
is ordered discontinued.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
HeIp Wanted-SaIesmen.

AAlAH dAAAE4--DGAENUAEna
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~I~-~---~-~-~
Statesmen clear s1A on each order for our
punch board deals Address Behrend Bros.
454T Adams St. Chicago.
DUOFOLD BEDS in any finish, only IS a
month.
Chas. Foutz, lis n. stanton.
SALESMAN-Experien in any line to sell
general trade in Texas unexcelled speciality
proposition commission contract gs5 weekly
for expenses Continental Jeweiry Co. 92-13
Continental Bldg. Cleveland, o.
Statesmen WANTED - Experience un-
necessary. easy work. big pay. Write for
large list Of openings offering opportuni-
ties 20 earn 800 20 $500 a month while you
learn Address nearest office Dept. 223
National Salesmen's Training Association
Chicago, New York, Kansas City. san Fran
cisco.
MAKE SCI NEXT sATURDAY-Brand new
proposition, patented January. 1915 amaz-
ing invention, compressed air washing ma
chine; weighs but pounds: excels work Of
high priced machines Customers excited
agents coming money. A sale at every
house Price only $3.50, 200 percent profit.
Does family washing in to 6 minutes;
works like magic +. Hughes made 81
first hours No charge for territory. Be
ware Of limitations. Write now. Wendell
Co. $50 Oak St. Leipsic, Ohio.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Financial.

Financial.
--~-~-~-~-~-----~-~-~-~~-~
SEE Us II you have good notes to sell or
want a loan on chattel mortgage OF col
lateral security Equitable Loan Assn. 81
315 Trust Bldg
EASY PAYMENTS with a big discount IN
50 days 70 make Il the cash basis on fur
nishiug your home
Chas. Foutz, IIS n. Stanton St.
PCT. money! PCT. MONEY
PCT.
Loans may be obtained for any purpose on
acceptable real estate security: liberal
privileges; correspondence solicited. A. C.
Agency Co, 75S Gas, Electric Bldg, Denver,
Colo. 446 Pierce Bldg, St Louis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Wanted-Automobiles

WANTED-WM pay cash for good Z pas
senger automobile; late model Can phone
1894 mornings.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

Money to Loan.
~~-~-~-~---~---~-~-~-~-~~
We Make Loans on chattel mortgages and
collateral securities; also buy good notes.
Equitable Lean Assn, 314-315 Trust Bldg.
THE DIXIE CO.-Money advanced to sala-
RED people C. n. Harley. Mgr. 203A Texas
st. r 10. over Llghtbody's store. Pm 1913.
Wanted to Rent.
WANTED-By April 1st small unfurnished
cottage or first floor apartment. Phi. 64ss W.
WANTED unfurnished rooms near car
barn. Phone 6S39
WANTED OF 6 room furnished house
close In Write G go. Herald
hANIED-Smau bedroom or sleeping porch
and garage; near Montana preferred Give
details and write 235, care Herald.
WANTED-By May LIST 10 rent 3 or 4 room
mouse close in preferred; must be reason
able responsible parties only. Write n
260s Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Wanted-ReaI Estate.

VFANTED-To hear from owner Of good
farm for sale. C. C. Buckingham Hous-
ton. Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

WANTED PORTER-Pickwick Restaurant.
405 y. oregon St
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

either some lots or piece Of land as first
payment Address 101, care Herald
WANTED To Buy or 6 room modern
house. within walking distance Of postoffice-
Phone 50S2 J.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

FOR Motorcycles.
MOTORCYCLE II taken at once, twin
cylinder Indian Phone 1f71 J.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
For SaIe-AutomobiIes.

FOR sALE-50 II P. Peerless. $3.50; good
shape. good tires. suitable for truck W
W Whitehead. 115 W san Antonio St
Phone ISIS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

WANTED-GirI for cooking and general
houssworki must live on place. Phone 1894.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
RUSS RECAPTURE
CITIES In GALICIA
Dispatch from Roubania Says Stan.
islau and Kolomea Again 0C-
cupied by Cars Troops.
AUSTRIAN ADVANCE is CHECKED

LONDON. Feb. 27,-The Austrian ad-
vance in eastern Galicia has been checked
and the Russians, driving back their OPP
pohents. have recaptured stanslau and
Kolomea, says the Evening News In a
telegram from Hertxa, Rounanla Heavy
lighting preceded tho recapture of these
two towns. The Russians occupied stan
tslau yesterday. Advancing In force from
that point they attacked the Austrian po-
stion at Koiomea. The Austrians or
fered determined resistance. but the
Evening News says. finally were forced
to give way.
Although It has been reported unof-
ficially that the Austrians had captured
Stanislau. as indicated by the foregoing,
no such admission had been made by the
Russian war office. Stanislau Is situated
fifty miles southeast of Lemberg, is a
pivotal point in the campaign OF the
Austrians to recapture the province of
Galicia. Recent reports indicated that
they had made considerable progress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
Evelyn Not Out of
It's Course When
Struck by a Mine

WASHINGTON, Feb. G--Mlnister Van
dyke at The Hague cabled today an un-
official report that eight OF the crew OF
tho American steamer Evelyn sunk by
mine In tho North sea had been lost.
Yesterday he sent an official report that
tho missing boat load was safe.
The first report OF Commander Cher
ardi. naval attache at Berlini on the
sinking of the American cotton steamer
Evelyn. by mine In the North Sea. re-
seeived here today, indlcates that tho
ship was not off its course az was sug-
gested. and was, In fact. In waters whore
Il should have been safe.
BY comparing the Eveyn's position IN
latitude and logltude and by studying
maps and a comparison with the Ger
man admiralty's directions, naval officers
are of tho opinion that the Evelyn was
about twenty miles off the north coast
OF Holland and twenty-five miles north
west of BorSum island, The German war
zone decree placed strip of thirty-miles
along. the Dutch coast in the safety zone.
In the opinion OF naval officers here,
the Evelyn probably strrck mine which
had broken lose from IT'S moorlngs some-
where along the German coast immedi-
atey to tho north and which was float
ing towards the coast OF Holland whore.
according TO reports, numerous mines
have been found on the shores.