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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

-HOUGH water for irrigation pur-
poses from the storage basin be-
a hind the big Elephant Butte dam
will not be available until next spring
and the work on the structure Of the
dam has been in progress for several
years past, the real reclamation Of the
valley Of the Rio Grande. above and be-
low EI Paso, may have said to been
begun in 1914.
During that year an enormous
amount Of work was done by that
branch Of the Reclamation service not
directly connected with the construc-
ton Of the dam. Surveys were made,
canals laid out and many other things
done with a view toward facilitating
the use of the water by farmers once
the storage has been begun.
City Interested In Whole Project
While the city Of Ell PasO is inter-
ested in the development of the entire
100000 acres which viii be reclaimed
by water coming from the Elephant
Butte storage dam, because it will ben
eft greatly and materially by that de-
velOpment, it is peculiarly interested in
that portion Of the project south and
east Of the city known as the FL Paso
valley.
Dul4Mk 1919 eGVufUuU was spent Dg
the Reclamation service upon the
widening and deepening Of the Frank
lin canal. as the main artery OF the FL
PasO valley unit Of the project is called.
Many improvements Last Year.
New intakes were built the canal
was widened and deepened from the
intake Just above the FL Paso-Mexican
diversion dam to Ysleta, a distance of
70 miles, and was cemented from the
headgate almost its entire length to the
Cotton addition in the southeastern
portion Of the city. In the widening
yards OF earth excavation was found
necessary and $4,000 square feet Of
concrete lining were used on that
stretch Of the canal which was ce-
mented.
Gates and Bridges Built.
Five concrete gates. nine concrete
bridges, seventeen wood and steel
bridges. and "a water diversion gates
were built, increasing the capacity Of
the canal from $50 cubic feet Of water
per second to $50 cubic feet. Twelve
hundred men and 700 horses were en-
ployed while these improvements were
being made.
The work laid out to be done by July
!. 1915, involves the construction of the
Mesilla diversion dam, five and three
quarter miles southwest Of Las Cruces,
at a cost of 500, 900, the construction of
the East Side main canal. which will
begin at the Mesilla diversion dam and
run down through that portion of the
Mesilla valley, lying on the east
side Of the river, for a distance of
10 - miles; construction Of the west
side main canal, which will begin at
the Mesilla diversion dam and run
IA ID miles down the river. the con-
structiOn OF the Franklin canal in the
FL Paso valley from Ysleta to Clint,
a distance OF nine miles. and the CON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
RECLAMATION WORK IN THE VALLEY
Of RIO GRANDE I5ABIG PROJECT
Farmers of the Valley Demonstrate What Can Be Done
With the Land and Water; Widespread Prosperity
Assured With the Completion Of the Great
Elephant Butte Dam.


struction Of the main feeders from
Franklin canal at Ysleta through So
cOTrO to san Elizario.
VIII Involve $4,000.
The improvements in the FL Paso
valley, which it is intended shall be
finished by July !, will involve an ex-
penditure of S150,O00.
Whether or not any work shall be
done after that date depends upon the
action of congress.
Hitherto, appropriations for reclama-
ton work have been made from certain
funds by the secretary of the interior,
through the Reclamation department,
but a recent ruling puts the expenditure
of governmental funds for irrigation
purposes in the hands of the national
congress and appropriations can only
be made in the regular way.
1t is not expected, however, that
there will be any delay causd by the
change in methods, as the national con-
gress is known to be favorable to the
plans.
Work on Dam Begins.
Work on the Mesilla diversion dam
mentioned above, has already been be-
gun. This is also true of work on the
east side canal which is calculated to
deliver $50 second feet Of water to the
community ditch, besides supplying
water for the irrigation Of as much ter
ritory hitherto without water above the
three sinks intake.
The new west side main canal, con-
structiOn Of which will involve the re-
moval Of 100000 cubic yards of earth,
will carry water to Santa Tomas, San
Miguel -Chamberino, La Mesa and La
Union, making possible the Develop
ment Of thousands Of acres which have
hitherto been uncultivatable because Of
lack Of water.
Lateral System Surveyed.
While all OF this big work is going
on, surveys are constantly being made
for determining where and in what
manner systems Of laterals should be
laid out, in order that the greatest
amount of land may be served without
waste and at the lowest possible cost
The idea the Reclamation service is
working on provides for the location
and construction OF diversion dams and
the construction of main canals before
work is begun upon the laying out and
construction Of laterals.
Why Dams Are Made.
Inasmuch as the bed of the Rio
Grande is to be used in this project as
a carrier or main canal, il has been
found necessary, in order to get the
water to arabic land lying at compare
lively high levels, to locate diversion
dams and main canals at points where
the greatest possible storage can be
secured and the greatest possible acre
age served.
Five diversion dams will be built be-
fore the project is fully completed:
One at Palomas. for the Palomas val
ley; one at Percha, for the Rincon val
ley; one at Leasburg, and another at
Mesiila, for the Mesilla valley, and the
FL PasO diversion dam, which will fur
nish water for the E. Paso and the
Juarez valleys. Two of these, the 81
PasO and the Leasburg, are completed.
The Mesilla dam is under construction
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

and sites for the others are being sur
veyed.
Farm Maps Being Made.
Surveys are also being made Of every
piece of property from the big dam to
the very lowest point on the project in
the vicinity of Fort Hancock Texas,
and the data secured while these sur
veys are being made will be shown in a
series of farm maps" which will
prove themselves of value in many
ways.
During the year 1914 there were I'M
der irrigation upon the whole project
60, 900 acres of land, not counting what
may have been under irrigation on the
Mexican side OF the river. OF this,
41OO0 acres were planted to alfalfa
and 5000 acres Of wheat, the remaining
10000 acres being given over to fruit
forage, root crops and gardens.
In the FL PasO valley alone 5000 acres
Of alfalfa were grown, yielding $4,000
tons of hay.
Last year there were 23O farms in the
FL Paso valley, averaging Al acres
each. OF fruit crops pears brought the
greatest return to growers. Last year
there were shipped, from pear orchards
at Ysleta and Clint. Is carloads of pears
which netted their owners S1.14 per
box, or a total of $4,000
What the LnndsYVIu Do.
Volumes have been written and cir
culated which nave stated IN general
terms what the fertile land of the val
leys up and down the river from FL
PasO ought to do when supplied with
water, but these are not always salts
flying to the prospective purchaser who
wants the land for home building pur-
poses. but who would like to be sure
that it will earn an income on the in
vestment which viii assure him a liv-
ing.
Good for IS Acres.
DR.. A. S. Robinson last year had Is
acres of oats in the Mesilla valley, near
Las Cruces, which he reaped in June,
threshing IS bushels to the acre As
soon as the oats were off the land he
replowed the'latter and planted to amber
cane in drill rows, getting water for it
on July !. He began cutting on Oct.
L and put away 183.tons of ensiIage
which cost him 1854 for harvesting and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

putting away in a two ton silO, which
he erected during the summer. This
winter he is feeding 40 Hereford
calves, feeding them per day 100
pounds Of ensilage, 200 pounds of al
falfa and $50 pounds of 'cOttOnseed
meal. The alfalfa and meal he bought
with the proceeds Of the sale Of the
oats grown on the land earlier in the
season. At the rate at which he is
feeding ensilage he can feed his herd
Of 140 calves for PA days
$50 an Acre for AlfsIfn.
John Hardy, on 20 acres Of land in
the lower Mesilla valley, on the west
side of the river. put Is acres into al
falfa and in his first season cut IS tons
Of hay, besides feeding his stock and
sold the hay for 81 per ton on the
ranch. Five tons of alfalfa or $50 an
acre for the first year was not bad
yield.
80 Bushels of Wheat per Acre.
Oscar Snow, at Mesilla Park, has
raised 90 bushels of wheat to the acre,
but does not parade this fact as an
average yield of that cereal under con-
ditiOns existing in the valley The
State Agricultural college experiment
station has developed a variety of
wheat which has averaged under ordi-
nary conditions 40.7 bushels per acre.
+. H. Walter in the Rincon valley,
has grown so acres of wheat from which
he obtained As bushels to the acre and
figured his net profit therefrom at $35
per acre.
90 Bushels of Corn.
". c. wilkins, at ChamberinO. on is
acres Of ground raised 600 bushels of
corn which he sold at 60 cents bushel,
or $35 per acre, leaving him fodder for
his stock which more than paid the
cost of production of the whole crop.
F. c. Merrill, of Las Cruces, -threshed
5000 bushels of oats from 40 acres,
selling at As cents, and grew q second
crop OF forage on the same land.
Alfalfa seed Pays.
Thee. ROuault grew so bushels Of oats
to the acre and from Is acres of alfalfa
obtained 10000 pounds of alfalfa seed
which he sold at 20 cents per pound
or S13S.33 per acre. The straw from the
alfalfa grown for. seed getting purposes
more than paid the cost of growing and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

spoil their land by the use Of too much
water. They are discouraginG this
overuse Of water on most government
irrigation projects
In the Salt river valley water rates
are based upon the use of about 81
percent of the amount formerly per-
mitted to be taken from the canal
Farmers Are Pleased.
The farmers at first rebelled but
after trying the governments plan for
a year discovered that they grew bet
Ter crops on the reduced amount OF
water allowed them and there were
fewer cases of 'alkalied' lands re-
ported as the result Of Overuse of water.
Though no hard and fast rules re-
garding the amount of water that shall
be used have been made by the govern
ment in the Elephant Butte project, IL
is believed the engineers will not en-
courage use of such great volumes
Of water for irrigation as has hitherto
been the custom wherever irrigation IS
practiced along the Rio Grande.
sfIOs Are Coming In.
I'd to this time alfalfa has been the
staple" crop of the Mesilla and FL
PasO valleys. This has been put up
in the form Of hay and at the prices
which prevail in the FL PasO market
has proved to be an immensely valuable
crop for the growers. 1t involves, how
ever. much labor. as well as care IN
harvesting. and with an abnormal rain
fall of 17.2 inches moisture. such as
fell in the FL PasO valleys last year,
much hay is spoiled. There is a dlspO-
sitiou on the part of many growers,
both up and down the river from FL
PasO to convert their alfalfa into en-
siIage, which in turn is fed to the stock
This not only saves the labor of baling
and the loss from spOilage, as well as
carriage to market but gives much
greater profit per acre in the form
either of beef or of dairy products.
Experiments Succeed.
During the year silOs were built By
DR.. A s. Robertson, of Las Cruces,
whose experiences are given above; by
the Bailey Bros. Of ChamberinO. who,
during the year. erected ten so ton
silOs of wooden construction, which
they filled with COW peas. alfalfa and
milo maize, and are now feeding to
500 head of stock: by Floyd Turuey,
tion in the upper valley, and by Tom
Powers, OF Ell PasO. at his ranch near
Ysleta.
More VIII Be Built.
So satisfactory has been the result
obtained by those who have erected
siios that a general adoption Of the
plan is looked for this year and it is
expected that hundreds. il not thou
sands acres OF land will be planted
to milo maize, kaffir corn, sorghum and
other forage crops for ensilage pur-
poses during the season of 1915. This
will enable the feeding Of many cattle
and the furnishing of a better grade Of
beef than has ever before been obtained
ket.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

Individual sleeping
porches connecting every
room.
The button system for
nurses. Every conven-
fence for the comfort of
the patient.
The equipment of the
medical department is
complete, and contains
the most modem ap-
planes for the scientific
treatment of all forms
of tuberculosis, including
nose and throat, pneumo-
thorax and X-ray ap-
paratus. The treatment
rooms and laboratory are
modern and complete.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

Continued from previous pageO
from March I, 1914 to Jan. 81, 1915,
more than $4,000 cubic yards Of ma
sonry have been placed, an average Of
31,50O cubic yards per month for the
entire period
FIume Closed Jan. @.
A very interesting event took place
Jan. 6 of this year when the flume that
had been carrying the Rio GraHde for
more than two years, was closed. This
was successfully accomplished in ac-
cordance with prearrauged plans For
ty hours from the firing Of the blast,
that furnished material for the closure
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06

structiOn Of the main feeders from
! Franklin canal at Ysleta through So
/ zorro to san EliZario.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
The Dumb Waiter.

The value of the old fashioned labor
saving device, the dumb waiter, cannot
be exaggerated. Instead of carrying
up the many, many things that daily
have to come from the cellar they are
placed on the dumb waiter. No energy
Is wasted, and one trip will save three.
1t serves the place also of the more
modern linen chute. The linen chute
Is not to be tabooed for 1t has its uses,
but it Is practically wasting space to
have both 1t and the dumb waiter. In
many houses the dumb waiter stops
short at the second floor-the reason
why has never been discovered-or
sometimes 1t starts at the first floor
Instead Of In the cellar, another enig-
ma. This Is as impractical as 1t would
be to have the sidewalk end before 1t
reaches the house. 1t simply doesn't
answer the purpose for which It was
intended.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
ACCOUNTS OF ONE-DAY VISITS
Motor Tours. River Trips
and vacationettes
Of the Summer Season

Miss Lucy Hall is visiting in Addison
this week.
Miss Margaret Peyton spent the
Fourth in Louisville
ID. II. Sewers has returned home
from Western Kentucky.
A large crowd spent Monday at Sam.
pie celebrating the holiday.
Homer Morrison, OF Louisville, is al
home spe ending few days.
Miss Lucille Squires, OF Hardinsburg,
is the guest of Mrs. Larkin Gibson.
Miss Gense Wills, of Louisville, was
the holiday guest of Mrs. Joe Sawyer.
Corinue Quigains is visiting Miss
Mary Ryan, near Patesville, this week.
N. H. Quiggins spent Monday in
Greensboro with his cousin, B. Cum
mings.
Mrs. Wickliffe DeHaven, of Louis
vile, arrived Friday to visit Mrs. Shell
by Conrad.
William Knight sold ten lambs to
Israel Holder. They averaged eighty
seven pounds.
Misses Shella Pool and Regina Ho-
ben, of Hardinsburg, are the guests of
Mrs. James Burk.
Miss Mary Gibson left Saturday for
Basin Spring to be the holiday guest of
Miss Mary hewitt.
David Sutton, of HarGinsburg. went
to West Point last week to visit his
brother, Joseph Sutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Smith, of Loui y
vile, spent the Fourth and fifth with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ferry.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. SCHNEIDER were
at Basin Springs last week visiting their
doughter, Mrs. John Livers.
Miss Agnita Mattingly. of Owens
boro, is here to spend the summer with
her mother, Mrs. William Dorst.
Mrs. Henry Tate. Mrs. P. E. Hen.
wood and son and Miss Ruth Lamb are
guests of relatives at Rome, Ind.
Mrs. w. E. Adams and son, Albert
Adams, attended the picnic at Raymond
Saturday. the guests of relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Cart, of Union
Star, are in Louisville this week vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. Mary Thorn.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
SALE

Breckenridge Circuit Court, Kentucky.
Cloverport Foundry and e,,,,v
| Machine Co., Plff. N.Y.
Against SSsa
Rounds ~ Jesse. Deft.
BY virtue of a Judgment and Order of
Sale of Breckenridge Circuit Court,
rendered at October Term thereof. 1918,
in the above cause, for the sum of Five
Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty
Eight Dollars,& 65S with interest at the
rateof per cent per annum from the 3
day of February, lel2, until paid, and
its costs therein, | snail proceed to Of
fer for sale at the wharf on the Ohio
river in the city of Cloverport, Ken
lucky, to the highest bidder, at Public
Auction, on Saturday. the Path day Of IuIy,
1915, at O'Clock p. M, or thereabout,
upon credit of three months the fol-
rowing described property, to-wit:
A steamboat, known as the Golden
G.rl,' together with all the fixtures,
machinery, appliances and apparati,
and every and all things attached
| thereto and used in the proper usage
Of said steamboat as a mode OF trans
portation of passengers and freight.
Said steamboat is more particularly
described as follows:
Total length of hull, 90 feet; total
beam at lower knuckle, "a feet; total
beam overall, rs feet; wood hull, 4
feet deep at center; 6 feet deep at
head; one good boiler; 2 so H. P.
engines; wheel l0xl6, planked with 2
inch white oak; complete with doctor
pump, fire pumps and all equipments;
8 decks high, with big dance hall on
second deck. The boat registers II
tons. This boat was rebuilt by the
plaintiff for the defendant at Clover
port, Kentucky, during 1911.
Or sufficient thereof to produce the
sums of money so ordered to be made.
For the purchase price, the purchaser,
with approved surety or securities,
must execute bond, bearing legal in
terest from the day of sale until paid,
and having the force and effect of
judgment. Lien retained to secure
payment of purchase money. Bidders
will be prepared to comply promptly
with these terms.
Appropriated debt, interest and
cost $1,000. 90.
Lee Walls, Commissioner.
Claude Mercer. Hardinsburg, KY,
attorney for plaintiff.
W T. Ellis, OwensbcrO, KY, attor-
ney for defendant.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Hard Roads Made Easy

1t is surprising to see how quickly and
certainly "Penslar Corn Remedy" re-
moves corns without pain. Get pack
age now. 10 and IS cents at Wedding
Drug Store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
New Grocery Merchant

e. A. Grant has sold his grocery and
meat shop at Irvingtonto ]. b. Whelan,
OF Louisville. Mr.. Whelan is mer.
chant OF experience, and proposes to
open a first class cash or no sales gro-
Gerry. Mr.. Whelan purchased Mr. and
Mrs. X. b. McGlothlan's residence aud
will take possession at once.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Belongs TO Official Band

+. Homer Maxwell, the cornetist, who
was here in the early spring, is mem-
Der of the official band of the Wisconsin
grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
His band was present at the meeting in
Racine, Wis, last month.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Judge Mulligan Dead

Judge James H. Mulligan, one of the
best known men in Kentucky. author
of "In Kentucky" died at his home in
Lexington Friday morning. His death
was caused from apoplexv.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Mr.. Potter Dead

Pleasant j. Potter, founder OF the Pot
ter Bank, and probably the oldest Ma
son in Kentucky, died at his home in
Bowling Green Wednesday. His death
was incident to age He was ninety
FIVE years old.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Beauty More Than Skin Deep

A beautiful woman always has good
digestion. If your digestion is faulty.
Chamberlain Tablets will do you good.
Obtainable everywhere.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
We are authorized to announce
PAUL RASIIAM

rs u candidate for Circuit Clerk OF Rrecken-
ridge county, subject to the action OF the
Republican party. Primary election, Au-
gust T. 1915.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
LOst-neifer
For Sale-EOx Hounds

EOR SALE-Two thoroughbred Fox Hounds
The Gus Richardson stock. +. p. Hen
drick, Webster, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
For Circuit Court Clerk
We are authorized to annt.uI
s. n. PAYNE

OF Irvingtou. as candidate for Circuit Court
Clerk of Breckenridge county. subject to
the action of the Republican Party, in Pr-
mary Election, August, 1915.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
Announcements
STATE OFFICES
For Governor

We are authorized to announce
II. W. BOSwORTH
as candidate for Governor of Kentucky
subject to the action of the Democratic Party
August Primary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
For Lieutenant. Governor
We are authorized TO announce
JUDGE JAMES ID BLACK

of Barborville. Ky. as candidate for
Lieutenant-Goverr or OF Kentucky subject
to the action OF the Democratic Party in
Primary Election. August 1915.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
We are authorized to announce

Of Frankfort, KY, as a candidate for Gov
ernor OF Kentucky subject to the action o.
the Democratic party. Primary election
August Z, 1915
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
We are authorized to amour

as a caedidate for Governor of Kentucky
subject to the action of the Democratic Party
August Primary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
For Representative
We are authorized to announce
Ii. A. CANNON.

Of Madrid. Breckenridge county, as candi-
date for Representative. subject To the ac-
ton OF the Republican party. in Primary
Election Saturday. August
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
ADVERTISE
Your Poultry, Stock and Eggs in this
Column
ONE CENT PER WORD
For Sale Cheap-Traction Engine

EOR SALE CHEAP l6- horse power trac-
tion engine in good repair; full cab.
sound and all right; arr Cash and good notes
take good stock. Also separator. W. h
Dowell, Custom. KY. Route2.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
We are authorized to announce
G. A. WRIGHT,

Of McQuady, breckenridge county, as can
didate for Representative. subject to the &C
ton OF the Republican party. in Primary
Election Saturday, August T.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-07-07
We are authorized to announce
LOGAN HICKERSCN

OF Hazel Dell. Breckenridge county, as a
candidate for Representative, subject to the
action OF the Republican party. in Primary
Election Saturday, August 7. 1918.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-02

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