El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22

/ the MogOllOnS or the coal from Dawson
! This is the New Mexico Agriculture
| and Mechanical college and il is the eX-
I pertinent station for the Rio Grande
! valleys, where the farmers may learn
/ what to plant. when TO plant and what
J crops yield the best result
PeeOs Valley
In the Pecos valleys there are 2
{ series Of cities and settlements which
form natural marketing centers for
! the entire valley. Roswell is the capt.
! tai of this wonderful valley while Ar
J tesla Dexter, Hope, Dayton. Carlsbad
a Hageman are the other settlements
: Here hay. grains and fruits are shipped
I 10 the eastern and middle western
I markets and here the business Of this
/ great, concentrated irrigation dis
I trict is done. Cattle feeding. always
J has developed rapidly during the past
> year and it is nothing to read that Ar
] tesla sheep topped the Kansas city
market or that Roswell feeders or
! Dayton yearlings brought the best
I price on the Fort Worth market This
] valley has also felt the commercial et-
| fects of the European war. Its horses
/ nave been bought FOR the allies lyVu
! cars Of hay have been shipped TO the
! European nations and much of the fat
! tened beef cattle is sent to Europe by
way Of the packing houses Each year
1 Roswell holds live stock exposition
l and the one held during the past fall
was a revelation to those not familiar
( with the development Of this great in
| dustry in the Pecos valley.
DeminE Growing
Deming is another wealth producing
| center of the Sunshine State. II is in
the center Of the green rug OF the MINI
I pres valley, where alfalfa, fruits hogs
and cattle and grains are produced in
such abundance that il is known as
| the food bins of southern New Mexico
peming, with population less than
/ 5UOO, has made one Of the most remark
! able records in the state. 1t subscribes
"a nj a 70 rff1 nj
merce than does e Paso. It has built
] many new buildings. including a new
Motel during the year. and il has en-
tertalned governors and held Christ
mas celebrations like a city Of many
times its population Deming IS based
on firm financial foundation for it
IS a producer Of natural wealth and viii
l grow as its crops grow in the wonder
1ul Mimbres valley, where deep wells
give the purest water in the southwest
to the rich, fertile soil. A new armOry
70 cost $4,000 is now being erected
there.
Columbus Discovered
Columbus, New Mexico, is new
conner IN the list Of rapidly growing
New Mexico communities. With the
troops stationed there during the past
year; with oil discovered on one Of the
farms near the town and with farming
! becoming more and more a certainty,
Columbus, promises to rival Deming as
the southern New Mexico metropolis.
The oil discovery during the past year
caused well developed oil boom TIE
oil there is in commercial quantitlls
and is OF good grade. II was acct
IDENTIFY discovered while water was be-
/ ing bored for, and all Of the surround
ing country has been claimed, while
companies are being organized to de-
Yelop the oil possibilities Of the section
Silver City Booming
Silver City, an old-new city OF an
I old-new state, is improving as rapidly
as is Fl F. so PAYER streets, ornamental
| electric lights for its streets, a new
school house, new $50. 900 hotel, more
stores many new roads and 2 paved
wagon way to the NOgollon mountains
] are some Of the city's undertakings
I during the past year.
| Silver City. an Old-new city OF an old
| merce that is active, il has undertaken
I an advertising campaign for its elm
ate and soil which is almost as extern
I sive as is that OF FL Paso, and its
live business men are always at work.
( through the medium of the chamber OF
! commerce Following Deming and
I Carlsbad. Silver City will soon have a
new armory for its recently organized
military company and a number OF new
/ buildings are being planned for this
! mineral -cattle-farming metropolis Of
Z Grant county. SOcOrro is another
| thriving community while Grant cOun-
| " is dotted with smaller towns which
I are as prosperous as its county seat.
AiamoEOrtiO Valley
AlamOgordO and AlamOgOrdO valley
!
which is famous for its climate its
I fruits and grains and for the high
quality Of its hay crops. AlamOgordo
l has long been noted for the even elm
[ ate. with few winds and a mild sum
J mer. The valley surrounding this
town and watered from the mountain
> streams and driven wells, furnishes
; one OF the best agricultural districts in
l southern New Mexico. It's hay is shipped
/ to the middle west and the fruits
I which are grown in the foothills and
/ canyons near AlamOSOrdo. are famous
! for their color and quality This IS
! especially true of the Mountain Park
I apples, pears and peaches. There the
I dry. cool air seems just right for flaw
I oring and the sun does the coloring,
/ giving a product which wins prizes
/ wherever IL is shown
: Mountain Resort.
ClOudcroft. the mountain resort or
the entire Southwest is 5000 feet high
I and is Fl Paso's official summer resi-
! dence. There the air is always cool
( and balmy from the pine laden woods,
! the living conditions are ideal sick
! ness is unknown and II is especially
! famous for its Lodge and BABY sana-
/ forum. In addition 10 being sum
] mer resort, Cloudcroft is also a supply
| station for the surrounding mountain
| district. The fruits and vegetables
grown in these mountain valleys are
shipped from Mountain Park. Cloud
croft and High Rolls 10 FL Paso and
the other southwestern clties ana
bring high prices The New Mexico IN
stitute for the blind, at Alamogorao,
/ consumes 4 part Of these mountain
/ products as II is one Of the large state
: institutions a. is the Baptist coliese
/ and the Children's sanatOrium-
MaGdalena sheep
MaEdalena Is another thriving COM
munity in southern New Mexico which
I is growing rapidly. The sheep Snip
/ ments from this place broke All rec
/ ords this year as the surrounding sec
= ton is becoming one OF the IsSolils
! shipping points for sheep IN the state.
J 1t is also in the heart OF the caiue
country and recently entertained the
New Mexico Cattle ASSOCIATION
All Sections Prosper.
New Mexico does not confine her
DEVELOPMENT to any one particular sec
ton of the state. but in every district
there are 9. number Of rapidly growing
communities which have their own pc
culiar reason for Development Iucu!n-
carl. the county seat Of Quay county
is one Of these II is p cattle secuon,
has a fiber plant which manuIaCt uIes
fiber from the bear grass OF tle pialHS'
is a dairying community anu q -aii
road division point for the HI faso q
Southwestern Santa Rosa IucuIn-
CARTS neighbor is another tnIie lils
community. CarrizozO IS growing Idp-
IDLY and is becoming more anu i noe q
railroad and cattle center IL poasts
Of q fine railroad clubhouse anu nee
hullQlnES. as