El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26

is TO be completed ana IN service ~
the first of the year.
Building New Railroads
West Texas and Panhandle towns
and counties have recognized the nm
pOrtance OF good railroad 1aclllIl@s an
several new lines have been project
ed during the past six months sur
VevOrs now are at work on an extern
sion Of the Santa Fe from LuhbocA-
through Brownfield TO a point IN lanes
county This extension IS projected 70
run toward FL PasO and ultimately Is
expected to reach this city
The charter has been filed at Austin
OF the Lubbock and Great Northern
railroad. capitalized at Sl50,OoO, when
purposes to build u road from Lun-
book TO point Of intersection with
the n. X x T.. IN CollngSWorth cOui-
ty, traversiug portions OF Hale FLOYD,
Briscoe and Hall counties Inc moor
pOratOrs are J. VI. Elliott : : aOus-
ton. z. Y. Leak and others.
Work IS in progress on the Midland
Northern. = new road Whlch now mas
its terminus at Seminole hut which Is
TO he extended TO bring an almost
virgin country into communication with
the markets of the world The new
road traverses a section between nd
land and Seminole that is marveiously
rich in natural resources and which
needs only communication with the
world to make il populous and an i'm
portant farming section
Army Builds County Roads,
Roads in Brewster county have been
extensively used by the United States
army since the Big Bend country has
been threatened 10y raiding Mexican
bandits Now a strong force Of Amerl-
can troops Is in the Big Bend and it
is necessary, in hauling supplies 20 the
soldiers. TO use the roads with heavy
army trucks. which are exceedingly
hard road surfaces The county. !
however. is TO benefit from the army
use Of the roads. the government hav-
ing decided TO build new roads and i'm (
prove the old roads that lead TO the D
several army camps scattered along
the border
Agricultural Prosperity in Panhandle. !
Alphabetically the Panhandle coun-
try has prospered during the past year /,
as II never before has proSpered- While I
the grain acreage this year Is not so I
great as heretofore. good yield is as
sured by the abundant and Seasonable /
rains Panhandle farmers are pro- I
gressive and few of them are depend /
ing upon nature to furnish in rainfall /
all the moisture needed. With mex
haustible supplies Of water close TO
the surface. through the greater pOr-
ton Of the Plains country. farmers Of
the Plains have hundreds of wells and
hundreds Of others are being put in. J
one eastern factory this summer
shipped so car loads Of wind mills into
the Amarillo country In the shallow
water belt around Plainview. and
around Tulia in Swisher county. va
ter is found at from 80 TO 40 feet
and every farm has its wei and wind
mill
Rinse Fine stock.
Agricultural progress has been
marked also in the West Texas cOun-
ties and coupled with the raising OF
olooded live stock il has added very
greatly to the wealth Of West Texas
men and communities. Especially in
Midland. PecOs. Reeves and Preside
counties has the raising Of fine stock
been made an important ranch industry
Reeves county farmers also have
Deen enthusiastic IN road building and
number Of miles of splendid ~oads
ave been built during the summer and
,thers are being put down leading from
'ecos into outlying agricultural dis
riots.
County Fairs Are Big Help.
The Reeves county fair. an annual
opposition Of the county's agricultural
nd livestock wealth, is this fail TO
e on "a more extensive scale than ever. Z
he woman's department of the fair
he interest and profit OF the eNpOsi
ion The women's section is in charge ]
I "A board Of managers Of which Mrs.
. J. Hefner is president and Mrs. :.
T. Ward and Mrs F W Johnston are I
ssistants s
Midlands fair and fat stock exposi-
ion IS another annual affair which z
making that county and section 9
now IN, as "a; a rich ana promising farm
~ and line stock district The Mid
md fair this fall is to have number /
Z new and Interesting features. {
The Panhandle State fair this fall z
Ill exceed in number Of exhibits and 5
territory represented any previous :
air at Amarillo The fair dates have 7
cen set for September i TO 1s. in /
usive-
Property Values Show Big Gains.
Property values in growing cOun-
y always are an indication Of the sub 2
-antial nature Of the growth. Judged : z
y the increased values in Panhandle
0unties. the growth and the PROS ! :
Gritty Of the Panhandle country is OF {
solid character In Hale county the ! I
roperty valuations this year show a /
ain Of 100000 over 1915 and in Pot
sr county the total valuation this year
S13.00O.000. a gain Of more than ST.
DO. 600 Much OF this increase vas in
ne city Of Amarillo. although a large {
art of it was in the farming districts :
{ the county Other Panhandle coun-
IS report increased valuations pro- 5
as great.
Ranch Lands in Demand.
Big ranches still are the rule in the
-est Texas country and West Texas
lnch lands are in constant and in
-easing demand Among the notable