El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-20
TELLS Of GREAT
VALLEYS FUTURE
Attractive Booklet From
Elephant Butte Water
Users Is Just Out.


"The message Of this little book is
that of "a splendid cooperation is Oh.
opening eutence Of an unusually at
tractivo advertising booklet just pub
Nshed by the Elephant Butte Water
Users association TO acquaint the
world with the climate, the abundant
water and the great advantages offerei
TO the farmer and business man i'm the
renaissance Of the rich valleys that VIII
be irrigated by the waters of Lake b.
" Hall
into the history Of the country about
which the ensuing pages speak, have
been written the lives Of T. generations
OF pioneers" the introduction COM
tuues. From the time Of the Span
ish Mission Fathers. more than 300
years ago. TO the era Of the present
observation-disclosures the heyday OF
prosperity and the helplessness Oh
drouth-stricken poverty-the men Oh
many tribes and races have succeedeu'
or failed. In their perennial nIilct
with the River. To all Of them u mas
had the good or evil potency OF Provl-
dorce, itself-they won or lost as inc
River Willed.
elm thousand ways, and through
hundreds Of seasons. they proved tlS
possibilities and made certain the az
tauable results that would follow my
harnessing of the river. To their ton
have been added the labors or Amerl-
cas- engineering genius. and the I'M
pctus Of millions Of good American
dollars-that which men have sought
through three centuries has oeeh
achieved The river has been mar
ucssfd-'
Greatest Dam In world.
"'It is the greatest OF them all. eA-
claimed =. $. Mcclure. the veteran puo-'
fisher and world traveller, as he con-
tcmpIated the Elephant Butte dam
and while he gazed mp the dizzy slope
he was thinking OF the Assouan dam
across the Nile and OF the Roosevelt
dam in Arizona. And truly il is con
vincing The mere sight OF IL pushes
aside All thought Of anything but us
.,teruar permauence. and its endless
utility The fact that IL is the great
est triumph Of irrigation engineering
fn the world. and that il cost millions
of dollars, is lost on the mind IN tne
overwhelming realization that here is
water enough and TO spare-a storage
capacity that can surely never be taxed
TO it's limit whatever the requirements
OF the land below.
Tells Of Fertile Valleys.
Then the text OF the booklet follows
descriptions of the Las PalOmas valley
Nesilla valley. Dona Ana, the Picacno
valley. and all the districts down TO
Anthony. where Texas begins. Inc
diversion dams, main canals ana lal-
erals are told about interestingly.
Attention is called to the fact that
Droyision has been made for a great
hvdro-electric plant with q minimum
eapacitv Of 10000 horse power. me
booklet also tells Of a plan to develop
GOO horse power by the installation OF
q mower plant i'm the Leasburg canal
the mower to be used in lighting ine
various towns in the valley and i'm the
oneration Of electrically driven pumps
for the irrigation Of bench lands TOO
high to be Served by the gravity sNs-
tenn. ...4.-
The good roads of Dona Ana county
are spolSeu or and attention is called
ro me low tax rate Of the county, every
rund befng on a cash basis. Inc ell
mate Of the valley is the subject OF
an extensive article. The New Mexico
Ac-ricultural college is mentioned ana
the various crops. dairying ana oinel
"a rricultural activities and possibilities
ara SET forth Attention is also calleu
10 the mining activities in the orEaN
The booklet is a veritahle encyclo-
Media of information concerning tne
pfo Grande valley from ri Faso up
aud is handsomely illustrated