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


the great Texas Panhandle cOun-
try. and the result is shown this year
in a greater measure Of prosperity than
this land, where promises are fulfilled.
ever has before shown
West Texas is the veritable land of
plenty The Panhandle country is
bullying with abundance. Towns al
ready progressive. have grown more
so. Population has increased phenome-
nally.
Through community cooperation.
farming development has been marked.
Irrigation projects in which many COM
nunities hare jointly in the benefits.
and bear proportionally the expense.
have enabled the farmers in sections
where rainfall has been insufficient
for farming needs TO raise larger crops
than ever
Road Building Era InauGurated.
BY practically unanimous votes of the
tax payers. road bonds have been is
sued in practically every county Of
West Texas and the Panhandle. with
the result that an era Of road building
is in progress which Will in the next
few months bring the farmer and the
market into such close touch. that
handling Of crops Will be more profit
able to the farmer. and the merchants
of the towns viii be ena bled to handle
the trade Of the more distant country
districts to an advantage not before
possible
The spirit Of progressiveness has
caused several railroad projects TO be
1naugurated successfully Country rich
in all the natural resources that a land
could have in store. is being ODened
up to settlement and TO the spirit Of
development and new communities and
new towns are coming into being, new
trade relations are being esta blished.
and new prosperity is being spread
through . district already prosperous
Notable Progress in Cattle Business.
In West Texas the most notable
progress has been in the cattle bust
ness From business in which chance
played the prominent part in the early
days, when men made fortunes Il the
range was good through favorable
rains. and lost fortunes when drOuth
dried up the grass or wintry blasts
killed the poorly fed cattle. the live
stock business has grown into a scien-
tific endeavor- Now the cattle barons
of West Texas supply. from wells and
storage tanks the water which their
stock VIII need in dry seasons Now
the range IS watched closely and when
the grass becomes insufficient. thou
sands Of head OF cattle are quickly
shipped by rail 10 new grazing lands
Before the railroads came this vas not
possible, and TO change range IN the
old days meant driving the cattle hun
oreds Of miles. much of the way
through arid, desolate sections. and
died along the way
Better Meat Produced.
Coupled with the demand created by
the great war in Europe. the United !
States Is demanding higher grade
Of meat than in former years. and
meat eaters are paying a higher price
than IN other years This has neces- .
Stated improving the quality Of range
cattle and today or the ranges OF West I
Texas and in the Panhandle. a grade I.
OF cattle is produced that is far above /
the oldtime range cattle
Home markets for Texas cattle also .
have added to the prosperity of the
cattle raisers. Now shipments are made !
10 II PasO or TO Fort Worth whereas
IN the old days Kansas City was about |
tne nearest SATISFACTORY cattle market
the southwest cattleman could reach !
Many Distributing Points.
NeSt texas now mas mum Der Of
cattle distributing points where cattle :
IRON me ranges can be forwarded TO
market quickly and where commission !
men and buyers are always ready to
pay top prices. PecOs. Maria Anime /
SSanGerson- Barstow. Midland. Fort
stockton and Big Springs all are i'm
portant cattle shipping points In the
Panhandle. Plainview. Amarillo. Here
lord, Memphis and Sweetwater are cen
ters OF cattle districts. and from prac-
tcally all Of these towns blOoded cat
lie Is shipped to many portions Of the
country san Angelo and Del Rio are
growing in Importance constantly as
!narhets Tor sheep and wool, san Angelo
in the west.
Mining Development Marked.
Minlng. while not general industry
=. me " esl IeXas country still is an
important one and is growing raDidlv
into greater promise. Deposits of con
per. gold, silver and lead long baI-a
been profitably worked in ri Paso
- IN oeIsoI' brewster and Preside coun-
Ies' and during the past year there
mas been phenomenal developmen+ in
the mining industry in this portfon of
me southwest New strikes have been !
IIlaoe IN copper and gold in the Ala
more dlSIrlct and in Culberson coun1-- ]
and the mines Of Brewster. CuIbersor
and Preside counties have added ros--- !
thousands Of dollars worth of rnacbin-
cry 10 their equipment have buii- /
many miles of roads IN roi,ar - - /
have increased output e1fenei,-si-e
Twenty thousand dollars worth Of s65i
IlohaI machinery has recently been
purchased for the Hazel mine IF fha
county. son
In Eastern FL Paso county and -
reeves county valuable deposits of
sulphur have been discovered duriner
The past year and the DEVELOPMENT - |
the sulphur fields already is in proarreeS
on large scale.
oil Near Fort stockton.
OIL IN paying quantities and of
good commercial grade has been found !
near Fort Stockton and a great des1 !
or outside capital has been attracted I
TO the district Announcement is made
that Fort Worth company has shipped
drilling machinery and derrickS 10
-Four Nile Canyon. midway between
Fort Stockton and Sheffield. where oil
recently was discovered and oil men
rom the Jennings, Louisiana oil fields
have become so greatly impressed win
the Pecos county prospects. that a num-
Der Of wells viii be sunk by them. II
is predicted by oil men that the Fort
Stockton field will be one Of the GREAT I
est in the southwest
Town Improvement Feature
An evidence of the progressive shirt
to be found in the Panha ndle and West
Texas country is furnished in the YER,
general municipal and community i'm
provement work There are few towns
IN all the West Texas and PanbqndIa
that are not spending large
sums on municipal improvements. and
there are few counties OF communities
in which road building. school house
building or railroad building is nor
actively under way
in Lubbock contracts have lust been
awarded for 20 miles Of graded and \
grayeled streets and for large additions
10 the municipal water plant
SWeetwater has voted a $4,000 bond