El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
NEW MEX|C0'6 OPPORTUNITIES
BECKON NAN SEFFORT AND CASH
Dream Wealth of the Conqusadores Begins to Work Its
Way Out in Modern Dollars, Through Development OF
Most Promising Field in United States; Sunshine
States Settlement Rapid and Profitable
by II. Il. HENING.

from their claims and out II the state
But hundreds of others stuck 10 the
land ana learned by bitter eAFei enc
now 10 dry farm. q knowledge lhdL
the agricultural colleges the beneNo-
lent railroads and government eNperi-
ment sta lions are now spreading nroao-
cast
Wheat Crop 2.OOO.OOO Bushels
tt was these men who stayed VINO
made possible New Mexico's 1916 wheat
crop Of over 100000 bushels. and who
demonstrated that instead OF meaSer
half million acres of land that may be
cultivated without irrigation New Mex
ico has nearer 10 l"one,nne Of suca
acres which eventually viii be so re
claimed. Practically all OF the public
domain susceptible Of unirrisated farm
ing has been filed on in eastern Eddy
and ChaVeS counties ln Roosevelt ana
Curry. IN parts Of Otero and Lincoln S
counties in eastern Mora and ColfaN
counties An official of the CLAYTON
land office said last week that there
was no more public land IN Union
county
state VIII Help Farmers.
The state Of New Mexico viii sell
several tracts Of land in eastern coun-
ties during me coming spring as lana
Of demonstrated value FOR farming
which 10 wears aEo could not have
been forced upon a Stockmau Al dol
lar an acre Two million bushels Of
wheat 2.5o0. 600 bushels Of corn 5000
NNH orth OF New Mexico pinto beans.
8 .u0O. 600 worth Of broom corn. are part
Of the proof given in 1916 that farming
without irrigation is "a demonstrated
success in New Mexico and that the dry
farming land Is one of the state = great
est resources. sure Of speedy develop
meur-
Resurrection Of Irrigation.
Almost ceiuclueut with the firSL
homeseeker inundati5n popular opinion
changed as fn New Nevica-S irriGa bile
% "a f.-sr zen "a
lief as 10 half million lrrlEanle acres
increased 10 faith that s-eOu-Voo Of
acres could De irrigated The senSa-
tional grab Tor irrigation projects.
good. bad and Indifferent which was
felt all over the west was manifest IN
New MeNIcO-with this difference. that
New Mexico escaped with only one or
Two wild cat irrigation enterprises
and thus escaped the black eye given
irrigation financing when the promo
zion bubble broke But the state with
30 OF more meritorious irrigation enter
prises. was checked in its Development
work by the general distrust which
shut off the supply Of cash for con-
struction work and II is only within
The past year and due perhaps IN
measure 10 completion successfully OF
the governments great Elephant Butte
project that the interest OF investors
in New Mexico private irrigation enter
prises has been reawakened ana CAPT
tai made available.
Private IrriSationlsts Active
Now. in addition to the completed
Elephant Butte project. private enter
prise is at work on irrigation construc-
tion and extension in almost every
county in the state Three important
projects are under way in ColfaX cOun-
ty- Two partially completed projects
in that county, halted for lack of funds.
have been financed The lonC delayed
project al Las Vegas. watering 10000
acres on the great Las Vegas commun-
ity land grant, is being completed and
VIII be ready in 1918: the community