El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-24
Ell PASOANS SEE
AN AUTO SHOW
Tucson Has Big Attraction
Ready and Waiting For
Ell Paso Visitors.

chimes. while the band played 81 short
concert in the streets
When Frank p Jones saw the first
sign gin" he though II was something
I TO drink. until he learned IL was a.
place where they take the seed out OF
cotton.
Governor Meets Fl PasOanS-
After leaving Tucson yesterday AZ
3 ternoOn, only one stop was made en-
route 10 Tempe and this was al Casa
! Grande where everybody was out 70
greet the FL PasOans. Casa Grande
IS developing fast as the supply point
OF 4 big cotton region Wnere pump
irrigation is practiced. \ dam To be
built on the san Carlos river -7 Co.
irrigate about -O,e0o acre NJ lIW
land in 2 short time.
Arriving IT Tempe the ia -.lsolIls
were met by "a delegation 81 Tempe
and Phoenix citizens and escorted 10
, the Tempe normal. where > B. Cook
president OF the Pacific Creamery com
pany, welcomed the eXcursionlsrS- q.
p. Putnam responded FOR FL PasO- Gov.
Thomas Campbell was present and also
extended a Few words OF welcome. in
viting the f. Pasoans 70 call at MS
I office today whe in Phoenix The
auditorium was filled with Tempe peo-
pie and the band played concert IN
their honor after the exchange Of greet
inEs.
The concert was followed BY a dance
in the gymnasium OF the school. Gov.
Campbell and wife attended.
Governor Welcomes Guests.
Malcolm Fraser. former secretary OF
the FL Paso chamber OF commerce, IS as
busy here in Phoenix as he used 20 be
in FL Paso when he performed the sec
retarial duties Of the chamber Of COM
merce there He was one OF ths first
20 give the glad hand 20 the E Pasoans
when they alighted today and TO tell
them that Gov. Campbell, for whom he
is serving as private secretary, wanted
them 10 have everything they wished
and ask for more.
Il was the same warm hearted greet
ing that Phoenix always has for Il
Paso and they were only too sorry that
we could not stay over until this even
ing and go OUT 70 the Country club
again. Last time We were here. Ari-
iona was wet" whether il rained or
not, and the time We had at the COun-
try club VIII be remembered always BY
those who made the trip. HiEhballs
were served in tumblers and tOddies
IN schoonerS, but they seemed Just as
happy today without these and talked
more OF their luscious fruits and frag-
rant flowers and Of their cotton
All Talking Cotton.
Everybody here talks cotton. just as
they all talk copper IN Douglas and
Bisbee and all talk Mexico at NOgales.
Cotton. the sort that grows here and
nowhere else has come into its own in
a remarka oily quick time and PhOeni-
can will straignIen up with consider
able pride when he tells YOU that no.
where else in the world do they grow
cotton that sells FOR 30 cents pound
They will also tell you that all the
automobile tire factories Of the country
are trying to buy salt River long staple
cotton and that some Of them. 10 make
sure that they set II, are buying thu
farms. to grow Il for themselves. OF
course they say that We can't raise the
same kind Of cotton in the FL Paso valley.
because our season is too short, but
there was a time when Phoenix did not
believe that cotton would grow here
and W. G. Roe. chairman of the q Paso
chamber of commerce agricultural COM
mittse. 5 doing a mighty heap OF
thinking" over this cotton situation and
the possibilities for the FL PasO valley
il We can grow this long staple article
not the ordinary short staple cotton
OF the Texas prairie country, but the
long cotton they have grown here So
successfully that they nave named after
the Pimas. a tribe OF salt River valley
Indians and christened il as their own.
Cotton Profits Are Large.
30 big are the profits that the sub
Jet OF cotton growing deserves con
sideration-that is Il the figures issued
by the county board OF immigration
are to be believed. and every man in
Phoenix viii swear that they are true.
The seed for this cotton was originally
imported from Egypt, but the expert
mental work done in the valley has
improved it, they assert here, until L is
a new cotton With seed al SO a ton
and the lint selling always at . cents
4 pound and from that up to twice that
amount the salt River valley man can
see little that promises better.
The advantage in planting cotton
over planting fruit IS that cotton can be
harvested every year while Il takes
from four 10 eight years TO bring
orchards into 4 profitable producing
stage Even where farmer wishes to
go into the fruit business. cotton viii
rrnas ~af n Ii Ia
coming into bearing. but with cotton
netting the producer $50 an acre and
upwards, no man need worry about
planting anything else-fOr there will
right sort.
Cotton In Constant Demand.
The best cotton IN the world Is being
grown in the SalJ River valley. tie long
staple article which commands the
highest prices in the manufacturing
world. Automobile manufacturers are
taking all Of il that they can get and
are clamorllg Tor more, while other IN
Gustries are seeking II also There was
such a clamor this year Tor the Ari-
IONA article that y brought IS high as
90 cents 4 pound. Of course, this Is ab-
normal. brought about by abnormal
conditions, bus II Is said that the price
Tor this grade OF cotton viii never be
below 25 cents = pound At 20 cents.
the people IN Phoenix figure a profit
OF Se--l0 an acre. allowing SO IN acre
A0L AAiE TNoL u EIOF ms NAGkllEr SlI4-
ming and delivering the cotton TO mar
6et and figuring on but $50 pounds OF
lint cotton from an acre of ground.
Plenty OF Money In Ii.
The yields and the money brought by
cotton crops in the Salt River valley
read almost like tales from the Arab
Nights. yet they do not seem impOs-
sible 20 persons acquainted with cot
ton and what Il will do where Il is
given but half a chance as compared
with conditions under which IL is
grown in Arizona and would be grown
here
salt river valley farmers think 50
well OF the cotton crop that they expect
to plant 25, 600 to 10000 acres this year
and a bale to the acre is the least any
Of them expect to make; so far, $50
pounds is the average. it is asserted Be
sides the cotton. the seeds are also bring
ing siS a ton, more than half enough to
pay for the cost OF growing the crop
This amount is added TO the profit OF
SS4 and upwards made from the sale OF