El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

OF the old kind of leather and snaps
Some Wonderful Scenery.
] Already this state which has the
/ most scenic highway in the country
] between Phoenix and Globe is clam
! CrinE for good roads and there are
I over $500 boosters. good motor car
] owners who are backing the project
] Arizona has its eyes on the future
/ and is going after tourists business.
! and IL knows IL must have good roads
as an inducement.
And Arizona is buying good cars
today. There are many Fords, pros
I pect getterS. But on the whole the
l big powerful cars are more in evil
I dence- What / saw Of Arizona puts
il I'm the $1,000 to $1,000 class market
And despite the sand. the alkaH, and
whatnot 20 make cars look old
quickly. the Arizona owned cars were
. looking in exceptionally fine cO2di-
tion.
Why is Arizona developing so fast
and producing such a good retail au-
tOmobile marker2 Because the states
1917 estimated copper output Is S2lo.-
100000 and other Arizona metals Will
add S60,O00,0e0 more TO the figures,
And Arizona mines have a payroll Of
So 100000 monthly The year 1916
had 123 percent increase for the
output Of gold, silver. copper, lead
and zinc over 1915 and this increase
AAA 1870 ~ All nc ~ AAAAAEaA +A+AN AGA
With prices for metals rs high as they
are today. record outputs viii be
taken out
Bank Deposits Are Large.
Arizoua's bank deposits at present
are close to $4,000 600. IN Ma-icOpa
county alone there are 10000 dairy
cows. yielding S6,500.000 annually;
$3.50 acres Of long staple cotton. es-
timated value $4,000. 600. and this IS
the long fibre cotton that automobile
tire manufacturers are interested IN.
There are 30 600 head OF hogs Dur
ing the past six months the salt
River Valley alone shipped S950,000
worth Of hogs. There are over $50
600 chickens IN this valley alone. The
barley, wheat and oat crop in this
valley is estimated TO be worth
S1.50U.000 the potato crop brought
$4,000, and there is still revenue
from olives. watermelons, oranges,
grape fruit and beans
And the state has many other nat
ural resources and projects to profit
by There are two and one half mil
lion acres Of land under irrigation
and then there is the S12,0e0,oo0
Roosevelt reservoir and canal project.
to say nothing about the revenue
from Arizona sheep and lambs
Property Value Increases
The net valuation Of all Arizona
property as compiled from abstracts
from the Il counties in the state for
1917 is estimated at $4,000. 600. Z
while the 1915 valuation was S4ss.-
4O6.51S.
It is said that the largest distribU-
tor for the Jordan automobile built
ut Cleveland is located at PhOeniS. Z
One would believe this to see the pro-
fusion Of Jordaus around over 500 /
eight cylinder Kings were shipped 4
into the state last year and one sees .
great number OF HupmObiles. Hud- :
sons. D0dges. Chambers. Klssels, I
Bucks. Reos. DOrts and Cadillacs- +
Arizona has a state population not F..
my larger than many cities, but DC [
overs q large area. IN area hard TO
yet around. and while for the whole
tate the entire number OF ears could
lot be much larger than some fac
orv outputs. still the motor car
wave is on now and the sub dealers
ire profitinE by IT; but Few cars are
landed direct in the state