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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
BIC INCREASE
IN HOGS SHOWN
Local Packers Stimulating
Industry; Fine Stock Is
Being Imported.

Figures given out by local stock
yards show that during 1917 the num-
Der OF hogs received here was almost
10000. or nearly twice that Of 1916.
At this rate FL Paso will be one OF
the big hog markets within a very
few years. and there is every reason
to believe that with the development
now going on of vast agricultural
districts surrounding the city, that
the rate will triple and quadruple
that of 1917 in the next two gears.
Early settlers in this section did
not raise hogs-they said the coun-
try was not fitted for raising pork
ers and would never be known as
such They did not foresee the great
irrigational projects and resulting
abundance OF alfalfa and small grains
in the Rio Grande valley. With these,
both the dairying industry and hog
raising began to pick up. Profitable
results were had and soon there was
talk of a packing house. For while
packing establishment was the hogs
The production soon increased suffi-
GENTLY 10 warrant the building Of
plants here, which are operating sue
cessfully, with prospects of a rapidly
growing industry. Now that the hog
industry has grown enough to in
stigate the packing business. the
packing business in turn is stimulat-
ing hog growing.
Promises to Be Big Industry.
A. Il
Ponds on an abundance of grasses and
small grains, 1t is safe to predict that
with the rapid strides being made in
agriculture, because Of the Elephant
Butte dam and other irrigation pro-
Jects in the Rio Grande valley, that
the annual output of hogs in the val
ley will be doubled within two OF
three years. Nor should the immense
pumping plants being installed by
big ranchmen to carry water from
the valleys to the mesa land be con-
strued as a boost TO the cattle bust
ness alone, for IT is to the advantage
Of the stock raiser to have hogs fol-
low cattle when finishing on gains.
While FL Paso during past years
has received quite a large number Of
cattle from Sonora and other states
OF northern Mexico, the importation
OF hogs amounts to very little as a
commercial proposition. During the
last year lue NUMBER mas Dten less
than 500 for the FL Paso district. as
shown by reports Of DR.. 7. A. Bray.
inspector IN charge Of quarantine
regulation OF animal industry as su
pervised by the United States In
doubtedly Mexico will produce more
hogs in time. but this cannot be hoped
for within the next decade. FL Paso
packing houses must therefore depend
on the growth of the industry in
West Texas. New Mexico and Arizona.
but particularly the Rio Grande val
ley region.
Local packers report satisfactory
Increase in the number OF hogs being
produced by valley farmers. but do
not expect to see the industry move
rapidly for a year or so more. The
matter of producing the best porkers
for packing purposes cannot be ac-
complished at once" said F. L. Fried
lander. foreman Of the Peyton Pack
ing company. TT is n thing that
comes only by DEVELOPMENT. At pres
ent we have some difficulty in get
ting producers 70 feed right The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
Fl PASO BANK CLEARINGS Gain
S55,451 ,238.4 40 IN YEAR 1917
Is Financial Center for the Great Southwest Country
Federal Reserve Branch Bank Recommended for
Ell Paso and Will Add to the City's Finan-
cial Strength and Importance.
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cessfuI pumping OF water to the mesa
lands used for feeding in times Of
drOuth in the valleys; promises OF oil
and natural gas in FL PasO trade ter
ritory encourage newcomers as well
as the many other opportunities; the
packing industry is showing a re-
markable growth in a short time.
cattle, metals and agricultural prod
ucts are all gold mines. and network
OF railways connects them all with
this city, and prosperous people en-
gagged in all these industries are max
ing big deposits in Fl PasO banks.
No worthy industrial project need
go begging for financial aid in FL
Paso. II it is good, practiced business
men here recognize It and whatever
IS good business can always get back
ing from local bankers. Because this
has been done in so many instances, is
the reason that FL PasO now has no
financial rival in the southwest To-
cal banks have a claim on the largest
industries in all this section for ad
vanced capital and those industries
are in turn adding to the banking
wealth that gave them birth
The Federal Reserve Bank.
Securing a branch Of the federal re-
serve bank here was due TO FL PasO's
extensive mercantile. Industrial and
agricultural interests. the fact that
the city is the center Of a rich min
ing district whose mineral resources
are belng developed with great sue
cess, and that the city is also the
center Of the greatest cattle territory
in the southwest.
When established. the bank Will
be in charge Of an assistant federal
reserve agent who will reside here.
The bank will be under MANAGEMENT
OF a board Of three directors. one
from FL Paso, one from New Mexico
and one from Arizona. The funds will
be Immediately available 10 members
in this district. the probable reserve
being estimated by local financiers as
from 100000 to SIS, 900. OOO
The founding OF a branch OF the
FEDERAL reserve here promises TO be a
stimulus to business in western
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona that
viii make added activity in all lines
OF business and cause increased pro-
Effectiveness in all lines Of industry
The distance to the Dallas bank has
been so great as 10 greatly discom-
mode business with 1t in this section
particularly the distant parts Of New
Mexico and Arizona Bankers Of these
sections have expressed much salts
faction al the prospects OF a branch
Of the federal reserve IN FL Paso. Be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

been carried in and out Of the library
until the covers on them are ragged
from overwork- Such works as
Principles OF Vegetable Gardening"
by Bailey. and How TO Make Nege-
table Gardens by Fullerton. scarcely
get to light at the library any more.
When they come in there is always
some prospective gardener there
ready TO grab them, in season or out.
Closely akin to this are the calls
for books on the high cost OF living.
Why is the Dollar Shrinking" by
Fisher, has never been able 10 work
union hours since II arrived at the
library. II works about all the time
Likewise Foods and Household Man
agement," by Kline. has seen moth
ing but lOng, hard hours for six
months last past
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

cause OF the more adranta geous Ina
ton or this city, il IS believed thar
an tnat part Of Arizona attached 10
the san francisco district and a~d
northern New Mexico. now affacI,(,I
70 the Kansas CITY district 9-5T1 -
included IN the Dallas district AM ~
business at the e Paso branch
II Paso's Ten Banks,
49, 5liAs gong business here are the
5order National. FL PasO Pant 4
trust company, First National. T-1fo-,
Fans ~ trust company. CITY Nafiona1
Slale National, Rio Grande VALE
sank & Trust company. Se~1r-if,-
1Ilst q savings bank. American
5 5lu3l q savings bank and Texas
BANK - trust company. Based on fhs
healthy financial conditions ~ IN
tEese, regular semi-annual dfvf5.-.Ie
were paid by local banks fos rha f5re~
~ moltns OF the year. and most ~
tl-eIl aI-er december 81. although var
conditions and investments OF bs-i-s
Ia Liberty boRds-sOme fnstifrfso---
elylns 10 almost the extent OF 81 900
uUU-caused decreases IN surDIrs
Mortgage AID Trust Conpa1ier.
OtAtI institutions that 7a-f
strength TO the general financial 80.
tenn Of FL Paso are several more,
companies. most Of which make a So
elslIy OF particular kinds OF TO-
prominent among these are thu Pc
Grande Mortgage company. the En-
e--..7~61 Company Ele Rio Cranfa
Sdttie Loan company, the Cattle
Mortgage company and the FL Pae0
Cattle Loan company. These co..
Germs are all in nourishinG condifio1.
having done profitable business
curing the wear Local business win
cattemen for several hundreds ~
miles around has assumed such enor-
nous proportions that most Of the
ABOVE named companies. in addition
70 the cltys banks. are enga-ed ia
pl omoting cattle projects and Iendins-
alq 10 ranchmen during drouth Or
other times OF financial need
In connection with the pleasing fl
nanclal showing made during the
year 1917, must be considered the ef-
feet Of promoting the war prograru Id
outlined by federal authorities Ped
cross campaigns and donations 10
raining camp activity. together with
sales Of Liberty bonds and va.
stamps. has taken over 5000. 600 from
the CITY. leaving local finance def
cient by that sum Under normal
conditions, the sum taken for VIZ
purposes would have added greatly
10 the accomplishment Of coumercisI
projects in FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
May Straighten Rio
Grande's Crooked Course
TO Control Its Flou

The Rio Grande must change her
crooked life. Newcomers are many
times amazed to learn that a danger
Gus flood in the valley here is i'm
possible. As soon as more water
comes down the river than the valley
farmers want, they send word up to
Elephant Butte and the water is i'm
pounded in the mammoth reservoir
above the dam and let out when the
river IS low. thus saving damaging
floods.
In order to better cooperate with
those controlling the flow of water
from the dam, engineers say that the
big dollar mark bends in the river at
this point must be removed and the
river Strengthened, so that flood
waters may have more direct outlet
AS the Rio Grande is an international
boundary line. the work must be pre-
ceoed by an agreement between the
united States and Mexico as to the
changes which the Strengthening pro-
cess OF the river will make
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
Ell Pasoans Study to
Do Emergency Farming
In Gardens During VA

Fl PasO IS raising crop Of ARM
ers right in the heart of the city.
Records at the city library show that
since our soldiers have been called to
France and the plans Of a food cam
paign emanated from Washington,
books on vegetable gardening haze
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

aArW1u 1as1Du t1uo ssa--
4 comparison of the receipts of
1917 of the FL PasO Union stockyardS
with those Of 1916 shows an annual
increase Of 31,267 cattle and calves. of
3S,7S1 sheep and goats, 1881
horses and mules and 2,503 hogs, be-
ing q total increase Of all kinds of
1922 for the year, with a total OF
AS, 43O of all kinds for the year 1917.
Import 5000 From Mexico.
A total Of $1,000 cattle imported
from Mevico during 1917, according
to reports Of cattle inspection made
by DR.. 7. A Bray, inspector in charge
OF the quarantine division OF the
United States bureau of animal in
dustry, indicates an increase in i'm
portations over 1916. yet the figures
do not approach those OF the years
prior to the Mexican revolution.
There was also received through the
various ports in the FL Paso district
during the year 19,90S sheep and goats
and 4472 horses and mules
The following table shows impor-
tations as indicated by months:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

ing community. all that is needed is
time for development Nor Will It
require as much time for the south
west TO produce large numbers Of
hogs as did even in the middle west,
for from the nature of things all in
dustries in this section advance more
rapidly than farther east. The in
dustry IS in healthy condition-it
will grow fast.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
CITY WATER IS
PUREST KNOWN
New Pumping Station to
Be Completed by Nay /;
Capacity Sufficient.

During 1877 the city water
WOr<S was Improved to the ex-
tent OF about SI25.OO0, including
work now under way, and the
efficiency OF plants Increased to
100000 gallons per day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

best prices can be paid only when the
feeding is standard. Finishing on
any small grain is good. especially
corn The present difficulty seems
to be in feeding too little grain in
finishing up. However, this seems to
be rapidly improving as growers find
correct finishing brings better prices
We are buying in considerable guam
titles, and as we have treated Gus
toners well, have promises Of good
future supplies"
Fine Hogs Shipped In.
Lately there have been several
shipments OF fine stock hogs from
the north, and the matter Of improv-
ing the stock is being given atten-
ton by local stOckmen. Unlike the
cattle industry, hog raising has been
on a scientific basis almost from the
start, and viii therefore advance with
faster strides than the former. The
business IS no longer an experiment
It has been proved a good investment,
and with everything in sight that is
needed TO make a heavy hog produc-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

With the abolition OF rank in the Rus
sian army soldiers with the encourage
ment q German spies have introduced
every possible means OF degrading their
Officers, even forcing them TO clean the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26


FL PasO has one offering for new
corners Superior even to the many
commercial advantages to be found
in all Hnes-oonditions that insure
good health. N the health program
good water always plays an impor-
tant part, and n this respect FL Paso
is surpassed by no city or town in
the United States.
a WeIIs-AII Pure Water.
Old Mother Nature has supplied
from 500 feet 10 1Oe5 feet OF gravel
filtering. and the water that is
pumped I'D from these depths from
a wells shows absolute purity BY
analysis. There has never been any
need for filters or purifying pro
ceSSes here The work has been done
more thoroughly By nature than the
largest and most complete ffiterin-
pants OF Americas largest cities can
do the job Al OF these plants use
hundreds OF tons OF lime, soda mix
lures and other drugs and chemical
compounds 20 purify their water. FL
Paso needs none OF this.
The city's facilities for supplying
all needed quantit OF water for
Az - saAa44A anu LLaLlLLlLLEAuZ nfIT-
poses are more than adequate and
have been kept in that condition for
the last decade Always the capacity
OF city pumping stations has been
rom . 70 90 per cent ahead o. the
clty'S immediate needs This has
stood the city in good stead on sew
eraI occasions. enabling her 70 supply
iarge manufacturing plants which
nave been Unexpectedly secured On
one occasion in 1915. $4,000 soldiers
We're suddenly mobilized here with no
time or possibility OF Installing ad-
oluonal water facilities. Had not the
eapaclty or the city's pumps been
mucn greater than actual needs de
manded Few months before. the SOL
diers could not have been cared Tor
properly As IL was. there was a
suIIclency OF water and 10 spare
even atter the influx OF national
guards
Five Pumping Stations.
Four large pumping stations are
maintained by the city at present and
alolner IS oelng installed at the end
q Montana street at a cost OF 800
wv me new plant will be finished
dooul May = 1918, and the city's full
capacity VIII then be 1900. 900 gal
Ions per day. Also at the Cd pump
lng plant on the mesa, bevond Fl
Bliss. a new 800 horse power engine
IS being installed. which viii be ready
TOT wo-k IN about 45 days. A new
engine and pump are being put in at
the Altura pumping station. which
supplies water for Altura and High
land Park additions. The latter Will
be ready for service FEBRUARY 4
Fundamentally no institution main
talned BY the city Is as valuable 10
her citizens as her well conducted
water system. richly blessed BY the
purity OF deep wells Nothing adds
10 the ravages Of disease like impure
water. Typhoid. stomach complaints
and diseases Of the kidneys with va
rious fatal complications all result
from impure water Because Of its
pure water Ell PaSo is practically free
Of typhoid. and the few Eases that she
has had occasionally. have been trac-
able in almost every instance 10 the
use OF river water or water other
-nan that fresh from the city mains
lth pure water. constant sunshine
Eat destroys germs. and IN equable
Innate. FL Paso is unrivailed as an
abode for good health and longevity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
SI4,I25,00O Worth
OfCaHle Shipped Into
Ell Paso During 1917

Ell Paso, surrounded by the
broadest grazing lands in the
west, continues annually TO grow
in Importance as a cattle market.
During 1917 there was handled in
FL Paso stockyards and markets,
livestock aggregating in value
tial receipts show $4,000 cattle
received; sheep and goats, $685.
500; horses and mules, 1880.
and nearly 10000 hogs. There
were 7150 carloads Of stock of all
kinds received here during the
year for packing purposes and
marketing in other sections. Two
new packing houses have a COM
bined capacity of 800 cattle and
1900 hogs per day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
emit Union stockyards for 1917 were:


1852 1876 93ll 14.5OO
By carloads there were 1929 cars OF
cattle, 297 of horses and mules. 95S
Of sheep and goats, and 72 cars OF
hogs, totaling 4056 cars Of livestock
in which the aggregate number of
heads Of all kinds was $780, 900.
stockyards morris pens), for 1917,
follow:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

those who have engaged scientifically
IN dairy farming have been eXcep-
uonaly good. promises steady devel-
opment Of the industry. The work Of
fers many advantages Il NAV be sue
cessfully carried on with very limited
acreage, the work Is pleasant and eli
mate fine; demand is increasing: soil
subject to reclamation almost Him
liable, transportation facilities con-
Venient; good roads many and one the
increase and products annually IN
creasing- In view OF the favorable
conditions the future OF dairy farming
in the Rio Grande valley seems 20
have particularly bright outlook
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
Eliminating RustIinE.

Twenty five years ago cattle
rustlers were the burden OF ranchers'
lives in many sections Of the South
west The evil has been practically
wiped out in this section by the ac-
tivities o. the Panhandle Southwest
ern StoekI1en's association, which at
present maintains some IS INSPECTORS
two attorneys, a secretary and office
force in Ell PasO and special inspee-
tors at many other points.
Every load Of cattle that runs into
the stockyards at Chicago, Kansas
City, St. Louis, Fl. Worth and all the
other big cattle markets, is inspected
by an employee of the association who
each member of the association. If
the inspector finds among cattle
shipped by one man animals bearing
the brand Of another ranch, the pro-
ceeds from the sale OF such animals
is held by the inspector until the ship
per shows his legal right to ship
those bearing brands other than his
own In this manner many a ranch
man is paid for cattle which would
otherwise have been lost TO him As
the shipper OF rustled cattle is sure
to become the loser. there is no
longer any reason why a man should
rustic cattle in this section because
he cannot dispose Of them to advan-
most sure under the system employed.
With ample protection. broad
natural advantages and plenty of
capital for development this section
bids fair to yield the largest percen-
tage of cattle per acre of any terri
tory in the West as well as being the
largest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26


The care taken by the inspector
and his assistants to prevent diseased
cattle from entering the country from
Mexico results in many being rejected
at the ports Of entry. While the per-
centage thus rejected because Of ticks,
skin diseases and other ailments com
mon to stock has been large, no
really serious stock diseases have
been detected during the year from
Mexican importations. The much
feared hoof and mouth disease has
not appeared during the last several
years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
Fl PASO CENTER Of GREATEST
CATTLE DISTRICT IN COUNTRY

Four Large Stockyards Handle Annually Thousands Of
Cattle From Southwestern Ranges; Packing Plants
Add to the Importance of the City as Cattle
Market; Hogs Are Increasing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

IhorouEh lnNnecfIOn.

The total number Of hogs and bur
ros for the year was only 554.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

u PaE0 has aItogether Tour stock
Yards with a total capacity OF about
500 cars OF cattle per day. Both east
err and Pacific coast buyers compete
IN e Paso. an advantage which no
other market enjoys. Consequently.
the best prices are obtained for
stock shipped here for disposal These
conditions warrant the FL Pase Union
stockyards in maintaining pens. office
and buildings valued at $4,000. The
plant covers an area OF 90 acres and
has a capacity OF $4,000 animals.
Several commission firms have quar-
tors at the yards The Cameron
mon stoclyards is also another large
concern with extensive pens and Of
ices, handling thousands OF head Of
cattle.
Livestock receipts Of the Independ-
Oxford eagle., 1918-10-24

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-22
Wasted
In Experiments

Washington, July 22.-Waste Of
millions Of dollars in experimenting
with the English Bristol and other
to congress by the senate military
investigating air
craft production, members Of the
committee said today, in announc-
ing that their report Is now being
drafted.
Other findings of the committee,
said Senator Thomas, the chairman,
and some members, will be that 1900
training planes, costing $G,000,000,
recently were "junked" because they
were regarded as too dangerous for
use; that several aviators hav been
killed in flights with dangerous types
of planes and that amateurs in the
engineering and administrative sec
tions have contributed to the delay
in production.
Responsibility for part Of the
production delay was placed by COM
mitteemen on the former aircraft
production board, but they said that
with the work now under The direc-
ton Of John D. Ryan, director gen.
eral Of production, and Major GEN
eral KenIy, the prospects for the fu-
ture are much improved.
All members of the committee
were agreed that the liberty motor
is a complete success. 1t is too
heavy for the Bristol planes, sena-
tors said, and that type, 80 success
full in Great Britain, has been aban-
doned by the war department.