El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-13
Ell PASO VALLEY NEEDS FARMERS.
TIME TO co AFTER THEM Is NOW.

IL PASO needs farmers for the Rio Grande valley. This
Il IS necessity the thinking Of the city have realized
It has been said by United States reclamation officials
that there instance in the United States where
community has far completely failed to meet the stua
uon as the Rio Grande valley has Here the great Ele-
plant Butte project has been completed for several years
and scarcely half the acreage is susceptible Of igang
under cultivation Very little Of the land being
farmed is IN the hands Of the small home owner the real
cause Of the prosperity of any community
What e Paso must do to get these lands settled IS to
give publicity to their existence; to place such price
upon them that the Of small buy them and
thsn make living and pay for them We don't want and
VIII get wealthy to take hold Of the valley lands
This system Of tenanry that has never bred pros
perity- The who has small sum to invest who is
wiling to work 10 make living and home for himself
and his family is the man we want the man we must
have valley farming is to be success; if Fl Paso is to
benefit from this great irrigation enterprise have
hoped and dreamed that to benefit from It
To get these citizens must go to The sections Of the
United States where people are dissatisfied with present
conditions show them that they better themselves
here and then help the to get established here This is
gong to take money; It IS ge1g TO require publicity ana
hard work We have the drainage work well under way
and can care for all who wish to
It admitted that the home owner has made E Paso
the substantial community that it IS FL Paso
prosperous bound together It IS today and
there time when there such large per-
centage Of home owners, of taxpayers man who in
vests IN home and then bends his efforts to paying for
L Is who takes interest in the affairs Of the
community. He realizes his Importance stakeholder
in the great governing institution and takes hand IN its
direction he becomes better man; the community be-
comes better for having him
Tie same applies to the valley. Until we III the lands
about e Paso with fathers who making permanent
homes for their sons and daughters viii have
tabshed that prosperity which the rch lands about Us
should bring TO community Of tenants IS failure
anywhere; this Is particularly true Of such high priced
land as have here. We INST get In people who viii
take interest not only IN making crop from year to
year. but who VIII be interested IN building up homes FIR
fhe future It is going be serious work. long work.
hard work and cannot delay minute IN starting
The rural credit system Is going to help largely but we
as citizens must help We win have to locate the farmers
show them It is their advantage to come and then
bring them here This Is not the only good farming local
iy IN the world and must realize it Every year. every
MONTH that sit idle, hurting our own interests
When two or more people get together for 4 little
pleasant conversation sooner later they drift into
serious discussion Of the high cost Of living It is hard
to think or talk about anything else
Fl Paso's free advertising IN the days Of fighting in
Mexico is s having effect No traveller feels his western
complete unless he has stopped here and gone sight
seeing.
There's mighty little satisfaction in reading how the
other fellows property has increased IN value unless you
have ssne Of your OWL
Every child deserves home Of its own and yard in
which 20 play with 70 landlord to complain
Tbs ham in one Of these after the war sandwiches would
make fair substitute for window panes.
Strange that mans alleged humor goes well every
where but IN his Own hORs.
Gas masks ought be useful IN the galleries Of congress-