El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-14

Drought lALo the district between
Glorieta and Ration in the past three
cows from New York, the inouisitor's
home state have been placed IN the
vicinity Of Mills and Roy. II has
been found that farming and stock
raising make an excellent combine
ton; that Il requires about So 70 100
animals to make a success Of stock
raising and about SEQ 20 1900 acres
OF land for both together.
Last year. 50 the people may
know. the section Of New Mexico
around las Vegas produced more
wheat than IL could use for the
first time in the history Of the
state The growing OF wheat,
which by the way viii eventually
be shipped TO Il Pnso for milling.
Is one OF the things they Will
soon do up at Las Vegas on n
scale rs large rs that on which
Kansas engages In the business.
The amount Of wheat grown last
year in San Miguel, Mora and Union
3 counties OF which Las Vegas is the
center, was 555.000 bushels. -yew
elevators are going up at Springer.
Levy and Las Vegas and plans are
in the making for another at Max
well This part OF New Mexico is
being called on for large quantities
OF seed wheat, so excellent is the
quality OF the grain Not only
the records last year.
Bean Crop Totals 100000
Last years Pinto bean crop totaied
100000 pounds in the vicinity of Las
vegas The Wagon Mound and Lew
districts which have their business
center IN Las Vegas, raised loo. 900
POUNDS During the war the govern
ment placed these beans on par
"iLn lne navy variety. Land selling
az from IS 10 $40 an acre last wear
produced an average Of 900 pounds Of
beans. although in some cases as
nigh as 1000 pounds 10 the acre were
grown ana the prevailing price net
ted Ehe farmers IS a hundred pounds
about 5000 acres are under
irrigation between las Vera-
and Ration and within the next
SIX years this acreage viii he
doubled according 10 reclamation
service plans
The New Mexico normal unive-sffv
VIII erect a large auditorium and /.
a llilistr ation building this spring j
= care for 1900 students The New .
Mexico Baptists are establishing a 4
university at Montezuma Hot Springs I
SIX miles north OF Ia Yeas along
the santa Fe- A 100000 high school I
oullding is to be erected this spring
ana the site has already been pur-
for a new federal building.
IS az Of the southwest similar
20 ms LlG New Yorker asked n
resident OF Las Vegas after he had
heard the story a part OF which mas
just been told.
All Alike, But Different
Lhen this is what he was told. /
me southwest is nearly all alike. I
ret u is all different Its roads NJ
scenery and its climate an similar.
'eL ever changing The southwest
: DOMAIN ali its own We have
.e-dy access 70 eastern markets for
.ur surplus and we suffer little de-
2y IN the delivery OF goods thar We
annol produce here ourselves We
re .c-annish- in & way. in that we
.alleFe IN patronizinE each other for
ne reason that we have all worked
oEelner and built togeti er and
llSl stand together. Yet n sDirff Z
'e are as broad and IS free as the
"a ms you see out here Ou-
lurehes and schools are usually vve1l /
lied and our fails are rsusfI,-
--pts- Our pauper population is at
minimum except where there Re
'nle peculiar reason for a maximum
ne 70 outside influences. We s-e
-r enough south 10 keen warn, In
e winter and high enough up to
eep reasonably cool in the sumner.
esides that"
6st the New Yorker was sold
y tne southwest and promised 10
.oFe out bag and baggage next wear
lter ne had disposed Of his eastern
And we must all admit he is max
. --s Wlsest move possible.