El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-23
IN
YUMA GETS
ADVERTISED
by G. A. MARTIN.
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AL v LIN 1 1OLED
! by 6. A. MARTIN.
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agriculture and no community ever
made a mistake in this.
While all the development IS not
on the Yuma side OF the rlver-the
dam irriEates vast tracts on the CALI
fornia side, too-Yuma is feeling all
the prosperity that comes rom the
cultivation Of the land, for Yuma Is
the only town Of importance until
you get west to Riverside and Red
On CALIFORNIA; side
on the California side. just across
from Yuma. they have established an
other town and a land colonization
company has established g commu-
nifty system Of farms a little further
west, but it is all tributary TO Yuma
and the western Arizona metropolis
gets most Of the business
Yucca plants on the higher land
and willows on the loWiands have
given way 10 the progress Of man
] and farms are thick along the west
] bank Of the river where few years
Lago-even a few months ago-there
I was nothing but bid for sympathy
For miles the cotton fields and the
] alfalfa fields stretch along the rail-
road. Good. new farm houses dot the
plain Windmills break the view in
From a desert that the average
] Pullman passenger would have called
impossible Of reclamation, the coun-
try has been turned into one Of
productivity and beauty
Big Area Reclaimed.
It is impossible to ascertain exactly
the number Of acres that have been
reclaimed in few years, but II Is
tremendous-and Yuma cotton is so
famous in the marts OF the east that
mobile tire factories everywhere TO
buy Il Up, for its staple is long and
its fiber is tough and il makes the
best automobile fabric in the world.
Yuma Is cashinE in on its
climate that was once a joke
which proves that even a joke
may be useful and that n you
keep ut II long enough, you can
win.
Yuma ice cream cones are as famous
as Yuma climate A man has stand
near the depot and no matter what
time OF day or night the tram ar
riVes, he is there with his wares Al
most every body knows about him and
his cones and passengers SIT up 70
get them
Time changes at Yuma Going
west you get in Mt s, stay 10
minutes and leave 30 minutes be-
fore you arrived. Coming back.
Egr ont 81 minutes AlAEE AAaAM
You arrived, although you have
stopped but 10 minutes.
The old Salton sea is still rather !
a good sized sea" although II has |
been in the desert for a dozen years /
OF more and the sun has been beam
fnE down on It daily It Is still close /
enough TO the railroad tracks for the 4
passengers to see that u Is covered /
with a million Wild ducks but II Is /
d
hunter has 70 pass Il up Inis greal
body Of water was formed 2 dozen .
years ago by break in the Colorado /
river below Yuma that Hooded into T.
TIE lowland west OF here over the /
great salt beds left by prehistoric
arm Of the ocean
All the railroad stations along this
stretch Of country have two roofs, 70
keen out the heat OF the summer
And there is invariably flower gar
den at every station indicative thar
man loves the beautiful, ever. when
siderable labor.
The white way from Las Cruces 70
FL Paso-" suggested as possibility
when we get a power plant az Ele-
plant Butte dam, would be fine II Il
could be maintained. but judging
from what the thugs did 70 the group
OF lights placed on the fiEe-nnile
one night-and it might not
There is difference betveen heroic
and heroics
> -
Apropos OF American progress and
the manner IN which MeZicans view
the United States and its people. an
FL Pasoan who was recently in Tor
reon when Mai, Puflea few over that /
annH 20
lowing on the train today;
An old Mexican woman who
had Witnessed the advent Of the
powerful locomotive followed b.
the photograph, moving pictures
and automobiles, and finally the
flying machines was heard 10
eUcIafms aeWhaf God can't do
los AmericanOs certainly can