The Commoner.
VOLUME 10, NUMBER i ..
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MIQCLTON
HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS RANCH LANDb
Selected by the Oblate Fathers half a century ago from all the lands in the Rio Grande
Valley because of the natural beauty of the landscape and exceptional richness of the soil
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tonant, Mr. Win, Volss. Sovcn acres
over 700 bushels; sold at $2.00 per
TUB attontlon of many consorva
tivo investors havo boon at
tractod to La Lonilta Ranch ir
rlsatlon enterprise, sltuatod at Mis
sion, Hidalgo County, in tho lower
valley of tho Rio Gramlo. This tract
of land which is undergoing mar
yolous dovolopinqnt is most advan
tageously situated as to railroad
transportation and tho marketing of
Its crops may bo done at minimum
cost to tho grower. Tho tract of
land ombracos 27,000 acres, which
fronts upon tho Rio Grande, thus
HBBuniiK lor it porpotuai riparian
rights and an abundant supply of
wator for1 all Irrigation and other
tMivnnaAtt
'"i'uato'
Tho famo of tho richness of tlm
soil of tho Rio Grando valloy has
spread far and wldo and need not
bo dwelt upon hero. Tho equablo
ness of tho cllmato and tho gonoral
hoalthfulnoss of tho favored region
aro woll established. It Is a notable
fact that tho early ploneors thoso
good and dovout fathers who conse
crated thoir llvos to bringing on
llghtonmont to tho pooplo of tho
bordor region In tho early days
Bought out tho cholco spots which
naturo had so generously provided
In tho region to roliovo tho un
broken wasto of territory which
spreads back from tho rivor on olth
or sldo. It was upon tho tract which
afterwards becamo known as La
Lomita that tho pious Oblato fath
ers established a mission and for
forty years they havo administered
to tho spiritual welfaro of tho Mex
ican population of this locality. In
cidentally in connection with their
rollglous work thoso good men dem
onstrated tho wonderful productive
ness of tho soil by raising abundant
crops of various kinds. It was tho
green fields of thoso Oblato fathers
which mado a voritablo oasis in tho
wlldornoss of chaparral that first
attracted tho attontlon of enterpris
ing investors to tho great agricul
tural possibilities of tho lower Rio
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p anted to potatoes JamiiK sn iSm Shinn3 1i08,, a? civated by his
gr,Uo f. 0 bMlssfgn .J GoS fs0' nowlSSSoS1!, lnd. Yield somethlnS
?wid2 vall?y reSIon- They dovoted
ffir fi.ilore,OB to growing products
fiX SLr 0Wm necessities, as no mar
ket was available in tho early days.
rv!Fi? MIss,n Land Improvement
FrnmfPannyi uownors of La Lomita
S.HLnild ,ts 0:rsa system of irri
gation, woro oxtremely fortunate in
nf ' t i!nnF Poston of a largo part
fXiQni0 f1!11111! Yi,ch formerly com
fnJwathoihoid,lIBS o the Oblato
ftS ,n'i,,fnd of oor tracts adjoin-
for their proposed enterprise, is
?XleaM .ail Persons who havo
i,'af f ji11 Persons who lmv
'"m'.ctl the proposition.
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to which it is rapidly being put. It
S?Pnfl &ly vb?ok fromtlho Rio
Giando toy a distance of more than
SnnCorItun!lOS',afl:ordInP a splendid
opportunity for constructing tho
systom of canals and Site es fS?
distributing the wator over tho land
?t?umpfnB. pla,nt ls operated by
hnT ? nrti Is situated upon tho
ffi f o river, its sito being
i'It is located abovo any ot
to other plants now operating In
Its vol5i onl!yf and tl)"s r""eives
us volume i of water first. Tho nlant
fnoh1.18 f no 12-lnch and ono 36
Inch centrifugal pump. When run
nln?V ily ono-fifth of their ca
?nfe,itheao 1lumps aro capable ot
two ,, no? at(?r,t0 supply twenty
i m'les of main canals and lat
erals for tho Irrigation of 7 000
nV, Thero has eon sold up to
this tlmo over 8,000 acres of tho
VnnCnt,nftnd of thls amount about
3,000 acres aro now in cultivation
Several thousand additional acres
have been cleared and will be plSnt
s?ason. Cr0PS durinfif th0 cng
Tho canal systom of La Lomitn
tract is ono of tho best constructor
and devised in tho valloy Tho
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aIVd ndi?p,th freely and easily wa
canaK adjacent to tho main
Tho development work which has
?.0oePf,accJ?mPll3nel upon La Lomita
rfaafWltilIn ashort period of Sine
attests tho activity and energv of
tho men who aro Interested in tho
enterpriso. Tho first dirt . in tho
BW!?8 turned on iueurt
i iyo7, and tho men who had ai.
fad-Lmtade Purohases of land out
?n,i itract bcean to clear their
!S?tLan PrPare for tho use of tho
d&H1 was soo,n to ho ready fo?
dAnt0rIbuti,on uPn it. Durin- all of
Auu?td22Cr0iPlnVei;o raIsod; an" on
tarKS intb o8' reservSateart TSo
townslto of Mission. MXco then th2
land reclamation work has wISa
thS vteflff !orS Proers "t!imnaow
oit, fom tho now town of Mis
sion, situated upon tho ratlron,T Hi
an elevation of about Mv if
lying between tho ra lroad and ffi
rivor is almost under Sltlvnt0
EE ""'FORMATION
Name
P. O.
MITA
a man who is acquainted with tho
dreary aspect of tho chaparral ro-
hi ion oi. tno lower x.io vjiunuu ue
foro the work and; ingenuity- of "en-,,
terprlsing Investors 'who havo faith j
in the vast store of wealth of tho
sbil began to bo manifested. Tho '
landscape of green fields is dotted
with comfortable homes of farmors;
practically all of which havo been
erected during tho last year.
Thore is nothing visionary about
La Lomita and its development.
"What has already been accom
plished hero in tho agricultural lino
is only tho forerunner of what will
bo done in tho days that aro still
to come. The men who aro so fort
unate as to purchase a body of this "
land, even if it bo only a few acres,
will have provided himself with the
basis for an assured competency for
the remainder of his life. It is not
a theoretical agricultural . proposi
tion. . Tho results speak for them
selves. The growing of citrus fruits in
tho lower valley of tho Rio Grando
has been done in a smajl way by
tho native residents for many years
and It it expected that this in
dustry will becamo of commercial
importance in tho years to come.
It is in raising winter truck, how
ever, that 'most remarkable success
is had upon La Lomita land. Such
products as Irish potatoes, Ber
muda onions, snap beans, cauliflow
er, celery, lettuce, beets and practi
cally all other kinds of garden stuff
that finds a ready markot all over
the country during the winter 'and.
'OArly. spring , months, are, grown,
abundantly and with big profits at
La Lomita: New potato'es .were har- .
'vested hero this season' which sold
for $2 per crate, f. o. b at the town'
;of Mission, nettin'gvWOO. from severv
acr.es -These potatoes '.w'pilo .rilrfnted;
'Janjiary 20 and. were shipped April-,
20. , This is only an Illustration of
what 'may bo done in growing this
as woll as other products. -i
.La Lomita land is also admirably
adapted to -grape growjng. J. n.
vKilgoro planted a vineyard. oZ forty
.acres uponvLa Lomita- land and. the
jvines are . doing . splendidly, .their
'growth in six 'months beina- equal
to 2-year-old .vines IriSoutherruCa;H-'
fornia, according to Mr. Kilgore
who is a large grape grower in
LodI, Cal.
Tho practical success of growing
grapes has been established for
many years in La Lomita territory
J luQ eF v,aLVry- ThQ vineyard
of the Oblate fathers at their mis
sion is more than 20 years ok and
its productiveness has been constant
and large during that period. The
vln,es thrive to a wonderful degree
and tho harvest is abundant each
season. The grapes ,of this vine
yard begin to ripen the last of May.
The town of Mission is one of tho
most thriving of th-e several new
towns upon the line of the St. Louis,,
Brownsville & Mexico Railroad, in
the lower Rio Grande valley. It
1 JaId nOUt. "H1 12 months ago
and the first train stopped at the
?9Winoatln of, Mission on Octobe?
1A 1008. A handsome new depot has
been erected at tho nlace and a
?wJ0r A0f nevT ptor( established
there. As a place of residence ' it
possesses many advantages and its
future growth is assured.
fnInYit0 correspondence and tho
uelow investieatIon. Use coupon
Mission Land Im
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Mission, Texas
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