Image 1 of The Estancia news (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.), January 27, 1911

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S VOLUMI VII Estahoia Toréanos Codwti Niw Mkxioo Fbiday JaNIAKT 271911 NüMBIB 14 NEW ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL V AND FERTILE VALLEYS Is Tribute of Editor of Portales Herald after his Visit to Estancia The editor of the Portales Herald was a visitor in our Val ley a few weeks ago and as a result gave us a splendid boost through the columns of his paper of last week As a whole he has the facts well in hand and well said but we must disagree with him in regard to the necessity of cement reservoirs as our soil here has been fouud to make splendid reservoirs Of course if we had to resort to these thej cost of the irrigation plants would be largely increased and might reach the figure he quotes dut without these the cost of irrigation will be much less than the price he sets probably about half or a little more We reprint his article in full A few days since it was the editors pleasure to go over a gain that wonderful section of New Mexico known as the Es tancia Valley Lying there be tween the Manzano Mountains on the west and