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Show --PARK VALLEY FARMS PROVING SUCCESSFUL Irrigation by Pumping Is Declared by Experts to Give Independence. ,f Under the rtc-w regime of scientific soil culture and irrigation by pumping, farming independence becomes an accomplished ac-complished fact. Every man is his own master, he laughs at drouth, smiles . at rainfall and snaps his fingers at the fluctuations of the streams. Parle valley is fortunate. Dry farmers, farm-ers, irrigators, pump farmers and stock- ' men dwell in harmony; every man puts his shoulder to the wheel to push and boost and build up this beautiful valley. val-ley. Pioneers and newcomers unite in . 1 friendly emulation. The buzz of the tractor mingles with the barking of pumping plants and the whole valley thrills with enterprise. The result is two fine brick schools, three well-appointed mercantile institutions, institu-tions, two opera houses, churches, beautiful beau-tiful homes and prosperous farmers, who are carving out an independence for iemselves and families. 107 "God made- the country, man made the town," is an adage known to every ev-ery tongue in the civilized world. In the making of Park valley nothing noth-ing was forgotten. The diversity of resources, with the . gTeat advantages in mineral development, develop-ment, and the wonderfully productive farms, together with the subterranean utreams and lakes which exist under the entire valley, make it one of the most desirable lo'cations for the ambitious husbandman; that can Tao found anywhere. any-where. Irrigation by pumping is no longer an experiment. The water taken from the several wells by means of gas en-f en-f gines fails to lower the water table. V It is a demonstrated fact that there i sufficient water a short distance under un-der the surface to irrigate the entire valley. Taking into consideration the further fact that dry fanning has proven eminently successful insures the " success and rapid development of this i much talked of valley. The new settler in Park valley has the additional advantage of having at his command the experience and knowl-, knowl-, ; edge of an agricultural expert furnished bv the Continental Land company. "This company is doing much in the country to help their settlers make good. " Soil, climate, water and the assistance as-sistance rendered by a large corporation corpora-tion whose prime object it is to see that their settlers succeed, combine to assure success. |