Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-25

pletion of the Armijo House. 1t was
the pleasure of your correspondent
to attend a ball and banquet given by
the proprietor, Mr.. w. s. Moore, ut
the opening of the hotel. Your quill
driver was surprised on being hand
ed a programme, to see it made up Of
all the latest dances, such as the Rae
quet, Newport, Sc, and he was still
more surprised whom the music struck
up, to see thirty or forty couples
Newport with as much grace as he
had been accustomed to see in Kansas
City.
Your correspondent cenfesses the
charms and beauty of certain Mex
ican senorita completely infatuated
him.
Real estate is very high here. The
best lots on Main street are selling at
from $4,000 to $4,000. Still this is
not what you would call fictitious
value, for parties are mostly buying
them with the view to immediate i'm
provement. The land that the prin-
cipal streets and business houses are
OH could have been bought at $50 an
acre year ago.
In these days of steam, electricity
aud the hundreds Of -other motive
powers that act AS the drive wheels
Of civilization, one of the most i'm
portsnt factors in the growth, per-
manence and prosperity OF new
town is its System of railroads. Al
buquerque is the junction Of the two
great trans-continental highways,
viz:
THE EATcHIsoN, TOPEKA & SANTA FEE,
and the Atlantic and Pacific. The lat.
ter is already built west over two
! hundred miles, with contract let
for three hundred miles more to be
built the present season. Operations
will soon be begun tor the extension
of 1t eastward to Vinita, Indian Ter
ritory.
The first annual exposition OF the
mineral, agricultural aud industria
products will be held here In October
next. A grand display Of New Mex.
ico's vast resources will be made, ,auG
no doubt will do the territory q grea
deal OF good.
Tho government has established
here an industrial school for tn
Pueblo Indians, at which are taugh
the common English branches, agri
culture, domestic economy, etc. Th
raising of cattle aud sheep has been
and probably will be the principa
pursuit of this country. For hun
dreds of years the Spanish Dons hav
made immense fortunes in this busi
ness. New Mexico is pre-eminentl
the finest sheep raising country il
America. Aud it was not necessar
for tho recognition of this that pre-
} gress should be awaited, but long be
, fore newspapers and railroads bscam
numerous in the land of Montszum,
nature had already and uncontrt
, vertibly demonstrated it.
\ Some valuable mining district
tributary to this place are being d.
. veloped but your correspondent ws
Informed
81 ALBUQUERQUE's AMBITION
is not to be mining town but q con
J mercial center.
Whatever may be the resources {
/. q country Its permanent prOsperit
must depend in . great degree upo
its agricultural productions. Min
may bring wealth and manufacturer
q promote prosperity, but the supper
/ of the people must come from tt
q soil. That the Rio Grande valley
abuudantly able to produce its ow
: provisions and become independer
i of other sections Of the country ft
its agricultural supplies has been Co
n clusively proven by the abundal
crops which have rewarded the /
u bors of the hnsbandmeM. The vallt
8 traverses from north to eouth a di
:. tance of about one hundred and fifl
4 miles. and the average width is abo'
five miles. The soil is a rich aliuvia
formed by the overflowiug Of Il
d river. The climate is hot in summ
9 and the rains are few, and cons
+ quently all crops have to be irrigate
This is done by system of acequia
or bitches, which lead from the rive
and often irrigate a section sever
miles in length. These acequias q
owned by the community and Il
necessary repairs are made in col
mon. The necessity of irrigation
: no drawback to
SUCCESSFUL AGRICULTURE,
but OH the contrary, is said to be
advantage. For instance, where lai
. is not watered during drouth Gro
fail, and some crops require water
particular period, and unless tn,
receive it are greatly retarded
prove failure. Irrigation has be,
in use for centuries, aud was practl
- ed in Egypt thousands of years az
!. While all crops common to tel
). perate climate grow here, grains {
v especially well. Vegetables are rails
v in abundance, and find o ready ma
# ket in Albuquerque and other tow
d aloug the river. Fruits are cultivat,
9 quite extensively, particularly d
/. grape. Rich, juicy and sweet,it stan,
!. at the head of the fruits of Ne
Mexico.
e The most Objectionable feature
l. albuquerque is the sand. When t
o wind blows, which is almost CO
,, stantly,
q THE SAND BLOWS
If to such an extent that 1T is blindil
q and almost unbearable. 1t appea
e to your correspondent if the poop
h here ever expect to realize what tn
p claim is coming the sooner they, r
Q. the city OF the hard characters tn
If now infest it, the sooner they m
y look forward for Immigration Of SIX
If and capital. 80
IL The probabilities are that Albuqu.
d que's boom will continue, aud
ls time make quite large city, b
D -your correspondent don't think
% could ever be fully acclimated to t
g. sand and hard characters.
10 The people here are call ago.
le about Socorro; it is said to be t
le coming great city Of southern Ne
IS Mexico. Your "western describe
Q. will be there shortly, when yo
readers may expect full accoul
Hasta que entonces adieS. HUGH
ia FAILURES.
IL
6, Our failures are the hard road
" ward ultimate success, it is sal