The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-02

portion OF the county crops can be
raised without irrigation.
Ninc, were first discovered in
the county ia 1869. Nothing was
douc n the way g.: mining unUi
1913, R,cHuo 81 .Hck ot c%Nsl'al
ana distance from coiumunition,
the mining industry languiseed un-
til 1854, Now the product of No
gal aud White Oaks districts, is al
important part Of the total goll
production ofthe Territory of New
Mexico, and the prospect is hat
that production will be treblcd in
1888.
The valuation of the County in
1885. was So. 900, 900, an increase
ot 900 per cent i'll 3 years. San
Miguel County, containing the
important city of Las Vegas, and
more than four times the popula-
ton o. couuty,) vas the only
one which exceeded Lincoln in
wealth last year. Total taxation
tor all purposes is but $3.50 per
800. County finances are flour
ishing, aud the small debts Of past
years are being rapidly paid from
the surplus OF the present.
The heat is not great in Sum
mer, nor is the cold excessive or
long continued in Winter.
Our people are refined, cuItivat-
ed, open, hospitable, and sincere.
No one coming to cast his lot with
us need fear the lack of society, IN
asinuch as it is as acceptable and
pleasing as any that he lett behind.
Strangers are welcome, more than
welcome, if they come to settle
among us.
The county has an efficient Pub
lie School system, Managed by Il
County Superintendent, and the
Directors of twenty-five school dis
tricts. Upwards OF twenty-nine eff
Gent schoolswere in operation in
1887, and the number will be
greater in 1888. Public sentiment
iavors Il liberal expenditure of
public money for educational pur-
poses, and private hberality can
he relied upon TO make good any
deficiencies. There r nc "land
grants" in Lincoln County ; no
horrid octopus stretching out it's
tentacles to crush Il people A; no
Chinese dragon to weaken honest
labor. Onr every citizen is free,
and a lover of freedom. Here
there is no alliance between reli-
gion. politics, and manIiness Man
is privileged 20 worship God III
what form he plenses, or with out
form, to vote what ticket he leas-
es. or disfranchise himself. Tie
Burns theory is our only toutE
etone
Rank is hut the guinea stamp,
A mans Il man for a that"
The population Of Lincoln Coun.
~ is mainly American-Wh lte
Oaks is d%istinctivcly IN American
town. We have room, and t.
spare, for many thousands yet, o
farmers. merchants. a~rtizans. man
~ufac:urers, miners, prospectors, anc
ladies
G. w. Greene, of the Santa F,
New Mexican, writing to his paper
from Roswell, and Speaking of tie
magnitude of our county, present;
the following
CURIOUS FIGTEES.
Area of Lincoln County, 30. miles, :: o9(
" acres .......T 2Sl,0
so feet ,52,7 % ~ 10,
Population Of the United States. 90. L 5000. p,
Land in III coin county fer each per
son IN United state, so. feet .....-...12.t
I.bnd in Lincoln cuuRty for each fan
pdPSnIatiop Of o III. World -. -. i SEQ, oo0 oo
Land for each inhabitant in the L.
Land for each family Of the world,
50. .z3I
In other words there wonld be :
piece OF ground in this county toI
every inhabltant of the t.. $ 1000
125 feet, or for each family in tn,
[. s. almost al acre and - halt
Or, if he land OF thiscounty sho
be distributed among ail tie PEG
PIE of the world there would he
piece tor each man, woman an,
child 1Ox50 feel, or Il lot for eacI
family 25XIOO fee', the usual siz
of a Los Angeles town lot,