The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-12-15
FROM ROSW ELL.
Roswell, n. NJ, Nov. 20.

My DEAR MAJOR:
Roswell is now taking on a boom hus
exemplifying the old adngc, " all Il. inss
com around to those WHO wait. wa
here nv 10 those who are non-holievcrs in
the Darwinian theory Of evolution tia q
review of the history Of this place and
the Pecos Valley will at least staggtrtici
skepticism, if not overwhelm it tltoE' tn
or. Commencing with that SC leotvpcu
period, "but a few Yeas ago, when tbs
country was II part of the howling Wild +
ness the transition was short to tie cta
when the white outlaws suprlanted the
red savage, and The peace BIZ settler wa
no longer robbed of his horse by the bar
baro Is Apache. but IN the more courteous
a d civilized style of Billy the k. TIL
inco ming Of the cattlcmcn rooted OUT e
outlaws, and the granger and the railro d
ale now threatening the cate.
Inmi grafton is now setting in this wa
Roswell is growing. Several new aid
ings recently finished, sevcial now in
NONtEt WI III NNlbf ""NA 49,
ton of several oilers contracted for.
Roswell is to have Il newspaper shortly
The editor of the paper arrivcda few DAYS
NC bringing his type with him, and 5
soon as he could get a building went to
work and set up his forms, ready to be-
struck off as soon ms the press reaches hcrr
which is on the road. \ new doctor has
arrived and his drug store will soon fol
low-that is the drugs will foIlow-ihc
store will be erected here and not folio ".
TAe stores, mechanics and iahprcrs sen.
to have as much as they can attend T.,
while the knights of the green cloth are
busy night and day, giving glad COUNT
nances to those who successfully cop9ercd
tie tray, AMI wOe-bcgone expressions t'
those who lost ON the ace.
The cause of this Sudden prosperity l.
almost entirely due to the energy and ca
terprise of Lincoln County's old stand
by" familiarly known as Pat Garrett
The Irrigating ditch or canal upoH Whici
he is now engaged, is certainly Il gigantic
ullNltt ldhllGs dllh NlNN - 81 iH''' ''i'
ant, it wears every aspect Of successful
completion, as large capital (about the fig
urc 6 and five 0's,) has been subscribed b.
the stockholders.
TIE survey of the Canal commence
close to CARROTS house, on the Hondl
River. and thence southwark in an irregu
lar line, according TO grade, TO Tie = Mt.
Spriag River, the waters of which stream
Of water in the Canal. Theline will then
continue in s%culhcrly direction but bear
ing AWAY from the Pecos to the FeiiN
which is about % miles south of RoswclI
The lands intended to he irrigated are tn
vacant lands lyin" oT to the south Of III
Chisum ranch, where the country Is yer.
nearly level, having sufficient inciii
toward The Pccos 10 makc3thc land cas-
If irrigation from the Canal when con
struclcd. 1t is the intention of the tccf
holder, to embrace 5000 acres within III
scope of this Canals irrigation, and il
Intended tn tlme the Fcliz and make "a
terminus of the Canal somewhere ahu,
Tourlakc. 1000 acres seems to d.. a W
ny large quantity of land to hc %irrlgatct
hut there will bca large quantity Of watt
to effect that object The anal is to !
- feet wide at the bottom, and , fc
deep. lttaps the llondo below the poin
where the North Spring River and Il
Bercnda enter it, and then conducted i
10 Sou IA Spring River twill then ha'
from that point the united volumes OF b
lcnda, North Spring River, llondo ~
South Spring River 1t is estimated !
the engineers in charge that these unit.
volumes of water will flow q sunicie
quantity to lood 1000 acres of la I'd
the depth of twelve inches in twenty 70
hours.
The Company will give liberal terms
the coioui,ts who settle along The di
furnishing them water al certain rates
u. regulated 10y the directors. They
tcnlto make an avenue lined with sim
trees along the cutige length of he Can