The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-02-18
NEW MEXICO AS IT IS.


tion to California as has not been
seen since 40 and the SOS. And
now fitting East, almost equal to
that West, is attracting notice.
The Callfornlans are largely of
the sagacious, speculative order
They believe in printers ink, and
invest largely in it's use. Town
companies have been organized,
paper towns established, lots put
upon the market. and such flatter-
ing inducements held out to par
ties at n distance as to cause q
spirit of unrest and awaken one of
desire for change of location. The
consequence has been that Calitor-
MIA presented to such the outlines of
hoped for Mecca, and thousands
upon thousands have thronged the
advertised points, only to find that
the places they so longed to see
were overcrowded, and the value,
or at least the asking price OF prop
erty was higher than in the coun-
try they so swiftly left Then the
climate they found to be variable,
the coast winds cutting to the skin
in winter, and the sun producing
swcltering heat in the summer.
Last spring, Gen. Grierson Com
mander of the Fort at Santa Fe, had
occasion to visit Los Angeles, and
on his return, said he would resign
rather than accept command at
that point. So in almost, if not
quite all sections of the State
While at some seasons of the year
1t is pleasant, and seemingly pos
sessing a desirable climatic loca-
tion-as Manitoba, Dakota and
Alaska sometimes provides-yet,
presto, change ensues, and the
breath Of Nature changes either
to the heat Of furnace or a gen
erous blast from the North Pole.
New Mexico is not a Territory
of booms, but it modestly and
confidently invites bona-fide set
tiers to come hither at any season
of the year, taste our climate and
investigate our resources. If a
miner, he can visit our several
camps and test our ores-it an ag-
riculturist, seek our productive sec
tions, for be it understood that
right here in Lincoln County, we
have land that will produce every
product Of the orchard, garden
and farm, under irrigation.
Many at the East do not under
sten irrigation, and consider it a
poor substitute for Natures offer
ngs But they should know that
Nature is otteutlmes niggardly IN
supplying water, and that some
times it overdoes it, so that some
years drouth devours the product
Of their labor and in others it
browns it ont. Through irrlga-
ton, Just enough moisture can be
implied to bring crops to matu-
lity.
Inen the climate is equable
and our atmosphere is laden with
lifo-giying properties. Here there
is no malaria, there are none who
have consumption save those who
had their lungs packed full with it
before coming, and shipped it
hither with their other effects.
Then again, we pride ouselves
upon our educational advantages
and facilities. There are some 25
school districts in the county, and
besides our common school here
in White Oaks, we have well APP
pointed Academy, presided over
by an Eastern college graduate.
Our religious resources are also
good, every denomination being
represented by members, church
edifces and pastors, so that in com
ing hither, the Eastern immigrant
is not going beyond the confines OF
civilization, but rather where it
RIMS like q straaIn. and hahh1as