The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-03-02

ssaih sSNsfn sSra-r 81 Now hsh
Ss, 10 $50 mica IN s1;rcme isuEth,
ard 100 in extreme breath. aud
contains 2I,iS0 square @i.eI. Ii
i, divided. from ncr;h % isulh, oT
the Flo Fssos.Hu portArtN,reAm,
which receivsl wi.hin the county
aunerous tributaries Ariaing 10 the
east SIDE Of tho Grsst Range.
Tho western par; Of ia Comfy
10 divided by mountains, locally
known A. tho Gkilinss, JicArilla,,
Cari1s', Sierra BlsneoS, dc, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks Of these ranges
vary from-GallinAS aud Jacks
Peak, aSout 5000 feet, to Carlo,
$500, Nossl, 10000. and Sierra
Blsneo 10000.
The population OF the County
uas 5000 in 1855, now AboutS.ooo
The towns, other than " mite Uak',
are Lincoln, San r~Gtrielo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dovliu's Mil, Gslens, Ko'-
well, Ssvsn Rivers, Three RlVsrs,
Bonito, NoEal, Parsons and Lock
sgt.
Two-thirds Of the County con
stats OF hno grazing lands, mainly
vol wAtsred, and steckod with
100, 900 head Of o%.ttle, All increase
Of 1000 PER cent. in 5 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
nee in tho mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is hero to stay. lie
r.nses where nothing else will and
10 exceedingly profitable to his
owner There are but few sheOp
Ia the county, about 5000 horSoS
and mules, and burros, (AngliA
J.ckass .s,) like the sands Of tho
s~s1tnors Tor multi.uGs
On the FsnAIco. Euldoso, Boai
10, iioudc, Ssvsa Rivers, Black
River, and Pscos, there are the fin
%, Of agricultural l%RdS, Fine
fsrma HAYS cccn opeHsa on all
shose s,reame, and upon them has
ssSu produced in exceptional, quai
~ and quantity evarJ term pro
dsess winch car be raised 1T such
an 4|ls7atioR. Ths sxpgrienca o.
lhs iAte Chas. Fritz demonstrated
that Liacola Coanty will produce.
Is abundance Ill the Mother
Srui!R. The axrico!;urSl intsrest u
4rs~iy TIA pc, tant, nRd gr"wipg-
Experiment. s.,aw Shat IN naest
portion 81 sha e.BAty exops Gan be
taised wttaOht irrigation.
Mines stre ara, discovered IN
th4 csant7 in 1869. Nothing VIA.
&oas ! t., way OF mining until
1879. B.csuAs on lack Of capital
and d!s.a1as from communion.
the mining industry janguisecJ IN
Ill 1881. Now tho preduct OF No
gal and White Oaks districts. ia M
i'm por,ant part Of the total Goit
prediction Of Territory Of New
Mexico, and tbs prospect ia that
that production will DO trebled in
1888.
The heat is not grea! in Sam
NOR, nor is the cold excessive or
long continued in Winter.
Oar people are refined, cultivat-
ed. open, h~oSPitable, and sincere.
no one coming to cast his lot with
us need lear tine lack Of society, IN
.smuch As it is ne acceptable and
ploAsing;sb any that he lett behind.
Strangers arc .'elcoms, more than
wslosmo, if they come to settle
among -.
The county has su efficient Puo
lie School system, managed by .
County Superintendent, ana -
N'r"olorN OF 'wenty.tw" school
jprAn., ., ,weutf nins
WORT aa oo'swsre in s%ps'Atior
tar. .a# .A4 r
<,nn,sr "a ta$s t,ota .cn..n.
;A,ors & iiberRj expenditure
public 0onoy Tor ecuc2ronat pal
e.,~e ard uriyete Aoeraiitv caU
et-.es c"a. T. c'%f- good ap'
ts.
t. Gin .9
roru. u,.opus alfetrhm& out t.
r~.stAe!ss to crush oar poapl- 70
C4ju-'e dIAsun TO weaken hoa"s
Assr. Oar every citizen ia FIRE"
and a lover Of freedom. He'.
tAsrs j, 40 alliance between reii
E.on, 20 ;j,S. and maniluesE Ma
privileged 20 WORSHIP HYt IN
~sM !or,u hs plonses, or lut
- "a, "a '.;c what ticket 70 ic,
-. er G sfranchiss himself. Tie
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