Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-21
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Eight millions, five hundred thousand Of
acres OF free land around Folsom. Sc
says the Idea.
Twenty thousand head of cattle TO be
shipped from Clayton the next two
months. How isthat?
Decoration day will be observed in
! White Oaks as never before. The ladies
have taken the chief management.
The Las Vegas base ball team has per-
lected arrangements to have the Albu-
querque team play there on the 30th.
The extensive purchases of young steers
in this section for shipment to the north
crn ranges marks 4 new era in the his
tory of the cattle business in southern
New Mexico.-San Marcial Reporter.
Heavy shipments of cattle for the north
are going on continuously over the Santa
Fe and Denver q f. Worth lines. The
ranges of the southwest are being greatly
relieved and cattle raisers placed in better
financial condition than for years past.
Major Caffrey's comment: 1.-The wind
blew so long and hard this week that ere
it quit there was no dirt for it to toss.
But il an east wind should set in hard it
would return. 1t is said that cts an i'll
wind that blows nobody any good" but
we would like to know who the last wind
blew good to-"
Frank Quarrel, a young Englishman
who was sent to this country few years
to be taught ''ranching," took the con-
tract night or two ago to eat fifty eggs
at one sitting. He failed on the thirtieth
egg, and, when asked why he did not fill
the contract replied that some of the eggs
were stale. He is said to have performed
the feat last year at Pecos, but then he
was supplied with fresh New Mexico
ranch eggs.-OptiC.
Mr.. Martinsen's visit to Topaka last
week awakened considerable interest
here. Although nothing definite can be
learned in the matter, it is generally I'M
derstood he was discussing the railroad
probabilities, advantageous connections,
etc, Tor COllax county. AS soon as the
present general business depression i'm
proves, this section OF the country will
receive a benefit. The immense quanti-
ties OF coal and timber in the Ration
mountains will not remain undeveloped
| much longer.-Raton Range.
1t is one OF the myteries of the 10Th
century why people will wait for years to
get into Il new country like Oklahoma,
when New Mexico, which is in every way
n better country, seems to attract little or
no attention. We have better climate,
a better country, and thousands of acres
OF public land to one in Oklahoma, and
yet we fail to secure immigration. The
principal reason, and perhaps the only
one, is because We do not advertise our
country. People east only hear of us
through some Indian raid or shooting
scrape, consequently the opinion prevails
that we are barbarous people, and our
country a bowling wilderness. Let every
town, and every citizen, do something to-
ward advertising the territory, and we are
sure to zap the benefit of the immigration
which T. ltow pouring into the Indian ter
ritory. Especially is this true in regard
to the counties of the eastern part of New
Mexico, where immense irrigation bitches
are being made and the country opened
upon a grand scale. Let the people bestir
themselves and New Mexico will vet come
to the front Enterprise.