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


We'll tread the mUjrirs A. OF olI
our fathers sailed the SEA,
And make the west Ms they the east
The homestead 0 the free.
:, With this quotation from " hitler Mr.
q. Yates, who has within the past yeal
settled near Chilli, at Il new town rallcd
Roseyillc, writes @oSeipy letter 10 the
Farm, Field and Storkman. Of CHICAGO, 4
great agricultural journal which il repre-
sented here to-day by one ii It's editors,
Mr. J, w. Wilson. OF En>oyiilo Mr..
I Yates writes:
! This is new villaga, artely Il year
! old, yet its citizens are thoroughly alive,
and in every respect governed by the
same enterprising spirit always possessed
/ by the citizens OF the best Farming locaIl-
ties OF the middle and eastern states. One
year ago there Wcre5 but two families in
this neighbOrhood to-day We have with
i'll circle OF six miles twelve families.
Several more have lorations and will
move here I'm the future.
Rosevillc is located in Il beautiful val
| ley thirty-siX miles east Of Albuquerque,
and fifty miles south Of Santa lie, in San
Ia te county, on the surveyed line OF the
st. l.. IL 5. +. Il. r., which if reports are
true, will in the near future be completed
to and connected with the \. 4 T. K. r.
at Albuquerque. The valley will average
in breadth about twenty miles, and is
about $50 miles in length, and lies from
north to south. The valley is situated be-
tween the two principal rivers OF the ter
rito l,p 10 r;D
to the west, and the Rio Pecos, forty miles
to the east. Thus, having river on either
side OF us and the Sandia mountains only
ten miles west of us, we get rain sufficient
to enable us to farm successfully without
irrigation. We raised good crops here
last season, considering that We had to
farm sod and that We had Il very dry sea-
son for this part OF the country.
A Mr.. Yost, who lives eight miles from
here, raised good crop of twelve acres of
potatoes last year; | did not learn how
many bushels per acre, but know that he
received good price for them, getting
$3.50 per bushel
This beautiful valley is without cxcep-
ton the garden spot OF the southwest for
home. The soil is a rich loan; good
well water is obtained anywhere in the
valley at from nine to forty feet The
elevation is about 5000 feet.
This section OF New Mexico has many
attractions, but the crown OF all is its in
comparable climate. So genial and balmy
is it that in winter rs well as in summer,
we can live almost an outdoor life, breathe
the pure, bracing air and bask in the
warm sunshine. No sunstrokes ever oc-
eur in this country, and at night pleasant
and refreshing sleep can always be found.
No sickness, so doctors do not get rich.
No malignant fevers, as there are no rivers
nearer us than the Rio Grande and Rio
Pecos. This region is well adapted for Il
summer and winter resort.
Say if you please that her soil is not
worth $40 an acre, but her climate is
worth $500, and that without any discount,
for it is here to stay.
Timber abounds in sufficient quantities
for local uses; pine, pnon and cedar are
the principal woods, and are obtained for
cutting and hauling.
There are two sawmills twenty miles
west of Rosevillc. Pine lumber is worth
from IS to $l4 per 900 feet at mills.
Los Cerrillos. This is one of the prin-
Cipal mining camps OF the territory; a
large field of excellent coal is being de.
veloped here, said by experts to be equal
to Pennsylvania anthracite. The area of
this field is about $4,000 acres the coal
may be used iof culinary purposes. Los
Cerrillos is thirty miles northwest of
Roseyille, and is splendid market.
San Pedro and Golden are twenty and
eighteen miles northwest OF Roseville.
Gold and silver mines are located at these
paCesAand smeIters have been erected to
treat the ores. Both Of these places are
extra good markets,
With free homes in the sunshine, why
endure billiards.? Why spend during six
months all you can earn in the other six ?
Why sacrifice the health of yourself and
family in the severe northern climate?
There is no need OF it when you can get
good homes here free OF cost. There are
thousands Of acres of good government
land in this valley that can be farmed
without irrigation, and which are subject
to location under the United States land
laws, and almost every day in the year is
suitable for productive labor. You can
make more money from ten acres than
from 100 Of northern farm lands.
Mr.. Yates closes his letter by saying:
This will in the near future become one
OF the finest fruit and wheat growing coun-
tries in the United States.