The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-11-23

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<unwn ~ ti.c U,iiina-, .lririll,.
'ar'xo,. Sierra blanc's &c.. al
portions ot tho Great VI mn'aln
Range dividing eastern Nev Mex
leo. The peaks ct these ranges
vary from --Galiinss and Jack
Peak. about 5000 feet, t.. C'arizu
9.2rO, N"gal, 10000, and Sierra
Bianco. l2,ObO.
The population % tho county
was 5000 in 1885, now abnut SpD
The towns other than White OAKS
~" Lincoln, San patricn. P.chl"
Weed. D"wlun's Mill. Ga!rna, Z :.
we'll. Seven Rivers. Tire. '.,vcr<
Il nuto, N"gal. Parsons ana ln,
rut.
Two.tliirds ot the countv cf'i
sSts ut tino graz, Y Ian t.. m.lniA
we'll waturcd. aud stoke! Wit,
2OD. 900 head Of cHttl,.. an i|irrrns
81 1000 Imr cant in } years. Tn.
.\ng"ra goat has mad, hnH a,,i.par-
me" in the mountain %; iin""in
curntv. ar'i he il her" ~ >tav. He
RANGES where nothing else will. and
: exr.en n.ly profitable IL li,
owner. Fibre are but few sheep
III tn" cnuniy. about 5000 horses
lnd ma,cs. and burros. (.Anslli
.Iacknsses.) like tho sands OF the
.eashore TO" multitude.
On the ~l'rnaaco. Rnidosn, POM
To-. Ilonlo, Seven Rivers. Black
River. and Pecos. there are the in
est of agricultural lands. Fine
arms have been opened On all
those streams. and upon them i,aa
been produced in exceptional ulal
ity and quantity every farm pr"
ducts which can be raised at such
AN elevation. The experieic" %
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
that Lincoln county will produce
in abundance all the northern
fruits. Tho agricultural interest Is
already important, and grown;ng-
experiments show that in most
portions ~ the county crops a be
raised without irrigation.
Mines were first discovered in
the county in 1864. Nothing was
lone in the WAY Of mining until
1879. Because Of lack Of capital
and distanc. from conn unicatinn.
The mining industry languis!i"l I'M
I'll 1881. Now tIic pro'inct # No
gal and White Oaks districts is an
important part of the to'al gold
production of the 1crri Dry If ~ "
Mexico, and the pr"sr ct Is that
that production Will bu uebled ~
1889.
Tie heat is not gre.t in Sam
mcr. hor is The cold excessive or
long continued in winter.
Our people are refined. rul'ivai-
ed, open, h"spitnble. and sincere
No orie coming to cast hts lot Will
Us need fear the lack of society. II
aslnuch as it is as mrceptsblp ard
pleasing as any that he left behind
Strangers are welcome. m"re ti.a'.
welcome, if they come t" SETTLE.
amor us
he county has an efficient Pub
lie School system, managed b.
County Superintendent, nnd TIE
Directors OF twenty two sci, ui dis
~itirts. Upwards ct twenty niue eli
cient schools wer.. in op-rtlon III
1899, and the number will be
greatcr in 1880. Public sentiment
av"rs a FEDERAL expenditure o
public money FIR educational rnr-
I"scs. and private liberaIity car
be relied upon To- make good any
deficiencies. There are no ''land
grants in Lincoln county; NJ"
h"rrid octupus strotchinS out it,
t~ontaclcs Ia crush our people; n"
Chinese dragon to weaken honest
lador. Our every citizen is free
and a lover of freedom. Here
tiicIc IN Hb tilidIlCc VctN zen TtIi0
ion, petite, and manliness. Man
is PRIVILEGED Ia Worship God in
what torn hc plrases. or without
form, To vote what ticket he pleas
20. or distranchise himself. tn.
Buns theory 10 our only touch
stone:
Rank 10 but the guinea's , mp
And mansa man for \ ,hu,
The population ~ L'uco.n coan
ty is mainly American Whit
Oaks 10 distinctivsly an American
town. We have room. and lo
spare. for many thon>ani vet. %
farmers, merchants. artisian. m.n
utncture-4 suina-e r.n.