The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-05-18
FROM REV. DIR. LANE.
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. | promised ysu n week or two
since; some items OF observ vatien
: which might be of passing interest
at least to the people OF White
Oaks and vicinity, which l now
hasten to fulfil.
While waiting here for the arri-
val of my family I have had some
little opportunity to gain some gen-
cral idoa OF this prospective city.
Like the people of White Oaks,
this people are waiting patiently as
maybe tor the third r. X. to con
meet this city in the "sweet by
and bye" with Guymas, Mexico,
or possibly, ultimately. with the
ancient city OF the Monlezumas.
Real estate is going here at a rapid
rate. Judging from the force of the
wind, and to q stranger it seems
necessary to anchsr it some where
to know definitely it's boundaries,
tor al liDesIaro uncertain save the
lines inathe. heavy counterances of
,hs cti1els aLo. tendsrivoted s,!sn-
ger. Dust, dust, everywhere, and
am inclined te, think after all that
\ hite Oaks Is not the worst place
in The world.
Ihis city is the possessor of pos
siOly 1900 inhabitants and all are
lsok;nx ahxicusly for a great rsvi
val in the next year, but like many
other localities we could name the
probabilities lie some distance IN
The future. We of New Mexico
need larger modlcun OF patience
SUCH as The old Patriarch JOB |,
was not acquainted with. Boils
are conducive TO lmpstlence and 50
are the long years ct waiting, So
sadly lcngthning cut before the cit
lzens OF this Territory, while wait
ing the tardy steps of capitalists
and the oncoming of the thrifty
emlgrant to people the waste plac-
es OF thls great country of the
southwest. Well, we OF Viii
Oaks can afford to wait, for with
pride We can IN the meantime point
10 the varied and insxhaustlble re
sources OF our city and its sur
r"uadings, which sometime will
make themselves fclt and quicken
the pulses and gladden. the hearts
OF those vine have waited so long
and patiently, for the race is not to
the swift, bnt to thst one who can
chcertully hope and wait.
l have thought much since as
before leaving my new home Of
the enterprise, and ingenuity, and
tact manifested by the W r. @,
assisted by the good ladies of White
Oaks in the recent Carnival, which
FULLY compensated Item for all their
patience and labors of love, tor a
cause which 50 richly deserves and i
receives So generously from their
lands. For ingenuity Of exeeu
ton and rapidity Of conception, and
tho success that crowns such efforts
with untadlng laurals. | am proud {
20 say our townswomsn are bv far
the most perfect examples | have
mot, not only in the instance OF
the Carnival but In many others,
both IN secular and church work
have none excelled and few equaled
For a comparative stranger lately
coming in your midst, you can al
l"rd ma full expression OF opinion I
appreciativs et such soul workers,
and in the outlook for the future
this is ono OF the most hopeful fac
tors In the problem. From a large =
and extenslve outlook over varied
field OF activity in the past, wa tesl {
sure no good work can fail with t
such support, and to hearts to 9
whom failure is unknown. And
now it only remains to add, that If
we. the older Representatives or y
the Lords OF Creation, assisted by
the Young Ons-than whom no bet
ter class were ever citizens of any
fown.-wIth all these, and tho nat
lral advantages above mentioned,
White Oaks is assured Of succcss
IN the future. We ean afford to Il
wait and hope for the good time
come it will and
hoss who have d~nc most tor the
good OF the community will he G
hose t" gather the coming harvest
One thing has impressed No J
rresflv. and that is tho constant