Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-07-25
BUILDING FORTUNES.
kentuckians at the Front in
New Mexico.
III Congressman Trlmble'. Peculiar
LtaNe.Taking OF His
old Home.
MIL YIELD ON rur

home, where he has since been engaged
IN newspaper work lie il secretary and
treasurer Of the Ncw Mexico rr~a asso
citation, and WIS the delegate from that
territory TO the National Editorial ASso
| citation, which Just finished IS annual
meeting in 81 Paul. On hts Nay home,
/ he decided 10 pay u visit 10 hls friends
nud relatives IN this state, and IL now On
his way to his mothers home in Shelby
willie.
Mr. McCrrisht brought news " u mum
Der ~ we'll known kcntuck,aus Who nov
live IN Albuquerque Prominent among
them are Judge Lawrence \ Trimi,o,
W l. Nobe and John Trmhlr. all ~
whom hail from McCrackru cnuuty. and
Mr. Neil Is. Field, who VAS feared ~ ths
city. whore he IL 80 we'll known.
Judge Trimblc has nov retired from
the practice ~ law. ard ~ Speeding hla
old age IN case aud comfort. For long
number ~ years lie was one ~ the mos,
widely known men ia kentucky, aud was
. famous character, noted alike Tor his
ability and his many peculiar personal
characteristics lie represented the Frat
Kentucky district IN Congress Tor three
terms. and was defeated 10y Hon. Orcar
Turner IN 1872 The confess, Tor the seat
between the two attracted widespread
attention, and van heated and bitter
one So confident was Judge Trmble ~
winning that he vac probably the most
surprised man IN the United States when
the polls closed. and lie found that h"
hal becn relcsa' Ell to private life. His
astonlshm"nt was not unmiNed with
anger, and he resolved nj once, and per.
manently, To separate himself from the
people who did not have more confidence
IN him than IN hir opponent, lie had
previously Possessed u fortune estimated
Mt about tlOo,0u, but th,s, through the
uncertainty and expense " poiitlcs, and
other thinga, had dwindled very material
ly, and served to add to his bitterness.
just after the election, without u word
Of warning to his family or hrs friends,
!, no mounted kis horse one day aud rode
of. From that day 20 this lie las never
, set foot on his native heath. lie rode To
Cairo, H., where he sold h,s horse, and
taking boat there he proceeded to Al
buquerque For months hrs family did
not know ~ his whereabouts. lie had
. disappeared AZ ompletely AZ u he were
at the bottom ~ the ocean, aud he was
:. regarded az dead. II was thought 10y
many that, while laboring under III OF
mental alteration, he had committed
every direction for hrs body.
:, After No .ong u time, however, he no.i
:, he'd his family Of his whereabouts, and
the other members soon joined him. Al
buquerque was then IN It's infancy, and
y for nearly 4 year aud halt he was III,
" only lawyer in the place. Money VA
plentiful, and an no rega,ned his old.tim,
x strength Of body aud mind he prospsreS
% and built up another considerable for
tune. The other members u the famil!
D. mentioned above are now conducting
u livery stable there and doing u flourish
ing business,
IA Mr.. Field, who also went Ia New Meyi
il co II number Of years ago and located u
ID Albuquerque, has made rapid strides, no
only in the confidence Of the people, bu
=, in his profession Ne we'll, aud il regarded
y a. the leading lawyer In the city
:, MT McCrsight, who has all the energ
and capacity OF the natives OF this stat
who have built nance and homes 10
W themselves IN the new states and terri
y, tories, il full Of praise for his adopte
W dwelling place. In speaking TO a Time
reporter this morning OF the territory b
said: farming 10 New Mexico il don
~ al most entirely by irrigation, aud tor Thu
10 reason farmers who have al~ays depend
IN ed on the rain think the country 10 Of u
account for agricultural purposes. Tha
10 becsuse they don't understand II, IL
~ when . man becomes accustomed to irr
-, CATION he could not Le Induced to farr
!, In any other way, because he can pre-
To- duce - much more on the same area I
land, and have q certainty OF "a good Gro
=. every year. He does not have 10 TAX
the chances OF flood or dsouth, aud los
81 two crops out Of about every five, as the
OF usually do 10 rain countries.
Then again, they have market Il
their products right at their own doc
up The mining. sheep aud cattle interests
p the territory are % extensive, and en-
sn ploy % many men, TO sAy nothing {
). those engaged in commercial aud mRni
y" featuring pursuits, that all the snrplu
products OF the agricultural portions I
In the country will always be demanded
aupply home cOnaum ptiun,
~ The governor Of the territory, in b
on address at the opening OF the territorii
he fair at Albuquerque some lime sine
gave some interesting facts and iigur'
on this question, which are astonishin
RI 10 thoss not familiar with the subjec
III aud show what 9 good homo market tt
~ settler in New Mexico has for everyt hiu
~ he may desire 10 sell. The governor, a
ITO ter speaking OF thu great productlyenei
rk OF the soil, went on To show the enormo,
to demand in the territory for such SUI
plies. Although the territory 10 reco
nized as be.nR the finest country IN Il
re- world for orchards and vineyards, y
nd 1urins the past year, the Santa Fe roa
l.. brought into New Mexico +OS, 900 pot 2;
-, OF green fruit, and G75,OOO pounds
>" canned goods. This came from tho eas
It. ward. aud the Atlantic 4 Pacific roo
40 more than doubled the importation
40 bringing no less than $4,000 pounds
~ fruit IN various forms from the west Th'
more than 100000 pounds OF fruit we
NJ brought into this land Of the apple ar
"A. the grape In q single yeap. Altboup
tha fertilo valley Afounu AlbuouAfoue