Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-06
TIE UPPER PECOS.
Attractive Farms and Stock Ranches
The Lumber Traffc-Business
for Santa Pe Merchants.

| re" people III SanLa re appear 10 real
ize the attractions possessed by that region
OF country that - les tinSnInediaty east of
,ne city, from Glorieta north through the
Glorieta and Santa Fe mountains and
along the upper Pecos valley. From afar
the mountains look sterile and uninviting
and the popular impression is that the
resources are very limited and the settle
nents of little consequence as factors in
development.
A New MEXICAN scribe made horse
back trip from Glorieta some miles up the
Pecos yesterday. AS the trains now run
the Santa Fean can easily put i'll day
on such jaunt, and the trip is one that
many people will doubtless enjoy this
summer. At Glorieta Peter Powers takes
care of the visitor in good style and has
conveyances that will land you anywhere
in mountain or valley safely and in good
order.
A surprising number of people inhahit
that region Attractive farms are to be
encountered on every hand, and the
Pecos and it's charming eide valleys are
peoped by hospitable class. The
farming is carried on without irrigation,
the rain fall there being most seasonable.
HAY and potatoes and small grain con-
stitute the chief crops, though some atten-
ton is now being given to Embarrassing.
The red lands of the Glorieta valley are
wonderfully productive, and when the
farmer DAYS the attention that he should
to fall seeding he will become doubly
prosperous. Much attention Is given tic
stock raising in these charming noun
tain parks. Grass on the range Is no"
six inches high and stock are rolling fat
The rancheros say they have the cream
= of the New Mexico range for all seasons
of the year, and they count the rugged
nature of the country as advantageous, il
that in summer the northern shady slope
retain the moisture that furnishes goo'
= late summer range, While In winter TN
southern slopes never hold the snov
longer than twenty-four hours thus al
fording good winter pasture. For thl
reason the mountain stock raiser Cal
carry on his business more securely an
Is proftahly than can the plains man.
Is The Pecos valley itself and the invltin
a valleys that lead into it are dotted Wit
m small farms and ranches. A successlo
of settlements line the road, and goo
m fences and large barns are the rule, glvln
an unmistakabe sign of thrift. In
lumber industry is an important one tn
Cooper, Stone and Routledge mills af1or
enylovment for many men and team
4 and serve to keep money in free circul'
= tion. the money coming in from outsld
points as the lumber is shipped out. A
extensive traffic in shipping cord wood
[, carried on at Glorieta. At Pecos tow
along Cow creek, the Chaperto, |
Macho and Cooper's are thrifty sett
ments whose trade Centers at Gloriet
and in response to general desire M
!. Powers has arranged TO open q secor
general merchandising store at th
Doint. buying bis stock from the Who'll
sale merchants of Santa Fe. The bus
J. ness men Of this city have not PAID II
attention they should to the trade OF TN
- section it is large now and ID lncreasin
1t is all within three to five hours drl'
of this city and can be anchored here
4 the proper efforts are made. Even tho
q who reside on the east slope OF the Pee
!, range say they are nearer Santa re tins
IA Las Vegas and prefer to come here to
- their trading although they reside in 81
Miguel county.
NOTES BY THE WAY.
A surprising number of Engishn
make their homes in the Gloreta mou
tains, Scattered about on farms al
ranches are no less than sixteen Englis
men, many of them having families.
. Mr.. Strong, Chicago millionaire, ow
the Valley ranch, and is making ma
m modern improvements there, and 1t v
m become summer rendezvous for N
m Strong and his Chicago friends.
=. Powers mountain house will omen
A. the season June Is. By that time fish
~ will be first class. 1t is even good no
4 u and many visitors are coming and gol
81 between Glorieta and the upper fish,
n" grounds.
IS" On Cow creek the trout fishing is gre
q" though the fish are not so large as IN !
"a . clear waters of the Pecos. Frank Il
10 a meraon, who lives on Cow creek, ha
10 :. record of catching $50 trout IN four hou
20" In weight they run about seven TO I
80" pound.
2255R Ranchmen over there are paying mu
o." attention to fine stock. In the Wind'
neghborhood the Poled- Angus cattle
I m very popular, and Mr.. Hawkins
, II, m others on the Chaperito and Cow ere
- have fine herds of full and three.quar
blooded Durhams.
Mr.. Bullock and his cousin, Gil
all Nicely, late of Clay county, Mo-, hay
horse ranch which promises we'll. III
ona have several blooded stations, amo
res others a Kentucky thoroughbred lo
distance runner, which they will cr'
Los with native horses, hoping thereby
ali produce a cross that ought to be VI
popular for general service.
sco' The Cooper Lumber company is
D. liable institution for that section a
makes great deal of business for
re working class.
o. E. Nj. Albright will leave the upl
COR or Pecos this week to survey trail up ii
Ghost creek by which it is expected tt
L. Santa Feans can reach the upper part
uu the valley on horseback in twenty mil
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