The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1896-01-17
THE CIRCLE.
NOTES FROM OUR REGULAR
CORRBS ?ONDENTS
Flora Vista's Ready Correspondent
Gives IL Neat Resume tfthat
District t.-Persona's, etc.
Flora V ista.
~; eial Correspondence.

~, eial Correspondence.
FLORA VISTA, Jan. 7.-Another
year with its joys and sorrows, its
storms and cllms, has gone. The new
year stands ready TO take its place,
and as we look over the months that
are past, the question arises, HaYe we
improved those days now gone for
ever, or have we let the hours glide
away without having accomplished
some good.
Shakespeare said, All the worlds n
great age and all the people are the
actors. Some of us at Flora Vista
have played our parts over many
times during the year past, ana now
lefore the curtain drops let us look
over and see what We have accom-
plshed in and around Flora Vista,
during the year 1895.
Flora Vista is situated in the most
beautiful and fertile part of this mag
nificent Animas valley 13 miles from
Pennington and 3 miles from Aztec.
We can boast Of having the largest
apple orchards and THE pear orchards
and more German and French prune
trees than any other psrt of the San
Juan county; also we are in the widest
part of the Animas valley; therefore
we have more land under ditch and in
cultivation than any othe part of the
county. We have as good school aud
church privileges as any part Of New
Mexico. Our politics are for state
hood, free silver, free religion and
free speech provided you are not
afraid of the other fellow.
Now as to what we have done at
and in the vicinity of Flora Vista dur
ing the year of 1895. Let us go int
Cetails, Beginning at F. H. Tully's,
Mr.. Tally has 800 acres Of land, most
OF which is under ditch. He has 20
acres of orchard, about 40 Of alfalfa.
During the year MIR. Tuiiy has built
new and magnificent residence and
made other valuable improvements on
his ranch.
N, l.. Hayden has 80 acres of land,
all under ditch, most of which is in
grass and orchard. Mr.. Hayden will
plant about 1000 apple and pear trees
this spring.
M. L. Page has go acres all under
ditch, has about So acres in alfalfa,
balance in orchard, During the year
Mr.. Page has built very handsome
new residence.
Mrs Moses Blancett has a beautiful
ranch, about 40 acres to alfalfa AID 90
acres of bearing orchard. Mrs. Blan-
cett has built large new frame cot
tage during the year.
George +. Brett 100 acres, mostly in
cultivation.
E. R. Sizer has located new place
and will make the desert bloom as the
rose. He is building new frame
house.
Judge @. S. Cameron has so acres,
50.acres under ditch. Mr.. Cameron is
one of our most enterprising citizens,
and Justly deserves the credit of deHi-
onstrating what can be accomplished
in this valley. With labor and no
capital he has one of the most beauti-
ful homes in the valley, and large
orchard, with 400 pear trees.
E @. Shelhamer has so acres, all un-
der ditch, He has about 10 acres in
alfalfa and 20 acres in orchard. He
has made considerable improvements
on his place during the year.
Col. T. f. Hickman has so acres, 20
acres in alfalfa. Mr.. Hickman has the
largest orchard in this part ofthe
county. Mr.. Hickman is an enter
prising rancher and believes in Demo-
cracy, first, last and all the time.
j. A. Mccoy has 35 acres all under
ditch. He has nice orchard and a
beautiful home, Mr.. Mccoy has built
nice new house during the year.
E. N, Beach our enterprising merch,
ant has 80 acres of land, all under
ditch. He has beautiful 1O-acre
orchard and 20 acres of alfalfa. Mr..
Beach is somewhat mixed in his polit-
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