Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-19

| Seventy acres of this tract are under
splendid state of cultivation, twenty
acres ,of which are in.fruit. His farm is
pleasantly located on the banks of the
are watered by the other two rivers as
we'll, thus forever eliminating the posi-
bilities of a failure of crops from draught.
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Frank B. Allen.
Mr.. Frank B. Allen, the subject of
this sketch. is one of the leading citizens
of the thriving town of Pennington,
where he is proprietor of the Grand
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, one Of the
largest establishments of the kind in San
Juan county, which has always enjoyed
an extensive and profitable patronage.
Mr.. Allen can furnish on short notice
any kind of rig that may be desired,
his stock running throughsall the vari-
GUS grades and ages of horse flesh, from
a yearling thoroughbred runner to the
dray horse and the cow punchers pony.
Mr.. Aliens place is headquarters for
horse trading and is known all over the
county of San Juan. Here one may
choose, if he desires, to buy outright or
trade. from large herd, and the pros
pective purchaser is sure to find some
thing that suits his fancy. Mr.. Allen is
also extensively interested in land. At
the present time he has for sale an 80
acre ranch some distance from town,
vr,h ;1h 1,o hol of To ho
settler. There are five acres in fruit on
this place and fifty acres under cultiva
ton. This ranch has good water and
plenty of it, and if spoken for at once
can be had at bargain, as Mr.. Allen
has his hands full in attending to his
livery stable business, which has grown
during the past year or two to magni-
tude that he never anticipated.
Mr.. Allen came to Pennington from
Utah in 1886 and for about eight years
was engaged in the stock business. He
opened his stable four years ago and has
succeeded in building up profitable
trade.
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D. D. Darson.
Among the pioneers of the great La
Plata valley, Mr.. D. D. Darson is entitled
to prominent place, having been iden.
tilted with the industrial interests of
New Mexico since 1882.
He is native Of Missouri. Mr.. Oar
son owns a farm of forty acres within
mile of Aztec, of which eight acres is set
out in fruit and the balance under.a
splendid state of cultivation.
His general merchandise store at La
Plata is filled with complete stock of
goods and he enjoys large trade up
and down the valley for many miles.
The postoffice at La Plata occupies
place in Mr.. Darson's establishment.
He believes in the future of the La
Plata valley, which he says. produces the
best fruit of any section in New Mexico.
He is located in the center of fine
agricultural country, which with the i'm !
proved transportation facilities soon to
come to San Juan county. will make
this section one of the most desirable
resident localities in the territory of New
Mexico.
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Dale's Ranch.
The above named ranch is owned by
Mr. D. P. Dale, and has been known for
years as stopping place, to travellers
passing between Durango and the val
ley towns of northwestern New Mexico
The ranch consists of 120 acres of fine
foot hill land, five acres of which are set
out to fruit, and seventy acres being
given to alfalfa which yields on an aver
age from four and half to five tons per