Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-28
SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
Conditions as Discovered by a New
Mexican Representative.

Mr.. l.. p. Wilson, who has charge of
the New MExIoAN's special immigration
edition to be issued next month, arrived
last evening from Socorro. He has visit.
ed nearly every town Of any Importance
in the southern part Of the territory dur
ing the past few weeks, and reports busi-
ness picking up all along the line. In
the Pecos valley he says that the outlook
is most promising, due to cheap land and
improved methods of irrigation. The
raising of sugar beets in the vicinity of
Eddy bids fair to become the leading in
dustry in this section, which offers for its
cultivation superior advantages of soil
and climate not found elsewhere in the
territory. This industry has passed the
experimental stage and its success is as
sured. The new factory will be opened
for operation in November with large
force of men.
The capacity of the factory is 225 tons
daily, and judging from the manner in
which the farmers have taken hold of
sugar beet cultivation other factories
will be necessary to handle the crop
which is promised for another year.
Fluit in this section is also looking we'll,
and good yield is assured, with the pos
sible exception of peaches, which were
slightly damaged by an early frost-the
first instance of the kind in years. Many
of the fruit men in the vicinity of Eddy
are going in for apples, 1t having been
demonstrated beyond doubt that apples
raised here possess a flavor not found
elsewhere in the west One man has pnt
in 10000 trees of winter varieties.
At Silver City Mr.. Wilson found busi-
ness fair, and prosperous outlook for
the coming year.
The new smelter, of which Hon. T. F.
Conway is one of the chief promoters, and
which opened for operation some weeks
since, is running with full force, and
the mining interests of that section have
been given marked impetus. The man
who produces ore can. by hauling to the
tofore, with freight rates to Colorado
knocked off. At the Mogollons many new
properties are being opened up.
At Hudson, the new hot springs hotel is
completed and neatly furnished. 1t is
one of the largest hotels in the territory,
and the fame of the curative waters of
these marvellous springs is attracting
much favorable attention, especially at
the east. Mr.. Graham has apared no pains
to make it an attractive resort, and he
feels that his efforts In this direction will
be fully appreciated and rewarded with
liberal patronage, which, as matter Of
fact, is already setting in.
At Las Cruces the residents are full of
enthusiasm over the prospective irriga.
tion project of the Rio Grande Land &
Irrigation company, of London. The
corporation proposes to construct an i'm
mense storage reservoir of capacity
sufficient to furnish this section of the
valley with an abundant supply of water,
thus assuring good crops and opening up
thousands of acres Of fertile land for cul-
tivation. Mr.. Wilson says that the people
are unanimous on the silver question, in
the various towns that he has visited, and
that the Republican boilers are legion.
Life long adherents of Republicanism are
everywhere leaving their party aud tax
Ing bold stand for silver, recognizing
the fact that favorable sentiment of
this important issue means not only
statehood for our territory but an era of
unexampled prosperity for New Mexico
and the whole country.