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OUTLINE MAP OF NEW MEXICO.

Element. while smaller bitches lead off
from this to each individual farm or
garden. In this way an abundant sup
ply of water is obtained, aud at no ex-
pense, except the comparatively little
labor required to clean out the bitches
every spring, and keep them in order.
About one tenth Of the land Of this
character in the valley is now under cul-
tivation. Upon this tenth part Of the
irrigsble land Of the district has been
produced all the grains, vegetables and
fruits which have maintained the repu-
tation which this valley has enjoyed for
more than two centuries Of being the
garden spot Of the territory.
Nearly all the land Of the remaining
nine tenths is just as goods almost
identical in character-and by the ap.
plication of water can be made just az
fertile and productive as any Of that
now under cultivation. The number Of
persons who make their living, directly
and indirectly out Of the coil within the
district under consideration. is about
10000 and il one. tenth Of the land will
support 10000 people, the whole Of it,
brought under cultivation, ought to A.
ford q living for 10000 and that there
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OF dams, and a contract has recently
been let to a Mr.. Bradley, Of Denver,
for the erection of these works in the
Mesilla valley, on the Rio Grande river.
We have already constructed one reser..
voir, which is seventeen miles long and
nearly mile in width. At one point on
the Rio Grande, where the water CON-
mences to sink, the river is crossed by
substantial dixie, and at this poiut the
first dam will be constructed to save the
water, which will be carried through a
large canal to the reservoirs. Other
dams and reservoirs will be erected, and
when the system is completed it will re-
claim tract Of land large enough to
support many thousand families.
1.-THE first experiment in the culture Of
the sugar beet has just been completed.
A factory capable Of using $50 tons per
day has been erected in the Pecos valley
under the Hagerman irrigation system.
The length Of the main building is $50
feet, east ell 30 feet, west ell SO feet,
boiler house 43 feet in length The
machinery is OF French manufacture
and had been set up at Berthierviile,
Quebec, Canada. The perfection Of the
plant is guaranteed. The buildings are
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SO constructed that the capacity can be
greatly enlarged when needed. About
1000 acres of sugar beets have been
harvested, and the yield will be from
10000 to $4,000 tons of promising quality,
although we have no analysis Of the crop
Most of the land is entirely new, bear
ing its first crop this year The farmers
were also entirely unacquainted with
the culture of the beet root, and the re-
suits in sight are more than gratifying.
Experiments made during the two years
previous gave most astonishing results,
the crop yielding from twelve to thirty
one tons per acre, with an average sugar
content of eighteen per acre. II the COM
mercial crop this fall approximates these
results it will cause sensation in the
sugar making world. The company pays
81 per ton for beets containing IA per
cent sugar, with twenty five cents per ton
increase for each per cent of sugar above
fourteen and twenty five cents reduction
for each per cent below IA, down to 10.
Next year it is believed that not less than
5000 acres will be grown for this factory
aud the promoters Of the enterprise talk
of providing factory capacity to take
care Of beets from 10000 acres. w. H.
Holabird, general manager of the sugar
company at Eddy, is confident that with
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just encouragement by congress, the arid
southwest under irrigation can produce
all the sugar needed in the United
States. Whether or not thew can make
money. without the aid Of the govern
ment in the way OF bounty or adequate
revenue duty, is yet uncertain. They
believe that by the closest economy and
by employing labor at the lowest posi-
bic price, they will lose nothing this year.
The present plant completed cost about
100000.
II do not look for any action looking
toward the admission Of New Mexico to
the Union to be taken by the present
administration. Delegate Joserh when
he was in congress succeeded in having
an enabling act passed by the lower
house four times and it was ready to
pass the senate. Mr.. Catron, during his
term, has secured a favorable report
from the committee, but it is extremely
unlikely that it will be taken up at the
coming session of congress. Everybody
in New Mexico is in favor Of statehood,
and think there will be very deter
mined effort made to secure her admis-
sion during the nsxt session.
"New Mexico is clearly entitled to I'D
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OF @0UU per acre. reaches
do well and bring to 6 cent per pound,
while plums and pears give equally sat
isfactory results. Next to the fruits.
alfalfa is the crop to raise, as it is most
nutritious crop food for stock. 1t can
be depended on here to yield four to six
tons per acre after the first year, and is
worth about $40 per ton.
Vegetables, sweet potatoes and all Of
the cereals give immense crops. In this
colony you are within mile Of the rail
road, and there you are in touch with
all the markets. Schools and churches
are in abundance, and as the lands are
settling up you have plenty Of neighbors,
who welcome every newcomer. The eli
mate is mild all the year round, never too
hot or too cold and for those afflicted with
asthma, consumption or throat troubles
there is no better place on earth. For
intending settlers to secure reliable in
formation about the adaptability, char.
acter and value Of the various lands;
also respecting colony locations and IA
vorable sites for irrigation and indus
trial enterprises write to w. T. Oliver,
special agent Of the land department,
Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe railway,
Observation-Disclosures Citizen.
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is room in the Rio Grande valley for that
number of persons to make good living
at farming, gardening and fruit growing.
is not by any means extravaganza, for it
must be remembered that with the close
cultivation that is practced where farm
ing is carried on by irrigation a much
smaller tract of land will suffice to fur
nish living for family than where the
farmer depends upon the rainfall.
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Blessings of Irrigation.

The idea of being obliged to irrigate
the land in order to have to produce
profitable crops was long great hug
bear to the people of the United States,
as they were disposed to consider such
land as Of little or no value, but Time,
that wonder worker, has done much to
wipe out this idea, and the results of
irrigation in California, southern New
Mexico and Arizona, Utah, Colorado and
Nebraska, have entirely proved how sure
and profitable farming has become by
that method.
New Mexico has suffered more in this
respect than most localities, and her
lands have long been looked upon as
arid, and useful for little else than sheep
raising. Yet to-day the same opportun,-
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iIlCullOuou SIdIc6 dTo ly-
ing right in our midst,
and the profitable open
ings for the construction
Of irrigation dams and
reservoirs are located
over the whole territory.
Nature has done her
share and all that is
needed is enterprise and
capital to utilize her gifts.
Mr. Frost's lands in
New Mexico are located
within easy range Of rail.
road facilities, and con-
sist of farming, grazing,
timber and coal lands,
and are offered in large
bodies at bottom prices,
and every encouragement
in the matter OF terms il
given to the prospective
purchaser.
Many sites for the con-
struction of irrigation
works are available
which will irrigate lands
that will produce sure
and profitable crops from
the moment water is ap-
piled.
In Coyote canon, TWEEN
ty-eight miles southwest
Of Belen, a station on the
Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe railway, there
is a splendid sight for a
reservoir with ample sup.
ply of water. Here by an
expenditure of S125,OOO
from $4,000 to 10000 acres
Of land can be irrigated
and when the water is
applied it will have a
market value of from
$40 to $40 per acre.
This is only one of
many similar opportuni-
ties which lie all over the
territories, and where to-
day they yield nothing,
will, when water is sup
piled, provide a good liv.
ing for a family on every
twenty or forty acres. No
better chances for start
ing colonies can be found
in the United States.
The timber lands are
good and covered with a
fine growth Of trees, and
owing to their proximity
to the railroad are in d.
rect touch with all the
markets, providing a prof
table investment.
The Rio Grande Land
Company owns a large
tract Of Land in the Mes
lila valley, near the Las
Cruces station on the
Atchison, Topeka & San
ia Fe railroad. The land
here comprises the most
fertile soil in the world,
is irrigated with an ample
supply Of water and only
awaits the application Of
the pillow. They are Of
cred to homeseekers in
twenty or forty.acre
tracts at from $50 to 800
per acre, and on the most
reasonable terms as to
payment. The soil is a
rich sandy loan or vege-
table mold, and will pro-
duce all the fruits grown
in the temperate zone.
Mrs. s. V. Casad, of La
Mesilla, New Mexico,
says her apples are the
best paying crop, yield
ing an average net profit
Of $500 per acre. Peaches
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1.-THE New MEXICAN is the oldest newspaper
III New Mexico. 1t Is sent to every Postoff1ce IN
the Territory and has large and growing circula
ZION among the Intelligent and progressive people
of the southwest.
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mission to the Union, not alone on &C.
count of her population, but because OF
her great interests in cattle, sheep, the
precious metals and the rapidly increas-
ing development Of her agricultural in
terests.
New Mexico is thoroughly alive and
is making more rapid strides than at
any period in her history. With the
completion of the enterprises haEe
mentioned and her admission to the
Union, she will be by no means the low.
est in rank of the states"
~
Homes in the Rio Grande Valley.
What is commonly known as the Rio
Grande valley proper, extends from a
little above Bernalillo. on the north, to a
little below San Marcial on the sou h
or for distance OF about $50 miles-and
the tillable land of the valley has an av.
erage width Of about six miles. Over
the whole of this water may be easily
carried from the river in bitches that
may be made with comparatively little
labor or expense, and the construction
of which is readily within the compass
of individual or neighborhood effort
The plan usually adopted is to construct
main ditch, by all the people Of a set
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1886.
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hat corner. Sometimes when

that corner. Sometimes when !
come into the room in the dark |
think see him setting there still.
My own father died layin' right on
that lounge right under the window
there. Poor pa, he was a spiritual
list, and he allus said he'd appear
in this room after he died, and some
times am foolish enough to look
for him. If you should see anything
of him tonight you'd better not tell
me. It'd be a sign to me that there
is something in spiritualism, and I'd
hate to think that. Ny son by NV
first man fell dead of heart disease
right where you stand. He was a
doctor, and there's two whole skele-
tons in that closet there belonged to
him, and half a dozen skulls in that
lower drawer. If you are up early
and want something to amuse your
self with before breakfast, Just open
that scupboard there and you will
find lot of dead mems bones. NV
poor boy thought lot OF them.
Well, goodnight, and pleasant
Dreams
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Agriculture.

A crop of common field beans is a
good thing to put in if you have a
piece of land to spare. They require
neither very rich soil nor much Gull
tivation, though they can not make
Roadway against weeds. After
harvesting they must not lie upon
the ground if it is wet. They should
pay as we'll as wheat, and they dis
tribute the labor over the year.
The result of the proper cultiva-
ton of the corn field is not eX-
hausted this year, by any means,
and this should encourage one in the
effort to till well. The plant food
now brought into availability by
cultivation does not eXpend itself
wholly on the present growing crop,
but is effective for years to come.
Draining, manuring, cultivating
and clovering are four means to the
same end of almost equal worth /;
they each mean the growing of bet
ter crops and the surety of better
profits from our work. The farmer
who neglects either one of these
overlooks his best interests.
Cutting and husking corn is about
the worst drudgery of the harvest
season. Although it is not quite the
slow process it once was, we have
not yet the machine which will cut
the corn in bundles as the reaper
does the wheat; but our better
modes of feeding it are great re-
lief.
A single experiment in agricul-
ture is not conclusive, and it is not
well that we must wait until our
experiment stations can repeat a
process year after year. Better to
duplicate the trials upon different
soils at different places, and, better
vet, if farmers can take up the eX-
periments upon their own hook. At
least should substations be eX-
tended.
One of the most important duties
of the farmer is to constitute him
self a weed killer. Neither upon
nor about his farm should a weed be
allowed to mature it, seeds. Not
many will persist in living long if
stocks are Kept cut down. especially
if cut now. A day thus employed
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Hulda 2:OS1S, is in George Starts
stable and will be driven by him
this season.
At Richmond, KY, July 28, Time
Wood, yearling by. Time Onward,
trotted half mile in LA.
The only entries in the free-for-all
trot at Cleveland, o., were Beuzetta
and Fantasy.
Walter s is by that once great
race horse Fred S. Wilkes, dam
Ranalla by Almont, Jr., (Bostick's),
second dam by Bay Woodford, son
of Edwin Forest, third dam by Ellis
tons Rather. Ranalla, his dam, is
a typical Almont, and just the ami
NAL one would pick to nick with
Fred s. Wilkes. She was bred by
Rufus Reynold of Giles County, sold
by him to the late Maj. Campbell
Brown, who sold her several years
ago at one of the Ewell Farm sales
to Mr.. Eugene Pillow of this city,
her present owner and the breeder
of Walter S.
On July 2S, John Splan, the noted
hOrseman, had narrow escape from
death at his home in Chenille, o.
Oliver Russell, a. young man who
has been doing odd jobs for Splan,
was discharged for using abusive
language. AS Splan started for the
house to get money to pay Russell,
the latter drew knife and plunged
it into Splan's back. Splan turned
and grappled Russell, but was again
stabbed in the right forearm. Splan
managed to get hold of heavy
whip and knocked down his assail-
ant. Splan's wounds, while serious,
are not fatal. Russell was locked
up.
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Died in a Strange Land.

On July %, a stranger about fifty
years OF age, came on foot and VIII
out money, to the village of Lucerne
In Lewis county, this State, and Sc
cured lodging of Mr.. RuniOns. ne
gave his name as E. B. Britt, ana
claimed to be travelling for a schooI
house furniture company. He wa, Wai
i'll with chills, and the next day dleg
with hemorrhage of the lungs, anu
was buried in the public burylns
grounds. He was well dressed anu
appeared to be an intelligent gentle
man. No one knew from whence ne
came.
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Poultry.


After the first few weeks of their
lives ducks IRE the hardest of all
fowls; rarely, if ever, infected with
lice or vermin, and never subject to
disease. If allowed a good range
they will nearly keep themselves,
even if they destroy your garden to
do it. They are susceptible to heat,
and while growing should have
plenty of shade where they can run
at pleasure.
During the dry, hot weather which
is likely to prevail from this time on,
the poultry need good care, other
wise flock which has become nice
ly started may stop making growth,
become stunted, and possibly
diseased, and the owners hopes of
profits will vanish. Vegetation will
be dying, and they will not get all
the green food they should have.
One who can carry his chickens
safe through the late summer need
not doubt his ability to handle them
at any other season of the year.
Above all things now, see that they
have plenty of water-pure and
II tOll bllN lCb tllCl NC llO nan way
about it; and let there be no slack
ing up in matters pertaining to
cleanliness.
The goose is Il grazer, even along
side of the sheep, will utilize all
kinds of grass very closely, and will
enable poor land to earn a dividend.
Geese can be kept in large focks
protitably, so that specially farm
ing" in this line may be conducted
on quite a large scale. They may
be grown for less n pound than al
most any other meat upon the farm.
1t is fact that if farmers would
take the trouble to find out whether
the poultry paid them or not, the
poultry would pay them better than
it now does. That is to say, this
closer attention would result in bet
ter profit; and they would find out so
much about the possible profit that
they would begin to do their best to
increase it.
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THE DISCOVERY SAVED ms LIFE.

Mr.. G. Caillouette, Druggist, BeavtIs
vile, ILL.,, says: "To DR.. Kings Ne" ',
Discovery l owe my life. Was tah .gi,
with la grippe and tried all the phy.STi
and was given up and told | could no.
live. Having DR.. Kings New Discover
in my store / sent for a bottle and Ig
gan its use, and from the first dose ~
gan to get better, and after using I. y.
bottles was up and about again. IL IL, y
worth its weight in gold. We We" ,
Keep store or house without it Ge'
Tree trial bottle at Woodbridge a lfNi"'
Drug Store. mayS-ly. II
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Cheerful Prospects.

A nervous young minister, in WISH
ting a neighbOring village, had an
unpleasant experience. The old lady
at whose house he stayed, in show
ing him to his room, said:
ut amt everybody I'd put in this
room. This here room is full of sa-
cred associations to me-" she went
on. My first husband died in that
bed with his head on these pillows,
and poor Mr.. jerks died sitting in
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TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM

effectually yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently overcome
habitual constipation, to awaken the
kidneys and liver to a healthy activity,
without irritating or weakening them,
to dispel headaches, colds, or fevers, use
SYrup of Figs.
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now will save many days work in
the future.
An outlay for a lot of cheap boxes
or crates at the beginning of the sea-
son is we'll made, In sending but
ter, fruit, eggs and vegetables to
market, sales will be made more
readily if the goods are put up in
neat, attractive, small packages,
such as the buyer can carry home
and which need not be returned.
Butter and eggs are oftener the
ready money products of the farm
than anything else, and yet some
times the profit is hardly discerni-
BILE. A little better care in making
and handling the butter, and in the
care for the poultry, would lead to
an almost double profit, and one
which would be sufficiently evident
to make one rejoice.
The wages of farm laborers have
not declined much, even during the
seasons of the greatest agricultural
depression. Stranger still, wages
are highest where the most agricui-
tural machinery is used, although
there was so much opposition to Its
Introduction that only a few years
ago they frequently destroyed
threshers, reapers and such new
tangled implements of labor.
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MEN AND HORSES.

Trainer Ketchum was up with his
string at South Side Park, last Fri
day. Patsy D, by Masker, and
Black Mark by Brown Mark, are
both going fast and from the present
outlook will do for the races by
September l.
Trainer Jno. E. Walker will
probably start his string at the
Bowling Green, KY, meeting the
first week in September. He has
some good ones.
Walter S., the good Woodlawn
Farm gelding, is making money and
plenty of it for his clever owners
Smith Bros. He won two $4,000
purses last week at the Cleveland
grand circuit meeting, and lowered
his record to 2:l91a in the last race.
The little pony PAGER Robert ]
and Mars Ed, we are sorry to report,
suffered defeat at Cleveland last
week.
Some of the cracks are at Old
Orchard, Me-, this week; the purse
entries are full of the best material.
Emma Offutt, the M. & NJ. stake
winner, at Detroit, is five-year- old,
and this was the fourth race she
ever started in. She was named for
Miss Emma Otfutt, of Georgetown,
Ky.
The average time of the 81 heats
paced at Detroit in the recent Grand
Circuit meeting was 2:13 1926.
Mr.. H. Denny, Pittsburg, Pa,
recently purchased the bay trotting
mare Bessie Bell, 2:2S14, by Bel
mont.
Dakota, brown mare by Sim
mons, finished fourth in the 2:95
class at Circleville, o., July 81, in
2:241a.
Ananias, the sensational colt of
lastyear by Patron, recently paced a
quarter in 80 seconds at the Cleve-
land track.
Barney, the bay gelding by
Barney Wilkes, paced the half-mile
track at Concord, July 30, three
winning heats in 2;1lA, 2:12A, 2:14.
Squeezer, the good bay gelding
bred by Mr.. ]. B. Cranberry, and
sold in the spring of 1895, placed a
good race to his credit at the James
vile, ILL.,, meeting as the following
summary will show:
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