The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08

drive his herd to market IL reasonable
railroad transportation can be had.
The oat and hog raisers are steadily
increasing in number and Importance.
In many sections of this county pinion
seed and juniper berries afford good
feed for large part of the year.
Horses of the common grade are a
drug on the market. The assessor of
Lincoln county told me he had assess
ed one fine herd at S. each, and then
gave the owner the benefit of a 20 per
cent. discount on his reported number.
which he was well aware had been
made much smaller than the fact.
FRUIT AND POTATOES.
The Tularosa Valley is a natural or
chard site. Pears, peaches, apricots
plums, apples, grapes and most small
fruit grow to a perfection there that
an Fastener can scarcely realize. In
size. equal to anything California can
show. In every canon where water can
be had the same wonderful growth
and fine quality can be safely counted
on.
The higher regions of the Sacrament
tos are the natural home of the potato
Men go into these high, rich plateaus
chop off the quaking aspens, plant po-
tatoes and never go near them again
until harvest time. Then, they tell me-
they are sure to find a crop. If they
will grow thus neglected what would
the result be with proper cultivation?
Potatoes cannot be raised on the low
lands of New Mexico. Texas cannot
raise them; a big part Of the cultiva-
table portion of the Southwest cannot
rich on the potato crop. l believe
one of the largest sources of profit to
settlers here and to the railroad will
be the Sacramento potatoes. Such as
we saw We're exceptionally large and
smooth, and were of fine quality.
HEALTH RESORTS.
Who shall say where the sanitarum
Of the world is? l cannot. But this
am confident Of, that in the White
Mountain region is a better climate for
those suffering from lung trouble than
either Colorado Springs of El Paso
can show. 1t is more equitable, the
elevation is better. / look to see the
day, and not very far off, either, when
this will be the favorite American re-
sort for oonsumptives and those with
pulmonic troubles.
In those high, shady valleys, rich
with vendure, rich with living streams,
will also be the favorite Summer re-
sorts for FL Paso people and for the
residents of all the Southwest. There
is no other region available that ap-
proaches it either in natural beauty or
healthfulness. With means of travel
almost as primitive as in the days of
the patriarChs thousands make their
weary way every Summer into those
wilds to camp by the Rio Rudoso, or
some of the other never-failng noun
tain streams close by, to catch trout
from their clear waters and to get new
vigor from the dry, bracing air. The
principal peak of the White Mountains
is still snow capped, and believe,
snow is found upon it all the year
round.
THE RAILROAD.
And now we come to the summing
up. Is a railroad from FL Paso to
Salado a paying proposition at pres
ent? / think there is not man in the
party who has a doubt on that ques-
tion.
There is enough of coal alone to
warrant the building CT a railroad.
2-There are mineral possibilities that
should of themselves make a railroad
a good investment.
3-Therc are lumber, potatoes, fruit
and live stock to be carried, which