Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-08
PROSPEROUS SAN ANTONIO.
One Of Her Leading CITIZENS Speaks En-
thuSiastically Of II.

One OF Her Leading Citizens Speaks En-
Enthusiastically Of II.
Nature has made the Rio Grande val
ley one OF the most favored In several
ways of all her many locations lifted for
the habitation OF her browning work OF
creation man. Among these are a rich
sOil-highly productive when properly
watered-stern, rugged mountains tower
ing in their majestic grandure into the
beautiful. clear sky; and a climate equal
to anything and superior to most that is
given to those that are called the fam.
Gus places" upon this earth Of ours.
Among the dozens Of localities in the
valley that are especially adapted and in
viting a. town sites, none are more 30
than Is San Antonio. some lightweight
miles south OF us on the Santa Fs rail-
way. Sheltered on every side for miles
and miles by the various mountain
ranges, the broad valley at this point,
with its deep alluyial soil, we'll dotted
with green groves and cultivated fields, II
Is a section that at once attracts the at
tention OF the traveller as he passes, or
the visitor who stops 10 look more closely
into its inducements.
A. II. Hilton, the senior member OF the
mercantile arm Of A. II. Hilton & Co.,
accompanied by another leading citizen,
Hon. Entimio Montoya, OF that town,
spent yesterday in the city. In q brief
interview with Mr.. Hilton, a CITIZEN
representative CLEANED some information
about the place that would seem Of In
terest to our readers. The talk was about
AZ follows:
Never has there been a more prosper
Gus year to the people generally down
there in my whole seventeen years ex-
5 perience than that OF 1897. 1t is no exag.
? ? geration TO say that everybody has felt
D the q~uickeniDg effect Of the higher prices
for wool, sheep. cattle, etc. Nobody ques-
9 lions the influence the republican policy
n a. expressed In the Dingley law has ex-
erted on prices. As far as ready money
: il concerned there are families down
there who, II such were needed, could
command enough to open a bank OF their
own.
eyes, providence would seem 10 have
been especially in the work Of assisting
n in making times better. Take our wheat
e production, for example. II has been
4 unprecedented, and Of a high grade. l
know one man who gathered sixty BUSH
els an acre from a patch OF six acres.
Others ran all the way from forty TO fifty
9 bushels. 1t was a great year.
0 ut IL true as you suggest. Nature has
3 given us the soil. the water and our su-
Q perb climate. But man has an impOr-
tant part TO play TO get the most out Of
{ these. When the Carthage mines closed
we missed the monthly pay roll very
n much; but our people turned aud looked,
and behold, greater riches were under
our feet. Our acreage In wheat, alfalfa
aud other prod Is steadily increasing,
Two years agv rty men were cultiyat-
ing on the old San Antonio Madre 24C
acres. Last year, thirty.six men cult
, waited 432 acres. Now fOrty-eight meI
are engaged in the work, and enough
's new land Ia being broken TO make thu
g total on that one ditch $40 acres. Thil
h year the ditch will be enlarged to NEE
the greater demand for water.
Eyes, more land is also being brough
n under cultivation every year; I think a
I'd much as on that Of the old San Antoni,
u Madre. Now that we have found tn
way, our people are determined to max
that part OF the valley a great farming
section.
NJ Can 1t be dOneP | think 30. Let m
m cite another scheme now under dis
cussion. It's practicability | think yo
NJ. will readily cOncede: That Is the grow
m ing OF c~anagTie. You know OF the plan
and are familiar with its high tanic aci
properties. Like the sugar beet there
> an ever present market for tanic acid.
g is in demand. A growing crop OF tn
-. ~canagrie plant requires TO be irrigate
~ during the months of November TO Apri
ID, inclusive, when non Ia needed for Otht
1nl crops. There Is always water In th
he river during these months. Thus 20
I'D see both the feasibility and practicabilit
.."ss OF the proposition. We have plenty
Oh land and there Is nc question about n
= water. This matter is now assumin
lily tangible form.
ia "NO, we have not given up the sugi
tie beet project. | admit that it Is som
IN what in the distance, but | feel 1t neeC
ny no prophetic vision to see 1t there. X
Ioi erybOdy who has looked into the subier
knows we live within the charmed zOI
AN that produces the beet In a high degr,
ac- of perfection. We have the land in pie
1ill ty, the soil well adapted to its guilty
ant ton, and, OF course, the ever delight
climate. In due time our people W
OF have a we'll devised storage system
md dams constructed TO enable them 10 cat
the flood waters and thus give a guara
tee OF the sure production OF the beet,
lot assure the factory. II Is bound TO COM
Why pay $3.50 for a load OF wood a
70 cents for cutting when the saI
money buys a ton Of CerrillOs bitumO
nut coal, which goes twice as IA
3 at Hahn n Co.
A drst-class, high priced saddle to
hoe given away by +. Il. StOffel. at ia @
per avenue. Purchase % worth Of gOC
and secure q ticket,