Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-04
Brief Interviews With Prominent
People From All Parts of This
Great Territory.
PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE
Progress Made In the Mining Districts
Orchards Will Bear Good Crops This
Year CATTLE and shsepmen are
Prosperous.


Hon. J. F. Hinkle, Lincoln county
'The cattle and sheep industry is on
boom in our section. The ranges of Lin
coin, Eddy and Chaves counties neve
looked better Farming and mining ar
receiving more attention than ever II
history, especially alfalfa and COAL tw
great staples with us. The Ell Paso {
Northeastern road Is to build northeas
and may send branch up toward San
ia Fe to connect with the Denver & Rit
Grande system. Along the line Of tn,
Hagerman road the country between
Amarillo and Roswell looks like ont
great wheat field. I never saw it look
Ing so pretty. There will be fair crol
Of fruit only in that region, hail having
done some damage"
FINE FRUIT PROSPECTS.
Hon. Malaquias Martinez. of Taos
"Our county will break it's long ant
honorable record as producer thi!
year. The fruit is the finest we evel
had. The alfalfa, hay, bean and corr
crops never promised better. AS the
New Mexican recently remarked, Taos
valley surely does need a railroad. The
lamb crop this season adds about IS per
cent to our already large hocks. The
mining operations are starting off sat
isfactorily. though work in the higher
mountainous districts Is yet retarded by
snow. The Copper Hill company, which
has invested $150,000 in big MILL now
has water flowing into its reservoir, and
will begin treating ore in few days"
ALFALFA A FEATURE.
Andy Horn: 1.-THE Pena Blanca sec
tion of the Rio Grande valley has made
up it's mind that alfalfa's the thing to
raise. We have fine broad valley, the
climate, and plenty Of water, that
yields us four cuttings of alfalfa a sea-
son. besides giving pasturage. Quite an
industry in baled alfalfa has already
been built up. Much of it goes to the
Cochlti mining district. There Is large
increase in the acreage this year. The
two new bridges on the Bland road,
some Of us think, ought to be connect
ed by frame trestle work. Between
them water is now running hub deep
over the island and the Rio Grande is
not near so high now as it is likely to
be in thirty days"
DECREASE OF CRIME.
Chief Justice Hon. w. J. Mills, of
Las Vegas, arrived last night to preside
over the capitol dedication ceremonies
to-day. Although court is in session, he
took day off in order to attend this
memorial occasion. In speaking to a
of the New Mexican the
chief justice stated that crime had ma
terially decreased in San Miguel county,
and that, in fact, no serious crimes had
been committed during the past six
months in that county. The grand jury
now in session has found but one in
dictment Of any consequence. and that
for cattle stealing. No murder has been
in the county since the last
term of court: judgment has been OBJ
tained by the county against Carlos
defaulting county treasurer,
and his bondsmen for $500, and his
trial will take place tomorrow on
charge. The judge compl-
mented the good people of Las Vegas
apd San Miguel county upon this most
gratifying condition Of affairs. From a
standpoint, he said that Las
Vegas was growing continually and
and that the stock raisers,
the sheep men and the farmers of the
county expect most prosperous year,
which, of course, would benefit the mer-
chants and the community at large.
THE GOLDEN COCHITI.
D. B. Wilson. miner, Bland: 1.-The
golden Cochiti is being we'll prospected
this spring. The gold-producing area
promises to be materially extended be-
fore the summer is over. The town of
Bland is rather dull just now, owing to
the failure Of the Navajo company to
push work as rapidly as was expected
on its new 35O-ton mill, but we are
looking forward to genuine boom be-
fore the fall season opens. The ore bod
les of mammoth proportions have been
opened to show that the pay
Is there in immense quantity. and there
is a good deal going on in the way of
new capital coming in. Many inNuen-
tial experts representing New York,
Boston and Denver capital have of late
made careful examination Of the dis
trict for people seeking investments in
the camp, and as result several big
deals are pending, the closing Of which
will excite fresh interest in the Cochiti
district"
WONDERFUL ALAMOGORDO.
DR.. George c. Bryan, of Alamogordo:
"Otero county continues to move along
quite close to the head of the process
sion of progress and prosperity. Our
town Is showing steady, substantial
growth, and new settlers coming in
from Pennsylvania, Kansas. Missouri
and Texas are keeping the country
round about we'll up with the town. AL
amogordo Is headquarters of the FL
Paso & Northeastern railroad, which
has proved dividend-paying corpora
ton from its very inception. The road
Is now doing large business, especial
ly in handling coal and lumber"
EDISON'S PROCESS A SUCCESS.
8. q. Burn, manager Of the Galisteo
Company: "The Edison expert
mental placer gold plant is pro-
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