Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-31
LUCKY SAN
JUAN COUNTY
Advertising That Promising Section
Of New Mexico is Bringing Good
and Telling Results.
INCREASE In POPULATION
The Durango, Gallup & Clifton Railroad
Seems Assured-Fine Crops Boring
for 0il-The County Will Double
It's Population in Year.
INCREASE IN POPULATION

Special Correspondence New. Mexican.
| Aztec, N. NJ, July o. 19O1.-Things
are looking very bright in San Juan
county. j. w. Wilson e Co., Chicago,
who have undertaken to construct one
or two large irrigating canals expect
to settle a large colony of eastern peo-
pie on some of the public lands of this
county, which they propose to put un-
| der irrigation in order to work the
i,ndny acres of government land be-
tween the Animas and La Plata rivers
| on the west and the Animas and San
Juan rivers on the east.
The oil excitement is running high.
Tho indications are that two or three
wells will be sunk with modern ma
chinery in the near future.
The railroad survey from Durango
down the Animas river by Aztec and
Pennington and on to Gallup New
Mexico, and Clifton, Arizona, is being
pushed right through, there now being
three corps of engineers and surveyors
in the field making complete survey
and setting grade stakes so that when
the survey is completed they will be
work We have unbounded confidence
in the construction of this road.
All kinds of crops are very fine In
this section and the fruit crop is eX-
cellent, except apples, which while not
a full crop, but only about half crop,
,.,;I Il Of
will be q full crop of all other kinds of
fruit.
The advertisement given the county
by the Bureau of immigration of the
territory and James w. Wilson in con-
nection with his canal enterprises in
the National Rural of Chicago, are
bringing a great many people to ex-
famine this county, all of them ex-
pressing themselves as being very we'll
pleased. With new canals, oil excite
ment and strong indications of rail-
road, the prospects are that San Juan
this summer and fall than she has had
during all the past years.
We have distributed 5000 copies Of
the little folder on San Juan county, is
sued by the Bureau of Immigration,
sent us month ago, and we will want
at least 5000 more within the next two
weeks. The Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road is helping us to distribute them
and we propose to make all the hay we
can while this sun of advertising is
shining.
The value of farming property and
and a good deal of it has changed
hands at increased prices. 1t is asser-
ted that there are at least 10000 acres
of government land between the San
Juan, the Animas and La Plata rivers
that can be irrigated and that can be
land laws. The company of which j.
W. Wilson of the Chicago National
Rural, is the head, and DR.. Wallace of
that city, is secretary is endeavoring
to bring this land under irrigation so
that settlers may be brought here with
the assurance that they will have suffi-
cient water for irrigation and to raise
crops.
Your correspondent is Of the opinion
that if the indications of an influx of
settlers in this county are carried out
but one-fourth, the county will be
doubled in population within year
and will poll at least 1900 votes at the
November, 1902, election and we are
all for statehood.
1t is believed that active work will
be commenced on the Durango, Gallup
and Clifton railroad before the end of
the year and will be pushed to a
speedy completion, as it is believed that
the capital for the construction of this
road is ready as soon as the surveys
are completed and good route deter
mined upon. Then the vast coal fields
of San Juan county will be developed
and San Juan county will become the
banner county of the territory.