Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-10-31
New Mexico Territorial Fair
BY W. E. PABOR IN DENVER POST

BY W. E. PAB0R IN DENVER POS
showed the presence of the coddline
moth in the Rio Grande valley. Some
amber cane fifteen feet tall was no
ticod, while the corn was equal to any
| have seen exhibited anywhere this
season. One party had some fine and
' coarse Havana tobacco. which he has
been experimenting with Of late years
that seemed of fine texture and good
quality. II is not likely that its cul-
ture can be made to pay.
The irrigation system here, as prob.
ably elsewhere through the territory,
Is in It's Infancy, being much like what
prevailed in Colorado thirty years
ago. when the Greeley colony inaug.
urated a new irrigation era by the
construction Of its first large canal
t. cover the sage b rush uplands
stretching northward from the Cache
In Poudre river. Individual owner
ship. with water rights not clearly de.
fined, are the rule. with but few maps
or records to prove priority when the
time comes-as come II will-to prove
water rights. While Il is claimed tha'
there are at least 1000, 900 acres of
lrrigable land. not more than one.half
of this area Is In cultivation.
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The third land LAST county repre-
scented was that of Otero, evidently,
f. ON the description of II given to
me, n very different one from our
own. in the Arkansas valley. The
display was made by the Alamogordo
company. a corporation engaged In
developing the town of that name and
the county surrounding It Brought
300 miles, II made a very creditable
appearance and a fair indication that
the time will come when a prosperous
community will be found therein. IL
IL said to possess soil suited to every
kind Of fruit except citrus ones and
offers as good openings as the Salt
river valley of Arizona.
| was asked to imagine n stretch Of
country forty miles wide and eighty
miles long, tilted upward on its west
ern edge to a height Of 1900 feet
above sea level, which ! could easily
| do. being somewhat familiar from a
residence of over thirty years with
| similar sections In Colorado. The till
able lands lie In the open glade, while
In the canals and on the bench lands
heavy timber at present is found in
abundance. A million and q quarter
acres are said to be tlllable, provid.
ed water can be secured for them
but there Is not more than the nor
NAL Rocky mountain rainfall on the
| plains and in the valleys, and there
are no large or eve fairly impor
tant streams flowing out of the Sacra
mento mountains that skirt the east
ern border.
Some very large Spanish onions
and sweet potatoes. or. more proper
ly speaking, yams. were on the Ia
bles devoted to Bernalillo county
| showing that these could be easily
made a source OF profit. Two hundred
bushels of onions or 500 OF yams ar,
said TO be a fair yield per acre. Gel
cry and asparagus also find favorabl,
soil here for their sustenance, anC
grapes yield a%bundantly on the slopes
Of the picturesque Sandia ranges o.
hills that look down upon the valley
lands. The variety principally grown
Is the Mission, said to have beer
brought in by the Franciscan friars
over two centuries ago.; but the Mus
catel and other choice table kinds cal
be raised here, as no doubt they cal
everywhere In the territory.
While four times as large as Rhode
Island and a little larger than Con
necticut, there are less than ten in
habitants to the square mile, in al
area of over 3,000.0 900 acres. Outsid,
Of Albuquerque there are no larg,
settlements. The Mexican elemen'
Is large. Under the fostering care o
the Santa Fe system. business II
good. The principal shops of the rail
way west of Topeka are located her,
and give employment to nearly {
thousand men, while q magnificent
hotel Is now in course of erection
giving evidence of the faith of rail
road officials in the future of the
town Is n resort for tourists ant
health seeers; in the near vicinity ar,
the Hot Springs of Jemez, as well as
the Sulphur Springs OF San Antonio
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AS to the mountain rainfall, the re
markable assertion is made that II
Is from fifty to sixty inches. supple
mented by a heavy snow fall during
the winter. II this be true. storag,
reservoirs could be established suf
hoient to irrigate far more than tn,
lands in Otero county. But the time
Is far distant when this will happen
There is a long wait ahead for OterC
county.
The story of these three counties
Is probably-were II told-that of al
the others In New Mexico. II makes
a brave showing, but not one that will
induce Coloradoans TO drop dowr
quer, or for newcomers to prefer II
to our fair valleys or u~ndulatinf
plains. "A land of Sunshine" II in
deed may be, but not more so than
peerless Colorado.
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But IL has in its mineral wealth
what will ultimately make II a
strong rival for the army of prospec
tors and capitalists of the future. The
mineral exhibit, though small, was
exceptionally good, making 1t posi-
bic to be true what was asserted al
the statehood convention. that II
had more ~undeveloped wealth within
the grlmly barred battlements of It's
mountains than any state in the
union.
1t has coal, iron. copper, lead, sill
yer, gold and perhaps jewels fit to
decorate the robe and gem the brow
OF the wealth and beauty Of the east
and the west; whose hidden myster.
les need but the magic touch OF
courageous endeayor To startle the
world by their ~splendor and value
as n enthusiastic speaker is report
ed to have said. And. later on, the
great anthracite and bituminous coal
measures that abound in the south.
ern portion of Santa Fe county, as
no doubt elsewhere also. will add to
the taxable wealth of the common,
wealth.
Three hundred years ago the Span.
iards worked the placers of Dolores
and Madrid, in this county, using the