Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-29
SANTA FE, N M, THURSDAY AUGUST %, 1901
MESILLA PARK, THE
COLLEGE TOWN
Next Monday the New Term at the New
Mexico College Of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts Will Begin.
GOOD CROP YEAR In MESILLA VALLEY

Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Mesilla Park, N. NJ, Aug. 2S, 130l--
Henry D. Bowman and children visited
Cloudcroft last Saturday, returning
Monday. A number of people from this
valley have visited this resort during
the present summer and all are loud in
its praise. Mrs. F. =. Lester is making
a prolonged stay there for her health
Professor e. o. Wooten, the botanist
of the college. has spent the summer IN
making fa4trer. Investigations for the
government regarding the grazing Oh
sheep on the Mescalero reservation, and
has done some forestry and botanical
work in the Sacramento mountains. he
returns from his trip this week.
Professor r. r. Larkin, the late prin-
cipal of the preparatory department OF
the college, left for his new field OF
work at Gallup, on Sunday night. Pro-
fessor D. NJ Richards, his successor in
the college, is here and getting ready
for the years work.
The otherwise excellent outlook for
the farming interests of this valley mas
been blighted by the washing out OF the
mouth of the main ditch a second time.
The first washout had just been re-
paired, and water had just been turned
into the ditch, when a raise came down
the river and undid all the work. A
force of workers is again repairing the
damage and water in the bitches is
hoped for within week or two. Mean
while, the rains are over and vegetation
is sadly needing water. In fruits, cam
taloupes, pears, grapes and other fruits
are cropping heavily. Large quantities
of cantaloupes have been shipped from
Las Cruces, and heavy shipments Of
grapes are now being made from both
that point and Mesilla Park. The far
mers of the valley have this year en-
ioyed the full measure of prosperity
The market price Of baled alfalfa is
now SO and over with every prospect OF
steady rise in price.
1t is now but four days until the op-
ening of the new college year. great
amount of advertising has been done
this summer some 1900 circulars hav-
ing been distributed throughout the
territory and elsewhere. Since July l.,
over LOO personal letters have been
written from the registrars office and
mailed AS result of this work large
ly, there is every prospect that the
! coming year will see a much larger en-
rollment in the college than ever be-
fore. Already nearly all available
boarding accommodations in the girls
dormitory and boys club house have
been engaged, and privats families are
securing all the boarders they want
Students are coming in from all parts
of the country as we'll as from the ter
ritory. The stenography department
will be over-crowded, from present IN
dications, and all departments of the
college are going to be well filled. II
enrolment is any indication, the col
! lege is about to enjoy particularly
large dose of prosperity"
The organization of the College Park
association, which terms itself "ar
organization of wide-awake people,
marks the beginning of a progressive
move in this little college town. The
leading citizens of the town have thus
banded together to push forward it:
interests and to advertise it's advanta
ges. Their motto is "Mesilla Park-tht
Promising College Town of New Mex
ico." From the spirit thus far mani
tested, they are going to do something