Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-11
FORTUNATE
SAN JUAN COUNTY
It Possesses the Soil, the Water and
the Sunshine to Make 1t
Rich.
A SPLENDID FRUIT COUNTRY
A Colonization Scheme That Will Bring
Capital and People to the County
The Fruit Of That Section Exoels
That Of California,

Hon. GnanvilNs Pandheton who faith
fully and ably represented this couniolss
of Sam Juan, Rio Arrib1 and Hans IN
the 34tf Legislative assembly, ani VINO
waits electetd vice plee[Idant of THE board
of immi gTa,tipn, was saen by reporter
of THE New Mexican while am l'Ae c1ty
THE early part of this week and asked
als to condtuons i'm sam Juan county. he
said:
SAN Juan CO. is we'll satisfied Win
thu legislation passed by tine S4th legls-
lative ASSEMBLY affecting the interests
of the county. The act permitting tine
Incorporation of the towns of Aztec and
Farmingtom, permitting incorporation
of Gowns with 200 or more population;
THE BURNS good loNd law, With two
mills tax lavy for road purposes; a
chIanea in THE school law permitting q
seven mill special levy tnstead of tive
mill levy under the old law, and espec-
baFly THE bill permitting the county
commissioners ito levy five mills fol
county purposes dnstead of three and
one-half under the Old law, ais we'll as
other measures affecting the acads and
schDuls are very pleasing to our people.
GOOD PROSPECTS.
'"The prospects for Sam Juan county
are good tNris spring. The indications
are that James w. WILSON of Chicago
backed by a moneyed Syndicate, will
construct two large dtitchets cn e1thel
Eide of Animas niver ait ccIs't of S20oOOo
and bring Va cIolomy of at least 300 FAM
fHety into Sam Juan county. This makes
THE people of San Juan county fee
that the countys population Will pf
doubled iqn tlhe NEXT two years. and tfa'
tits taXable property will be irlol'easat
at lelast cne third i'm THAT thine. The
winter has been miil the fruit crop Is
assured and beyond all danger and the
indications are THAT the fruit crop viii
be largeN' SthHs year than Na'st.
FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
"Ilapt year Sam Juan county shipped
by way of Durango, to Chicago ove
tiaa D, & r. G., 100 car loIads of Wlnte
apples alone, and with uhe new orchard
coming i'm this year, the indications an
THAT at leaslt 1876 cars of apples will b
shipped to Chicago.
MANY good SETTLERS are coming In
They tnvarflably invest and the count,
| Ds rapidly coming to the front. San
JUAN county is by nature tihe bes
county in New Mexico. 1t has mc'r
| fine land alld rnau-e water th-in amy 9th
| er county lin the southwest. It's Gilman
| lis THE fairest tflat can be fourld in alh
west and lit lis ttlie greatest fruit coun
try, even better than California;, Vaunt
ed for tits fruiIt and famed all over uh
world. Sam juan county's fruit excel
THAT of California lin aroma, flavor am
keeping qualities This is i'm "a grea
respect due to Sam Juan's very favvti
BILE elevation, being about 1000 fee
above sea level, which fruft grower
assert is tlhe beldt that cain be had. l
addition the valleys are slheltered fror
the severe north and west winds by tn
high mountain ranges to THE NORTH am
west.
A BIG AND GOOD FRUITCROP.
'Th,e fruit of Sam Juan county
| shipped to Chicago, There sor'tesd, re
boxed and the principal part of it
shipped ao Europe, on account OF oil
keeping quaIiitEleis. PORTER Brothers,
Chicago, last year, bought fifty ca
akladIs of Sam Juan county fruit ON tn
trees, boxed lit, alauaed ut to the Ttalil wa!
shipped dt ito Chicago, spmted t't and ne
shipped ut to Europe.
Further, IA large amount of Sa
Juan county fruit goes to Itlhie varIou
towns arld mining camps of Colorad'
Sam JUAN county supplies THE market
of Silvertoln, Our1ay, Tefhurtle, Rico, Pa
gcsa Springs, Durango, Creeide, C'rlpp
Greek, Colcrakla Springs, Pueblo, an
Denver. The fruit crop of Sam Jua
county last Year amounted to 15,O00,0 ,0'
pounds i'm alddEtiphl t0 the small fruit
strawberries, raspberuies, bNackberuie
plums, prures, apricots, nectariGe
ounces and i'm fact all the small fruit
common ITO the climate.
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
"Durtn,g laisjt yetar There We're 500
|he,ad of sheep wintered and fed i'm Ss
JUAN county from tits alfalfa crop, ah
at leasIu 10, 900 mead of cattle We're VIII
tered and fed in THE valAlys of 81
Juan county from the alfalfa Gro
There wtas butt very ldttlie SNOW. T
winter was mild aus usual. Sam Jus
county Dis NOTED also for it's dairy pr
ducts; fr butter, eggs, baes and ho
ey. ThIe honey product of tine coun
fer ,tIhe lakt year amounted ito $500
. In fact 1T lis THE betat agricul ltur,al cou
ty in New Mexico. 1t has 100000 acr
of government land thIat clam be taxi
UP by SETTLERS, that will be placed u
der ditch itlllss year or next year al
with tlhe raiilroad connections whi'
are expected soon, will help to ma
San Juan county one of the richest an
most prosperous counties lin t[pe teri
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