Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-02-18
THE LAND LEASERS
MUST Be WATCHED
The People Of Chavss and Eddy Counties Be-
|ieye the Spectre Of the Bea|s Grant Has
Been Laid by Delegate Rodsy.
IMPROVEMENTS. BY The pECOS
VALLEY IRRIGATION COMPANY

improvements BY The PEC0S
VALLEY IRRIGATION COMPANY
Special Correspondence New Mexican.
Carlsbad, N. NJ, February II, 1907
The people of the Pecos valley country,
and especially Carlsbad, have been
watching the Vaccinations of the
Beales grant agitators with consdera-
BILE concern, but there is just now a
! feeling of some relief, for the reason
that the matter has been discussed by
! the committee on private land claims
In the house, the hearing occurring on
Friday of last week. and the true pur-
pose of the bill has been shown up. The
only chance the men who are backing
the project had to g.- -1ieir proposition
through was to get favorable report
/ from the committee before it was ad-
vised as to just what the bill in reality
stood for. Delegate Rodey punctured
this scheme by making a three hours
speech to the committee, in which he
painted the measure in it's natural col
ors and pointed out very conclusively
the ultimate result which would flow
from acceding to the request of the
professed grant claimants. Temporari-
ly, at least. the Beales grant, is down
and out. The matter now demanding
attention, and lots of 1t, is the leasing
plan. New Mexico must be alert to the
al ;nI, I,I
on this land-monopoly measure by the
men and corporation who are seeking
to push it through congress. The stand
which the New Mexican has taken on
the subject and the efficient work it Is
doing in opposition to the proposed
plan of leasing is warmly commended
in this portion of the territory outside,
of course, the big outfits which are
urging the plan. Eddy and Chaves
counties are abiding places of the
leasers, and the opposition which has
developed to their well laid plans is
not to their liking at all.
In commercial and industrial lines, |
Carlsbad can announce good progress.
New buildings are going up, people are
coming in, and everything indicates a
hustle and go-ahead spirit. Stockmen
are feeling good. The winter has been
a mild one. Water and grass has been
sufficient to carry stock through in
reasonably good condition, and indica-
tions are that the spring time will
show a good market for both cattle and
sheep. The wool market is likewise
upward, which causes the bor-
rego man to smile.
Agricultural affairs are in like
pleasing condition. More land will be
in cultivation the coming season
in Eddy and in Chaves counties than
ever before The irrigation company
IS gradually extending the area of land
cultivated by actual owners or farm
ne tenants and the benefits are veryI
apparent. The company is now fgur-
ng on some very extensive improve
nents for the system. 1t is proposed to
'eplace the large wooden f1ume across
he Pecos river, with a masonry ana
structure at an estimated cost
If $4,000. This will put the irrigation
plant in a most substantial and per-
nanent condition, and make it not only
he largest, but the most complete sys-
EN- in the United States. Under the
present management the company Is
making a most satisfactory showing,
md one causing the bondholders to let
mt a line or two in their faces which
lave been so long, and so tightly ,
Lrawn. F. G. Tracy, president and 8
manager, has brought much ability to
he management Of company AFFAIRS
nd the result Of this long needed rem
dy is being made manifest.
Mining operations are being pushed.
for copper are throng1ng =
he mountains west of town and are :
ringing in some very nice specimens.
he report of good strike will go out
rom here some of these days, and days +
hat are not far distant, at that.
Work on the experimental oil well, =
nree miles from Carlsbad, will be re- :
umed very shortly. The president OF
ne company is on the ground perfect
lg arrangements for energetic work.
Politics has not yet come out of re-
eat. But it is ever the custom to
ave a short campaign, and fast one, c
this portion of the territory, so
othing can be expected for some time. 9
Most of the people down here are for
atehood, save few of the Democratic .
rethren, who are always to be classed T.
18th the opposition. Obstruction,
owever, seems to be cardinal DEM 4
cratic principle. so they are but liv- a
g up to the tenets Of their party
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