Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-07
A SAN|TAR|UM
IS PLANNED
II is to Be Established on the Lands Of the
Old Shalsm Colony Near
Las Cruces.
DROUTH IN MES|LLA VALLEY
No Rain Since November is Of Last Year-from San
Miguel Southwark Crops Are Almost a Total Fall
ure-Ths Underground Current Of Water
Should be Utilized.
Special Correspondence New Mexican.
ar Gr11nec N M. ,lnlN l. 1902.

panies which have been supplying this
town with telephone service passed un-
der one management; the Braley- Haf-
ey Company sold and conveyed it's
franchises, lines, phones, etc, to the w,
E. Baker Company. This is desired
Improvement, for with two systems OF
lines, some persons being on one sys-
tenn and. others on another line, much
inconvenience resulted.
II. C, Braley left last week for his old
home at Ontario, Kas.. expecting to re-
turn in about two weeks. He is of the
kind of men this territory needs.
Parties here have in contemplation
the purchase of the lands and buildings
of the former Shalem colony, situated
about six miles north of this town.
There are about 1880 acres in this tract
and more than 100000 have been spent
upon it in constructing an irrigation
plant and buildings and in making 9TH
er improvements. The present scheme
contemplates interesting eastern capi-
a large and commodious sanitarium. In
other words, it is proposed to establish
and equip for the world at large what
the government of the United States
has done for it's consumptive sailors at
Fort Stanton, short distance north
east of here, and for it's soldiers at Fort
Bayard, a short distance west of here.
The long drouth in this section was
broken on Monday last by slight fall
of rain. 1t 1leralded the beginning of
the rainy season and was witnessed
with Joy. The last rain prior thereto
in this section fell on the 18th of No
vember last. The range is consequent
ly very dry and in this valley crops are
suffering very much. Some alfalfa
growers have had two rather short
cuttings of alfalfa, but others only one
cutting The wheat crop from San Mi
guel northward has been harvested and
a fair yield had Bat from San Miguel
southwark, I am told that the crops
have been practically lost. The fruit
on the trees is also suffering. Peaches
and plums are just coming into the
market. The present drouth and search
ty of water in the Rio Grande have
emphasized the necessity Of devising a
system of irrigation by the use Of
pumps and gasoline engines. There is
no scarcity of water few feet below
the surface all throughout the valley,
and as the time in each year when the
use of pumps and engines is very short,
there seems no good reason why such
system may not be successfully and
profitably established. This is the
opinion of many of the most successful
farmers, and it would seem that just as
soon as the first plant shall have been
put in and it's success demonstrated
there will be rush in that direction.
The Fourth of July was celebrated at
Las Cruces with a game of baseball
between the married men Of the town
and the single men. In the evening the
w. /. A., which means those enterpris-
ing ladies of the town who have laid
out and maintained, and still maintain
the beautiful park known as Union
Park, served refreshments within the
pagoda of the park; there was also mu
sic there blythe recently organized band
and some speeches. The band is COM
posed in the main of the juniors of the
town, and as this is their first appear
ance in public there was much curiosi-
ty to see them in their new uniforms
and to hear them play.
There has been much interest taken
here in the matter of the omnibus
statehood bill. The people here are
practically unanimous in their desire
for statehood, but many look for radi-
cal amendments to the bill by the SEN
ate committee.
Hon. H. D. Bowman left on Wednes-
day last with his family on a short trip
to points in southern California. Judge
Parker also went to Santa Catalina Is
lands. Later the Judge will take run
up to San Francisco, and thence to
Michigan, where his relatives reside.
The Judge is one of the hardest work.
ing judges on the bench in any state or
territory, and deserves his holiday.
The new machinery for the Modoc
mine in the Organ mountains, is daily
passing through town. 1t will be re-
membered that this mine was lately
equipped with a new concentrator at
considerable cost. Afterwards it was
found that there was not water enough
to run the plant, and the owners are
| now putting in a dry process plant.
The marriage of Miss Dolores Armi-
I jo, daughter of Hon. Charles Armijo a
former member of the legislature OF
New Mexico, and grand daughter OF
Don Nestor Armijo, one of the best
known and wealthiest residents of the
territory, to Hon. Will Ascarate, a
member of the last legislature of the
territory took place on Monday last al
the Catholic church at this place. The
bride was overwhelmed with beautiful
| and costly presents from relatives and
friends. The happy couple departed
| the same day for honeymoon in
Southern California.
Those in charge of the incorporation