Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-08-20
GOOD TIMES
PREVAIL
Mckinley, Berna|i|Io and Valencia
Counties Are Prosperous.
Every Man at Work.
MANYSMALL RANCHMEN
The Free Range in New Mexico Will
Soon Be Thing Of the
Past.

! Hon. Amado Chaves of this city, VIII
returned Sunday last from two
weeks trip through Mckinley, Valen
cia and Bernalillo counties, when seeI
by representative of the New Next
can and asked concerning his trip ant
the conditions in that section, said:
4 "The people who live in the western
part of Valencia, Bernalillo and Nc
Kinley counties are very prosperous
and good times prevail there. Every
man is at present employed and get
ting good wages. That is the best
section of the territory for sheep rails
ing. In this connection it may be re-
marked that the free range in New
| Mexico will soon be a thing of the past
All over that section people are TAX
ing up homesteads and starting sheep
and goat raising on small scale. The
time is not far distant when there will
be thousands of small ranchmen own
ent are owned by a few individuals.
| This year the western part of the ter
, ritory is very dry, but in Arizona they
| have the best feed that they have had
at any time during the last fifteen
years and the sheep buyers of that ter
ritory are buying all the sheep they
can get at a reasonable price and driv-
ing them over to their ranges. There
are many ranches between Grant sta
ton on the Santa Fe Pacific and the
American valley country. At almost
every ranch dipping plants have been
constructed and great care is being
taken by the sheep owners to have
their f1ocks carefully dipped at least
twice a year and the result is that no
signs of scab can be seen anywhere.
'sThse American Lumber Company is
doing great work in the Zuni noun
tains constructing timber railroads in,
to the heart of the mountains to corr
mence to cut logs for transportation to
Albuquerque where the plant of the
company is nearing completion. A
great many people are at work In the
mountains and you can see signs of
good times and prosperity on all sides.
The low wages which prevailed in that
section of the territory at one time are
now things of the past. The men are
getting better wages, they are improv-
ing their homes and sending their
children to school and living better
Another good sign of improvement
is that nearly every ranchman is con-
structing reservoirs and putting land
into cultivation with alfalfa in order
to feed some of the old stock that
might perish il. the early spring
the scrub sheep is also gone. Every |
sheep owner has discovered that 1T
pays to raise good stock, and the result /
is that all the f1ocks are now i'm
producing fine wool and heav-
ier mutton. Lambs will sell this fall
for 50 and more, which prices will ell
able the sheepmen to continue with
their improvements in the line OF res
ervoir construction and the raising
Of forage plants for spring and win
ter feed.
OLD RUINS.
"There is one thing that the govern
ment ought to do and that Is to take
come steps to put stop to the de-
u uction of the historical places in this
.erritory. All over the western part
ii the territory one can see parties of
,e eople who are digging UP all the ruins
hey can find and there are many
.undreds of them all over that coun-
try. These people go at it in a very
careless way and a great portion OF
he pottery they find is destroyed.
What they can get in fair shape is
old to dealers in New Mexico, and
Arizona. for good prices. Some par
les are making as high as $4OO per
week and the time will come when all
hese very interesting ruins will be de-
troyed. IF they are saved they will
,e a drawing card for New Mexico for
Ill time to come. 1t is an easy matter
O save these valuable ruins now II
,roper steps are taken. /.
SAT a no distant date there will be
heep on thousand hills owned by
thousands of happy men, fathers OF
numerous children who will take care
f the stock and the day of the great
heep owner is coming to an end. That
will be a happy day for New Mexico
yhen reservoirs will be seen all over
he country and homes constructed ON
very site where water can possibly be I
ecured. H2fs
Il L. a a adx,itfad nf that raal estate 4