Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-07-14
VERY LUSTY
YOUNGSTER
Judge T. G. Hunt Tells of
the Progress Of Roose-
vel. County.
THE POPULATION DOUBLED
Settlers Have Developed the
Country Rapidly and Laws
Are Being Enforced.
the POPULATION DOUBLED

the pioneers In the movement for tn
creation Of Roosevelt county, and VIII
spent some time here during the ses
sion of the 35th legislative assembly il
securing the passage Of a bill to tina
, effect. Is In the city. Judge Hunt 1.
from Texico, one of the fourishinf
towns of the county, and will appear
before the territorial irrigation com.
mission tomorrow afternoon to press
an application for lease of land. He
Roosevelt county. "Since the petition
asking for the creation of Roosevelt
county was circulated" said he, ".the
population In what Is now the county,
has doubled. There has been constant
and heavy immigration from Oklaho-
ma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri, and
very fine class of settlers has come
in. The spring has been a good one, a
little backward perhaps on account of
cold weather, but there has been an
abundance of rain and crops are look
| ing fine. 1t Is a splendid thing for the
new settlers and for the county to have
such a favorable spring as it will do
much towards giving them a start in
their new home. The people who came
in, seemed to do so with the determin-
alton to at once get good out of the
land and they lost no time in getting
to work. The result is that they have
made exceptional progress. There is
seems to be underlaid with reservoir
of very fine and pure water. This wa
ter is struck anywhere and settler
there can locate his house where he
wants to with the assurance that he
can strike water In the section around
Texico water is found at an average
depth of $50 feet and finer, purer or
better drinking water, never saw.
"The people of the county were
highly pleased with the county officers
appointed by Governor Otero and they
are a splendid set of men. OF course,
the county Is not very
strong as yet, but it will soon stand
on it's own feet. The county officers
are now transcribing the records that
belong to 1t from the counties 1t was
cut off from and expect to hear while |
I am in Santa Fe, that this work has
been finished and the county Is stand
ing on its own feet with its own rec
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those who urge the cutting Of large
into smaller ones, will see |
grand results from pushing that poll
cy. In our county before, the law was
not enforced and people did about as
they pleased. Now, with the fine sher-
iff we have. the Sunday law is enforced !
and the entire county is law-abiding |
and quiet and everybody approves OF
1t. It Is law-abiding community and
the people are thoroughly in favor OF
the enforcement of the laws as Is be-
ing done. Then there was a vast
amount lost to the county and to the
in the failure of people far
from the county seat to pay their
share of taxes. Now every man will
have to bear his own share OF the bur-
den and 1t will be better for everyone
Roosevelt county Is going to be one
of the richest counties in New Mexico.
It Is especially adapted to cattle raising
and the class Of people that has come
n to the county has taken hold In such
| manner that 1t will be rapidly and
'ully developed. Portales and Texico
ire growing and prospering just as
ast as new towns can do and the out
ook for the towns Is just as bright as
kox for ho county /.