Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-06-01
PROSPEROUS
PEC0S VALLEY
Observing and Well + ,sted Citi-
zen Finds Steady Growth
and Advancement / ere.
ARTES|AN BELT
EXTENDING
One Well South of Artesia Has Minimum
Flow Of 400 Gallons Per Minute
Great Orchard Country

B. G.. Wilson of Las Vegas, who is
territorial manager of the Continental
Oil Company, and we'll acquainted with
local conditions as we'll as being
keen observer was in town yesterday
on business. To a representative Of
the New Mexican he said Il have re-
Gently made an extended visit to the
counties Of Chayes and Eddy in the
southeastern part Of this Territory. I
found gratifying and substantial ad-
vancement and progress in that sec
ton. This is due to two causes, first
to the large amount OF water for irri-
cation, developed by the excellent res
ervoir and ditch systems there and al
so obtained from artesian wells; the
second reason can easily be found in
the thriftiness energy and go ahead
spirit of the people there: | found
these attributes to be possessed alike
| by old settlers and new comers. by
those who had lived there for 25 years
and those who have come within the
| last 20 months and that in a marked
degree.
Roswell has three national banks
and many extensive business establish
ments. Carlsbad is one of the prettiest
places | have ever been in and is grow
ing steadily. Joice, Pruit and Com
pany have very extensive wholesale
and retail mercantile establishments
| in Roswell. in Artesia and in Carlsbad.
| Artesia is but year old. and already
contains over 500 people. A national
bank has been organized and a hand
some building for it is in progress Of
construction. Joice. Pruit' and Com
pany have also commenced the build
ing Of fine and large business blocks
in Artesia and in Carlsbad.
''The development of the artesian
belt and the successful drilling of wells
| is going southwark below Artesia and
is moving towards Carlsbad. The dis
tance from Roswell to Carlsbad is
about so miles and there is every rea-
son to believe that this stretch of
country is within the artesian belt.
which will supply artesian wells with
an unlimited supply of water for irri-
cation and for stock purposes. The
we'll recently completed upon the des-
ert land entry of Mr. Heath few
miles south of Artesia is certainly
marvel. Its capacity has been proved
to be between 2,400 and 1000 gallons
|of water per minute and it alone will
supply Mr. Heaths desert land entry
OF GAO acres with more water than is
needed for the successful irrigation Of
the best of agricultural crops.
"Sheep and cattle in that section
suffered greatly up to within few
weeks ago; since then some good rains
have fallen in that section and the out
look for the remainder of the season
is more encouraging Several sheep
growers have been feeding their AMI
mails on alfalfa for two or three months
past and although this has been
great expense, nevertheless it has
saved them many animals and has
proven beneficial to their interests.
One sheepman informed me that ne
has shipped and fed to his sheep
twelve carloads of alfalfa so far and
that it paid him to do SO.
"The orchards around Roswell, Hag-
erman and Carlsbad, are certainly
marvellous to the beholder, who has
come to New Mexico with the precon-
ceived notion that this was very arid
country and that nothing good in
fruits. Grains and cereals can be grown
here.
Business in that section is increas-
ing and this judge not only from per-
sonal observations, but also from talks
and conversations with many of the
business men and stock raisers as well
as from the volume of business done
by the Continental Oil Company in
coal oil and gasoline in that part of
New Mexico The boom estimates OF
population are fallacious and greatly
exaggerated but that there is con-
stant and steady influx and natural
growth is fact. although | consider
such to be OF moderate dimensions
only
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all the water they can use. Therefore
some of the members of the corpora