Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-06-09

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ARTEsrA. NEW MExICO,
Nay 30, 1904.
EDITOR COURIER,
Elk Point, s. ID.
DEAR SIBt In compliance with my
promise 70 numerous friends In Elk
Point to write 10 them In regard TO
this country, + concluded would write
80 al ol them through the CoURIER, II
you Will allow me space In your worthy
paper.
+ have been d resident OF the town
nov one month, and / will first give
you history Or This romantic town or
Arlosia. One year ago there was not
anything here except i railroad switch
station and postofflce named Miller
and two small houses. til one of them
lived The postmaster and Ia the other
lived man BY the name Of Lewis Sho-
ler, with whom an now we'll acquains-
I'd. He hardly knew Why he located
here any more than that he vas favor
ably impressed with the surroundings
and expected something to turn up or
deyelop. He came here from Roswell,
Il miles north IN here, ana s0on got
live or six other Roswell men 10 60 in
partnership with him and put down
we'll Or bore for artesIan water. They
went no feet down with 90 casing, and
gota f0w Of water which then bea1 any
thing IL The Pecoa Valley for water.
Sd That pusher started The town Oh Ar
tssln, which was then Immediately laid
cut and plated. now about year ago.
AZ near iii 1 can ascertain We have
now about $50 inhabitants. We have
four dry goods and grocery Stores. two
lumber yards. one hardware store, one
livery stable, one national bank, one
printing Office, one drug store. one
furniture store, one meat market and
cold storage house. two restaurants,
one harness shop and store, two barber
-hops, three hotels and the fourth one,
Il 82 90 house and brick building just
about ready to open MP, and VIC hare
one iced store hers and good chance
for another one. We also have Two
blacksmith and repair shops, esc.
There il & building now going up so
feet trout BY 100 feet deep, of flne prass-
ID brick. md Two stories high, and an-
otheH building going az which Il 60xs0
feot, ol cement brick 81 artificial stone,
which, BY The way. are manufactured
here. The cement II shipped here
from lola. Kansas. II carload lots
There are 40 houses of any kind ID
rent here. II anyone comea here With
i family % reside here they had better
come nrst and buy i lot and build y
houae aid Then have their families
come. ! think there viii soon be some
eAore or business r00ms ID rent, but
there are none COW.
1 forgot 10 mention that We have sxo
saloons here also, but do not claim
khAA They are 1vedltto the town, hul
lIke most everyahere else, Il seems Wa
must have khern. although can say II
nave not seen drunken man here WI.
NE haze AZ church edi1ces here vol.
but ths Methodist church. south, 81
shay style themselves. ars going 10
build } nkce. large ehunch sdifloe ahls
simmer With cement brick. They
hAYe church services here every sun
DIV BIZ three different denominations
VII, MefhodIst, Baptist and Chris1ians
or Disciples. They III use the achool.
honad, and Then ahey have aunl0n san.
DIV school asery Sunday after services.
Board aud lodging al the hotels costs
100 per week. and board alone costs
a. 80 per week. The clAsassa ii pure
ana bracinR here, sud very healthy.
There arA aomo folks hers nov inst for
their health People come hera With
asthma and get cured. oar altitude
above sea level u ]. 700 fest or 900
feet higher than Kansas Gity. Mo.
Just about right Tor health ind com
tori. ri aoes MI ~ excessively warm
through the dAv. aud the niehts ~
coal III through nv sammer. Il rains
here some hines, mostly = May antl
June. About thirty 10 forty Miles west,
near Inc Whita Monnfains, Ii raius
more Than II does henr Il the valley.
Pee0s Valley derives Iss name from
Pee0a river Mnd the valley proper, III
u ABOUT 90 hundred md seventy.lIre
mIles i0nR. from Roswell dovn u Pecos|
Eity, IAxas, and II I'm I'M average al
about lWentq mllea Wide. The sountfv
outside the valley, both eaas md w6st.
Ia knuWn al the Rlains Tie Ar5csIn
bslt 81 Pesoe Valley a. laf AZ IL now
developed. II sIx y-Ewo a3Iles long from
RosMell a0Wn - MoMillsn. twsnty
mites sos.th D! Arrests Boawell Il
forty ~ uiIss north II hers, and the
wlQkh 81 the AftasIa hall Ii juak about
zlltesn miles, mostly eaas f,f hi Paeoa
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