Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-07-08
IMMIGRATION
WORK
Being Done for New Mexico-.~
Letters Of Inquiry and Of
Favorable Commentator.
WANT TO KNOW MUCH
Concerning the Sunshine Terrtoy..-
Immigrants Attracted by Bureau
Literature.

The correspondence of the Bureau
of immigration which is large, contains
at times very interesting letters from
people who want to know what is
what in New Mexico. These epistles
are carefully answered and as much
information as is possible is given in
addition to the sending of bulletins
and pamphlets on the resources and
conditions of the Territory. The New
Mexican has been permitted to lake
some of these letters at random fron:
the correspondence of the bureau re-
ceived during the past few days.
A. B. Griep of Coffeyville, Kansas,
asked:
"As | wrote to Mr.. Bunker for in
formation regarding your country and
he referred me to write to you would
like to know the following things
things about the country. What is
land worth that is under the irrigation
ditch? How close can you get land
from your city that is under the ditch,
and what price can it be bought for?
Can you raise chickens to a success?
"As I am desirous of relocating my
business. which is repairing, renting,
and selling bicycles, guns and type
writer's, trust l am not imposing too
much on your good nature or time to
ask you to kindly reply to the follow
ing questions, and return same to me
in the enclosed self addressed stamp
ed envelope:
What population has your city?
"How many repair shops has your
city? .s'
rs there any one who rents and re-
pairs typewriters?
"Is the surrounding country level or
hilly?
"How is the soil, is it sandy?
"How many dealers handle bicycles
and sundries?
"What is the mainstay of tie city,
manufacturing, industries or farming.
J. J. Harris of Burbank, California,
has received literature concerning the
Territory and speaks of this in the fol-
lowing complimentary manner:
Just received the report of the Gov
ernor of New Mexico Just what I
wanted. Thanks for same. Will you
please send the report and "a bulletins
on the Territory, to B. B. Haney, Non,
Indian Territory, and one to c. w.
Binns, Sherwood, Texas"
C. w. Andrews of Atlantic, Iowa,
thinks a good deal of Eddy County
and writes:
please send me two or three dozen
little bulletins on Eddy County, New
Mexico"
DR.. c. Moore of St. Marys, Missouri.
wants to come to New Mexico if he can
make living. He asks:
81 write you for special information
concerning the securing of cheap
lands for farming. What chance would
a person of limited means have of Sc
curing cheap lands in Lincoln County?
Are the government lands in Guada-
lupe County worth taking up and
would farmer be able to make
living on the same? The reason that
I ask you these questions, is because
have only limited means and in conse-
quence cannot travel much so that If
can find a suitable location through
information from your department l
shall be much benefited. I am prac-
ticing physician and desire to change
my location l can farm and l am al
so an optician.
"On account of my wife's health and
oI, fn fhic p1i.
mate of Missouri and seek milder
one. We are Catholics and therefore
desire to go where there is Catholic
Church.
"If you will assist me in selecting a
suitable location l shall not fail to re-
member you with much kindness. Will
you please furnish me with late map
of New Mexico"
M. R. Craven of Philadelphia. Penn
sylvania, after reading bureau litera-
ture, concludes that he will likely come
here and says:
81 am in receipt of your letter of the
18th instant, also pamphlets, Cover
nor's report and etc., for all of which
am deeply appreciative. | am very
favorably impressed with the reading
matter and will look forward to trip
to your Territory in the near future,
with the probabilities of remaining
among you."
J. B. Caldwell of Lonewolf, Okla
homa, desires information concerning
an ancient coal mine:
"In regard to your answer will say
my grandfather found a coal mine or
bed during the Mexican war and have
a plat of the bed and its location and
am satisfied that this has never been
discovered and I want to form COM
pany and locate it. I am not financial
ly able to do this and if you will inform
me of any one that would assist me
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