Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-05-24
Governor 0tere Stands Pat Up.
on That Vital Issue. so TeIe.
graphs to Phoenix.
UNPARALLELED
CONDITIONS
Favorable to Cattle, Sheep and Range
In eentraI New Mexico. .Salado Live
Stock Com pany's Valuable
Properties.

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blend into each other, looks the range
in Lincoln and Guadalupe Counties
and doubtlessly in every other county
in the Territory" said Governor Otero,
who with Territorial Secretary j. w.
Reynolds, returned late last evening
from an inspection trip to the home
ranch and ranges of the Salado Live
stock Company in Guadalupe County,
some distance east of Pastura Station
and situated along the Salado River.
The clouds have showered blessings,
and the sky and sun promise prosper
ity to the range interests of the Terri
tory this year and the mesas and val
leys smile back in flowers. There are
millions of them, of manifold variety,
covering acre upon acre.
However, the fine appearance of
the range is not only joy to the aes-
thetic but matter of satisfaction and
qualification to the owners of fiocks
of sheep and herds of cattle. 1t means
prosperity to them, from the humblest
who owns few head up to the owner
of thousands, as well as employment
to hundreds of people. During lamb
ing time, the Salado Livestock Com
pany alone employed over two hundred
men, and during shearing time, which
will commence the second week in
June, at least one hundred and twenty
five men will be given employment.
All hn 1arU nlImh her
of herders are employed in the fifty
four herding camps of the Company.
At each of these camps there is tent
and at most of them adobe houses or
dugouts for shelter. There have
been but few losses and the increase
is not far from the one hundred per
cent. mark. The wool crop will be
especially fine in quality and in guam
tity." E. J. Mclean & Company, of
Santa Fe, have contracted for the wool
as we'll as the lambs of the Salado
Company. A. H. Souter who is gen.
eral range manager on the ranch,
is a Scotchman whose experience in
sheep and wool raising is of many
years standing. No better ranch man.
ager Is to be found in the southwest.
The Salado Company controls range
thirty miles square, running for thirty
miles along the Salado River. In ad-
dition, there are number OF large
living springs upon the ranch. Many
improvements have been made Of late
years and the breed of sheep has been
improved until the wool clip is now
considered the best in the Territory.
Governor Otero brought with him
specimens of wool from the fleece that
are four inches long and soft as silk.
The sheep are all fat this season and
the indications for good summer and
fall range are excellent.
That this condition exists elsewhere
than in that part of Guadalupe Coun-
ty is gathered from reports received
by the Weather Bureau in this city.
w. G. Mcdonald, who was on his way
yesterday from Carizozo to Las We
gas to attend a meeting Of the Cattle
Sanitary Board, of which Governor
Otero recently appointed him mem
ber, said that he had never before
seen the range in Lincoln County in
such fine condition and that the time
may never come again when 1t Will
look as beautiful as it does this spring.
Discussed Territorial Affairs.
While in Ell Paso on the way to the
ranch Of the Salado Livestock Com
pany, Governor Otero and Secretary
Reynolds met w. Scott Smith, priv
ate secretary to the secretary of the
interior, the Honorable E. A. Hitch
cock. Together they discussed mat
ters appertaining to the material well
fare of the Territory, such as pending
irrigation enterprises, the public lands
of the Territory, and the Pueblo Indian
question. The interview was very sat
isfactory Some time this summer Mr..
Smith will be visitor again at Santa
Fe.
Arizona Aroused.
At the meeting there was also w. s.
Sturgis, member from Arizona Of the
Republican National Committee. Mr..
Sturgis said that the people of Ari-
zona, irrespective Of party or other
lines are grimly determined to work
against any measure having in view
the jointure of New Mexico and Ari-
zona into one state. He said that en-
thusiasm for the anti-joint statehood
convention which will meet in Phoenix
on Saturday of this week is running
high and that assurances have been
received from influential members OF
both Houses in Congress as well as
many high ofacials In Washington
that the single statehood sentiment =