The Forrest City times., 1905-01-20
PECOS VALLEY, NEW MEXICO,
The Garden Spot of the World

The Garden Spot of the World
 The crowded condition and gh price 'of lands in the east and north has turn sd the attention of small farmers to more favorable conditions in the South and West, and more particularly the past few years has the Pecos Valley of New Mexico been brought into notice, and prospectors gre visiting that sec tion in great numbers.
 Our space is limited as 10 extolling the merits and advantages of this rich valley agd we must content ours elves in giving plain, unvarnished facts.
 To reach this land of promise you Sake the recos Valley Railroad at Ama. riilo, Texas, and on the start one would feel as though they were bidding fare well to civilization, so unprepossessing is the seemingly barren waste which presents itself. As the eye becomes accustomed 10 the scene, and herds of sleek cattle and ranch houses come into view, it b comes sight of wondermenI and praise, and you are on the tiptoe of expectancy as to what vii meet your gaze when the Valley proper is reached, and upon entering you soon tagree with sSoeklesso Jerry Simpson, She erstwhile statesman of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and now a resident of the Valley, that "this is Gods coun- try-the garden spot Of America
 Roswell is reached and is c aimed to hp the center ef the irrigated districi oi x N V X co Tap fsiasa in Pecos Valley is scarcely any and irrigation is depended upon. Less than twenty years ago the site of Roswell was cat tie ranch-today It has population of 5000. and is one Of the prettest and most prosperous towns in the country. Around here is 40,000 acres of irrigated lands, blooming like the rose, and there is tract 60 miles long and 12 miles wide that is capable of being irrigated
 Forty miles below Roswell is the thriving town of Artesa, surrounded oy a country noted for it's fertility and abundant supply of artesian water, and D miles further down the Pecos river IS Carlsbad, the county seat of Eddy county, hustling town of 2500 inhabi- tantsi which but a few years ago was a sand patch.
 Irrigation has been the magic wand which called these towns into exist ence and prosperity. There is an abundance of land in this Valley at prices to meet the purse of anyone, and ln short time the Hondo Reservoir, now under construction by the l., S Government, will be completed, thus bringing into the irrigation district l25, 900 acres or more, which will be sold by he government.
 The Valley is more particularly adap- ted 10 fruit growing, yet anything un- der the spn'will grow and mature.
 The climate is mild and dry, The average altitude is 400 feet above the sea level-fogs and mists are unknown. The average winter temperature is 55 degrees above zero, and the average summer temperature is 80 degrees above. The salubrious climate attracts q great number of health seekers. and 10 consumptives a grea CT promise of 1t ief and cure is held out than at any other place in the United States.
 The society in all three of these towns is as good as the best in the land and so closely is the scriptnral injune- ton. Love thy Deighbor as myself, J observed, that the town of Roswell has no police surveillance except that of a city marshal.
 To those in search of health We would commend Roswell. It's hetels are first class and charges moderate and right aere we extend thanks to Mrs Jennie 'ucy, of the Hotel Shelby. for favors, and commend her teds to the public as clean and sweet az the salubrious air of ihe Valley
 To those in search of homes, they have a Va ley of hundreds of miles to select from, aud the truth of these as. jettions can be obtained from Mir. A. T.. Conrad, Traffic Manager of the Pe- eos Valley Railroad, at Amarillo, Tex as vha will gladly give all information.
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