Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-10-28
.ESTANCIA ORGANIZES
BOARD OF TRADE
Officers Elected and That
Section Of New Mexico viii
Be Advertised.
OTHER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
sneclal Correspondence.

Estancla. n. ~, Oct 22.-"You
can't saw wood with a hammer" Is
the suggestive motto OF the recently
organized Estancla board Of trade,
and that is just the kind Of people
who are fast settling up the Esiancla
valley and who viii make Torrance
county within few years the hammer
county IN the best state IN ~ Union.
The Once g OF the new b0ac1 are h.
E Dunlavy. president; II. y. Hawk
lns, vice president. VIM. MelLtosh,
treasurer b. l.. Norris, secretary; l..
A. Bond. A. n. Garnet, John w Cor.
bett, william Gregg. j. X. Walsh,
James Walker and John McGilliyray,
directors. In addition to this there Ia
an organization known az the Eatan.
ella Valley Development association,
organized with n wider scope with the
same purposes In view. aud between
the two, II anything good gets
around Torrance county Il will have
10 hurry.
The affairs Of tho hrst annual Tor.
rance county fair have been closed,
and the maiden effort of the new
county was a success In every way.
With the payment OF the check from
the Albuquerque fair association,
every obligation Will be met, and
there will be money left. In addition,
the next association will have n
handsome, commodlous grand stand,
paid for 10 begin with Part OF the
exhibit was brought back from Albu-
querquo aud Is now on display IN the
county clerks Office, where q attracts
q great deal 0i attention from east.
ern people whose idea OF New Mex
ico's possibilities are somewhat con-
fused.
Estancla is enjoying something OF
building boom ana will soon begin 10
assume a metropolitan aspect. Nil.
ton Dow il fllling a long felt want by
erecting modern twO-story hotel
building with water works system
% It's own. Among the other good
buildings In course OF construction,
James walker Ia building q hollow
cement block business house on tho
corner north OF the postofilce. This
will be the first house OF the Kind In
the valley but there will be others
to follow.
While universal regret ia expressed
az the failure OF the Enterprise Ma
tiOnal bank OF Pennsylvania, the
hank which was 40 closely Identified
with the Santa 70 Central railroad.
there "a a general feeling OF thankful.
ness that the Santa Re company did
not buy the road That some OF the
big companies will ultimately get con.
troll % this road seems inevitable. but
u IA hoped that Il will not be the
Santa Re. for In that event tho Santa
Fe Central would probably never
amount 90 much more than Il Is now.
Estancia now has a money order
postofice. which, In the absence OF
banking faciiltles, IL great con
yenionce. and Il should have como a
long time ago.
r. E. Dunlavy and A, u. Garnett
have formed a partnership for the
purpose of conducting a hardware i'm.
plement aud furniture business, aud
are erecting n new store building on
the lot north OF tho Dunlavy Mer-
camille company. Mr.. Garrett will
have charge Of the business. and their
drst consignment Of goods. n car load
OF stoves, Is expected Ia a few days.
The Santa Fe Central has been tax
cd 10 its fullest capacity the last few
weeks. fauling out lambs TO feeding
quarters In Colorado, Kansas and Ne.
braska. Sheep are bringing better
prices now than for many years, and
OF course the sheep mon are happy.
Col. George w. Hardin, OF Water
loo, Iowa. Who Is locating n colony
of old soldiers IN tho Estancla valley,
Is here nov looking after the inter
ests Of the colony. They will locate
north OF Estancia, near Mcintosh sta.
tion.
Capt. ]. A. Corbett OF Medford. Ok.
lahoma, Il Waiting his son, John w
Corhett He was so favorably i'm.
pressed with tho country and climate
that no has decided to make his visit
permanent, and has filed home.
stead AZ Mountainair, where he will
make his future home.
Mrs Cowgirl and daughter. o. Car
thage, Mo, who have been visiting
the formers sister. Mrs. A. II. Gar
nett, has gone to Los Angeles 20
spend the winter. Before leaving. Mr.. |
Cowgirl hled q homestead near Moun.
tainair and they will return Ia tlN
sprlng 10 make their home In the Es-
taneia valley.
New settlers are coming into tho
EEtancia valley on almost every train
and the old familiar covered wagon |
IL headed this way from every dlrec.
ton. Al the rate new people are com
Ing q viii not be very long until |
good claims vacant will be hard 90
lind. Grass Is good. All who have /
planted have raised good crops. there
is more work than Their are people |
TO do 70 and altogether. the people |
over here are feeling pretty good |
over tho unfloOw