The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-11
IN THE pECOS VALLEY
A Land Where farms and Orchards are
hsde Productive BY irrigation.

visited this city on the Pecos Valley
railroad. followed the road to Pecos,
made a run out to Stamford, over
the Texas and Pacific and returned
10 Carlsbad. My wife is now with
me and We are likely settled for the
| fall and winter. This little town is
the county seat of Eddy county, New
/ Mexico, has a population of about
1909 or 1900. two banks, three news
papers, stores and saloons in proper
I ton. II Is situated in a valley en-
tirely protected by hills all around
the Peeos river flowing through the
eastern border of the valley Near
l the city are some splendid lands on
which are grown everything We grow
| in Ellis county except wheat | have
seen some fine cotton here and am
| told that irrigated cotton makes a
| bale per acre. However, but little
/ cotton Is grown, as other crops are
| more valuable. Ex colient apples. pea re-
| peaches. melons. tomatoes and other
/ garden truck are grown here, the
l valley being famous for its Eiberta
and Crawford peaches. Just now
| farming interests are at low ebb
/ due TO the loss of storage waters
about two months ago Heavy floods
washed out the dam and consequent
/ ~ there has been no water for irriga-
! tion purposes since.
Last week engineers from the Unit
ed States Reclamation Service visited
4 h4
/ lands. canals. watersheds. etc, and
+, made a recommendation that the
government take over the irrigating
plant here at an appraised value OF
| $3.50 ,0on, and immediately construct
| s. permanent dam for the storage of
| the Pecos waters The reservoir thus
| made, II Is estimated. will water
20 600 acres. and with a second dam
| twice that amount Lands here in
| the irrigation district can be had
! from s25 TO $50 per acre Raw land
at sZa wiii cost the purchaser an ad-
diIional 81 30 per acre for ten years
for water. after which water is free
| This makes the cost SEQ but at the
| end OF ten years the owner will have
land worth s2o0 10 $500 per acre.
/ The country between Roswell and
| Carlsbad ts the choicest In the whole
| pecos Valley. and h is fast filling
/ up With farmers and little towns
/ Half way between the two towns is
/ Artesia, hardly two years old with
t,Be Thousand people and constantly
growing This In tbe artesian belt
/ OF the valley flowing well being
| secured almost anywhere you punch
/ a hole ia the ground When my train
| stopped at Artesia 1 looked out for
| "a familiar face and spied Dr Geo.
1 stoker, an Eltis county boy, and who
/ practiced a while In NaNahachie He
/ has been at AFtest8 several months.
| looks strong, bronZed and healthy
and am told has fine practice.
/ iie Insisted that | stop over with him.
/ but ! could not Passing out from
the town ] noticed small cemetery,
! counted the mounds. and there
we're even twenty Pretty fine record
| for "a town of TWO years, ! should say,
| As ! made the connt OF the mounds
marking the final resting place OF
those who had sought health or
wealth in the west J expressed the
mental hope that none OF these graves
| were filled by patients OF Geogre
Stoker
Ten or twelve miles south of Carls-
bad We enter the country OF the sand
dune again and very little tillable
| soil is seen until We reach Dixieland.
across the Texas line, % miles north
of Pecos Here an immense body OF
land is in process Of being brought
under cultivation The Dixie IFrigat-
lag company is constructing canals
| 10 convey the water over the flat,
level lands Much damage vas done
their property by heavy july rains.
The soil is a black sand. easily Guilt
| waited. but subject to washing from
| heavy rains the bitches are thus
quickly filled With soil aAd endless
ahor cntailed In openinr them again.
n some method can Be devised 20
turn the water back from the adloin-
INK hills this company undoubtedly
has some of the choicest farming pro
positions in the whole Pecos country.
| Indicative uf the character OF the
vast water lvinr between pecos aud
lcarlsbAd IL ix ouly necessary 10 cite
that most Of the way train can run
unh h 20 ts miles an hour. The
distance from peeos Go Carlsbad Is
- miles and if requires five hours
20 ran III The trRinm.u saY that Ia
the sand hills thsY aFe never sure
that the track Ntil h~ ben fhe same
place teda9 fhAf j. @HK yesterday
/ Trains from Amarillo leave IS $40
ln tav morning and reach Carlsbad
- ~ u a distance 80 ass miiee.
/ The train from Carlsbad 20 reCua
leaves here al TA IN The morning
reaches reers Af t2HW, fefurninE
1 from p~saa et M and feeEhinK
/ Carlsbad 81 a distance 0f Ice
! miles ln ten hours
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that ! #sn keegans ha## H tMa
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