Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-24
MORMON COLONY
CHARLES r. HAKES AND CON-
PANIONS TAKE UP LAND IN
THE BLUEWATER VALLEY.

Saturday last, a tall, white haired
man, straight as a pine, with a strong
face, spare frame, hale and hardy,
called at the Office of the bureau of
immigration for information concern
ing the territory, and especially re-
garding Valencia county, avs the
New Mexican. He was furnished
with books, pamphlets. and other
printed information at the disposal OF
the bureau, and told his story. His
name is Charles X. Hakes. He, his
son., and three friends, whose names
are Louis e. Lamb, Lottie M. Lamb,
and John Alfred, came to Santa Fe to
make homestead entries at the Unit
ed States land office on public land
in the valley of the Bluewater, twelve
miles west of Grant station on the
Santa Fe Pacific railroad. They filed
three homesteads and one desert
land entry at the local office. They
have Just arrived in that section from
Tempe, Ariz., where they have been
living for twenty years. and where
they sold their land for good prices.
They preferred a cooler climate and
probably, also, more solitude.
Mr.. Hakes, when asked, states in a
frank manner that he and his people
are Mormons; that they came to the
Bluewater section to become perma-
nent residents; that they would en-
gage in farming and stock raising,
and that within a year he hoped TO
settle twenty-five families of about l25
people in the Bluewater valley.
They have found some good reser-
voir sites, which will be utilized, and
have also demonstrated that there is
plenty of underhOw water in the val
lev which could be cheaply and proht-
ably pumped by naptha and gasoline
engines. and used for the purpose OF
irrigation. ,
There is plenty of wood for fires and
timber for building purposes in the
vicinity of the new colony, and WIN
in about twelve miles there is a large
amount of saw timber for bridge pur-
poses and construction, h soil Is
very fertile and he is well pleased
with the prospects. -
There are about twenty persons al
told, in the settlement with him now
and a half dozen families are en- route
overland from Mesa, Ariz., to II. MT
Hakes, who is an experienced farmer
thought his people would o only
make a good living, but more, amass
completeness IN IdIlHIuS' ttuN Ao
ing and stock growing. Ihey are
hard working, sober people, and mind
their own business.
Mr.. Hakes has quite a story. lie
was born in 1887 in the state OF ONO
and. with his parents, in lS4s' was
member of the original Mormon cor
ony that settled Salt Lake City. he
remembers that on the entire route
from Omaha TO salt Lake, a distance
OF 1851 miles, there was not a tree
on the prairie. In 1851 his parents
went to Los Angeles, which was theI
a little Mexican town, containing onlN
one brick building. His people theI
returned to Utah. where Mr.. Hakei
resided until 1885, engaging in farm
ing and other occupations. and in thu
latter year he moved to Arizona, set
thing near Tempe.
He has been a member of the leg
islative council, and a member of IN.
board of supervisors of Maricop.
county, and served several terms a
Justice of the peace. He is EVIDENT,
a man of parts, and bids fair to b
influential with his people for man,
years to come. He has no doubt Blu
what the colony he has just starteI
viii be a success in every direction