Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-12-28
WHY NEW MEXICO
T PRESENTS THANKS
Great Prosperity
Prevailed During
This Year.
COMING PROSPECTS FINE
Every Industry and. Business
Advancing and Increasing
STEADY Gains.

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/ The Earlh's December issue ma,
Just reached the city and the paDel
contains several articles of unusua
Interest to those in this section.
| The Earth Is a monthly publication
issued by the passenger department OF
the great Santa Fe Railway system, In
the interests of immigration to and
the development of the states and
territories through which the great
railway system passes.
Over thirty thousand copies have
been issued for the month Of Decen
Der. The front page has an attrac.
tive View of an irrigation canal in the
Pecos Valley. The main features of the
issue are articles from New Mexico,
California, Texas, Colorado, Arizona,
Oklahoma and Kansas by prominent
men OF the respective sections, telling
why the states and territories are
| thankful.
The article from New Mexico was
written by Colonel Frost, secretary of
the Bureau OF immigration.
Why New Mexico is Thankful.
Are the people of New Mexico
thankful for 1905? Surely and truly
they are. Why?
Advancement since the census Of
1900 and especially in 1905 has been
great, particularly in a moral direc-
ton. Crime has been punished; there
lis less than ever. Churches and com
municants have increased in satisfac.
tory numbers. Sunday observance
law are strictly carried out and strong
sentiment against public gambling has
been aroused
The people have enjoyed clean and
honest administration OF territorial
and county affairs; New MeXico's s
dee has been reduced by 100000.
County finances are In better condi-
ton. Administration of justice is eff
fective and energetic.
The Sunshine Territory has in.
creased in population from about 200,-
900 in 1900 to about 100000 now; man.
ufactured products have gained nearly
60 per cent since 1900. There are
more banks, national and private,
more business firms, more manufactur.
ing establishments, and they are on
the increase. The production of pre-
cious and base metals shows an in
crease. and the coal, iron ore, and zinc
ore outputs are the greatest ever
known. Zinc ore, of which not ton
was produced in 1901, this year shows
a value of 100000.
Irrigation.
The acreage under irrigation and
cultivation Is larger and steadily gain.
ing. In addition to it's own uses, the
Territory exported 20,00O,O00 pounds
of fruit. The importation of grain,
hay, and -four has decreased, the Ter.
ritory producing more Of these neces-
stiles right along.
The sheep owners had an increase
of 95 per cent in lambs. They have
sold about 100000 wethers and
lambs averaging about s2.75 per head,
and 24,000,O00 pounds of wool at about
21 cents, in addition to several hun.
dred thousand pounds of mohair at
35 cents; they have more sheep and
goats now than they had last spring.
About 100000 head of cattle averaging
SIG per head have been shipped out,
and several thousand horses have been
sold.
Ranges are in good condition, water
and grass are plentiful, and the out.
look for the coming spring and sum-
mer is of the best, considerable snow
having already fallen in the mountains
of northern New Mexico.
The educational system is improv-
ing and the number Of persons Of
school age is greatly in excess Of pre-.
vious years
New Railroads.
Several hundreds of miles of new
railroads are in active construction
and thousands of men are employed
at good wages. The Eastern Railway
of New Mexico, part of the Santa Fe
System, is building line 300 miles
long and employing 5000 men and
many teams.
Bank deposits are heavy and exceed
greatly all loans and discounts.
Separate statehood for New Mexico
is asked by the people; and while this
may not come in 1906, they hope and
believe it will be attained in 1908.
The growth and progress in popula.
ton, in moral advancement, in stock
raising, in agriculture, in horticulture,
in mining, in manufacturing, and in
general business is great, steady, and
strenuous and bids fair to continue
Naturally our people are thankful.
They celebrated Thanksgiving, 1905,
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