Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-19
THE MEADOW CITY
GROWING NICELY
Dry Farming Ex-
perinents on Las
Vegas Grant.
THOMPSON COLONY PROJECT
Citizens Generally Support
Joint Statehood Although
Preferring Separate.

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Preferring Separate.
Robert l.. NJ. Ross, of Las Vegas,
who arrived in the Meadow City
twenty-six years ago, and who has for
the most of the time been a resident
of that town, was in Santa Fe Sunday
and Monday en- route to San Juan
County, where he goes to examine con.
ditions and prospects FOR eastern cap.
ltalists who desire reports on the re,
sources, climate, horticulture and fruit
growing aspects of tnat section. Mr..
Ross has for the past five years filed
and that very acceptably, the import.
ant position as deputy treasurer under
Hon. Eugenio Romero, treasurer and
tax collector of San Miguel County.
He is also U. S. Court Commissioner
and attends to the making Of home
stead and desert land entries and other
land office papers for San Miguel
County and in the fourth judicial dis.
trict.
Meadow City Prosperous.
To a reporter of the New Mexican
who caught him at the depot Mr.. Ross
said that Las Vegas was in a prosper
GUS condition, there were many new
and substantial business buildings and
residences in sourse of erection; mer-
chants report business good and collec-
tions acceptable; the wool merchants
at Las Vegas expect to handle great
deal Of the fleecy staple. as there is
much country in which there are many
sheep tributary to the town.
The wool trade will commence act
lively in few days and will make
times busy for all who engage in it..
The agricultural prospects of the coun.
try surrounding the town and in many
places, which trade with the Meadow
City, are of the best and it Is expected
that crops of all cereals will be the
greatest in many years.
The Thompson Colonization Project.
The commissioners of the Las Vegas
rant have ceased selling tracts, in
order to give Albert w. Thompson,
formerly Receiver of the U. s. Land
Office in Clayton, chance to do some
thing with the $4,000 acres of land
which he has purchased from them.
Mr. Thompson Is actively at work in
Holonizing this tract and within few
days it Is expected that large number
of eastern homeseekers will be in Las
Vegas to examine this land and il
they find it suitable, to colonize and
settle upon the grant permanently.
Mr.. Thompson has matters we'll ar.
ranged and is sanguine that large
proportion of~the intending homeseek-
ers will be pleased and will become
permanent settlers. The commission
ers Of the grant are awaiting results
before proceeding with placing of
tracts upon the market. This policy
is believed to be good and will in my
opinion rebound to the benefit of all
concerned.
Dry Farming Experime
"The Campbell Dry Farming Associ-
alton Is doing considerable work break
ing prairie land on the farm donated
to 1t by the commissioners Of the
grant, huge steam plow is being used
and much other labor saving machin-
cry has been pnt to work The man.
ayers propose to put in large area OF
winter wheat and to make a thorough
experiment with that cereal. They
feel confident Of success. / understand
800 acres will be placed in winter
wheat and that the experiment is to
be made as extensive as possible If
1t proves to be what is expected, it
will make many thousands of acres of
land In the grant, the property of Las
Vegas, prosperous agricultural coun-
try.
People Will Support Joint Statehood.
ut seems to me as If our people will
be willing to accept the best they can
get and that is joint statehood l
think am safe in saying that the
great majority Of the citizens Of Las
Vegas and Of San Miguel County are
strongly for separate statehood for
the Sunshine Territory, believing that
we are fully entitled to this recogni-
ton. AS we cannot get it, naturally
we are inclined to take the best that
is offered. We want to enter the
Union and as we cannot be citizens
of the State of New Mexico we are
bout getting ready to accept citizen
ship in the State Of Arizona, provided
the constitutional convention will give
us good. efficient and strong consti.
tuition. We propose to work for this
end and vote for it and that from now
on. have been consistent separate
statehood man from the day I reached
the Territory, but will cast my lot
with the remainder Of my fellow citi.
zens and work for the creation Of the
new state, as believe that statehood
will be Of the utmost importance to
the advancement and prosperity of our
Territory, of San Miguel County and of
Las Vegas. The provisions of the law
are very liberal and as we may never
be able again to get such liberal pro-
visions, I believe 1t is for the benefit
Of all concerned to accept.
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