Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-07-03
FROM TEX|CO
The Entire Pecos
Valley is for
Statehood.
JUDGE POPE INTERVIEWED
Chaves, Roosevelt and Eddy
Counties Advancing Rap
idly.

Judge William H Pope, presiding
Judge for the Fifth Judicial District
of New Mexico, with headquarters at
Roswell, was In Santa Fe during the
past week in attendance upon the ses-
sons of the Territorial Supreme Court
Judge Pope's district comprises the
Counties of ChaySs. Eddy and Roose
welt, and he is very enthusiastic over
the condition and prospects of that
section OF the Territory. In speaking
to a representative of the New Mex
lean, Judge Pope said;
Roosevelt County.
"The outlook for southeastern New
Mexico has never been as bright as
1t is today. From Texico, which is
at the Texas line and thus on the very
threshold of the Pecos Valley, to
Carlsbad. which Is the most south
ern place of any Importance in that
valley, the story of prosperity is every
where told. In Roosevelt County
conditions never before have been as
good. / have been there twice to
hold court during the past spring, and
the feeling is of the greatest conf.
dence In the future of that section.
Every week brings scores of families
who are taking up homesteads and
proceeding to improve them, and the
class of immigrants is the kind from
which we may expect the best Of cit
izenship in the future. In taking a
trip by rail in Roosevelt County one
Is never out of sight of home where
five years ago antelope ranged in
large herds. OF the new towns,
Texico Is becoming a point Of great
Importance, being the junction Of the
newly constructed Eastern Railway Of
New Mexico or Belen cut off of the
Santa Fe system, and the Pecos Val
ley line. It's people are very conf
dent that 1t is the western terminus
of the lines projected by the Santa Fe
system to the Gulf. Ii this project
becomes a reality, Texico will be one
of the most important railroad points
in the Territory. The confidence Of
the Texico people in its future is
shown by the recent establishment of
two banks and the erection Of quite
a number Of creditabIe buildings.
CAT Portales, the county seat Of
Roosevelt County, a number of new
store buildings are being erected and
Its people are evincing determine
ton not to be outstrlpped in growth
by the younger towns, which are
springing up to the north and south.
OF these, one of the most prosperous
is Elida to the vicinity of which
there has been a very steady flow of
healthy immigration. Then there is
Brownhorn, which expects to be d.
vision point on the new Belen cutoff;
and one or two equally promising
towns betwe Texico and the Pecos
River.
ShaVeS Souhty.
in Chaves County all of the bust.
ness interests are prosperous and the
time does not seem far distant when
that county will be certainly the
wealthiest and perhaps the most pop
ulous of the Territory. Roswell con
tinues to grow and to become more
and more the model city of New Mex
leo. In addition to lts Commercial
Club, which has been one of the
strongest factors in the life of the
city, it now has a flourishing Country
Club, with club house and grounds
about three miles from town, source
of pleasure to residents and visitors
alike. It's Importance as a city Is
shown by the number Of gatherings
which are now being held there from
time to time. A few years ago the
suggestion Of trip to Roswell seem
ed quite as formidable as one to Chi
cago, or other eastern points, but with
| the Torrance Automobile Line in ex'
cellent operating condition, and the
opening of the Texico-Belen Railroad
to travel matter of only a few
months, the people of the Territory
are learning more and more that the
beautiful capital of Chaves County
with its innumerable trees, its miles
and miles of cement sidewalks, It's
picturesque artesian wells, Is In New
.exico and they are selecting 1t as a
point for their conventions and other
gatherings. The Territorial Board Of
Pharmacy met there last month and
there was joyous gathering of New
Mexico Shriners there couple Of
weeks ago. The Presbyterian Synod
of New Mexico and Arizona Is, l be.
lieve, appointed to meet there in the
fall, and the Territorial Bar Asocia,
tion next year. Not only that, but
month ago some enterprising Roswell
citizens went to Amarillo, Texas, prac-
tically invading the enemy's country,
and captured for next spring the con-
vention of the West Texas Cattle
Growers. This will bring hundreds
of cattle men to the Pecos Valley
next year and the Roswell people are
already planning for an auditorium In
which to accommodate this and other
gatherings of the future. Another
source Of prosperity for Roswell is
the fact that the Hondo Reclamation
project is practically complete and
within a short time will be turned
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