Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-01-25
QUAY COUNTY De:
vEL0P|NG RAPIDLY
Crops and Orchards
Show Very Good
Progress.
SHEEP INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVE
Many Settlers Filing on Land
or Purchasing Patented
Claims in District.

M. e. Mechem, district attorney 1Or
Quay and Guadalupe Counties, and
M. B. Goldenberg, Of the M. B. Gold
enberg Company, Tucumcari, sue
cessful sheep raiser and one Of the
most progressive and solid citizens OF
eastern New Mexico were among the
many who came to the Capital City to
attend the inaugural ceremonies. They
remained until today and left at noon,
via the Santa Fe Central for their
homes.
Mr.. Goldenberg has been u resident
of Tucumcari and vicinity for over
twenty years and is one OF the prom
inent pioneers of that section. When
seen by New Mexican reporter at
the Claire last night, he said:
well, I'm pretty enthusiastic over
the prospects of Tucumcari, and vi
cinity. l was that way when | came
there good many years ago, and /
haven't changed yet Neither do |
contemplate changing, because things
are steadily improving over my way.
About 1000 new settlers have arrived
in Quay County and taken up home
steads there during the past three
months. They came principally from
Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Missouri and Texas, where they dis
posed of their lands at good price.
"By making homestead entries upon
the public domain they retained plenty
of funds to install improvements and
as result nothing but success can
follow, Many of them not caring to
80 through the technicalities of filing
claims, proving up, and so forth,
bought patented lands. The majority,
however, prefer to take advantage of
the homestead laws.
Good Crops.
Satisfactory crops have been raised
in Quay County during the past year.
Milo-maize, Kaffir corn, Indian corn,
Mexican beans and millet are among
the principal crops although quantities
of wheat, barley, vegetables and gar
den truck are yearly produced. Some
Indian corn averaged thirty bushels to
the acre without irrigation last sea-
son. Most farmers prefer to irrigate,
however, and have found water plen-
tiful.
THE fruit industry Is comparatively
a recent thing in Quay County Sew
eral orchards have been started and
are doing fine. H. M. Smith has an
orchard within the townsite limits of
Tucumcari which is point of inter-
est to all our visitors. The orchard Is
really credit to country far bet
ter developed than New Mexico. 1t
has had the effect of encouraging 9TH
er farmers to put out trees in large
numbers. They will be returning rev.
enue in short time.
81 have been having rush in the
real estate business, and within the
past few weeks have sold large
number of lots in the original town.
site Of Tucumcari to Ell Pasoans who
are coming there. in numbers.
This has been brought about to
some extent by the building Of the Ell
Paso & Northeastern Railroad to Tu-
cumcari which now. makes this town
the end of the Rock Island system and
a division point Of the El Paso &
Northeastern. have also received in
formation that the Choctaw, Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad will be extend
ed to Tucumcari, the grade work for
this project being almost finished at
present. 1t will be completed, un-
derstand, this spring thus giving Tu.
cumcari the nearest and straightest
route to Memphis. Tennessee.
Money in Sheep.
"The sheep business never looked
more promising than at the present
time in Quay County. BY lambing
season we will have plenty Of water
and green grass everywhere, and all
sheep men know the meaning of such
a condition. One thing I noted with
pleasure is the fact that a large mum.
ber of fine rams have been brought in
to our country recently. Not enough
attention has heretofore been paid to
this feature Of sheep raising.
New Mexico sheep, for a number
of years were understood but this de.
feet is rapidly being remedied. Several
sheep raisers have brought their herds
up to standard or better, and the ef
feet has been cropping out every
where, Of late. Rams for use on the
range should not weigh less than 15C
or 200 pounds and should shear 25
pounds of WOOL Not the short
greasy sort either, but the long fibered
wool, of the Ramboullet type.
Wool Securing.
"And by the way, Tucumcari has