Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-21
ENERGETIC WORK
PRONUNCIATION
BRINGS RESULTS
General Manager
Grimshaw's Trip
Bears Good
Fruit.
SETTLERS FOR EsTANc|A
Information About Sunshine
Territory Eagerly Sought
.--Convention of South
western Clubs.

Gen eral Manager S. E. Grimshaw
of the Santa Fe Central Railway Com
pany, returned home Wednesday after
ten days trip to eastern points.
While absent he attended the convan.
ton held at st. Louis by the South
western Commercial Clubs, unde- the
auspices of the ST. Louis Business
Mems League. He also speit some
liEe in touring through Kansas, Mis-
sCurl, Illinois and part Of lava in
the interests of his company and at
the salne time did what he could in
tha interests of the TerritorJ, ;.aylrg
especial attention to Santa Fe ana
the Estancia Valley. Mr.. Geimsnaw's
trip was successful, and concerning it
he had the following to say to a rep
resentative of the New Mexican this
morning:
"The interest being taken in New
Mexico by people in the east is re.
markable. While on my trip, on many
occasions | heard intellectual ami
prominent men speak highly of the
Territory, and in every place I visited
there were many people who wanted
to know more about the Land of Sun
shine While away | distributed 300
Of the pamphlets. 'Ho to the Land Of
Sunshine, published by the Bureau
of immigration, as well as 300 book
lets published by the Santa Fe Cen.
trail Railroad Company, and the liter.
ature was eagerly sought after and
read with great deal of interest.
"The pamphlets being published by
the Bureau of immigration are doing
incalculable good for the Territory, for
the reason that they give the very
information desired by the intending
homeseeker | have always found in
speaking to people in the east con.
cerning the possibilities for settlers
that the first thing they will ask is
How can take up this land?' This
is the information furnished in the lit
erature of the immigration Bureau, and
more than that, in an exact and con
servative way it shows what the possi
bilities in New Mexico really are.
$50 Homeseekers Coming.
Within sixty or ninety days there
will come to the Estancia Valley one
hundred and fifty homeseekers, who
will select homestead tracts and be.
come permanent settlers. These are
men to whom have talked during my
trip and who, know, will make resi-.
dents of whom the Territory may well
feel proud. Arrangements have been
made for especially conducted tours
from Chicago to the Estancia Valley,
and on these tours the homeseekers
will have special cars. The settlers
have been secured from points in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa.
IT wish to say this one thing, and
that Is, If Santa Fe were to be properly
advertised, inside of three years il
would be a city of $4,000 inhabitants
1t is a fact that many people in the
east do not know there is such a place
and if they do they know little OF
nothing about the opportunities 1t al
fords for business industries, and the
advantages it offers for the health
seeker and the tourist. I would like
to see the educational work carried OF
in systematic manner. for the result:
would surely be gratifying.
Convention Was a Success.
"As for the convention at st. Loui.
] can heartily say that 1t was conduct
ed in an excellent manner. There were
more than 700 delegates present, ant
finer lot Of men never met in m,
life. They were unselflsl1, and while
each one of them had something II
which he was particularly interested
the delegates worked in unison, To-
the common good Of the Southwest
Matters of Importance, relating to II
rigation, lands, the securing OF home
seekers and similar topics were dis
cussed, and there was not a particle
Of animosity displayed during the en-
tire convention.
ION account Of the program havin'
been prearranged, had no opportun
ity to talk to the convention as a body
which should have liked very mucl
to have done. but spent as much tim
as I possibly could talking to the de
gates individually, concerning Ne,
Mexico and Its resources. | foun'
them greatly interested and cage
listeners.
II succeeded while on my trip 4
making the acquaintance Of eighty
two prominent citizens Of towns \