Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-10

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qualified belief thai ~e hsse hlt ID
sbow thts trAes II eoienlsss snd -.
Tiers md thAt syssy acr~ of our ko..
90 sere tr.eS vii IL silsposed al 10
>~stiess b<fore fke fall.
Sos. II rekard 10 nv Proposed col
oaisaiinn movement Nm desiroas
of having the hearty cooperstioa os
tho citisens rf IAa yex1s ii uork-
ing ap home@e~teFx' exSnrxioas sim.
liar In character ID ihoee ~hsch ~
Rock Island has been runnlnx swics
: veeA fcs the past seven o. elxhs
months into she Panhandie a Texas
These sxcnrsions hare hepa inssru.
msnisI In bringing out hs1dreds Of
cesonists and farmers from O. mid,
de eastern states whose land kas be-
oone % hixh that they are 6Ispcetng
- part IL q and Investing Il =
farms IN and through Northeastern
Nes Aexico ana Northern Tmna.
! zhaii within . few dsyx 10 east
md request the passenger depart.
m~nt of the Santa We road ID arrange
Tor kerte~ of excursions. twice !
w~ek n possible from Chicago, Kan.
- city And intermediate points. AL
reel ID Las vesas. You can easily
imakine What Il Vim mean ID IAs
vekas Itself to unload three or four
hundred oolonists Id this Town every
"Wednesday and Saturday morning.
Ar IN illustration. have seen
thesa excnrsionists come snto nal.
hart. Tesns. md within hair an hour
after their arrival. every available
livery conveyance Mas engaged In
taking these farmers mt ID yiew the
land. which they subsequently, with
few eseeptions. became purchasers
Al u the character III The land. I
csn only state that the tracts which
! have seem near Las vcsas are vast.
II superior 10 any 81 jhe farms which
have been settled n er about Dali
hart. stratfeFa, or other towns along
the Rock Island.
A week today JudFs Long and We.
ttea The ranch OF .5cst Madrfi. twelve
miles east of town. and there ~
covered ihnf this nan had raised ne
corn, = sample Of which he gave W..
without i single uiinrs fof fbur-
teen years HIS system III not the
best. but Il simply shows What can
be done On your lands near here.
] an heartily pleased with tho ac.
tive interest which Is being taken
hy she citizens of Las Vegas III this
form of bringing homcseekers into
San Miguel county. and vas greatly
gratIfled nc the unanimous action Or
the grant hoard III cooperating with
ME III this movement 10 throw open
4 portion Of this tract to eastern
farmers. with the assistance of tho
people of Las Vegas | have no doubt
u the ultimate success of our col.
onization enterprise and ! nee no rea-
son why such 4 magnificent tract
should remain longer III siisuse. An
/ have already said. know of no
fract of lind which compares IN tho
richness DC its soil snd the eyenpees
III its lines With that which w have
found Oh the grant.
Al Al evidence of good faith On nv
part. have now on depoait with the
First National bank 10000, which 4
intend 70 make as first payment
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