Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-27
LEADING PECOs
VALLEY CITIZEN
Details Prosperity
and Progress of
Section.
iIlriiln nr r nhiinfll
VIEWS or f. A. cAHOON
Hagerman's Sales of Small
Tracts of Great Benefit
The Andrews Vote.

Edward A. Cahoon, cashier OF the
First National Bank of Roswell, was
in the city recently en- route from
Albuquerque where he attended the
sessions Of the Masonic grand bodies
last week, to his home at Roswell
Mr.. Cahoon has attained the highest
positions In Free Masonry in this Ter.
rltory, having served as Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of Free Mas,
Ons, as Grand High Priest OF the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter, and as
Grand Commander Of the Grand Com
mandery of Knights Templar. He
has also attained the 32nd degree in
the Scottish Rite of zee Masonry
In business he is the ca her and ex.
ecutive director of the First National
Bank of Roswell, one of the most
solid and best managed financial in
stitutions in the southwest. aud in
which he has made much money for
the stockholders of the institution,
This position he has held from the
commencement of the bank fifteen
years ago He is one of the most
highly respected and best known citi,
zens of the Pecos Valley and enjoys
the esteem and good will of all those
who know him. Indeed, he is one of
the best citizens of the Sunshine Ter
ritory.
Pecos Valley is Prosperous
Talking to a representative Of the
New Mexican on conditions in his sec
tion of the Territory, Mr. Cahoon said :
'The Pecos Valley from Fort Sum.
ner to the Texas line and beyond
there to Pecos City, Texas, is in a
very prosperous condition. Fine crops
of alfalfa, of cereals, especially oats
and heat. and of fruits, have been
raised all along in the River valley
and in the artesian belt. From Ros.
well alone 200 cars OF apples were
gathered and shipped, about 100 cars
having been the crop from Roswell
and vicinity Ready sale for these ap-
piles was found in the Texas towns
as Dallas. Fort Worth. Houston and
others. $500 car loads of alfalfa were
part of the product of the valley last
year. Among the smaller shipments
were six car load lot; of pears to Chi,
cago, one-half of these coming from
the ParkerEarle orchard Celery
was also shipped east in large quaint.
ties. Roswell is becoming quite a
wool market About 100000 pounds of
unsecured wool were shipped from Ros.
well during the season and about L..
100000 pounds were secured at home
and then shipped. Shipments of lambs
and wethers for mutton are now in
progress, but have no data to give
definite figures. Captain c. j. de
Bremond has shipped 5000 lambs and
several other shipments of from sly
to ten thousand wethers and lamb
have been made. Cattle shipments
have not been very large as owners
are mostly large cattle companies
that are holding for higher prices.
I'm the Pecos Valley proper | dc
not think there is any public land leff
for homestead or desert land entries
There is much land for sale
at from s35 per acre upwards: the
cheaper classes are not under cult.
vation and many acres are not even
under ditch. In the artesian belt they
bring from $50 per acre up. The fact
that James J. Hagerman has conclud
ed to cut up his large fruit orchards
covering over 1000 acres into smaller
parcels for sale, means considerable
of an influx of people to Roswell and
its vicinity. The land contained ir
this plot Is of the most fertile anf
of the best in the valley. 1t will bring
fair prices and from twenty to forty
acres in fruit are more than sufficient
to give family a good living and to
enable it to lay by competency in
a few years. I hope that every large
land owner in the vicinity will follow
Mr.. Hagerman's public spirited and
wise example in due season. There
are about 10000 acres of very fine
land under irrigation bitches, or in
the artesian belt owned by half doz
en- corporations or individuals. These
large tracts, If cut up into 20 or 4(
acre fruit farms will support a very
large population handsomely. ! ex
pect to see Roswell, which now has
about 5000 people, town double its
size by 1910 and to contain over 90,
900 people by 1915. Chayes County
7 should Judge, now has from 10000
to 1900 population and this is in
creasing rapidly. Even on the high
er lands people have settled and the
past year Plumbers of them have made
good crops by dry farming.
Rush OF immigrants is Marvellous.
"The way people are rushing into
Roosevelt County and along the line
of the Eastern Railway of New Mex
leo from Texico west Is simply aston
ishing. There are stretches along that
railroad in which every quarter sec
tion Ii taken up for miles, quarter sec
ton after quarter section fenced ant
with no intervals of unoccuIied lands
Last year they made fine crops of sor
ghum, kafflr corn, corn, oats and feet
stuffs generally The rainfall was
seasonable and the amount was snffi
cient with intensive farming to brins
good results, There are several new