The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-02-28
NEW MExico's RESOURCES
USUALLY uNDEREsTIMATED,

ate" Says Historian Anderson.
From Albuquerque Citizen.
George B.. Anderson, who during tn,
past yea has been engaged in com
piling data for the forthcoming His
tory of New Mexico, has returned tt
Albuquerque after about z month.
continuous travel through the terri
tory. In an interview with a repre-
sentative of the Evening Citizen to
day, Mr.. Anderson expressed himself
as having been greatly surprised at
the Industrial and commercial status
of the territory generally.
For some time" said he "I had
been prepared for an unspoken criti-
cism of published exaggerations re
garding the natural Of and
opportunities offered by the various
communities of the territory. You
know that the rule is that about nine
out of every ten local promotion and
publicity associations in The country,
especially throughout the west, are
prone to more OF less gross exaggera-
ton regarding the conditions in their
way to stimulate immigration and the
investment of capital. This has been
true of California, Washington and
other western states for years. The
result has been that In thousands of
instances men of means who have
been attracted to certain localities by
the fascinating literature spread broad
cast by over-zealous and imprudent
commercial clubs, chambers of COM
merce and boards of trade, have re-
turned to their homes with their idle
money still safe in their pockets, dis
gusted with these altogether dfa-
phanous attempts to bring about re-
newed exemplicatious of the time
honored adage regarding the fool and
his money. To the everlasting credit
ton associations in most of the towns
of New Mexico, however, 1 am glad
to say that SO far as my personal OBJ
~servation enables me to speak, such
re~prehensible tactics do not appear to
have been employed. The people gen
orally seem to feel that enough may
be said that is true, without ~resorting
to falsehood or ex-aggeration.
"The attitude Of the exceedingly
enterprising Commercial Club of Ros-
well furnishes a good illustration of
the wisdom of adopting the policy of
honesty in this work of advertising
New Mexico. J. A. Graham, the sec
rotary of that club, who has had
years of experience as an advertising |
expert, in discussing this question the |
ton at Roswell not only avoided ev.
erything that looked like exaggerat. |
ton in the preparation of it's book
and other literature descriptive
of the resources of the Pecos Valley, |
but on the other hand, for some time |
had made it a rule slightly to under
estimate the possibilities of the coun-
try, in the belief that by so doing the
full truth, when disclosed to newcom-
ers, would create a renewed interest
in the region.
Valley are being sold at a rapid
rate, and at prices that are double |
and frequently triple those obtained
last year. The work that is being done
there by the federal government
through it's reclamation service, is at
capital from all sections. B.
NJ. Hall, the supervising engineer, now
at Carlsbad, and w. M.
Reed, the engineer in charge of the
on the Rio Hondo project a few
miles southwest of Roswell. are push
ing the undertakings under their
charge as rapidly as possible. The
people of Carlsbad are a trif1e sus-
in regard to the attitude of
the government. Like the M~issourian
they intend to be shown. They take
nothing for granted. The moment the
first shovelful of earth is turned they