Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-29
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
n. S. Wattles Writes About His Home
Down in New Mexico.

Aztec, New Mexico, Oct. q, 1906.
Editor epublican:-Three months
! ago yesterday since | arrived in this
territory and | cannot see any differ
ence between living here and in the
states so far as home government or
society is concerned. We have nice
clean and thrifty growing town of
about 700 inha bjtants. There have
been nice brick stores and dwellings
erected and several wood buildings
erected since | have come here, so
you see the people are not all asleep
all the time in this southern country.
This town is situated on the Las
Animas river about IS miles south of
Durango, Colorado, and is hecOunty
seat of San Juan county. The i'm
prOvements besides the buildings,
are: lst an irrigating ditch taken out
OF the Las Animas about Is miles
north from here and is located three
miles east from here, which will water
all the tillable land on the east side
Of the river for about p miles. 2nd
At point east from town a larger
reservoir Will be erected with a filter
for the purpose of supplying the town
with drinking water, also with water
company will also erect an electric
light plant and wire it to the town.
The cost of the ditch being built is
$500, 100000 and their head quarters
are here in Aztec with Office in the j.
Nj. Thomas block, rooms ) TO s in
elusive.
The principal products of this
country are fruits and alfalfa. All
kinds of fruit are grown here that are
grown in California except lemons
and oranges.
Small grain and corn are also
grown in small quantities, but enough
to show what this country will pro-
duce. This section is equal to any
country for the raising OF vegetables
Sugar beets can be raised with success
One can be seen in the Index office. >
ID newspaper published here-that
weighs 81 pounds. Now Freeman,
Cousins, Ben Train, J. ShingIedecker,
j. &. BOn"ell, } a. Nash, Sam Gar
mire and about one hundred others
who read the Republican, don't
laugh and say he is learning fast
since he moved to the territory.
Any of you jlst come down and
will verify my statement [ will say
right here that each of the above
named gentlemen can consider thus
personal letter to them. The climate
is all that any one could ask for 1t
is truly the land of sunshine, although
We have occasional showers. The
Old settlers here say there has been
more rainfall this year tlan they
have ever known.
forgot when [ was on the vege-
table line to speak of potatoes that
were raised on a piece of ground 80
l4) it. so Iare-220O pounds. Say tell
them fellows not to laugh agail, if
they do | will not agree to write any
more, and will leave them in ignorance
Of what is being done and grown in
this part of America | will let them
stay at home and enjoy their trip to
Wall Lake and like places for their !
outing rather than spending !
a few dollars and travel west and |
southwest aud see what nature and
culture has done in this cOuutry.
Say Mr.. Editor don't you think | |
have spun this out long enough? d.,
and am going to stop as soon as | |
can.
If you think worth printing will you
please send copy to me so can see
how my writing looks in print.
Respectfully Yours
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