Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-08-18
GOVERNORS PARTY
HAS PLEASANT TRIP
J. W. Reynolds Tells of Entertainment
Along E Paso Southwestern
Line.

Line.
"The trip was very pleasant and
ENJOYABLE one all around" Territorial
Secretary j. W. Reynolds stated yes
terday in speaking of the junketlng
tour taken by Governor Hagerman and
party at the invitation OF II. S. Sim
mons, general manager OF the El Paso
e. Southwestern Railroad and E. c.
Carpenter, superintendent of the coal
fields at Dawson. Mr. Reynolds said
that the party was entertained at
various points along the route, and
the Governor made several informal
talks at the public receptions.
General Manager Simmons was un.
able to accompany the party owing to
the Illness of his wife, and the en-
tertainment Of the iunketers while
en- route was left to Mr.. and Mrs E..
C. Carpenter, who met the party upon
! its arrival at French Dawson was
! reached on the evening Of the first
! day of the trip. and after an inspec-
| tion Of thc model mining camp and
drive around the town, the tour
lists rolboardod the special car pro-
vided for the trip, and headed for Tu-
cumcari, over the Dawson Railroad.
At Roy q reception committee Of citi-
zens met the train and escorted the
party through the town. Tucumcari
was reached in the afternoon and
here the party was Joined by Harold
Hurd Of Roswell. The Tucumcari
citizens rendered an informal recep.
ton at the court house where the Gov
ernor made a brief address. After.
wards he and his guests were driven
around visiting the wool securing
plant and other points of interest, in.
Guiding a trip into the outlying coun-
ty. -.
Monday night found them at Santa
Rosa and the next morning delega-
ton welcomed them to the metropo-
lis of Guadalupe County. They were
entertained here also with a drive
around town and went out to the farm
Of Hon. Celso Baca. Tuesday after
noon the special car was whisked to
Alamogordo. The Governor was in
troduced to the citizens at. a general
reception held at the court house there
in the evening, after which the party
was entertained at the residence Of
Judge f. A. Mann.
Cloudcroft was the next objective
point and 1t was reached early We'd
nesday. This being the end of the
journey the party disbanded and its
members went their several ways. Mr.
Reynolds returned Immediately to
Santa Fe, but Governor Hagerman
was undecided at the time whether
to remain in Cloudcroft until the meet
ing next week Of the New Mexico Bar
Association or to proceed overland
TO Roswell. Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter
entertained at parting luncheon at
Cloudcroft
Secretary Reynolds was very much
impressed with the Improvements be-
Ing made and the conditions general
ly in and around Dawson and Tucum-
carl. Speaking about these two
places he said:
Dawson is certainly a splendid
camp. Everything Is modern. The
mines, houses and streets are all light.
ed by electricity. The homes OF the
miners are owned by the company and
are being supplied with running water
and the whole accommodation is fur
nished at an extremely moderate ren.
tai. The company Is now engaged in
the construction of bank of four hun.
dred and fifty beehive coke ovens and
opening UP two new coal mines so
that by January 1st next it will be pro.
ducing over one hundred tons of coal
and coke per day. The Phelps-Dodge
people have just completed fine hos.
pital and this with the new Office
buildings, entertainment hall for the
men, and similar improvements, will
make the camp one of the most thor
oughly up-to-date in the country. The
town itself is orderly and well kept
and the miners and their families APP
pear to be prosperous and happy.
"Tucumcari Is also growing very
rapidly. While there the party was
driven into the surrounding country
to see the results of the farming eff,
forts. That was particularly inter
esting because the farming is being
done without Irrigation and splendid
crops are being raised. One field of
corn in particular was unusually in.
teresting, cultivated this year for the
third season, and the corn stands over
eight feet high. The ears are well
formed and we'll filled 1t is estimat-
ed that the yield will be from thirty.
five to forty bushels to the acre. This
same farmer was raising beans, mel
ons, peanuts and various other crops.
We had water melon party while at
his house. The watermelons were
grown in the open field and they were
unusually fine. In Quay County with
in a radius of ten miles of the town
there is not single quarter section
of land left unappropriated. In every
direction now the country Is fenced
and the growing crops are In promis.
ing condition
Roy, which is midway between
Dawson and Tucumcari, in the east.
ern part Of Mora County, is going
ahead too. Mesa farming Is being
done there also and the farmers have
good stands of maize, sorghum and
other crops. The town is growing
steadily"
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