Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-03
(Frlday Feb al

George ~ Andersen, who during tno
past year has boon cngnecd IN compil
lnr data for the forthcoming History
81 New Mexico. has returned 20 Al
buUuoruue after about soycn months
continuous travel through the terri
tory. ln an Interview with "a repre-
sentative Of The Evening Citizen %
DAY. Mr. Anderson expressed himself
aa having been greatly surprised ai
fhe Industrial and commercial status
81 the territory generally
s'Fur some time" said no "a had
been prepared Cor an uuspokon critt
aism OF puhiishod oxaggor7tlons re-.
rnrding the natural resources 90 and
opportunities offered By the various
communities of TIE territory. You
know faat The rule % that about nine
.uut 90 every ten local promotion and
publicity associations in the country,
especially throughout the west. are
prone 10 more or leaa gross cxaggera.
ti0n regarding the ccndilona IN thelf
immediate localities hoping IN this
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
acon attracted 20 certain localities by
the fascinating Heraturo spread broad
east By ovor-zealous and lmprudent
commercial clubs. chan JerB OF com
morce and boards OF trade, have re
turnod 90 their homes With their Idle
money attn safe Ia their pockets, ais.
EuHtcd with these altogether dia'
TlhnnOus attempts 20 bring about re
meued cKomplIhcatIOna Of the time
honored adago regarding the fool and
mis- money TO the everlasting crCdlt
~ these local publicity and promo
tiun associations ln most of the towns
at New Mexico however / ann glad
10 say that 40 Far as nay personal OBJ.
ucrVntiun enables me 20 speak, such
ruurohcnaihle tactics DO not appear 90
have boon employed. The people gen
orally seem 10 feel that enough may
be said that o. true. without rosorting
ca falnchOod OF e1aggorauOn
"Tho attitude. Of the exceedingly en-
tcrpriaing Commercial club uf RIOS
well furnishes a good illustration OF
she wisdom Of adopting the policy OF
honesty Ia this work o. advertising
New Mexico j A. Graham, the sec
rotary 90 that club. who haf had
years Of experience as an advertising
expert. in discussing this question tho
other day. stated that The organlta
lion ut Roswell not only avoided oy.
crything that looked Ike cXaggcru.
tiOn In the preparation Of its book
let's and other literature descriptive
~ the resources of The Pecos valley
but on the other hand. Tor some time
had made 10 % rule slightly iO under
estimate the possibilities 0f the cOun
try. in the belief chat by 500 d0Ing tn,
fuli truth. when disclosed to nowcom
UrH. would create "a renewed interest
in the region.
"rhp undcvol0uod lands iu tho Pc
COS valley are being sold at "a rapid
rate. and az prices that are double and
frequently triple those obtained last
year The work that is being done
shore by the federal government
through iis reclamation service, is az
tracing capital from all sections. ID
M. Han the supervising engineer. now
located at Carlsbad. and W. 49,
Road the engineer in charge OF tho
work un the Rio iloudO project Tow
miles southwest VI Roswell. are push
inE the undertakings under their
charge as rapidly as possible The
poOpio of Carlsbad are q tribe suH
picious In regard TO the attitude of
ihe government Like me MisFourau
thgy intend 90 bee shown They take
muthlnE for granted The moment the
frat ahoyeiful OF earth ls turned they
will believe the government means %
cHrry out iiB promises 20 reconstruct
thc Irritation system destroyed by the
foods in October, igOl but BOO the
GnoantlmO thoy arr practically IDLE.
Nothing snrms Gao be doing toward
preparation FOR tho full bcucntg that
will follow the government work. As
soon as actual work on che new dam
~ begun. thlngs VIII begin % boom
Ga that Hnction of the pocoa valley
I'm the Rio Grande valley in and
about las Cruces, the proposal OF
the government % begin work upon
eho i,nrdahurg division dam has slim
ulBied values in land To- a great de-
gree. Men are pouring iuto nat sec
ton from the east, seeking Investment
TN their capital inasmuch as The
government will allow mo- individual
90 reialn control 0f more than "a quar-
lor section under the new irrigation
system. much NJ tho irriEnhle land lu
thc Mesliln valley and vicinity must
change hands before long The pho
numenal success Of Oscar G.. Snow
2ho alfalfa king aud others In tht
rnliurn 81 alfalfa. has attracted q
great deal at 8ttohtlon 10 this part uI
New Mexico and nothing can uOssihl,
Interfere with the rapid development
ui The agricultural rcs0urcpH of d
strip of land about lOn miles boz length
uuNn there Mr Snow has recently
made some experiments iu Tho culture
uf macarnni wheat fnr che department
uf agriculture. and though thc results
~ bis experiments have not yet beer
uudc public OBJ me department hi
Expresses tho belief that the product
will ultimately become ,ho basis foI
nu exceedingly profitable industry Do
she Mosilla valley Dwarf milo maIzI
commonly known az Kafr corn Do
also woyinr "a most profitable crOp
- was tremendously surprised a
aha great variety OF fruit prohtabll
EFuun in tho canyon through which
aho railroad from Alamogordo o. Cloud
rFuii runs. Not only do mony vario
tira uf apples attain almost the liml
~ perfection in that picturesque au,
exceedingly fertile valley bat pears
uluma, cherries grapes aud even ng
nnd almonds are grown there mos
aucorssfully.
In the vicinity of DOmBg ,ho dO
gelupmuut of the underground rive
aur irrigation purposes is being push
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