Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-03-15
Letter from New Mexico.


in Ky, regarding New Mexico. anc
as it is impossible for me TO reply t.
all these letters, only through the
columns of your paper.
Quay county, Of which this city is
the county seat, is ninety-three miles
west Of Dalhart, Texas, and is on the
Rock Island railroad. This little
city is four years old and is up-to-
date. The twelve hundred people
are drawn from the various States,
consequently they are as clever as are
TO be found anywhere.
We have court house costing
els, 900, public school building cost
ing 81, 600, three nice churches, etc.
etc.
At first glance stranger would
think that large part Of the country
was made up of mountains, but when
one undertakes TO cross the beautiful
valley from mountain TO mountain,
it seems like the one in the rear is
| following while the one IN front like /.
the rainbow, keeps just ahead.
In these valleys are hundreds Of
thousand acres Of as fine land as is .
to be found in Uncle Sam 5 domin-
ions, The soil is dark red loan,
with just enough sand to make it
ideal for cultivation.
No irrigation is required here, a.
the rainfall is sufficient for agricul-
tural purposes The rainfall in 1905
II az follows
Jan. 40: Feb. So March rs
April 2. /, May %: June 2.5; July |.
~; August IL; September 2.5
Total, 22.0.
Making sufficient moisture for all
purposes. As this is comparatively
new country in an agricultural
sense, farming has not been done on
ly in a small way, yet everything be
ing so far from proficiency, to-wit:
sorghum, kaffer corn, mia maize,
peas, beans. millet, melons, oats, etc
Corn and wheat do we'll when the sod
has been thoroughly broken and pull
verified.
Water can be had in inexhau,ti-
bic quantities at depth of from Z
To I40 feet The water is soft and
clear. The atmosphere is high aud
dry, making it delightful for those
seeking relief from lung trouble aud
the various ailments contracted in ma
larial districts.
Ii costs $40 dollars to homestead
100 acres, and the fee is 81 after
filing. One has six months leave of
absence before settling ON the claim,
il 80 desired
After taking a homestead one is
allowed to take an additional humid
red and sixty acres under the desert
act.
I'm conclusion | will say that this
country is good enough for me but
any one anticipating coming here on
my say so will say to them not to
come here expecting to get rich IN a
/ few years. Also do not bring a fam
lily here without sufficient mean, to
pull You through the first year as
/ this j., like all new countries, there
are improvements to make, sod to
break. aud living to be made while |
this is being done.
Yet many have told me that they !
( landed here with less than five dol |
/ lar, and are doing well. and seem to |
have plenty around them ON their
farms
The country is being rapidly filed |
rs more than fifteen thousand filings I
have been made here in Quay county /
since January LIST, 'O6. So all the
good claims have been taken within
a radius of twenty-five miles But
there vet remains homes for many
more. Distance counts for naught
about as one to four back there IN
Kentucky.
To those who are seeking labor will !
say that labor will be in demand here
as the Rock Island is making this an