Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-03
GOOD TIMES RULE
LINCOLN COUNTY
Dry Farming Sue
cessful in Many
Localities.
WORDS EDITOR H|GATOWER
Citizens Regardless of Party
Favor Reelection of
Delegate Andrews.

Delegate Andrews.
Clement Hightower, publisher and
editor of Ell Farol, the only Spanish
paper published in New Mexico south
of Las Vegas, and east of the Rio
Grande, and who was in Las Vegas
as delegate from Lincoln County to
the Republican convention, reached
the city yesterday in company with
his wife en- route home.
Mr.. Hightower is one of the pioneers
of the Territory, having come to New
Mexico twenty-nine years ago from
Colorado. Upon his arrival in the Ter
ritory he resided for about two years
at Sabinal, in Socorro County, where he
engaged in farming. Thereafter he
moved to western Socorro County and
took up ranch on the Rio Tularoso.
In 1880 during one of Victories raids
his rancn house was burned, his prop
erty destroyed and his live stock TAX.
en- by the Apaches. From the Tula
roso, he moved to the headwaters OF
the San Francisco River, where he
took up a homestead and farmed for
several years. This property he still
owns. While resident OF that sec
tion Of Socoro County, he served one
term as county commissioner with
credit to himself and good to the coun.
ty. For two years thereafter, he was
editor and proprietor of the Soco"ro
Chieftain. For year, he served as
Spanish interpreter in the Office OF
the surveyor general in this city. Up,
on the creation of the Lincoln forest
reserve, he was transferred to it and
placed in charge. Thereafter, he was
promoted to supervisor and served in
that capacity for three years until last
February, when he resigned.
Generous Prosperity Cheers Editor.
Mr.. Hightower is very enthusiastic
about the resources and conditions OF
the county which is now his home
Prosperity is every where, be it fol-
the farmer, for the fruit raiser, for the
wool grower, for the cattle owner, fol
the merchant, the miner and for the
laboring man. The crops in Lincoln
County this year have been abundant
and of the best quality The sheep
men have made phenomenal success
and the owners are smiling. They
have no complaints to make. The
fruit crops in the rich valleys of the
county as to quality and quantity have
never been excelled. A market fol
this fruit is found in El PasO, and
: western Texas, and it is even hauled
in wagon loads across to Roswell, a
distance of about 80 miles, and there
sold at high figures. Everything that
is raised in the way of alfalfa and
cereals, finds ready market at good
prices at home. Shipments of alfalfa
to Texas points also pay well.
The population is slowly increasing
although the waves of population for
the year have not yet been felt in that
section owing to the lack Of advertis
ing and the best land being some dis
tance from the railroad line through
the country. The Carrizozo valley is
being settled mostly by people who
have been residents of the county for
some time and who found themselves
within forest reserve limits. These
settlers had omitted to perfect their
homestead rights on the reservation
land and hence moved ITO other parts
of the county. In the Carrizozo Val
ley water is had at from twenty to
one hundred feet and quite number
have taken advantage OF this fact and
have taken up homesteads since the
Carrizozo Valley was eliminated from
the forest reserve.
Lincoln County and Dry Farming.
Although but little is said concern
ing it" said Mr.. Hightower, II am OF
the opinion that Lincoln County today
is the banner section of the Territory
for successful dry farming The most
of this is done In the vicinity Of Capi
tan and Nogal. should Judge that
there are at least one hundred men
engaged In what is called dry farming
at profit. In 1906 and this year they
have raised crops of corn, oats, barley
and vegetables without the use of ir
rigation. The Pfingsten brothers. neal
Nogal, in the season Of 1905, made a
crop of corn from ninety acres that
netted them $4,000. This was abso
lutely without the use of water. They
are the pioneers Of dry farming in
Lincoln County. They are old set
Tiers, but commenced dry farming on
their present location thirteen years
ago. They have not only anassed a
competency, but are becoming veal
thy. They own about 600 acres Of
land between them, most of 1t under
the dry farming system. Other set
tiers noticing the success OF the
Pfingsten brothers, have emulated
their example, made homestead en-
tries in the vicinity of their lands and
this year their crops of corn, oats
rye and vegetables are what might be
called phenomenal Experiments are
not going on In raising fruit without
irrigation. The trees have done well
and the crops next year should be
abundant; this in the same section Of
country, namely, in and about Noga
and Captain. Considerable dry farm
ing is going on in the section o1
country east of White Oaks, and the
farmers have done well this year. Lin
coin Is primarily an agricultural and