The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-18
ADVANCEMENT AND PROS
PERITY OF NEW MEXICO.

written by Governor Hagerman to
1.-THE Earth" an immigration maya
zine published by the Santa Fe r. r.:
Eight thousand immigrants, farm
ers from Sthe crowded eastern aid
central statAs, have settled in New
Mexico during the past twelve
months. 1 know of nothing that more
wildly illustrates the growth of the
Territory during the year 1906 than
this great influx of h-omeseekers.
"And that these farmers have come
stay is made manifest in the homes
they have established. They have ia
ken up Government and to cultivate
it. The entries at the United States
Land Ofices show that 1~,115,575 acres
of homestead lands were filed upon
during the rear, and that 150,S95 acres
of desert Lane claims were purchas-
ed by settlers.
1.-The work of converting these raw
lands from desert wastes into beau
tiful and productive farms is already
in progress~Great tracts of alfalfa
have been sown, and in many locali-
ties orchards and truck gardens plant
ed. :
with the influx of settlers e ir-
rigation projects have been started,
and more are bound to follow. The
great Hondo reservoir near Roswell
was completed a few months Ago.,
and the Hondo river is now pouring
it's waters into the basin to be utiliz-
ed IN the coming spring to irrigate
$4,000 acres of alluvial soil. The gov
eminent work on the Carlsbad pro-
ject in Eddy county is being pushed
rapidly, and york on the Elephant
Butte irrigation scheme in bona Ana
county will sool be- started. The Carls
bad irrigation works will furnish wat
Elephant Butte project will ultimately
1rrigate 100000 acres. Smaller irri-
cation projects are being CONSTRUCTED
in all sections of the. Territory, es-
pecially in tae extreme northwest, in |
San Juan co1Rty, where the LaA Ami
mas and San Juan rivers are ~ be
utilized to convert desert tracts into
productive 1aTmS. 1
but not only in its. agricultural in
dustry has New Mexico made prog
ress. Its coal fields and it's great lum-
Der industry have shown great growth
during the twelve months just pass
ed. The oal fields. consist of one mil |
-hon acres, and within these fields
are eight billion tons of GOAL. During
the past year the Dawson Fuel Comp
any has opened three new mines,
all. great producers. For 1906 the pro-
duction of coa by New Mexico's min
es. was 17.794,22s tons. an increase of
To mine this coal 1854 men
were employed. Twice this number
will be needed within the next year
to work the mines and to aid in the
construction of railways lines, ROW
building to the. great coal fields.
at is dificult to realize the extent
unless one makes. a thorough study
the Territory's great forestry re-
sources. During the year the American
Lumber Company cut more than fifty
feet 1t is safe to estimate
that the total cut by all the lumber
operating in the Territory
viii exceed one hundred million feet.
Government estimates that there
are twenty billion feet of lumber up
its forest reserves.
Railroad construction n New Mex !
has given employment to a vast
OF men during m past year.
The Santa Fe system alone spent
10. 1915. 600 n repairing and rebuilding
Is lines, and in the construction of
Is famous Belen Cut-of. Other compJI
mics invested large sums OF money.
the total expenditure for
'ailroad construction up to $14.0Oo,-
100.
According to an accurate estimate
by the Territorial travelling au-
the assessed valuation OF an
In New Mexico for the year,
closed Is $43,242,74s.s1. . gain