Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-06
VANGUARD TO HE HERE IN TWO
wEEKs-THE GRANT BoARo
pavES the WAY.
Big TRACT OPENED
Trustees Sell 10000 Acres to r. w.
Brown Under Favorable Conditions.
Great Prospects for San Miguel.

acres OF land on the grant east %
Gallinas river is 10 be- thrown ope1
10 settlement. as rapidly as possioi"
This win Insure the colony of Zios
City farmers. who have already piann
ed to locate In San Miguel county an
will also permit the South and wes'
Land company to 20 TO much create
expense In bringing h0meseeker'
here by the train load as the com
pany can afford to advertise heavii,
In view Of the greater profits,
The board Of trustees Of the La
Vegas grant yesterday agreed to d
contract with Fred W. Browne re
leasing 10 him 100000 acres under the
following conditions: He Is to re
celve GO. 900 acres Of unoccupied iand
lying east Of the Gallinas river fol
$50 per acre. put win be compelled
to nut up a cash bond OF $4,000 te
have the land disposed OF by the nrs'
OF March, 1908. at which time seventy
five families must be residing on the
land and cultivating the soil. II any
a, these conditions are not carried
out, the unsold land will revert TO the
gran. board and Mr.. Brown will for
felt the $4,000. In case the sttpuia
tions are fulfilled. Mr.. Browne r.
ceives the remaining 10000 acres al
saso per acre. at which time he is
70 nut up another bond OF $4,000 to
sci, this land within six months. or
bv August 1st. OF the same year. and
70 have 175 families located and farm
ing the land on the entire tract he Is
given to sell by March /. 1909 II
these conditions are not carried out
the bond is forfeited and the unsold
land reverts to the board.
Mr., Browne already controls a
large tract on the mesa He pur-
chased of A. w. Thompson the 10000
acres which had been contracted to
him by the grant board, which Is TO
he sold, according to agreement. by
the first OF August Of this year. He
has been exceedingly successful with
this tract. Together with Rev. r. A.
Morley. 10000 acres have been sold
and 10000 remains in his hands. but
he saws that he has already disposed
OF 10000 acres Of this. II any portion
~ this land Is not sold by the first
OF August. 1t will revert to the grant
hut II this occurs. II will in no way
invalidate the new contract.
Mr.. Browne States that a large col
oonv of Dowieites is assured. A
favorable report has been made oil the
land and the Zion City farmers are
anxious to locate and begin active
farming operations. The church want
ed 100000 acres Of land before they
located here, but Mr.. Brown made ar
rangements with them to start with
$4,000 acres and II within one year
one hundred families located on the
land to make their permanent home
they will be given as much more ter
ritory as they need. The vice presi'
dent and treasurer of the South and
West Land company are in Zion City
this week to talk the matter over with
the leaders of the church, and max
ing arrangements for an excursion OIL
the farmers of that faith. Deacon
Peters, one of the leading spirits OF
Zion City, who was here recently look
ing over the mesa, Deacon Cotton
second to Mr.. Peters in influence. and
the banker of the church, together
with one Of the prominent elders OF
the Zionist faith, will accompany the
excursion to this city in about two
weeks. The special leaves Chicago
on March 10.
It is estimated that there are 10000
heads OF families, followers of Dowie
who are scattered over the United
States who would like to gather into
a community for the purposes OF wor
ship, but who can not go to Zion City
because there Is no available farm
land owned by the church. Many oi