Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-09

the Rock Island railroad. twenty
three miles from Tncumcari. in the
midst of a fine farming country.
practically all the land within eight
miles of here is located. There are
fully 500 people in the town nov.
- Used Hithout irrigation. broom ORR
especially doing we'll. A COOL broom
factory has been established nore to
handle all the broOms that eau be
raised. Cotton. It has been delr on
strated. can be raised in paying yuan
titles. Melons, sqnashes, pumpkins
and cantalOupes. and In fact, an kinds
OF vegetables grow spiendidly.
Ten new buildings have just been
completed here and ten more are IN
der way. The town has two good no
tells. a good school with 100 pupils.
taught by Professor Galloway ana
Mrs. Galloway. and plenty of good
business houses. Mcfarland Brothers
have a good dry goods and gentle
mems furnishing store and also sun
the Exchange bank here. c. W. Hut
Gibson IS manager of the big Gross
Kelly store here. u. NJ. Armiio aud
NJ. Hopkins being his assistants. En-
gel and Pierce have a hardware store.
the Reinken Mercantile company has
established a large trade. with a
$4,000 stock and II. II. Reinken Is
manager W. w. Moore. the leading
real estate man here and United
States commissioners. has located 300
settlers in Logan himself. Cal Under
wood. one Of the old-timers and q
former stockman. has settled here,
gone into business and invested heav-
lily in real estate.
The railroad agent here = T. $.
Merrill. who reports hat the business
here Is now three times as big as II
I was o year ago. MI. Merrill Is q
brother of one of the Santa Fe train
dispatchers at Albuquerque.
A little folder recentlv issued 10
boost Logan contains. among otheT
things. the following interesting infor-
nation:
Logan IS in the southeastern par;
OF Union county. Now Mexico. on the
G. r. and r., 59S miles from Kan
sas CITY.
Union County Is In the northeastern
part Of New Mexico. The Canadian
river. on which Logan is situated
traverses the southern part of Union
county. Near Logan, and adjacent u
this and other streams. IL more than
a million acres Of fine farm land sub
iect to homestead. OF this YOU have
your choice Of an l60-acre farm for
about s35.
The soil Is mostly OF red SANDY
loan and tight chocolate. all Of which
~ uif'ifA hlh Will a lilit way nhffNffli
and viii produce most any paying
crop with the well distributed rainfall
which we nave.
In our community We nave cribs of
corn, stacks of milo maize. kafhr corn
and millet, cellars hlled with canned
fruit and vegetables. besides pump
kins. onions and potatoes that were
grown here with the natural rainfall.
In the sand hills" north of here.
are patches of Wild plums that supply
us with some fine iellies and pre-
serves. The same hills will produce
tame fruit as well as wild. They are
free. This country needs develop
ment only to make a fruit country
that will surprise the most hopeful.
Wheat has not been tried to any
extent, but farmers here from the
wheat belt of the north feel fure thai
this soil will grow wheat successfully
As fine favored watermelnns and
cantaloupes grow here as large and
plentiful as any one need want.
Water as pure and sparkling rs ma
ture ear make II Par be had from
driller or dug" ilts at a depth of
80 to 175 feet.