The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
SAN SIMON VALLEY.
Pen Picture In Brief Of This Wonder.
fully Productive Valley In New
Mexico BY One Who Lived
There Three Years.

Rodeo, Grant Co, y. NJ, April 90.
The writer came from Tennessee TO
Texas in the centennial year. At that
time all the Panhendle vas a buffalo
range. country uneXplored and un.
known. save ~ the buffalo hunters
lie like others has lived TO see II
covered with railroads, organized
counties. farms. ranches. orchards.
school houses and churches.
Similarly when he came 10 New
Mexico in 1856, Roswell was n four
By six country village, two hundred
miles from a railroad. Central New
Mexico for two hundred and fifty
miles from east to west. and one
hundred and fifty from north to
south was a terra incognito, consider.
Cd desert Now. railroads. towns,
new counties. farms, orchards, wells
Of living water and all the appur-
tenanccs Of civilization cover It from
end to end and side 10 side
We have IN the San Simon Valley,
that which Is similar to both, large
uncxplDred, unoccupied country.
homes for five hundred families.
Homeseekers invariably ask about
the soil. climate. water, timber etc.
The soil needs no analysis It's ap-
pearancc shows It to be equal ro any
and It varies In depth from two TO
| fifteen and twenty feet It Is under
| laid with shale and what IS called
I hard pan. It Is mostly sandy loan,
washed from the submits OF the
nearby mountain ranges In ages past.
/ much OF It In the last five hundred
| years.
There is every evidence that the
valley at one time was a broad riv-
or bed. Old Spanish records call for
/ the San Simon river. extending from
| the summit Of the Chiricahua noun
tains. distance of one hundred ana
| fifty miles. and emptying into the
| ella river at Solomonville. Arlz.
| There is evidently broad sheet OF
water. under the surface at varying
| depths. reaching from side w side OF
the valley. This water is pure and
soft. Of the finest quality, and in
great abundance. Two settlers. In the
last week have found plenty, one at
seven feet and the other at sixteen
within two miles Of Rodeo.
While the appearance OF the coun-
try Is that of bare plain, there is
timber, ample for fire wood, fence
posts and all practical purposes.
The productions are too many 10
enumerate All the cereals do well.
Indian corn has made forty bushels
tu the acre. Az some fifty families
have located In the past three years
ample statistics can be given. so
many facts rush in on the writer's
mind at this point, that 1t IS uirn-
cult to curb the pen, and set them
out In systematic order
First all vegetables. especially
those on vines running along on the
ground. do remarkably we'll Or.
chards do well. the finest pears ever,
peach trees bear the second year af
ter being trausplanted. James Reay
Is now shipping Strawberries to the
Douglas market.
AS "A poultry country the San 81
mon valley cannot be cXcelled. Eggs
bring an average Of 80 cents per duz-
| ., h.. hiph-
cr never lower. trlcrs bring 80 cts,
broilcrs 70 cts, hens one dollar. Tur-
key hens in the fall sell for from
$3.50 to $500; gobblcrs for $3.50 to
$500.
The great advantage of the San
Simon valley Is it's market in the
nearby mining camps in the Chrica-
huas.
II is impossible to tell YOU all in
communication like this. It's bet
ter for you TO come and see. | am
past Go years old, have been here
three years, and know men who have
started in that time with virtually
nothing, and are well fixed to live
TODAY A great deal depends upon /.
the man. his wife, and the very chill /
dren are of Importance.
Let me summarize n few facts: Al /
falfa grows wild, is volunteer The
people right now have all the wild
honey they can use The winds blow
some but do no damage. We beat
the lumber trust all we can by build
ing neat adobe houses No extremely
hot weather, no extremely cold NJ
better COW, hrosc, sheep and goat
country. especially In connection with
orchards and anching. Water for ir-
riration purposes can be stored in
surface reservoirs. VIII see that all
letters of inquiry are duly answered.
A. u. WALLACE, =. NJ