Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-01

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deputy grand exalted ruler OF IN
Elks has Just completed a tour o
northern New Mexico IN the interes
Of that order. Mr.. Bryan has visited
Santa Fe, Las Vegas. Dawson, and lta
ton, Tie found everywhere such z
feeling OF confidence and such greaI
evidence Of prosperity that Il caused
him TO make a close study Of socia
and business conditions. Mr.. Bryan
has also found time 10 do some enec-
tive work for the coming fair ana his
impression ~ that northern New Mex
leo will be represented here next week
by hundreds OF people. AZ the request
OF the Morning Journal Mr.. Bryan has
prepared p series OF articles dealing
with conditions In northern New McN-
leo. The first Of these. the story OF
the Phelps Dodge company's great
coal mining town Of Dawson. a fas-
cinating narrative OF industrial enter
prise and social experiment. Is given
beiow.)
If Gallup had not pre-empted the
name 'The Carbon city would htly
describe the great coal camp of DaNi-
son. - may be christeened THE BIZ
tumen city, or "The Black Diamond
city" or simply "The Coal city
Dawson cify Is a closed" camp.
To many thiT exAesslon conveys no
many other eampVpf this nature and
the term there Is III understood and
frequently dsed VI simply means
that onc man or Tbmpany owns an
the real and much Of the personal
property in and for miles about the
eamp. At Dawson. a corporation
owns over $4,000 acres Of land ana
this extensive tract extends all about
Dawson city so that no one can APP
proach within six miles without en-
croaching upon the property OF the
Not a foot of this land vs.
for sale. All improvements upon the
propertV are made by the company.
which tents may be erected, No
leases can be carried on except under
the guidance and with the consent ot
the company. In fact. mo- Que can i've
In Dawson except by suference, The
condition ~ an extremely interesting
one 90 the student Of political and SOC
Geological conditions. u suggests the
feudal conditions Of ancient times or
the baronial estates OF England ana
Russia. or the Congo situation. In the
early history Of our country the Van
RENSSELAER, family In northern New
York attempted a similar method. II
worked harmoniouEly for years, Thc
owners of the soil were liberal In tho
extreme and eNactcd In mahy ease
merely nominal rentals for valuable
farms. hut the spirit Of American
manhood would nnt brook such Con-
ditions and refused 10 pay rent or 10
No evicted. and after many vlcissitudes
y magnificent haronial estate which
ihe cider Van Rensselaer, hoped 10
nerpctuaie WIS divided, Dawson city
is owned nv what o. popularity known
~ "the Phelps-Dodge people" They
bought the Ian less than two years
49o. 10 was then a closed camp and
has 90 continued. hut So much has oc-
rupled the attention ~ the manage
mont I'm the marvellous growth Of the
Ditv. the development Of the mines.
tho building Of coke ovens. and the
operation ~ the railroads. that they
have scarcely had time Co change the
social conditions even N they had
contemplated doing so from the frat [.
and so Ear there has been mo- actual (
Necessity and there may not he for f,
wears o. come. because the rapid whlr' ,
events associated with the building
up m q great Industry. the coutinu- ,
pNN stream n new people coming ir .
in work. and the task Of suhduiug the q
canyons through whose toi- G
iuous courses The now city o. being I
constructed. has not furnished the !
or the occasion 20 dwell Ions
90 municipal affairs. The fact thar ,
.u the establishment Of the city of '
Douglas, Arlz. the phclps-podgc peu- I
pc could have formed q closed camn
RETAINED from doing so. leads q
f" the natural conpiusion that when
time r. ripe. they viii change the n
.haracter of the Dawson camp from I
ne closed condition boz which Do came .
their hands, into an open city es- :
hlishcd under the laws OF the ter y
ltofy. IT. however. they determine u
70 preserve the closed condition tho p
experiment. win be watched with In q,
and. VI successful the plan may b
r. better adapted for the government
Z cities than the one now iu vogue nr =.
control bN-R commi-sion. which :,
.cnXio b. successfully operated in :.
g localities. tt g. pcrha % safe Co y
that n the Phelps-Dodge people o'
20 make n CLOSED camn an ate a.
We and desirable place BE- which or
NJ would be- idle Tor Others Co. al
not take long whether one sr
'aE or IN Dawson. to disc II,
ips-nodgc people are 20 r.
nseulN scarce Iu fhls da
lcVe hat religion b.
lived and HrrHH amt A.,