The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-29
PRESENT COUNTIES
ARE SUFFICIENT.
In Pecos vaIIey-New Ones are Not
Desired-Protest from Lake
Arthur-Grave Reasons
why'Lines Should Re-
main as at Pre-

Arthur-Grave Reasons
whyfLines Should Re-
main as at Pre-
sent.
From New Mexican, Jan. &c.
Lake Arthur Residents are said to
disapprove of either of h two propo-
sitions to create a new county in the
Pecos Valley out of parts of Chaves
and Eddy Counties. They are report
ed t. be perfectly satisfied with ex-
listing conditions SO far as the coun-
ties are concerned. If the Legislature
is determined to cut up the two par
ent counties so as to make a third,
however, they propose making an eff
fort to have their town selected as
the county seat
When Lake Arthur was laid out a
little over two years ago the promo
tiers with eye to the future set aside
one whole square block as the site OF
a courthouse. The townspeople are
not particularly anxious as already
mentioned in having any new county
created in the valley but if there is
they will put in their claims for the
county seat together with Artesia n
Hagerman. Lake Arthur is ten miles
north of Artesia anu nine miles south
of Hagerman-
Postmaster Boyd interviewed.
Postmaster ]. ]. Boyd, of Lake Ar
thur is in the Capital for a few days
miagling with the Legislators. He
does not make any secret of the OBJ
ject of his visit here. He does not
beat around the bush but ~candidly de-
clares himself as being strenuously
opposed to both of the plans as now
projected. In the course of an inter
view last evening he stated to a re-
porter of the New Mexican that he
voiced the sentiment of fully nine
tenths of the people interested in say
ing that the propositions were unpop-
ular.
Petitions are being circulated pro-
testing against the creation of a new
county in the Pecos Valley at the
present time and these will be sub
mitted for the consideration of the
Legislative Assembly" he said.
These new county propositions which
have sprung up down there are being
supported by only the citizens of the
towns that would be directly benefit
ted. The country is newly settled and
as a rule the people are not in a po-
just yet.
Reasons Why n Propositions are
Opposed.
This Artesia county proposition
would be the financial ruiz of Eddy
county for the simple reason that it
would take the entire artesiar belt
out of Eddy County. The Hagerman
County plan is to take one tier of
townships from Eddy County and 4
tiers of townships out of Cnaves coun
ty and practically leave Chaves col
ty only the city of Roswell for support
MY people authorized me to say
that if the Legislature is bent upon
making a new county in the Pecos
Valley they believe it should take in
equal proportions of both Chaves and
Eddy counties and have the county
sea located at Lake Arthur. Lake
Arthur would be in the center of this
new county and we already have a
site for a court house.
lake Arthur Still an Infant.
"Our town is a little over two years
of 500. When the townsite was plat
ted the promoters saw fit to set aside
a school block, on which an $4,000
brick school house has been built and
a college block on which we hope to
have erected this year a college build
ing costing about SIS. 900. We have
a park a block square il the center
of the town set out with trees and
a large court house block.
Lake Arthur is in the center of
the widest part of the ~artesian belt
which extends five miles east and
thirteen miles west of the town. The
country around there is settling very
fast with prosperous farmers from the
North and East. The ilexnaustible
flow of artesfan water i1sures plenty
for irrigation purposes and good crops
OF all kinds of farm produce adaptible
to the soil are being produced.
Roswell Banker Heard From.
Roswell business men are taking
an interest in the county division
fight / received a letter today from
E. A. Cahoon. cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Roswell, in which ne
stated that he was opposed to the ere
ating of a new county; and he want
ed his friends in the Capital to know
it,"
Mr.. Boyd has e in the city fol-
several days n is anxious to return
to his home "a soon as possible to at
tend to pressing personal business
He has talked with a number of mem
bers of both branches of the Legisla
ture and is about convinced that there
will be no new county created at the
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