The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-03

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a believer and an advocate of trying
to follow what nature intended us to
do. Whenever we depart from follow
! ing along this line a mistake is being
made.
Lately, quite a number of the papers
in the semi-arid belt are trying to
give Campbell and mis- system a boom.
Before long, l am afraid they will find
out they are making a mistake. l be-
lieve many person will wish he had
never heard the name of Campbell.
| There is a large belt of country
from near the Canadian line to the
Gulf of Mexico, about a thousand
miles east and west, and nearly two
thousand north and south, at least
three-fourths of this area do not
think nature ever intended to be cul-
tivated. Go back to the very begin
ming of the worlds history. We are
not told the exact spot where the Gar
den of Eden was placed, but We are
| told that it was near the confluence
| Of three large rivers. (To my mind
| this was very significant in one or
more ways) No doubt the soil was
rich and contained sufficient moisture
to make everything grow to perfec-
ton. We are, also, told that that was
very dry warm country. Being near
these rivers, the evaporation would
naturally soften the air, and induce
rain to fall.
Sometimes | think the Garden was
placed near the rivers so they could
have water convenient to irrigate it.
This is a spot | should like to see; it
would be very interesting to see where
man first started the cultivation of
the soil. We are told that the culti
walton of the soil and raising of stock
were tine two first industries that
were started in the world. Very sig
nificant is it not that directly and in
directly they would support all other
industries; and that the raising OF
stock was Just as essential to the
worlds progress as the cultivation of
the soil This brings me to the point
wish to make:
A major portion of the land inside
this semi-arid belt was intended by
nature for the raising of stock and
majority of countries of the world
nave areas of such lands. AN this is
very proper The cultivation of the
soil produces the bread, fruits, vege- (
tables and cotton goods: but the |
stockmen are very important, as they
produce the butter, meat, boots, shoes |
and all warm clothing. They are en-
titled to plenty of room. Rather cut
UP our large cultivated farms and
give us more forty and eighty acre
farms. They are the best for any
country. The man who cannot make
a living on 80 acres is not likely to
do so on 160 acres.
If such men as Campbell were be-
lieved, nearly all the plains and level
lands would be taken up in short
time and farmed, and the stocllmel
would he forced into the mountains
and rough places.
To those who are contemplating
where you have. to depend upon ma
lures rainfall. you will have for
close neighbor what l shall name
"A Doubt" not a very pleasant com
panion, and he is liable to be with
you night and day, all the year thru.
You start off in the sprilg with
bright hopes and expectations; later
on it dawns ON your mind that it is
doubtful if you are going to raise suf-
ficient to support your family; a very
serious predicament for any one to
be in. There may be some favored
spots where one can struggle through.
1t largely depends upon the man. If
you are wise you will take warning
from where the Garden of Eden was
placed and get near water. Neither
man. beast nor plant life can do well
unless furnished sufficient water
There is quite a large number of
places in this semi-arfd belt where
they have lots of water. The Pecos
Valley is one of them. Here you can
get closer to water than almost any
where in the United States, as the
water is right under your feet All
you have to do is to tap it with well
and it spouts out at the very place
you wish. Very few places where ma
ture has done so much. We get IA TO
18 inches of rainfall.
Nature has furnished large reser-
voir in the shape of artesian water
rs miles mp, and down the Valley and
8 or 10 miles wide where we now
have over 500 flowing wells of from
300 to 1000 gallons each per minute.
Then the Government has built ano-
ther reservoir that will hold sufficient
water to irrigate 10000 acres; besides
we have a number of large natural
springs and running streams. Here,
also, nature located one of her best
sanitoriums. wnere you can retain or
regain lost health. You can sleep out
doors in tent, or il house. Germs
cannot live here. as they dry up. Ma
ture intended such places as this for
people VINO cannot have good
health IN what you win hear some
people call Gods country An All