Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-04-06
OPTIMISM PREVAILS m TERRI
TORY IN VICINITY OF SANTA
ROSA.
PROGRESS
Judge c. v. Long Telis Of Many I'm
prosements ut Tueumearl, Santa
Rosa and Other Points.
Especial Correspondence.)
Santa Rosa. y. NJ. April

Editor Optic: My last letter was
mailed at French. at a time when
the wind was blowing a; a forty
mile velocity. The "all aboard" OF
the conductor was joyful call, as
there seemed TO be promise of i'm,
munity from the dust storm within
the walls of the car, but 1t proved to
be not SO to any great extent AZ
the ares were out, cold added to tho
other discomforts. We hal eaten our
allotted peck Of dirt by the time the
train came to halt at Roy, the
dinner station.
This little town Is enjoying boon,
In real estate. Settlers are coming in
hy the dozen. On the way counte |
thirty homesteaders' houses, sorc
very good, others just large enough to
hold down claim. At Salinas. :@cn.
ty miles south OF Roy, I counted tif.
teen houses on claims. manv OF
which claims are fenced with wire
on cedar posts
Dropping down from the Roy mesa
through the Bell ranch to the :ower
] altitude. the railroad before reaching
Iucumcari passes across a wide lev
el plain and here the houses visible
from the car windows are to be seen
In every direction. counted thi.t,
homestead houses. and most oe the
tracts Of lani well fenced and having
barns and wind mills at many places
Over 5000 acres are fenced and set
tied upon near the line OF the rail
road within six miles of Tucumcari
Near this county seat, the Improve
ments. houses, wind mills, barns. ou
houses, fences and cultivation indi
cate thrift and prosperity. "Seelns
Is believing" In this particular local
Ky did not have to be shown, bu
| was shown.
During the past year Tucumcar
has greatly improved. New residen
ces are springing up In every direc
tion and several creditable business
houses have been erected and finish
ed, while others are building. o.,
ward, upward. progression. seems tn,
condition In Quay county. Many La
Vegasans art at Tucumcari. Anon,
the most prosperous Is D. J. Aber
the surveyor. whose many friends IL
} the Meadow City will be pleased t,
} hear that he is making a decide,
success In his new home
, Whitmore & Co.. merchants. com
posed Of J. E. Whitmore. the oil,
timer Of Gallinas Springs, John whi,
more and Henry Nefus, are doing
\ thriving business. Colonel Heamar
well known to the old soldiers O
our town. Is doing a land office bus
ness and Is among the public spirit
ed citizens Of the live and growin
county seat Of Quay.
Changes at Santa Rosa.
Leaving at 9 O'Clock, a three-hour
run carried me through Cueno, Nor
tcya. Conant. and on to Santa Ros,
the terminal OF the Rock Island divi:
ion. I am told that the "shack" c
the settler Is finding a foundation a
along the line OF the railroad.
Daylight next morning reveale
J.. great changes in Santa Rosa. Ne,
i and pretty dwelling houses are sea
G tered all over the town site. Ere
!. Braun has built half dozen mic
cottages, which rent at a price tina
4 must bring him big interest on tn
investment. Five dollars per mont
per room seems to be the renta
value Of dwelling houses; so col
clude from the fact that two roor
buildings bring ten, three rooms fl
teen. and five rooms twenty-five do
lars per month.
Ed Wright. the lawyer. has not onl
= married and settled down." but
u has built one of the coolest houses i
ia.