Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-14

land hungry men from The east
will do? oo
rive wears ago tho great Estanel
valley IN central New Mexico was
ya., unbrokon sheep range, fhefe
,.as no surface water no springs ~
crapks and not Il dozen neonle hVlns
An its entire extent. Then some WY
aaaternars came along and butt O fall-
raad through ii. idiot, we All cflea'
what on earth can a railroad Esl 70 =
haul out Of that country Wia',
We cried, Farm the Estancia plaina
what d Joke that would pc. y ny =
gond hungry COW would eat an th1s
cnnIa raise there IN the Whole valley
Tnaav thanks to the Immigration
aoenf every acre Of the valley lot
afxty miles or more Is taken ut ~
aastars, farmers. who have raised TOT
sEree Years past as good crops Of corn,
Faffir and aufgum as can pc fatstu
I anywhere. And the stoekmen Why
ihav are hardly out of the uazea 80
dltion that they fell into when lhihRs
began 70 haplen ugaa
n4rinp such settlers as we have peeh
renAtgsnv are Il welcome addition ~
anv commonwealth. They ail nrlhs
nancy With them with which the puf-
chaae tools. lumber and make I'M
movements. There ts little Of the pto-
neerinu in their settling VI 81 ~.
country. None uf the suffering WI
Inc early settlers ID western htltsa,
underwent. New owns are spFlnslis
IN like magic whore = rev sFttn VI
gsaYe opiy wastes az sheep ana cattlt
Farvea And one must be wide awake
indeed. 10 keep track Of them, 50 las
80 they being brought into being
New railroads are building 70 accom-
n,aaate these changed conditions ahs
athsr3 are manned to still futhef se''
III IN the country. In the end New
Mexlrn will have more sheep y cat
n tle than eyer before.
Millions OF Cattle and Shee9-
True. the great herds when 10
for centuries ranged oyer theSe p'@it
{ am have gone. but in thlr placs WI
. 81 hundreds and thousands Of settler
. each with his little bunch o. hN'
stock which IN the aggregate WI
x euual N not exceed. the great nv"
o thev nave displaced. New Mexico ma
today in round numbers, . ~
h sheen and l.OOO,O 600 cattle. u ptep
AMY shipped out in the year Nv"
r milton and 4 half sheep aha $3.50
e cattle. our stock genefaiiS hae y
rradsd mn very steadily ~ late year
a Civ TT eiebt wears ago the avcfttE
te shnarine az Il New Mexico sheep W.
ie three mounds. To-day II ts about =
nounds and tho staple " better ana "
Is sheen that wear 1t much heavier
le Five or six years & q New MeNt,
~ bunch OF lambs that aNtt@AN" ~
mounds were considered top hp'Ntn''
ar 800 veat thousands We're eolu una
contract 10 weigh siNty~rlsi' ~ ~
Ia cnty pounds az loading
~ m cattle the Improvement mas U''
~ MS prsut and the long horned MeNict
stag has given way 90 the rum nul
al wel-shaped and well-groWn Hcret"t
or Shorthorn.
More Conl Than PENNSYLVANIA
A. Cor coal. New McNtvo mas mo
y coal than the state Of PennsNlNan
y" Am the northern portion ot the t.l|
~ fnrV is one vast coal depoolt. h'
az are lots Of mine opened already o
~ Tho number would be doubled u I
a men To work them could be tonn,
irrigation Work In the Nile OF Amer
10 IN the tine of government lrlleal'
pc. works. the government hes Just beg
at on Inc largest one vet plnnhed UNI
ng ne irrigation law, 1t is the 81
we Elephant Butte dam va the :
nd Grnude valley which. whcn hnisr
win hethe largest in the world 10y M
nd fset and VIII hring unuor cultlNetI
M hundreds of thousands OF ucfeS OF
Ne most fertile land in the world
- or.at Rio Grande valley aooNf
paeo for a hundred mites a val
l that has been farmed for 500 We
- and for fertility and extent has ID
called the exile" of America.
y The open Range l. Gone
And 81. rfacticuily. has passed
OF existence thc "open range ia
lti scuthwesf. There viii he little n