Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-25
ARTES|A COUNTY
mot IN THEIRS
Proposed Creation
Strongly Opposed
in Eddy.
VIEWS OF LEADING PAPER
Facts and Figures...This is
Neither the Time Nor
the Place.

The workers for Artesa County
have stirred up the people in Eddy
| County, and they are being heard
FROM as evidenced from the following
report from Carlsbad.
Carlsbad, n NJ, Jan. 25,-The Argus
in It's issue of today, referring to the
effort to divide Eddy County says:
From the reports floating down this
way from the northern end Of the
Territory, the Artesia agitators are
making considerable noise. even If re.
suits are not just as they would have
| them. They are working though, and
persistently. and they have a force of
| four men in the Capital whose busi-
| ness it is to interview members of the
Legislature and enlist their support,
If possible, in favor Of the scheme
they have fashioned to carve new
county out Of portions of Eddy and
Chaves County, locate the county seat
at Artesia, and then make merry for
a time until the crash comes It's
very pretty plan, but hard on the old
established interests Of the county,
upon whom the burden of paying the
piper would fall should it develop Ia
ter that the prosperity Of the town Of
Artesia is only temporary and not per-
manent.
The men who are promoting the
matter are identified principally in the
town of Artesia or in its immediate
vicinity, and when probe is inserted
to the bottom Of the question 1t is
found that their interest is a selfish
one. Themselves and the small in
terest they represent would benefit,
and what happens after that is of not
much concern to them.
The people of Carlsbad are ready
to admit everything that the town Of
Artesia and the upper portion of the
county have accomplished. Consider
ing the newness of that section the
work done is commendable, and the
future seems to promise well for it
but there is a doubt. II is still in the
experimental stage. Its development
is the result of imported capital, and
whether when capital ceases to come
in 1t will be able to stand upon Its
own resources and prove itself self
sustaining, is the question---an the
vital one--and one which the other
sections of the county feel should be
settled conclusively before there Is
any disturbance Of present conditions
or county lines. The present pros
porous conditions of Eddy County
should not be gambled away upon the
uncertainty of what new and ambi-
tious part Of it may or may not do in
the next few years. When perma-
nency has been proven, then is time
enough for new county, but coun-
ties should not be created merely for
boom purposes. and large majority
of the taxpayers Of Eddy County feel
that the New Mexico Legislature will
take this view of it. and while they
may pat the supplicants encouragingly
on the head, will couple the caress
with the admonition, Softly, softly,
sonny; your trousers are still above
your knees
The copies of the Territorial press
which come down this way shows that
the captain of the Artesia forces in
Santa Fe, the man who is mapping out
the campaign for the division battle
and whose leadership is being conf
IDENTIFY followed is Gayle Talbot, late
editor of the Artesia Advocate, and
one Of the aggressive Democrats of
this Democratic section " IS re-
ported that Mr.. Talbot is working a
very persuasive influence with mem
bers Of the House and Council, and
that they are considerably impressed
with his manner and the way in which
he addresses them 1t would be IN
tresting to know just what this way
Is, and whether it is the same way he
employs when at home with his edi-
torial pen In hand. We submit the
question to the members of the Legis-
lature themselves, and they can deter
mine. Here Is sample of his home
style. Place his Santa Fe address,
when the glamor Of county division
dreams enfold him, alongside.
In the issue of The Advocate of
April 81. 1906, with Mr.. Talbot's name
flying proudly at the masthead, ap-
peared the following editorial:
Thus far the only thing our dele
gate in Congress has done (outside of
blocking the way for statehood) is to
introduce bill allowing members of
the Territorial Legislature to draw ten
dollars per day for their services. 1t
Is not hard to tell where Mr.. Andrews
gets the cognomen of Bull He
makes EN- every time he turns
around Think, will you, of paying
that aggregation of aboriginees who
assemble at Santa Fe every two years
ten dollars per day! It's pure waste
OF good coin, when one dollar would
command their services just as read
lly."
Does Mr.. Talbot now address the
Legislative members as ten dollars a
day men or does he still consider
them "aboriginees" and worth only a
dollar? That Is the question. When
next he addresses them the members
might ask him,