Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-10-10

inches or over is sufficient to raise
bountiful crops If the moisture Is
properly conserved in the soil and uti'
| lized to the best advantage. | know
a ranchman in the neighborhood of
Cimarron who has been growing sue
cessful crops without irrigation for
some time and is growing rich. He
now has ranch Of fifteen to sixteen
thousand acres. Sugar beet raising in
my opinion will be found to be a very
profitable industry there as sugar
beets planted for experimental pur.
poses have been proven by tests to
contain from twenty-three to twenty.
| six per cent Of saccharine matter
"a tract Of land embracing 10000
acres in the vicinity of the town will
be placed upon the market some time
this fall in farms as small as forty
acres each and disposed of to actual
settlers at a reasonable figure. New
Mexico is now the mecca of the i'm.
migrants and If the present rate Of
the influx Of homeseekers continues 1t
will not be long before all Of the land
suitable for cultivation will be titled
and producing crops.
New Railroads important Factors in
Development.
"Cimarron's growth has been par.
ticularly noticeable since the con.
struction of the st. Louis, Rocky
Mountain and Pacific Railroad through
The town. This line is now in opera.
tion from Des Moines to Ute Park and
| It is expected that within another
year it will be extended over into
Taos county and to the town Of Taos,
The 'Swastika Route as it is called
has established railroad shops at Cim
arron which are fitted out with mod
Iern machinery and employ large
force of men. The old depot has been
found to be inadequate and new
station will be erected
"The Continental Tie and Lumber
company is back of the Cimarron and
Northwestern Railroad which will run
up the Ponil river about thirty miles
and tap rich region which has here
tofore been inaccessible. Twenty-six
miles of this railroad line have already
been constructed. The timber is heavy
and of superior quality. The lumber
company will have seven large saw
mills at different points along the line
and is putting up big planning mill
and box factory at Cimarron which
will be the most complete in the terri
tory excepting probably those of the
American Lumber company.
There is also talk Of having big
smelter located at Cimarron With an
|unfailing source of water supply, i'm
mense deposits of coal and limestone
near at hand, and unlimited quantities
of ore in the surrounding hills there
is little doubt but what it would be
Ia paying venture. Business activity
is evident on every hand and new
houses are going up on all sides Els
pecially is this true of the new town
which is located on the opposite side
Of the river from the old town.
"The Cimarron Construction com
pany is building for ColfaX county a
reinforced concrete bridge across the
stream which divides the town in ad
dition to erecting number of business
and dwelling houses. The First Ma
tional Bank, recently organized with
capital stock of $4,000 will soon be
gin business in an elegant new build
ing the cost of which is estimated at
$4,000 The Swastika hotel is locat-
ed in new building and is run on the
principle of a home. 1t is fitted out in
the popular mission style of furniture
and in my travels | have never eaten
better meals, price considered, than
are served luore.
Buildings Being Erected.
"Cimarron is not big town yet, but
| it numbers among it's inhabitants men
who have plenty of capital and have
| implicit confidence in the future OF
! the place and are investing their
money freely in aiding in it's growth
and advancement. The Boosters club
which is essentially commercial or.
ganizaton is proving an important
factor in the upbuilding of the com
munity. As | said before with its ad
vantage of location and the resources
at it's very door, Cimarron is bound to
forge ahead and the start has already
been made"
No other portion of the Southwest
contains in so concentrated an area
all the manifold natural resources
needful for the upbuilding of manu-
featuring industries, and the mainten.
ance of populous industrial and min
| ing centers. For almost forty years
western Colfax county has been fam.
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