The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-08
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IlldI cdCH anu every lIulNl1udl play
er, as well as the manager, felt tina
Carlsbad people had accorded them
the best treatment they had ever re
ceived anywhere. They were also en-
thusiastic about the country they had
seen, and would nave stopped off in
Roswell had it beer possible to hold
the special Pullman car another day.
the engagement of this band will al
so help to advertise Carlsbad and the
Pecos Valley. A story in which Ros-
well profits will explain. When the
band was engaged it was playing at
the Winfield C~hautauqua Assembly,
which is attended by thousands of
people every year. The manager had
some circulars printed and distribut-
ed, advertising the Carlsbad celebra-
ton. But people would read the circu-
lars, then ask, "Wnere is Carlsbad?
such a band-but 1 can't find it on
the map"
why, it's about rs miles below
Roswell, in the Pecos Valley" some
lIlCIhDCI vi IlS Jan "OuId Captain
"Oh, yes; l know where Roswell is
located
After this perhaps Carlsbad, too,
will be on the map.
1t was the good fortune of the Rec
ord editor while on the drive with the
band boys to Avalon dam Friday to
have az a guide Mr.. c.. H. McLena-
then, a man who is reputed not only
to carry in his head a c~yclopedia of
Carlsbad history, but to ave lone as
much as any other one man to make
that history. He moved to Carlsbad
eighteen years ago from California,
but is a native of New York. He put
up the first brick building in the
town. The first brick burned, how
ever, was not very good because of
small pieces of limestone in the clay
which after burning became slaked
by the absorption of moisture in wet
weather n burst many of the bricks
in the walls. A better bed of clay was
afterward found, u little brick has
ever been burned on ccoun If the
-@1oH H--OO A"OAp NtN ~ LASN NASA
there is an excellent quality of build
ing stone available near Carlsbad.
Some of the neatest and most sub
~stantial buildings of the town are
constructed of stone.
Mr.. McLenathen and his partner,
Mr.. Tracy. own the largest peach or
chard of the lower valley, and are
planning to make it larger than the
famous Hagerman apple orchard at
Roswell. Tracy is the peach man of
the firm, and is the man who led the
way in making the Carlsbad peaches
as famous as the Roswell apples. The
big peach orchard contemplated will
not all belong to one man. The plan,
as already partially carried into eff
feet, is to divide La Huerta addition,
north of the river. into fve-acre tracts
and sell them after the trees are
planted. The tract is mainly sand,
which. to a "b1ack soil man" looks
as though it wouldn't sprout white
beans" However. a portion of it is
already in bearing trees that before
the destruction of the irrigation
works had paid as high as $3.50 an
acre net, and the "sand-hilIs" not yet
under cultivation are selling at one
hundred dollars an acre. In his first
4 experiment Mr.. Tracy put out twenty
acres Of peach trees of many varie-
ties. From these he got about six
acres that We're adapted to a soil
and climate. Since then the following
seven varieties have been used in ex-
tending the orchard: Superb. Eberta,
Salway. Mamie Ross. Crawford,
Hyaes' Surprise. Muir. The last men
toned is fit only for drying in Cali
fornia, but here it becomes a juicy
and p~alatable morsei fit for the gods.
Mr.. McLenathen and his partner have
recently finished putting out sixty
acres Of peach trees and nave stock
ordered for forty acres to be set out
this fall. They AVE cotton planted
in the orchard. and it appears quite
healthy-but cotton raising in the
lower valley is another story.
A peach orchard, with proper care
and irrigation, it is estimated will
pay expenses the third year-then an
Increasing profit c ear Trees
have been engaged by various parties
for planting 500 acres in peaches this
fall It Carlsbad. We We're shown a
young orchard that had been Eept
alive by dry forming after the dam
went out, but the early frost killed
some OF the trees last GALL, while an
adjoining orchard planted 70 Kafir
corn had escaped che effects of frost
presumably on account of h corn
having absorbed all the moisture from
the soil. Prof. Tinsiey, of h agricul
turaa college, expressed the opiEion
that neither experiment was of much
value as a complete demonstration
This article viii have to be contin
ued. as we have barely crossed the
Pecos bridge north of towH-and not
yet reached the point OF historic int
crest marked by Captain Bu5ac,s
place. Saw the Captain o. day before
acting as master of ceremonies at the