Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-14
GREAT AREA Of
PECOS VALLEY
Not Fully Realized
Immense Tracts
of Land
GROWING BUSY TOWNS
Editor Newkirk of Artesia
Says Prosperity and
Plenty Abound

Among the visitors in the Capital
this week is d. l.. Newkirk of Artesia.
Eddy County, editor and proprietor of
the Pecos Valley News, a firm be.
lever in the future of the Southwest.
particularly the section from which
he halls, and an energetic and indus
trious citizen.
Mr.. Newkirk halls from Grard.
Kansas, having located only a few
months ago in Artesia, with his fam
lily. He was attracted to New Mexico
by the salubrious climate and publica.
tions Of the Bureau of immigration.
Mrs. Newkirk being in failing health,
he concluded that southern New Mex
leo was the place for her
After reaching Artesla he decided
that the Southwest was good enough
for him and started the Pecos Valley
News, Republican paper of merit
I'm here to stay too" said Mr.
Newkirk to New Mexican reporter,
at the Hotel Claire yesterday.
81 cannot see how anyone can
come to New Mexico and ever want to
leave. The Pecos Valley in particular
seems like garden Of Eden to m. self
and family.
by the Pecos Valley, | refer more
specifically to Eddy and Chaves
counties. People do not yet realize
hour Ia tpan nt rf 1,, 10 4
in these two counties.
Large Area of Fine Lands.
"They contain something like 16,200
square miles, being about 1862 miles
from north to south and iOS miles
from east to west.
There is at present only one dis
agreeable feature, and that is to go
from Roswell to Carlsbad or vice
versa, one must travel seventy-fve
miles. Residents in Chaves and Eddy
counties sometimes have to 20 further
to reach their county seats to trans
act business.
But one forgets such incidents in
viewing the magnificent. highly cult.
waited bodies of land we'll watered
either by artesian wells or other
sources of supply.
me crops raised on the lands Of
ane recos valley rival any | ever cav
any where in the United States Frrit
anu ailalfa are the leaders brt ~,
soi's OF grains, garden truck etc ara
Ialsed In abundance. Our melons ~ aro
'he lnest in the world "'N
me climate of the Pecos vo,,o, :
y. @ ane oest. The summers are inst
warm enough to be delipbtful ', tho
hignts are cool and healtbful ana tho M
winters are mild '''u 'ie
Rainfall Increasing Every ye,,
Ihe older residents in the valley
say .nat the amount of rainfall is
steadily increasing in our district ona
! 40 not believe it VIII be long whon
irrigation will be a thing of the mast
WIN many farmers. Last season
enough rain fell to raise abundant
crops. The amount of moisture NOW
III the ground is great.
:. 1ood lands, crops and opportun.
i'ies or course mean thriving towns
and businesses.
There are no better towns in Nev
Mexico than we have in the pecos
Vailey and prosperity is the rule and
no. lhe exception with our people
one OF the youngest towns is Ar.
Tesla, my home, which now has non.
ulatlon of 1000. The town was started
only little over three years ago II
mas good, substantial business houses
ana residences, cement sidewalks
Guy water plant. a $4,000 school
mouse, two newspapers. two flourish.
ing banks, four hotels, a wholesale
mouse, a telephone system, several
churches, good nursery and a col
lege for girls, now in process Of erec.
tion.
Land Values Not Unreasonable.
"unimproved land in the vicinity of
Artesla can be bought for from sis
10 $4O an acre while relinquishments
on homesteads and desert claims NAV
be secured at much less,
In the vicinity of Artesia are a
number of fine little towns that are
growing daily and promise to develop
into substantial business centers.
Monument, in eastern Eddy Coun.
ty, is rapidly forging ahead.
Lakewood, eighteen miles south of
Artesia, is in the hands of progressive
people and surrounded by rich, we'll
watered lands.
Eight miles south of Artesia is
Dayton. which is coming RAPIDLY to
the fore and is in every way credit
to the county.
Lake Arthur, ten miles to the
north of Artesia, need only be known
as the center of the shallowest artes.
ian wells in the district. There can
be no question as to it's future
Population is Cosmopolitan.
Il could go on telling of the pro
gressive towns and people all day
without exhausting all | could with
justice say.
we nave cosmopolitan popula-
tion in the Pecos Valley. Carlsbad
numbers a majority of Southern peo-
pie among its population. The people
of Roswell are mainly Southerners
also. Artesia too has many Southern