Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-06-13
ESTANC|A THE
QUEEN CITY
Most Progressive
and Largest Town
in the Valley
IS GROWING VERY RAPIDLY
Its Merchants and Citizens
Are Enterprising---lmport-
ant Trade Center.
(By Matt Telin)

ChS vi INC AioSI progressive ana rap
idly growing little cities in the fam
Gus Estancia Valley is Estancia, the
county seat Of Torrance county. It is
located on the Santa Fe Central Rail-
way, SO miles south of Santa, Fe the
capital OF New Mexico. Three years
ago where this progressive little town
OF eight hundred or more liberty lov-
ing American citizens now stands there
was but handful of people and few
cabins on the prairie. All around, for
miles, in every direction from Els
tancia today one will find substantial
farm houses and well titled farms.
which have sprung up during the last
three years. For the past few years a
good class OF farmers have come here
from many states in the union, prin.
cipally from Oklahoma, Texas, Kan.
sas, Missouri, Kentucky, Michigan and
Illinois. They are educated men and
women. They are farmers who under.
stand what good soil is and how to
handle it in order to get the best re-
suits.
SO rapid has been the progress and
growth of the population around Es-
tancia that already all of the avail
able claims upon surveyed land have
been taken up and the eager home
seekers are pushing out and occupying
the unstaked districts miles from the
town. Permanent improvements are
going up in every direction and the
man with the hoe is very much in evil
dence, while several steam plowS do
ing custom work are daily in operation
and thousands of acres of the fertile
virgin prairie have been broken with
ing the last few months. Wells, are.
daily being sunk with no dlas wnol- :
ments and the most encoura iand Ior
is that the place Of the ortsIaS aSald al
steaders cabin is being replaced by
modern one and two-story frame and
stone residences, substantially and ar
tistically modelled and containing
many of the modern conveniences.
The outbuildings are being erected in
modern style and nearly every farm
has a windmill or a gasoline engine for
pumping water, etc. Many of the peo-
pie who have come to Estancia are
men possessed of means and they
are taking advantage of the opportun-
tiles to buy decided lands which from
time to time are being placed on the
market at from 81 to $25 per acre. Re
linquishments are bringing from $40O
to $4,000, according to location and
the value of the improvements.
Various Products Can Be Raised.
The principal products are winter
wheat, barely, oats, rye, corn, fruits,
garden truck and sugar beets. The
sugar beets raised in the valley pro
duce very large tonnage to the acre.
The Board of Trade Of Estancia is in
communication with capitalists who
are planning to establish beet sugar
factory here and it is anticipated that
the factory will be erected this sum-
mer in time to take care of this years
crop.
Most of the new dwellings and bus
mess houses in town are being erect
ed of either brick, stone or native
lumber In the town there are ten gen
eral stores. two hardware and imple-
ment houses, three meat markets, two
lumber yards, five hotels, three resta-
lrants, one bank, two barber shops,
one jewelry store, two livery stables,
yix real estate Offices, several insur-
ance agencies, lawyers, dentists, ply
,icians and surgeons, civil engineers,
druggists, painters and in fact every
inc of business and profession Is rep
.esented to make the town complete
n every respect. Four church organi-
,ations are maintained in Estancia.
the Methodist, Baptist.
Christian, Presbyterian and the Catho-
ic denominations The Methodist de-
owns handsome edif1ce
Is does also the Baptists. The Chris
ian church is under construction. The
Presbyterian and Catholic organiza-
ions will erect their places OF wor-
ship in the near future.
$4,000 Court House to Be Built.
A $4,000 court house for Torrance
county will be erected in Estancia this
summer. The Board of County Com
nissioners has issued bonds for this
amount which have been sold Tie
lew court house will be sufficient IN
size and will not only contain a large
court room, but also offices for the
heriff and all the county officials.
The people Of Estancia take espec-
al pride in educating their children.
rhe school buildings are being I'M
'roved and the efficient corps Of teach