Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-20
Many Ohioans Who are Living There
Make 1t Buckeye
Community
THAT SECTION NOTED FOR ITS FINE FARMS ANO ORCHARDS
Town Has Population of Between Eight Hundred and
Thousand Souls-.-People are Progressive and
Good Boosters.

and twice the value for their corn crop
in this manner is secured Large fields
of alfalfa, millet, kafflr corn, COW peas
and milo maize are found here and
good crops are being raised. Irish as
well as sweet potatoes are being sue.
cessfully raised Sugar beets do well
and produce crops that are of the
sugar bringing quality and of the crops
of sugar beets that have been raised
and analyzed all show a large percent
age of sugar. The farmers of this vi
cinity are going into sugar beet rails
ing and beet sugar factory will be
located in Nara Visa at no distant
date. Cotton is raised in this vicinity
also and it produces satisfactory
crop, although the farmers Of Nara
Visa do not believe in cotton. There
is more money in diversified farming
and as they are mostly from states
where this class Of farming is in prac-
tice, this vicinity within year or
two will be found the model farming
community of New Mexico.
Plenty Of Good Water.
There is still some public land re.
from eight to ten miles from
Nara Visa, awaiting for desirable and
Industrious northwestern farmers to
file upon. Relinquishments may be pur-
chased from $500 upwards according
to location improvements, etc. Decided
lands can be purchased from $40 per
acre upwards. There has been some
decided lands sold for as high as 81, 800
with very little improvements in the
vicinity Of the town, The
lay Of the land is rolling prairie and
as pretty as any man can wish. An
abundance Of good water is reached
by boring from depth of a few feet
to two hundred feet.
With first class grazing lands; agri.
cultural lands, plenty of pure soft wa
ter. and its rapid settling up with a
class of people who, intellectually,
morally and financially, excel
the settlement Of any other new coun-
try destines this vicinity to soon be.
come the garden spot Of the South.
west. There is not more agreeable
climate to be found anywhere. The
winters are mild with little snow and
sleet, summers cool and pleasant, and
the late autumn delightful. Dry, clear
winters, the rainy season beginning in
April and continuing until September,
make perfect seasons for best adapted
crops.
The farmers who have located
around Nara Visa can furnish raw ma
terial for pickle and canning factory
sugar factory, -four and feed mill
broom factory, creamery and cheese
factory, packing house, etc. A man with
capital looking for location for the
industries mentioned will do we'll to
investigate Nara Visa. Besides max
ing profitable investment, he could
establish his home among the bes,
class Of people in the Southwest.
Building Up School System.
The people of Nara Visa believe in
educating young America and every
man is working to the end to build ur
a school system in the town which will
be second to none in the county. In
the near future good substantial
school houses will be erected that will
be monument to the town. At pres
ent an efficient corps Of teachers is be-
ing employed, although the houses fol
school purposes are inadequate.
The people of Nara Visa take spec
ial pride in church work. The Catho
lie, Methodist, Baptist and Congrega
tional church organizations are being
maintained. Catholics have erected 9
neat church building at cost Of about
two thousand dollars The Protestants
are holding services in union church
and union Sunday school with good
attendance is maintained.
Among the lodges are the Odd Eel
lows, Woodmen of the World and the
Maccabees and more will be organized
in the near future.
All branches of business are repre-
sented in the town. The merchant!
carry nice line of merchandise ant
enjoy very good trade. The town hal
several first class hotels and a restaur
ant and the travelling public comes t.
Nara Visa for many a mile to spent
Sunday and enjoy the hospitality O
its people and secure good hotel &C
commodations.
The Midland is the leading hostelr,
in the town. It has neatly furnished
roums and bath in connection. TIL,
meals served are well cooked and pu
up in style that pleases the traveller
The writer spent one Sunday in Mar.
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