The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-09-18

A visit to the new town of CedarvalC
will open the eyes Of many Estancian'
who have watched the growth and de
velopment Of this valley. Where few
short months ago lay vast section OF
fertile valley lands that were unsettled
by reason of their distance from town,
there is now a beautiful toWnsitc that
gives every promise of becoming one of
the best towns in the Estancia valley,
and prairie dotted with the claim
houses Of those who have recently
taken homesteads there.
Unlike some sections Of the valley
that were first settled by SPECTATORS
who were slow in making improvements
the Cedarvale country has been fortu-
nate in attracting a well. to do class of
homeseekers who are building houses
of from two to five rooms, commodious
stables, good fences, and are tearing
up the land in manner that bespeaks
supreme confidence in the soil land coun-
try
The first settlers at Cedarvale built
their houses in the latter part of June,
for it was then that the townsite was
started, and as soon as possible they
broke few acres Of ground which they
planted to cane and milIet oats and
gardenstuff. The results have been sur
prising. These settlers are now living
for the most part out of their gardens,
while they will raise almost enough
roughness to run them through the win
ter and until a crop can be raised En-
couraged by the knowledge Of what
the Estancia Valley farmers have ac-
complished in the past twoor three years
and by what may be seen in few miles
drive of Cedarvale, N the Gallinas forest
reserve, these settlers are preparing to
break out large acreages Of lend this
fall and winter, and doubtless within
year the development of this new sec
tion of the valley will be quite the equal
of other thickly populated portions. J.
M. Holder who came from California
where land sells for 5000 an acre, heard
of the Gallinas mountain lands, went to
Cedarvale and selected claim in June.
July 20 he broke his first sod, and so
encouraged is he with his prospects that
he will have close to 100 acres nnder
cultivation next spring. Mr. Holder has
announced his intention of shipping a
carload of potatoes from Cedarvale next
year. He is an indomitable worker, and
has twenty acres Of growing cane, mil
let, peas, potatoes and oats. The success
of the new settlers with potatoes as a
money crop, for their keeping qualities
put them in the worldwide market
class, and the fact that the yield is from
1875 to 200 bushels per acre insWes their
successful raising L. w, DeW"lf, who
came to New Mexico from Washita
county, Oklahoma, located on a claim
adjoining the townsite, and is expert
menting with alfalfa with such success
that he will SOW alfalfa on large scale
next year. He has field Of alfalfa sown
on July 4, which isnow better than ankle
high, and very thick stand. W. +. Eos
ter of Oklahoma, Benjamin Howell
and j. E. Birchfeld of Dexter, No, are
among other settlers there who went on
to their claims in June and July, and are
at work breaking soil for big planting
of crops next year. AT least eighteen
Missourians from good farming regions
have inspected the Cedarvale lands,
flied claims and nine of them at this
writing are on their way there with
emigrant cars. Already two emigrant
outfits have arrived, bringing some as
fine horses, Missouri mules and Mis-
souri, cattle as have ever been brought
into the Estancia Valley,
The Cedarvale country is snot only rich
in soil and natural advantages in the
way of a never-failing supply of timber
close at hand, but has scenic beauties
l,t ,,.ll aI,ca,,S charm, thnga y,bo ORG