Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-07-20
(Ry Matt Telin.l


Montoya, Il town of six hundred pop.
ulation, is located on the line of the
FL PasO and Southwestern railway, in
Quay county, one of the most pros,
porous and fastest growing counties
in the Sunshine Territory. Montoya is
twenty-one miles south of Tucumcari,
the county seat.
The town, although but few years
old has creditable business houses.
Nearly all the mercantile establish
ments are built of brick or stone. Ex-
cellent building stone Is quarried with.
in short distance of the town and
stone is said to be the cheapest build
ing material here.
Most Of the people in and around
Montoya have come from Oklahoma,
Texas, Kansas and Missouri, although
nearly every state in the union is rep
resented here. The farmers are pro-
gressive and are of the kind that will
make this country great. In every di.
rection from the town farm houses
can be seen for miles around. Although
there are a good many homesteaders
cabins, as must be expected in new
country, there are many substantial
and modern farm houses.
Last year good crops Of alfalfa and
other grasses, grains, vegetables,
fruits, etc, were raised here and al
though this season has been very dry
some fair crops are being raised and
those who are putting in second crops
to catch the July ~ viii reap a fair
harvest.
Soil is Rich.
The soil around MontOya is rich
chocolate colored loan with an abund
ance of water at a depth of from fiji.
teen to one hundred fifty feet. Many
of the farmers are putting in wind
mills and arranging to irrigate a small
orchard and garden and thus insure a
paying crop from few acres, rain or
no rain. But the climatological condi
tions in the past two years show
that there has been enough rain each
season to raise fair crops. This yeal
has been exceptionally dry during the
first part of the season, especially in
the months of May and June, but re
cent rains have revived the crops and
the outlook is promising. Many stories
that were circulated to the effect that
the homesteaders here were leaving
and abandoning their homesteads were
exaggerated. Very few have gone and
those who have left are now working
in the harvest fields or employed In
! the East temporarily and will return
within few months. Some have al
ready returned since the recent rains
, to put in new crops and improve theil
homesteads.
| The farmers of New Mexico have
Jared much better, despite the dry sea
son, than the farmers in the neigh
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washed away by floods and their pro
perty destroyed by tornadoes. The
people of Montoya and other sections
of New Mexico are thankful for the
blessings they enjoy and are hopeful
that this year may yet be one OF the
best. There is plenty of time for a
crop in the Sunshine Territory, and
Especially in Quay county. after the
first of July. Now since the rains have
come, crops have fairly taken jump
The good and sensible people here
even If they have had touch of the
blues do not make everybody else
miserable by bowling about it. In
stead they live contentedly and ir
hopes Of the future and their hopes
have been realized by the recent rains
and they all feel a great deal better
now.
| !. Good School Facilities.
Montoya has good schools with ar
excellent corps of teachers and the
people of the town take great pride
| in shnwinp thn visitors their schools