Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-04-25
PROSPERITY IS
ORDER OF DAY
Fine Agricultural
Conditions
Prevail
.lAND VALUES CLIMBING
Many Settlers in Western
Valencia County.-.Big Irri
CATION Project.

Hon. Amado Chaves, of Albuquer.
que, who has been In the city this
week to attend the hearing in the
case of the Ranches del Rio Land
Grant, the latter grant being located
in Taos county, informed the New
Mexican that the people OF Tome, one
Of the most popular and most pros
porous precincts in Valencia county
are greatly pleased at the recent or.
der made by the postoffice depart
ment transferring the Tome mail
from Belen to Los Lunas. This will
facilitate the receipt of mails at Tome
several hours earlier, as there is now
a good substantial bridge across the
Rio Grande at Los Lunas, the dis.
tance from Los Lunas to Tome being
a mile shorter and there being no
difficulty in crossing the river. The
patrons of the postoffice at Tome sign
ed the petition asking Delegate An.
drews to help them in this matter.
This petition was prepared by Mr..
Chaves for them. Immediately upon
receipt, the delegate considering the
change necessary for the best inter-
ests of the people, took the matter up
with the postoffice department and So
cured the change. Postmaster Simon
Neustadt at Los Lunas received off,
cial instructions yesterday to the ef-
feet that the change Of post route
would commence May first.
Mr.. Chayes states that he has re-
Gently been visiting the sections in
southern Bernalillo county and Va.
lencia county and thinks the people
more prosperous and content than in
many years. The largest area of
land will be placed under cultivation
this year in that part OF central New
Mexico than ever before. Many fruit
trees have been set out and fences
built and as land is becoming more
and more valuable the owners are
taking better care of 1t and making
improvements right along.
On the Atrisco Land Grant on the
west side of the river from Albuquer-
que many settlers have arrived lately
and are buying land, building houses
and making improvements. They
seem to be very good class of peo-
pie and Mr.. Chaves states that they
are bringing property and money with
them and most of them come from the
central and northwestern states. Land
in the Rio Grande valley from White
Rock canon south Is augmenting In
value right along.
In the vicinity of Suwanee on the
Santa Fe Pacific, thirty-flve miles
west Of Albuquerque where an ar
tesian flow was struck recently, near
ly all the public land has been locat-
ed under the desert land act and drill
ing for artesian water is going on.
Many Albuquerque people made To-
cations there.
The Bluewater Dam and Reservoir
on Bluewater creek in Valencia coun-
ty, about one hundred miles west OF
the Rio Grande is completed and many
miles of public land in the vicinity
OF the dam has been located by set
tiers. 1t Is fine agricultural section
and will support considerable popula.
ton. The settlers are also of the
right kind, well-to-do, hardworking
people who brought much property
with them. An extensive area will be
placed under cultivation this season.
They are fencing their entries with
substantial fences and are putting up
comfortable buildings.
One settler by the name of Brock
is drilling an artes;an well fifteen
miles west of Grant station on the
Santa Fe Pacific and between Grants
and Bluewater. He is sanguine OF
striking a good artesian flow. Mr..
Brock says that he will drill until he
strikes artesian water and believes
he will do so shortly. He is an ex-
perienced we'll driller. He struck a
fine flow OF water for domestic and
live stock purposes at the depth of
one hundred feet Should artesian
water be found in that vicinity there
will not be an acre Of land that can
be taken up under the public land
laws left within year.