The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-22
In the San Jon Valley

n representative OF IN" News
spent several DAYS last week IN tn,
san len valley which is about q
miles East oi Tucumcari The val.
lev extends from what is known rs
the bad lands" on the west. t.
Endee on the east, and from the
sand hills north OF San lon to the
cap rock on the south, making an
area OF about o square miles OF
level land, the soil OF which Is a
sandy loan OF dark red and chocol.
ate color. Water is found ~
n depth ot from 40 TO $50 feet.
Nearly every quarter section has
been hom"stcadrd, and is being
improved and cultivated.
The crops this wear are kaiiir,
maize, Indian corn, sorghum, mil.
let and vegetables, but on account
OF the &c DAYS drouth the Indian
coin will not make a crop this wear,
yet there is a fine field OF Indian
corn Just west OF Rcvuclto post of.
iice that will make from as TO 40
bushels to the acre. The other
crops are looking we'll, and since
the recent rams the grass on the
range IS growing nicely, and the
range cattle are in good condition.
While At San ion we were shown
some peaches which had been
brought in from n ranch nCar the
Canadian and were sold for 81. 80
per buShel. They were not, large,
but the flavor was fine, and this
speaks well tor the future OF New
Mexico as a iruit growing country.
som" OF the farmers are sowing
alfalfa aud "" saw two small tracts
sown last year that were dong
well.
On the trip We had the pleasure
OF "A partial bath IN the water, mud
and qnicksand oil kcvuclto creek,
where the team OF Chas. Starkry
was drowned the day before. At.
ter leaving Revuelto W. meta down
poir OF rain on the praire which lin.
lsh"d the bath, and with water run.
ning out oi our pockets and shoes,
we started 10 hike" to the near.
est house, hut after the cloud
came Observation-Disclosures" and
win our linen sticking to Us like
the skin IN a sausage" it took
old sol Just fifteen minutes 10 do
the clustering act. W. reached the
hospllablc home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
/. ]. Written Just in time to mss
a water spout winch followed IN
the wake OF the shower, and they
received US SO kindly that Tor a
short time" We forgot our
troubles. Mrs. WltIcn told ms of
"A down pour they had last summer
alter which they carried sixty tubs
water from their basement and
FULLY convinced her that it could
ram IN New Mexico. WIttens have
a hne clam, good garden, a lot of
tine hogs, flowers growing IN their
yard, stock on the range, and are
living at home" and happy.
the Wlttcn ranch We droy.
TO +. Nj. WyLtt's ! la miles wes,
OF San Jon where We lett the load.
I'd wagon, borrowed IA wagon from
Wyatt, and drove into san ION
about 10 p. m. We told Mrs.
Wyatt about the busters the sun
had made, but she assured us that
i would do us good" sympathy !
IS a great thing.
Mrs. w. III. Burton OF hotel Bur.
ION soon gave as a good hot sup
per and allowed Us TO dry by the
tltchen stove. ,
The next day we saw many OF
he citizens OF the valley who had 6
;ome TO vote al the democratic (
primary, we were told tina: there I
over 500 voters in that dis /
riot but only 81 votes were cast at y
he primary, The Judges OF the r
election were ]. NJ. Dudley, w, +. 2
and Jesse T. White. I
is a Virginian, White IS c
rom Iowa and Wardlow is a Tex. a
m. a
VIZ saw only one candidate at y
Jon on election day and we c