The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-12-23
in THE LAND
OF SUNSHINE
Sunny Otto Goetze Tells of the Sim
pie Life in the Land of the
Qiff-DweIIers.
New Mexico All Right Where it Goes
Wet---OttO's Uncommon
Farm Products.

Otto Goethe, brown as a berry
and physically fit from his sojourn
in the land Of the Aztec braves,
came back to Redwood Falls to wind
up his third term as register of
deeds. The reporter would never
have learned much from the pilgrim
but was fortunate enough to be at
the court house Thursday evening
while Otto was being oss-examined
by those past masters of the art of
pumping, Chuck Everett and Fred
Warner, and as silent member
picked up good many interesting
facts about Albuquerque and that
section of New Mexico.
Otto has been canvassing for a
wholesale grocery firm in that city,
making we Judged, few surround
ing towns at times. His line is the
staples, such as sugar, coffee, tea,
spices, canned goods. etc. The city
has a population of 10000 and is
growing rapidly, being quite rail
road center and distributing point
for a large section of country. An
Ohio firm has over 5000 acres of
timber land, almost wholly white
pine of fine quality, tributary to the
town, which is cut in the mountains
and hauled to that point for saving.
The land is almost worthless unless
it can be brought under water, when
it becomes very valuable. Otto
claims they raise about everything
grown elsewhere on the irrigated
lands but not enough of it to supply
the homemarket- butter, -four. poul
try and a large part of meat being
shipped in from Kansas. Groceries
are but little higher than in Mime.
sofa, but eggs. butter, meats, poul-
try, lard, etc. are considerably
higher. The native element is not
progressive as rule, although the
educated and weather Mexicans are
taking on white ways rapidly and
make good citizens. Generally the
natives view the outsiders with sus
picion and make trouble for them ir
various ways.
| Otto has bought a ten-acre tract
six miles out and has built upon it
and Mrs. Goetze and her father hole
down the place while Otto take.
orders for canned goods in town
driving in to his work and back t.
the place after hours. His place il
high up on the mountains and above
water. His farm produces cent?
pedes, sage brush, rattle snakes anc
bug for his chickens. The top sol
is sand with more sand than sub
soil. He is planning to irrigate from
wells, some of it for garden pur
poses and for fruit trees.
q The reporter noticed that he SPOKE
of sowing" his garden in Februar!
and concluded that after Otto hat
his garden well in shape, had bent tn,
spinal column over onions. beans
ETC.. he would retract and conclude
that he had planted" it.
Titles come through Spanish grant
and there is some confusion owe
them in places, especially along tn
rivers where settlements had existed
for centuries.
His house was built lightly Of lum
Der half way up and the upper por
ton was open, with canvass sides t
be let down in case of storm. Raj
is most abundant in July and Aug
ust, but rain storm Of an hour
duration was exceptional and sur
shine was the regular thing.
December they had quite shar
Z frosts. In the summer time som
quite severe thunder and lightnin
: storms visited them and the countr
was not free from the visits of ha
storms.