Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-10-05
RESIDENTS OF PECOS
VALLEY VISIT CITY
Party From Chaves and Eddy Counties
Spends Several Hours Very De-
lightfuIly in the Capital.

A party Of very agreeable people
from the southeastern part OF the ter
ritory spent Saturday in La Villa
Real de Santa Fe, the attractive and
historic capital of the Sunshine Terri
tory, and soon Sunshine State. They
were visitors to the International Ex
position and the men were delegates
to the Sixteenth National Irrigation
Congress in albuquerque which they
attended. They praised very highly the
exhibition and especially the fruit and
agricultural exhibit, the mineral and
coal as well as the buildings put up by
the Santa Fe Railway and the county
Of Colfax, which were the best on the
grounds.
They are nearly all fruit rasers and
are very we'll to do as their crops this
year, especially apples, were very large
and profitable. One of the gentlemen,
a druggist, c. E. Brandsetter, was the
only one who had any kick coming and
he stated that the health of the coun.
try was distressingly good but never.
theless he did very we'll as there was
lots of fruit there.
Among the party were, Lucius Dills,
of Roswell. one Of the old settlers of
the Pecos Valley and of Chaves county
very prominent and honorable who
served one term in the House of Rep.
resentatives of the Thirty.fifth legis-
latiye assembly; an able newspaper
man and also lawyer and surveyor
He was accompanied by Mrs. Dills and
their children; e. L. Jones, fruit rails
er, who has an apple orchard near
Hagerman and who this year netted
two hundred dollars per acre from his
orchard and great deal more from
two acres that were planted in spec
ial variety Of the choicest apples. The
profits of these two acres will total
one thousand dollars. This is apple
raising in the beautiful Pecos valley;
p. Wagman, lumber dealer at Hager-
man who is doing well and who is ac-
companied by Mrs. Wayman, n S. !
West, also fruit raiser at Hagerman,
who says he cannot kick at the profits
he obtained from his orchard this year.
Quite the reverse, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
Walter, also of the pretty little town
Of Hagerman, were members
Of the party and Mr. Walt
er's experience this year with
his apple orchard is very satisfactory.
Ed Miller Is prosperous businessi
man in Hagerman and says that he
likes that town and county very
much; Miss jeanette Shelley, is a
young lady OF the party and she is safe
as she had lots Of chaperones.
The Hagerman section of Chaves !
county is prosperous and all the fruit
that has been raised has been shipped
TO Eastern cities and big towns in Tex
as and has sold at very good figures
and in a hurry.
The party visited the many historic
Al and territorial buildings in the city,
school edifices, historical society, San
Miguel church and many other places
md were greatly interested in the
many historical, chronological and arch
geological objects and admired the fine
climatic conditions Of this city. The
whole trip was very enjoyable and
hey were all glad that they visited
he exposition and paid visit to the
territorial capital. They are all friends
If the New Mexican, being subscribers
md readers of the paper and having
earned by experience that the New
Mexican is doing great and constant
work for the betterment, increase in
population and good of Chaves and
eddy counties. They all paid their re.
'pects to the editor of this paper and
we're very glad to meet him. They as
serted that their trip would not have
,een what they wanted it to be had
hey not paid this visit OF respect and
esteem.