The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-03-04


splendid country to draw from later
on. Col. Denning says our soil is no
good. Prof., W. H. Campbell, the
great apostle Of dry farming, and
Prof j. D. Tensley, Of the New Mex.
leo Agricultural College, cay there
is none better In she southwest, they
ought TO know.
Col. Dennlng states that he does
not think there Is grass enough
grows on one hundred acres OF our
land TO. feed an old COW. That Is nm
extremely large assertion, how un-
charitable. MIR. j. p. Dunlavery, Of
the firm of ". Ii, Mccoy & Co, tells
me that they cut four tons per acre
OF nature grass last year at two cut
tings. This WAS about eighs miles
from Mountalnair In the Macena
Canyon. OF course, shat land had
been fenced Tor few years, Old cat
tlemen have sold me shat they have
rode over this valley years ago,
when the growing grass reached their
saddle ssirups. Millions OF cattle
roamed, ruminated IN this Great
Estancia Valley for years, then came
multiplied thousands of sheep,
thousands are here yet. They
have grazad and tramped the pas
lures, unti much damage has
been done, but land where the sheep
have been kept off last year, shows
the grass coming back rapidly. We
have no fears about native grass
later on.
Now, In regard TO water, did Col.
, Denning expect 80 see wells on every
A farm, when most OF the people south
q and east OF Mountainair have not
b been here year yet. One mile and a
3 half east OF my place, there art
n four wells ranging In depth from f3C
3 to $50 feet, all equipped with good
4 wind pumps and supplying abund
o ance OF good pure water. II Col
!. Denning could Of had proper guild
4. and circled around our town within
r. q radious OF II miles, he could hav
"a counted 100 dug and drilled wells
}. all supplying plenty Of water II
O depth from II feet to 303 feet
q At the Old Mexican town o
O Punta De Ahawa Incoming point o
10 water 6 miles north OF Mountainai
o shere his wondering gaze would o
A been fastened on many everlasting
n springs sufficient water II impounde'
a. to irrigate thousands OF acres OF Tel
"a tile soil adjoining beautiful arroy
no starts from here and winds an
If wends It's way for few miles Owe
d the valley.
Ia Now about his statement OF A
On buqueIque and vicinity, MIR. K. "
all Hunt, one OF our merchants, an
nd Mr.. j. W. Corbet., U. S. land con
re- missioner and ex-county surveyo
ar tell me that there Is no Governmer
,d land near Albuquerque outside
In the masses or small mountains an
all that within one mile and half oiAlb'
a. querque land sells from 1900
u 800 per acre. Myself with sever
Others about last September wei
over Mr.. Pitkin's field OF cor
about 3 miles north Of Mountainai
&, He claimed that he and his son ht
in 80 acres In corn. Our party es
NY mated a yield OF not less than
- bushels per acre and Others MOI
he Mr.. j. W. Corbet. tells me OF o.
'ho that had so bushels per acre and
md bushels at wheat per acre.
ate Col. Denning when here was n
the looking for land-did not want an
l i,b After he was assured beyond dou
ak that the mysterious stranger hi
lar- arrived In Mo. and to stay for avn
o 1 at least, one hundred and six
its acres Of land In Paradice would
been no temptation for him. "
lth say in conclusion TO anyone resdi
ely Col. Denning and my own write
IN OF this country and wanting che
nv land-Pay no attention to either
and us. Come and see for yourselv
Ea "a. Neither have tried to misrepresel
o but we view conditions here al
or gether different. C. II. MoRRIst
ade
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