Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-17
HOLINESS COLLEGE
PLANS TEN BIG
BUILDINGS
FIRST UNDER WAY
NOW AT LA lANDE
New Mexico Town to
be Made important Educa-
tionaI Center in the South
west.
(Staff Corrcspondencc.)

Southwestern Holiness college upon
whose buildings construction work
has begun here is to be one OF the
important institutions of its kind IN
the southwest and In to make La
Lande one of the leading educational
| centers OF this section. The public at
large does not realize the magnitude
OF this enterprise here nor the organ
ization which il behind II. The loca-
tion of this college here means a
| great deal for the territory and La
Lande citizens are deserving of the
greatest credit for the enterprising
manner in which they secured the in
stitution.
The headquarters of this institution
are at Louisville, Ky. with seats OF
publication at Chicago and Boston.
The concern publishes twenty-five
weekly periodicals and a number of
monthlies and quarterlies with n cir
culation of something like so. 600. The
largest college maintained by the or.
saifi1ation Is at Meridian, Miss, ii
5000, 600 institution with more than
1000 pupils. Three large colleges are
maintained in Texas and there are a
number of others scattered over the
country the institutions being on.
denominational or interdenomina-
tional.
When the organization was casting
about for a site for the New Mexico
college, La Landc donated $50 acres
adjoining the town, twenty acres OF
which has been sold to bona fide resi-
dents and prospective builders. Ten
large college buildings are planned so
1t ma easily be seen that the securing
OF the college is n great thing for La
Lande and for the territory. The
first building, n dormitory and admin
istration building, is now well under
construction. and will be n handsome
structure, four stories high. 40 by 20
feet in dimensions, built of stone and
cement. The other buildings which
will be erected one after the other
Will be OF the same style of architec-
ture. modern and substantial with all
improvements, including II hall Of
music and girls dormitory. The
whole great univcrsity--for that IL
what IL will be-will cost nj least
$4,000. The money is ready for
the construction OF all the buildings
20 .i,onol nod ,,,a,. ,,,ti a.. !, b..
~ tnst,,n,tnr nrorra ,n1
and equipment is necessary.
-" iAA'"o "'ow'"s io"" Oh i'aihs
country
La Lande is one of the most pros
porous and promising towns OF tho
eastern New Mexico plains country.
It now has n population of over 800.
IL VIII more than double In the next
year. The great Triton Lake project
which will reclaim 1000 acres or
land Is a mile from La landc.
La lande has five general storea'
W. hardware stores. II drug store,
n barber shop. W real estate offices,
u. S. Commissioners office, lumber
yard. meat market, two hotels. feed
store, and n beautiful modern railway
station for the Santa Fe. La Lande.
It is needless TO state, is situated on
the Belen cutoff of the Santa Fe and
occupies a prominent position in the
list of the growing. hustling cutoff
towns. La Lande is 20 miles west of
Clovis and just 200 miles from Albu-
querque.
There are homesteads in plenty
hereabouts waiting for the homeseck-
who are coming In daily, and there
are $1,000 acres of territorial school
lands north of La Lande and a large
body OF territorial lands set apart for
reclamation under the Carey act.
la Lande is surrounded by fine
land, has good railroad ia
plenty of business opportuni-
les and in short, offers every induce
nent owned by n Furnishing new
is "A fast settling new country.
Corn. oats, wheat, knffir corn, milo
maze. beans. peas. alfalfa, most gar
and small fruit crops. apple. pears
grapes grow well.
Soil ranges in depth from 2 to 10