Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-05-27
SNOWFALL STATIONS
ESTABLISHED
Section Director
Makes Success.
full Trip
COUNTRY VERY PROSPEROUS
Head Of Local Weather Blu.
reau Well Pleased With
Work Accomplished.

All iHipoItdH OlHcIdI Trip has just
been completed by Section Director
T.. C. Linney of the local weather
bureau. Mr.. Linney left Santa Fe
| overland on the 5th of the present
month going from here to Chimayo,
, continuing north to Penasco. North
of this place an effort was made TO
establish a mountain snowfall station
at the headwaters of the Rio Grande
del Rancho but in this district no
settlers were found so the idea had
to be abandoned. The next stop was
Taos and from this point up the Taos
canon about sixteen miles southeast
OF Taos where station was estab-
lished. The trip was then continued
up the Rio Hondo canon to the old
mining camp at Amizett about TWEEN.
ty-two miles northeast of Taos. This
town at one time fourishing mining
camp with population of over five
hundred was found to contain but
two inhabitants. Linney however
was successful in establishing sta
tion at this point Next by way of
Questa he went up the Red River
canon to the town of Red River and
established at station at that place.
At this point arrangements were also
made for a station at Anchor mine,
a place nine miles northeast of Red
River, and lying on the divide be-
tween the Red River and Costello Riv.
err From Red River the way lay over
the pass to Elizabethtown where an
other station was established. Ute
Park came next. no work however.
being done at this point At the
next stop, Black Lakes, station was
established and the trip then contin-
ued through the Moreno valley to
Aurora where another station was es-
tablished. Halls Peak was next
reached and then the old county seat
OF Mora county, Lucero. From there
Mr.. Linney proceeded to the present
county seat, the town of Mora and
at this point arranged for a station
at Chacon. This accomplished tha
journey was continued to East Las
Vegas and from there to the upper
Harvey ranch where the eighth sta
ton of the trip was established. Re.
turning to Las Vegas Mr.. Linney took
the train home, arriving here last
| night, very enthusiastic over what
had been accomplished and absolute
ly satisfied that the trip had been
most successful one. The trip lasted
| three weeks, being the longest Off
cial trip ever undertaken at the local
| office. With the exception of the
train ride from Las Vegas to Santa
Fe the entire journey was made over.
land. In all eight mountain snowfall
| stations were established and as a
result of the trip two more will be
established through correspondence
by mail At all of these stations ac-
curate records will be kept of the
snow and rainfall throughout the en-
tire year. At some of the stations
even the temperature will be daily re-
corded.
Grand and Prosperous Country.
When seen by representative Of
the New Mexican at the weather
bureau Office today, Mr.. Linney was
especially enthusiastic about the trip
he had just completed. Said he:
| Il had splendid trip and accom-
plished even more than anticipated.
We were successful in establishing
stations at most desirable points
which will be Of great benefit to the
weather bureau. The country pass
ed through Is well settled and the
people are remarkably prosperous.
Evidences of thrift and industry
abound on every hand and it is a.
most delightful pleasure to make
trip through that section of the coun-
try. The season has been backward,
generally, though farther advanced on
the western slope of the Sangre de
Cristo range. The fruit crops will be
fair though fruit conditions are not
so favorable on the east side OF the
range as on the west. The greatest
amount of progress appears to be
i holding sway in the Taos valley. Ir-
rigation projects are numerous and
work is being pushed rapidly. Irri-
cation improvements are under way
on the Rio Hondo, the Red River and
the Costello Even at Taos the great
amount of Improvement and progress
is noticeable. Quite q number Of ir-
rigation projects are also under way
near Cimarron, work being done on
\ the Cimarron river, both on the Cen
tral branch and the North branch, on
the Rayado river and on the PonilS
river. The lower sections Of country
are suffering considerably from dry
ness though the higher sections have
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