Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-08-08
Estancia Valley Has Some Bad
SteakS Where the Rain Has
PerSiStentIy Refused to FALL
SOME SUFFERING LOOKED
FOR AMONG THE POOR
Drouth viii Teach the Import
ant Necessity of Developing
Small Water Supply,
0y Stan Correspondent

In
''N ,e,o,.
"ll'a'o' ~ w. N'7'
trip through the listancia Vahey one
Is forced to the conclusion that in
oc an mo alarming reports that
,t.t.tot a,rino
nave col''' o"' u '''''
the past few weeks the eohaIt'"i9
might be a lot worse. Right around
wiIlara the farmers, good bad and
indifferent. have a right to feel dis
uo,,roocd and if they are a little
urryish about the treatment accorded
thom bv Providence we have kick
oomiup for this section has been
skinned by the rain where rain has
hcnn needed and as result crops are
ooiny to come pretty near To being
- failure. willard and its surround
inc district is lust one of several such
,lnces in the valley which have been
,lxinned nv the rains. The rain has
folien in matches. 1t has landed
eonarelv on the lust and the unjust
n, enots In others it has missed
thon1 an alike and with equal par
tioliv So to say that the season is
dis.strous i'm the whole valley is a
n,tsto.e Where there have been
r,,tns there will be crops-on those
farms whore men are willing to work.
Whoro there has 0een no rain there
arc no rrops ana there may be some
ynonring
wo bavo heon hearing stories of a
wholesale hoaira ont of this valley
There is nothing of the sort There
ore number of new people who
,.,s
,,bo ara leaving There are few
who yould like to leave and cannot
because Of lack of means. but that
tho whole nopulation is trying to get
out is merely untrue. | doubt if 'ono
could buv any of the holdings of
Homestead lands near this town.
v,ithont he Maid a protty stiff price
for the relinnuishrncnt
Talking with one man the other
da, q little further up the valley
Who also livos in dry streak" |
was told that the country had gone
to the demnition bowwows, that
tbnro wosn,t n blade of grass within
- thousand miles nor 4 drop of water /
ms stdn Of hados The marty seemed |
rn,lIy earnest ahont il and was pre-
,,oro5 70 he convinced So | offered |
hin, a nttlo sun for his rclinquish-
ment The way he backed up and |
hoadod ~ uonld have made Santa
Iso coronound look foolish. This man |
t,iora,. 80 t,a clase of farmers who |
l.icL n.hen corn is sixteen feet high |
"nd toth no,l,nts aro run of money |
u.,,t ,rhn,,, t,icl,inp is inst a pleas
an, ,..,sti,,o me chrvine straw
rbnro is anotho, class of farmers
+, t,is vailoy-ard in other sections
,'e \,a,,. NIo,s;co Va. wei Vhey are
~ M .ror,d mae led in the rush for
,ho lima mat is mi
-. 49, ,t,,,o ana constitutionallV
. a. ~ n, ,vorL put these
ts+ forrne i'm the
r,ia hou ,n1 tbnv vould be hungry
"''I ,,i put t,on on an
,.,i,,tod f,r,, ma they would starVc
a. 1n.,rh
III -,i,.,. ,a,. a local ice dealer
oorI.r,1 r.i, nc this class of
.,,.,,,,'.,. tal, u,nioadi,o ice. The
-, 80, l,irlino about
~ sro,,tb tho coun-
,.o,.,l iphumanitv of
~. - - nut the prosnect
dollar earned
,t ,rto.. turned down
c.. .,co,,io v.bo let
,.., -, ~. ~. arc starving to
ia ~, ~ dioi.,It to scare up
,,,,.,, ....,,..t,,.. fo, them. although
,,,a.. ,, ta,,aS :, he svnnathv for
,t,.t. - - ,t,.;,. children
", ,.t,,, - t,vo classes of