The Marshall republican., 1909-03-26
No Place Like It.
Logan, New Mexico,
March IL, 1903.

GQitO sn t.a. t.UM
Since the publication OF my two
former letters in your valued pa
per, ! have received many letters
from Saline county containing
queries that to answer each indi-
vidually would be a considerable
task II you will kindly allow me
father space I will endeavor in
this article to give reply to all OF
said queries.
Logan has an altitude of 1881 feet
above sea-level, being some 15O
fleet lower than the Texas Pan
handle, and situated in the Can
adian River valley, on the Rock
Island railroad and has good
stores. A large new store is now
in course Of construction and ex-
poets to begin selling goods in
May.
We have no dental shop, no
matchmaker or optician, no millin-
cry, no photographer gallery, no
furniture store, nor undertaking
establishment. OF the latter i was
told there could be no use found
for it, as this climate is SO salub-
rious that people grow old, SO old
that they would finally dry up and
were blown away by the windl
There is one church building OF
Catholic denomination. The Bap-
lists and South Methodists hold
meetings alternately every Sunday
in the public school house. A
movement is on foot to secure
funds for building a $25OO Baptist
church, but it is hoped that ar
rangements can be made mutually
so that it will be a Union church
in order that the Methodist, and al
SO the German Lutheran and Evan
gelical can hold meetings there.
But the Baptist are much the
larger in force and financial cir
cumstances.
The following articles have been
raised here successfully-Indian
corn, kaffir corn, milo maise corn,
cotton, millet, speltz, oats, sugar
cane, ribbon cane, water-melons,
pumpkins, citrons, (pie melons,,
squashes, cantelopes, Irish pota-
toes, sweet potatoes, navy beans,
Mexican beans, onions, ETC., in fact
it appears that almost anything
will grow here. Such crops as
pumpkins, watermelons, potatoes,
sweet potatoes do remarkably well
here even in a very dry year.
Three years ago some corn fields
yielded 81 blu. per acre. Some of
the prairie hay is cut.
or wheat, alfalfa, clover and tim
othy none has been tried, as land
is yet too newly broken from sod,
and the r%avinous rabbits, as this
animal is so plentiful here that
when a small acreage is sown it
is eaten up as rapidly as it grows.
I'm told that on the large Bell
Ranch 20 miles west of Logan there
exists a large field of alfalfa, also
splendid bearing orchards, the
fruit of which is sold in Logan. .
Cattle and sheep raising is very
profitable as winters are mild
grazing is possible all the year
round, with the exception when
ground is covered with snow of
short periods.
This section was visited with a
heavy snow on the 10th and 18th
which put tha natives in good
spirits, as it will be beneficial for
spring planting. Although the
snow fall was heavy the weather
was not cold, and the snow thawed
rapidly. At this writing the snow
has nearly all disappeared.
Everybody here is still talking
irrigation and I think we have a
good show to secure it. At Alama-
gordo a short distance west from
here the land is selling at $500 per
acre, being irrigated n year.
This climate is excellent for all
kinds Of ailments especially lung
troubles. People have come here
expecting to die, but got we'll and
filed on claims and r prospecting.
The only illness that is not bene-
fitted here is "heart trouble" as
the altitude is too great.
Poultry raising is highly success
full here, as winter are mild, eggs
are laid all winter. Also the kaffir
corn and milo maise make most
excellent poultry feed.
We take several papers and mag
azines, but none as welcome as the
Marshall Republican as it is eager
ly scannedff for news.
Very respectfully,
Samuel Ruff.
Geo. b. Hazen will have a pub-