Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-09
The January Number of the Red Book
Now in Print and Exceedingly
Interesting
VALUABLE INF ORnAT|0N is IMPAIRED
The Book Contains Many Well Written Articles From
the Facie Pens of Prominent Men
A Neat Edition.

The January number of the Red
Book, published by the passenger de-
partment of the Denver and Ho
Grande Railroad company, appeared
from the press today at Denver ana
advance copies should reach Santa Fe
in few days. This is a special edi-
ton of this useful railroad publica-
ton and to it have contributed, fifty
five special writer's conversant with
the resources of Colorado and New
Mexico. Among these contributors
are Colonel Max. Frost who writes on
the development of the country tribu-
tary to the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad; II. j. Arnold, who describes
the Taos Valley; E. p Wilson, whose
subject is San Juan county, and Pro-
fessor Edgar j.. Hewett, who tells of
the archaeology of the Southwest;
and Edward B. Skinner, who dwells
upon the advantages OF the Chama
and Ell Rito Valleys in New Mexico.
Thousands of copies of the Red Book
will be distributed throughout the
United States and they will attract
many, many homeseekers and capital
lists. The Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad company is certainly dolng
splendid advertising work for the ter
ritory.
Here follows the article from the
pen of Colonel Frost, which is in line
with the hundred of similar articles
he has written during the past thirty
years for the advancement and devel
onment of New Mexico:
THE Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
system may be likened to a flourish
ing tree whose roots tap the riches OF
the Rocky Mountains. New Mexico Is
fortunate in being reached by several
of the tap roots and feeders of that
system, and it's owners should not be
losers thereby, for this commonwealth
is marvelously rich in that which
makes tonnage and brings passenger
business.
"One tap root penetrates more than
a hundred miles south into the terri
tory. from Antonito, Colo, having its
terminus at Santa Fe, the quaint, his
toric capitol of the Sunshine State
to be. Tributary to it is an empire in
mineral and agricultural wealth. 1t Is
not overdrawing the truth when it is
boasted that here lies the most fer
tile and the richest part of the South
west. it IS the best Watered land in
the arid region. Here are the beauti
full Taos, Espanola, Chama and trib
utary valleys, around which Lacquer
SnoWcapped mountains rising in peaks
exceeding 10000 feet in altitude. II
is trimmed by forests, which will be
everlasting, for they have been re-
served by the federal government to
be held by it in perpetuity; the Car
son, the Jemez, the Pecos Reserves
more than two million acres of wood
land, which will always furnish fuel
and building material, which will for.
ever protect the sheds from which run
the many rivers that feed the upper
Rio Grande and on their way irrigate
and fertilize large areas of the most
fertile lands on the Western Contin-
ent. The writer predicts, that within
ten years, these lands will be the
mecca OF thousands of homeseekers
in fact, the advance guard Of the hosts
of immigration is already encamped
within sight of the capitol dome at
Santa Fe.
But this empire possesses other
riches; those of the mines. A score oil
mining districts producing Or capable
Of producing gold, silver, copper, lead
'iiiiSel, HihS, liOl, COdl tIlu OtuCl ullu
erals: not to speak of ledges and
mountains of lime, cement rock, pun
ice stone, marble, granite and other
building stone, are tributary to the
railroad TO the west Of this Anto
nito-Santa Fe branch, and tributary tc
it, are the camps of Hopewell, Tusas
Bromide and the gold placers of the
Chama; to the east are Amizet, Red
River, Copper Hill and dozen OF 9th.
ers with developed mines and awaiting
the capitalist, while there is ample
room for the prospector to discover
unknown Golcondas which will yield
turquoise, gold and silver.
Unlike the rich mineral districts
of Nevada, or the fertile prairies OF
Kansas, this part Of New Mexico pos
sesses magnificent scenery and is pos.
sessed Of strange human interest
that in itself will eventually draw the
stream of tourists from THE east and