Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-13
PECOS VALLEY HAS
BETTER FRUIT
THAN OREGON
Need More Smudge Pots Is Be-
lief Of Mt, Hood Man. I'm
limited Deposits of Aluminium
Clay Found Near Roswell,

Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journal
boswell. y. NJ. July 11.-Captain
NJ. s. Murray. one of the Pecos valley
| or%chardIsts VINO has overloaded apple
trees as n result of PROPER smudgins
through the spring frosts. has sold his
twenty acres of trees to Henry Grif-
fiths, the condition OF the crop as Il
result Of smudging being the balanc-
ing factor in closing the sale. Capt.
Murray will devote his time to mill
tary affairs as commanding officer of
the Roswell Light Battery, his duties
as manager of the armory and as sec
rotary of the board of education.
S. T. Combs, who recently arrived
from the northwest and has bought
orchard lands north of town, says
this country looks much better to him
as q natural fruit district than his
former home, the Hood river district
in northeastern oregon. which has
the Reputation of being one of the
Test fruit districts in the United
States. Mr.. Combs states further that
the Pecos valley is in its infancy on
the smudge pot proposition but that
this season should teach the people
here a lesson, as every orchard that
was properly smudged has a full crop
and those that were no smudged are
short.
Robert Kellahin, the new secretary
OF the Commercial club, has taken up
his duties, having given up his work
in the %postoffice to A. II. Rockafellow,
the new postmaster. One of Mr.. KEEL
lahin's first acts was to set up a bull
letin board showing the name. address
and subject Of interest of every per-
son writing to him for information
about Roswell, the Pecos valley and
the southwest. This bulletin board is
open to public inspection and every
dealer may call there and answer the
inquiries that are of interest to him.
Another step taken by Mr.. Kellahin
as a booste for Roswell was to get
out cards showing the exact type of
public schools in the city. He mails
them to every inquirer. This card
is one of Roswell's best boosters.
An immense deposit Of aluminium
DIltk tidN HAS Dttn lounu at INlNt Hiut |
nine miles northeast OF Roswell on
the banks of the Pecos river. There
is enough OF the raw material in sikht
to turn out 2 5000 brick per day for
a hundred years. A company has
been organized with c. ID. Bonney, w.
Johnson, George Shelburn and
as principal stockholders and
plan to open a factory as soon as
fuel and freight difficulties are
adjusted with the railroad company.
The high price of fuel and of build
material have been the two great
est drawbacks here.
The new company has had the clay
Tested by experts. A specimen as
say shows aluminium. 1874; iron OK
de, 3.S: silica, 6S.S; lime. 3.S; total
100 per cent. Samples of the clay
sent to the American Clay Machinery
company of Bucyrus, Ohio. came back
n some of the finest pressed brick
md tile, vitrified paving brick and
lie ever seen. The dry pressed brick.
was burned at q temperature
If AHA degrees. is a beautiful. rich
traw color. smooth as velvet and
With a life" that makes it ring like
bell
There Is enough aluminium in this
lay TO not only make the best alumni
lum brick, the best grade on the
but to make IL profitable as
n aluminium reduction plant for the
mining of commercial aluminium
lone. The company holds in mining
laims 1920 acres of land. taken up
Inder the mineral laws of New Mex
20. !