Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-02
pattengiN Tells of Seven
Modern Cities of CiboLa
rs portaes Roswell Artes ia Carlsbad Demng and Silver
ctv Apathy Described BY ell Known Educator Recently in
MaM Mexico.
New Mexico.

on his famous march in
CoTo' o,,ivira and gold, three and
quest % ,1,t,,ries ago found the le-
hah dseven cities of Cibola." In
geno"o oSrof Fl. r. Pattengill Of Mich
lslV' recent visit in New Mexico,
gan' ." snong other settlements,
loum runs the Santa re Railway,
'Hhri9 risht towns, which he has la
seven seven Modern Cities OF Cl-
oele" These are Clovis, Portales,
boe' all Artesia, Carlsbad Demins
EVs silver city He calls CLOVIS the
anu ie 10 CITY" This is because the
ha7 is only thre years from the
o@n i,4e Sod. and now q town possessed
III the modern conVehiehces anu
ol ~ rts IN his school journal Mod
coIlio' Tonirs quoted in the current
eIAu THE Earth he says of II
IN part ,r,,io GUYS. is a three-
OVI1 bnstling, substantial city of
lno neopIe. as flat as Il pancake;
3Vvu 3Vootb as q bread-board; as hard
as oenhalt road, and with faith in
as ~ y on1al to Detroit. 1t has thou
IL shade trees, but no shade
@HVS Va,,ob to shield a bUrro's ears;
"e staesv lawns, yet, but they are
ho It's streets are broad and
'n,rbf aud every block has an alley
such it's center just as it should
a u. II has Just cinched the county
hN, az curry county. The houses
~H' aarlv ali tasty bungalows, pret-
se oointed and Of varying styles or
uHhaoctlre. But few houses have
nnes 10 mark the yard lines, and
.,nn as have catch all the stray pa
and rubbish like the ever pres
prt mesquite (mees-keet).
~. has q fine large brick school
noree loyal, responsive, wide-awake
",rns Of teachers. as lovable a bunch
ehildfen as one ever finds in q dis
rr county superintendent Mers-
s.jdnr L a wide-awake specimen and
avaly supported by the PRINCIPALS
md the teachers Superintendent
poore Of the city schools Is SIX Ieet
tonr-sweetness long drawn out.
The neat and tasty rooms were
decorated with creditable school ex-
buits. the sessions Of the rally were
spirited; the city teachers served
.harbpt and waters; everybody sang
,Pig-a-Jig" "Ba- be- bi bo-bu.' "Old
plack Joe. " and mt. Vernon Bells. -
Leaving Clovis he comes TO Por-
tales where pumps are reclaiming
mre. OF this town he writes.
Next to it, and south, is Roosevelt
coi,nty. and its county town is Por-
tales an older but smaller burg than
Clovis. We were met at the depot
nv welcoming delegation headed by
Mrs. C e. Culbertson. very lively
lady. seventy-five years young, VINO
snperintends the schools OF a county
thirty-sX miles long. We were at
once taken in autos for Q ride about
the town We were shown the pret-
n irrgatng plants had made grass
irees and flowers do their prettiest to
redeem the desert. Portales Is Just
now installing an irrigating plant and
city water works.
Mrs. Ciubertson is Il live wire, and
had thoroughly advertised the meeting,
She was cordially supported by super
ntendent Ben Smith, and the board OF
education of the city schools, and the
people generally The meetings were
large and spirited, the entertainment
cordial and the impressions very
favorable. Judge Lindsay and wife
here are T. of NJ alumni
Now he drops over into the Pecos
valley. where irrigation. from river
and artesian well, has reclaimed the
desert He says:
The surprise in store for US was to
Jump out of the desert of soapWeed
and mesquite through which we had
been riding for some time. into the
oasis of alfalfa, orchards, big trees, fine
lawns. flowing wells and beautiful city
Roswell is the country town of Chaves
county; "A county as large as all Mass
achusetts and two Rhode Islands, oak
land county. Mich. three full-sized
.t,s 81 F.sYs of
thrown in for good measure. Roswell
is the prettiest city Of the territory. II
has plenty of water good land, and up
to-snuff folks. IT is really in the great
and famous valley Of the Pecos, though
il uses none of the Pecos river water
1t is in the region of huge flowing
wells great springs and the streams
from these springs make the country
about fiercely, productive in crops, and
solice to the eye Of the beholder
County Superintendent c. G. Hill and
City Superintendent w. II. Brashei
made greet span Of workers. The
Ight, spacious. pretty auditorium oil
The Methodist Episcopal church was
illied with as brainy-looking, we'll
dressed, critical an audience as one
ever sees They held the speaker of
az arms length for Just seven minutes
and then said come in" so graciously
SWectly cordially that "Gumption with
Dig G. stretched out for ninety
minutes, with only occasional halting
places for Intellectual recesses.
The schools are O. X. here, which
ol course, implies the teachers are
into. 1t was surely an alert and look
lou-in-the-eye band of pedagogs that
Superintendent Hin corralled for the
udy session. The children's motion
song and the exercises in readingj,
We're admirable
hut such an afternoon as the folks
gave us. Dr George T. Veal, the new
N-eiected mayor on the no-salOor
uckel showed the handsome new
hapust church. built after the Greel
~hple style of architecture and set il
NtlVety lawn of blue grass Its arr
@lnuoWs cost $1,000 and its electric
nshts' $1,000. Then superintendent
nlu and Mr.. Rockefeller escorted us
mfough the new Masonic temple
@hich is just about as large as that OF
lansing and more richly furnished
hui that delicious auto ride ahou
ge delightful city and its surroundine
-Ilns and orchardsl The tasty anC
..Sul homes. the big armory. the we'll
.Ppointed stores. the large hospital
u'e lowing wells-2000 gallons pei
minute capacib-the great herds OF
gurd cattle and sheep. the country
.nu' me long avenues shaded by tree.
., either side. making Veritabl,
80 ,ls lane. sped by like panorama
ne Swiss Chalet embowered IL
ana honeysuckles. orchards
INN n,lJlh 700 per acre, irrigating ditche'