Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-14
BUSINESS
MEN bUS|LY
BOOSTING
Organized to Push
Claims of Thriving Railway
Town on Homeseeket and
Prospective Investor.

lSpeciht correspondence TO morning Ionfuhil
East Vaughn. n. NJ, Jan. 12.-The
business mems league of Vaughn
have decided on a campaign of pub
Lefty and are determined that the
world at large will know something
of the advantages which this thriving
little town has TO offer the homeseek-
er and intending investor. Following
Is a copy of one of the letters which
are now being sent out by the COM
mittee in charge of the work of pub
licity:
East Vaughn, Guadalupe County,
New Mexico. At the intersection or
the c., r. 1. & p, and Santa Fe rail-
ways, just a little over a year old
and has now q population of over a
thousand.
We are free from the extremes of
heat or cold, the latitude giving us
mild winters and the altitude cool
summers with sunshine $50 days In
the year. A division point OF the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
way with a shop and road force of
500 men, concrete round house and
other buildings, a $4,000 depot and
office building, $4,000 hotel, $4,000
reading room, 2 general merchandise
stores, a lumber yard, blacksmith
shop, school, good rooming houses, 2
butcher shops, 3 saloons and n month
ly pay roll of $4,000 which should
draw to East Vaughn more business
men Of ability and capital to erect
the hundreds of dwellings and bust
ness houses needed so badly. The
enIl xvatrld do ara1ft IN RifiaC
many times our size and we have
good openings in the following lines:
Hardware, furniture, coal, feed, print
ing, dray, cement block, restaurant,
hall for dances, meetings, shows, etc.
We are destined to become the job
bling center of the southwest. our To-
cation and railway facilities warrant
this assertion as we LAY n territory
of an hundred miles each way TO
draw from.
The agricultural country that sur
rounds us has been accessible to the
public but a few months and there is
plenty Of free land subject to home-
stead entry. decided land and re-
linquishments rear by.
Come and see for yourself the
W OildCi llt1 VIC liaN6 ~ Oll1i ~
you will find it better than you have
heard or could believe.
Homeseekers' excursions the first
and third Tuesdays of each month.
The League or any member thereof
will be pleased to give any informa-
ton desired.
Vaughn Personals.
Mr.. c.. w. Hamilton has resigned
his position as chief clerk to tran
master and goes TO Trinidad, Colo,
Chief Dispatcher Kennedy, Conduc-
tor burst and Engineer McGrath, who
We're a few days ago selected by the
Santa Fe officials to act as examiners
of all men or the Belen cut off. on
the new book of rules, have completed
their work and report hat the cutoff
has a first class set of men,
well up in the knowledge of their
Zero weather here for the past few
and stock freezing.
The new Harvey house has opened
in full blast, with Mr.. Loso as man
ager, and Mr.. Eby of Topeka. Kansas,
as cashier. Everybody in Vaughn is
rejoicing over the opening of this
splendid house, and many of the rail
road boys are openly Boosting of the
fact that they are getting rid of
wrinkles of long standing.
Judge Cain has returned from Santa
Rosa, where he has been for the past
few days i'm conference with the
county commissioners. making his an
nual report. for 1909, which was salts
factory. and the judge came back with
I pleasant smile. and is now ready to
open n new docket.
The Hanlin Supply Co. leaves to-
lay for Coleman. Texas on the Brown
extension of the Santa Zee at that
point, where they will feed the boys
i'll a new Harvey house opens there.
Another coal famine is on here.
Mounted Policemen Dudley and
Higgins passed through here yester-
en- route to Roswell.
l.. III. Bishop was surprised last
light by the arrival of a nine-pound
sirl.
The ladies' of Vaughn gave a box
IociaI a few evenings since. for the
of the citizens club. which net
ed s6S.50. which will be applied to
he school fund.
officer Pope has been doing good
york here. and the citizens are salts
with his work.
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