Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
FARM|NGTON PEOPLE
ASK FOR SURVEY
Of TOWNSHIPS
Three Hundred and Twelve
Thousand Acres Across San
Juan River Afford Great
Agricultural Possibilities.


Nearly 400 citizens OF Pennington. IN.
ierested In the Developments OF san
Juan county. the vas, cmpirc of nm.
told riches in northwestern New Mex.
leo. are pciitioning the United States
surveyor general for New Mexico to
proceed at once to have n survey
made of over 3i2,0oo acr 4 OF govern.
'neht Innd lying Just across the san
Juan river south of Pennington. This
IN being requested because there are
quite large number of people who
want tn locate on the land and have
no waN of knowing where certain
tracts lie, uatii government survey
Ia been made
The land is more particularly de.
scrihcd as follows: Townships e, %.
70. q and ~, North, Range H. West:
townships %. 30 - and - North.
Range IL West; Townships "a and
y North Range ii West. Townships
- and ~ North. Range 10 west This
IL n iinc body OF iand aud viii make
homes Tor "a good many thousand PEG.
pie. II nearly all LAYS well for lrisa
ton aud a large cana has been SUI.
veyod over much oi II and - water
appropriation secured from the San
Juan river. which has enough water
running To waste to irigatc several
tracts this size.
u II generally known that there Is
great deal of government land ~
san Juan county. and the Pennington
board OF trade Is literally swampcd
With inquiries concerning II. Were
the land ready for settlers quite
few would have located on Il this
spring, AMI II II were In shape that
the board OF trade could push II the
population of this section could Nc
very materially increased very short.
ly Conditions are such that this or.
ganization decided that they could
wait no longer tor the surveyor gener.
ais ONCE 10 set around to surveying
this body ana so show the sentiment
OF the people IN the matter have been
circulating the petition tor the past
few DAYS
There are u few settlers on the
land In fac, less than half dozen
They have had surveyors locate cor.
ncrs M considerable expense. ana
they are anxious hat - government
survey be- made as soon as pussiblc
There are several fine level mesas of
the very richest soil n Is possible
thar dry farming could he carried q,
In some OF the wide valleys. aud IL
this l. nor practical the flood water
OF several arroyos could nc stored IN
some OF the numerous natural resor-
NOlr sites IN the event The large canal
which IN being promoted. H. not built
A. present the men who are ON the
land are In thu cattle aud sheep husi.
nos. aud have developed Natcl from
wells In sufficient quantities Tor that
US. hut have not done any farming
In some places the Wild hay Is eat
ana sells AT high prices 10 people who
have TO have il while travelling across
the countr, Tn grass grows so well
that II affords both summer and win.
ter pasture for all the stock II is
the belief oi many that artesian water
could be- Developed. and il IL u known
fncl that much OF the land In under
laid with Goa, la large veins and AT
varying depths, that would make de-
yelopmcnl IN that line inexpensive.
Al one place n four-ioot vein OF coal
has been opened In the side oi mesa
and the settler has splendid coal for
do nestle purnOs,s.
OF course In such large tract the
land Is not all suitable Tor agticul-
tura pur poses There are many pic
uresquc places that are novel and
Interesting The volcanic formation
Ia What Is known NJ the BAD Lands
on the south .uyc OF this land Ii
worth the tine II takes 10 see II.
Their, are all sorts OF rock lorna
lions, including pctriiied trees These
are he ruins OF ancient Aztec towns
ana villages. and what appear To
have al one time been irrigation
ditchos constructed by this prchis
toric race OF people. They We're az
one time prosperous on this vast tract
OF land ana there - no reason whN
the people of today should net be-
making use OF this same land ana
making 1t rs prosperous ana as thick
~ settled as II was centuries ago bN
these primitive people.
II Is hoped that the SURVEYOR gener'
ais Office will at once proceed to
have the survey made and thus AID
the Pennington board OF trade In It's
efforts TO get more people to locate
In this the most fertile and produc.
tive section OF the grea, southwest