Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-08
SANTA FE OFFICERS
PAY BRIEF VISIT
TO ROSWELL
Large Party of Brass Collars
Take Trip Through Fruit
Growing Sections and Talk
Over Crops and Business.

Especial Correspondence 60 the UrraldI
Roswell y. NJ. Juiy -Ruswvll
vas huuur'd hy visit OF distiu-
guIsh"d railway men yesterday \
special train brought iu nine officials
who Wcr, immediately taken iu autos
Tor 90 ride. The, inspected tae Bcr-
r.ndo farms. won't over the DO Bry-
muud place. and made % hurried trip
through tlr famous IlJgcrmau .nr-
ehards lu tho party were HriHkor,
general freight and passenger agent
of the santa F.. g. g. Fox. general
manager, Avery Turner vice prcsi-
dent uf the Eastern railway. l..
Scagravcs. general colonization
agent -. - vandcrrriff. editor ct
tho Santa r. publication, the
Earth" j. : Stnrkwcuthcr. super.
lntondcnt. n p Mcmahon. road SUE
p,rintendent ond " VI Brinkrr and
J -. TtnE,y. agriculturists M ~
them were enthusiastic over the q, -
vclppmcnt In the Borrcndos. most OF
them having known 10 only when ~
was g d.sulato cattle ranch. undor the
nam. Of the Miiur.Bu ranch They
were unusually surprised at tho pros
poets Tor tho big fruit ana alfalfa
yields Tor this year They lert FOR
the south. going as Ear as 30 paso.
and VIII then make tour of the Elc-
phant Butte project
Alfalfa is tli.oo per ton ou tho city
today six thousand cars viii br
shipped from the valley this season.
Tn, shortage OF cars for this rity has
been overcome; but Hag,rmun.
Greenfield, and Dexter have hun
drcds of oars ordered, bat are unable
to snip The j NJ Hail Commission
company have contracted from Albert
Haacy. assistant cashier OF the First
National bank 500 tons. delivery un
November. Mir Honey Viii have this
much off OF his alfalfa farm.
Young alfalfa sccucd eight weeks
aRn. was clipped Yesterday ON the
Rerrcndo farms The clipping VIII
not mean any direct returns OF 81
The young cron hut IN" eight weeks
growth showed from foot 60 fifteen
Inches. This assures TIE farmers a
good heavy crop Tor next year many
% waom are expecting seven tons 20
the acre.
Dr \ T. Fletcher owning small
corn farn north of the city. Is taxi
ing the honors for the highest and
best developed corn. some Of which
is eight feet high.
Homegrown cnnteloupcs VIII be On
the local market August goth Al
ready melons are on tho vines ns
large as hnsrnalls. More than $50
acres have been planted this year,
near Roswell
The Roswell Fruit Growers assoc
citation has Just received two cars OF
apple box liners. or enough 90 line
GOO 600 boxes. which they are afraid
s much short of On, demand This
rs 400 cars. ana the associations
thinks there viii D., 700 cars shipped
from this immediate vicinity alone.
TN" association also had ordered 2i,-
o00,0o individuui tissu, wrappers
with the associations name printed
thereon. Every apple shipped IN
boxes VIII De individually wrapped.
Otio Baum'r president OF the
baseball association, ana prominent
Elk, M the territory. has gone 90
Atlantic city, NcW Jersey. TO repre-
sent the local lodge the national
convention NJ tho Elks a. meet there
this month lie Will bc gone four
weeks
Louis @. Full,n, district attorney
for the Firm judicial district. has
appointed Attorney %. %. Askrcn as
assistant district attorney for Eddy
county lie does this because ne viii
De- absent for three weeks on yaea-
Ton "Trip to oD spent Ia IN, east lrav-
ing sunday