The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-06-24
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The proclamation of GoveruOr Mill,.
setting aside the 22nd day OF June a.,
- New Mexico Day and asking the pro
pie OF the territory to send advertising
matter 10 friends aud acquaintance,
commercial clubs, etc, in the different
states oi the Union has been responded
tu with great enthusiasm. The wecA
has been q period Of the greatest ad
states Of the Union has been responded
Sertising campaign ever carried on ~
New Mexico, and more people will
know facts and figures concerning our
climate and resources from this effort
alone than they have ever learned Of
us before In decade II il going to-
be a great industrial boost aud will
also help the cause of statehood through
the wide spread OF information scatter
81 over the nation. II will interest the
country IN ~ and gain the sympathy
of those who are enjoying the full
rights Of citizenship IN assisting NJ 10.
gain long delayed recognition.
Here il a resume Of nn article prcpnr.
81 by the bureau on " New Mexico. the
Land of Opportunity"
There are thrty.siN million srr-s of
public domain In New MeNro opcu To-
entry under the homestead aud desert
hand acts.
i'y appropriations Of 'ongr"ss and
under the enabling act New MrNlr" ha,
eleven million acres of hand for the sup
port of it, common schools, ~ hiphrr
educational institut ions. ~ pcuul in.'i
Iutions. etc. This great endowment
guarantees thorourh equipment fnr the
education of every child of our present
AID future population.
There are approximately f"ur million
acres Of land in New Mexico known 4"
be irrigahle from availnhl" surface wat
er, storage and pumping Of thu. less
than five hundred Thousand acres ar"
now under irrigation
4 recent census by experts show (,
$4,000 acres of land under rultiNa
tion without irrigation, ~ dry farming
These experts ir ARE thai ta'r" are
seventeen million acres uf land in New
Mexico, over which the rainfall :. -uf-
hcisnt To- fa'miug withou '.tipH.
ton.
One national irrigation project, the
Carlsbad, ~ Carlsbad has heen com
plHied The greatest of nll the govern
ment projects, the giant Elephant
Butte, j. under construction aud the
first unit has been completed.
Up 10 November 80, lalO. n total ol
60O applications has been flied with th,
New Mexico irrigation department foI
the appropriation of water for irrigation
and power purposes, covering 'o,a
proposed reclamation Of more than .,
OOO,OOO acres and proposed cSpeUdi
ture of more than s7S,OO0,0 ,0o0
Projects of the reclamation srrvir,
and Of private capital now under wa,
viii add one million acres to the irri
gated area within the next dVe wears
The area Of New Mexico is, rouphl,
lee, 1000 square miles, az 7S,0D0,b0O acres
This vast area includes attitudes vary
ing from oaO0 to l4,O00 feet above IN
sea level and affords extraordinary eli
matte conditions
The population of New Mexico Clol
csnsuS) Is ae7 1000, nm increase Of owe
1900 Of ~ per cent, This increase ha
come within the past Ave years and
chiefly composed Of hardy, industriou
American farmers,
The total value Of New Mexico farl
lands (laiO census is $lll ,OOO.O0O; a
Increase Of ss9O,OOO,OOO over 1900,
4a3 per cent In 10 pears,
There are $4,000 farms In New Me,
leo, census of l9lO), Of which onI
1900 are in the hands Of tenants au
only 1900 Of which are mOrtgaSed
The census Of 1910 has shown th