The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1911-02-04

which run ON the open range has de.
creased In late years, for the reason that
IN the eastern part Of the territory new
settlers have taken up many isolated
tracts which has spoiled 'ha, par, Of
the rnuni,y Tor open ranges for cattle.
II h estimated, however, that even to.
iay there are 100000 head OF sheep in
ihe territory. the wool and lambs from
which will bring in ~ least ti0,O00,000.
This money will remain in the territory.
~ the owners Of floeks of sheep very
largely reside In the territory. The cat.
tie are nlmos, ~ important A. the sheep.
There are about ! 100000 head of cat.
tie in the territory aud although many
NJ the stock owners in some of the larg'
~ cattle companies are non.residents,
still grca, portion of the money deriv'
~ from the sale ~ these csitl" remains
with us. There ARE several fine herds of
registered cattle IN the territory, one ~
which j. N. property of Mr.. Charles
Springer. at Cimarron, and another large
registered herd Of short horns owned
by the Red River Valley company in
san Miguel county.
During the past year the census Civ
ing the population Of this territory has
| been given to IN. world. n shows that
We have population of almost 100000.
people. rhis means an increase during
the last ten ycars of about l35,0OO p"o.
pile. New Mexico has grown In a great.
cr ratio during this period than almos,
ANY other state ~ territory IN th" union,
and thcr" il every reason TO believe
/ that this growth has but jus, begun
aud that in the next few wears th" ter
ritory will hc double in population.
| We consider ourselves fortunate Ia
that congress passed and the president
approved the enabling act Ia June of
the past wear. By this act we were al
lowed 20 call convention and frame
q constitution. which was adopted by
the people aud will hr approved by con
grcss and The president. II will enable
NJ to- be- q state In the union. Our con
vention has me, and has framed q con
s,iiutiOn. which in my opinion i a'
good ~ any constitution which has been
adopted by any oi the western states
~ this constitution the security of lif'
aud property aud religious freedom are
assured \ vote was taken on the 2ls
day Of January, 1911. 20 determine
whether or not this constitution was q
be accepted by IN" people of New Mex
leo. and they voted in favor Of is adop
,ion nv an overwhelming majority. 70
eiXty wear. We have been knocking a
congress door, asking "a be ADMITTED
20 the ,isterhood ~ states.
~ to the futur, OF New Mexico, IL i
impossible for me ~ predict what !
will bc. We are well fitted 90 en'e
the union. We hav" most eXcellen
public school system aud the highr
educational institutions are well de
vclopcd in the territory. We have Il
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cultural college and military instiiut
nc Roswell which stands among ia
first ten Of the union, three norma
schools, deaf aud dumb asylum an,
au institute for the blind, while hig
schools are in every county of the tel
ritory.
, What the next year will bring fort
. 40 one can tell hut one thing is a'
. .urcd, and that i that New MeSic
!, bound 10 go forward by leaps an
, hounds and tina, what Ne are toda
!. Is ~ nothing to what Ne shall be fe'
. years from now. The people who liy
. IN Colorado know the wonderful stride
!, and development Of that commonwealth
{, during the last few years, and ca
, ,..c no reason to doubt tina, the grow ,
~ New Mexico will be ~ rapid and sui
. stantial In the next few wears ~ that d
colorado has recently been.
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