The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-12
WOMEN HELP
IN BOOMING
NEW MEXICO
Children Also Active In Gam
palgn 10 Form Farm and
Land Congress

! Albuquerque, n. NJ. July PA
state industrial and farm lands CON
gress which Is expected to be one OF
I the most important features in the
Renaissance Of New Mexico, will be
organized at Mountainair pictur-
esque summer colony of the lower
Rockies, August &, at which represen-
! tatiyes of railways, commercial bod
lies, capitalists, Governor Mills, II, B.
I Hening. secretary Of immigration,
and other state officials viii DC pres.
ent.
An annual fund Of $4,000 for car
lrying out the provisions OF the con
gress is to be provided by the state
legislature, ana 1t will work along
exploitation lines which have prov
en- so successful in Texas, Arkansas
Oklahoma and other states OF the
Southwest
The organization OF the congress is
the climax of one of the most unique
and striking campaigns Of publicity
lin the history Of the United States.
| 1t IL campaign In which women
and children participated with tell
ing effect.
lures OF New Mexico's long fight for
statehood was the call OF New Mex
lico June q last, which marked a
feature of publicity wide in scope,
original in operation and such as
never was before participated in by
the people Of whole state or terri
tory.
AS a result OF agitation by the
newspapers. civic bodies vomen's
clubs and educational lnstirTtions
there came cry that das u set
aside when the $50 900 residents of
iNew Mexico should send messages to
the world Gov William ". Mills
issued proclamation setting aside
June % as Boosters day"
He urged New Mexicans to send
out post cards, pamphlets. special
editions of newspapers, teeming with
facts about every feature OF the state
and its resources, to their friends and
acauaintances in other states.
Post Cards Mailed Broadcast
New Mexico newspapers on chat
day issued special editions, profuse-
" Illustrated, among them newspa-
pers In Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las
Vegas, silver City. Carlsbad. Dem
ing. Pennington, Aztec. Alamogordo,
Las Cruces, Ration and Roswell
Post cards by the hundreds of
Thousands were mailed broadcast
They bore pictures of growing crops,
cattle and sheep on the ranges, fine
buildings, public utilities, new factor
les and the remarkable developments
In irrigation. They told Of tfa
growth, of the value of New Mexit"
farm lands from S20,SS9Q00 in l9o4
to s1IL4S0,00 in 1910, an increase of
S90,541s00s 8e s8t es
Tltey told how 6g,OO0,000 acres Of
government land, 100000 adapted
for dry farming are open to home
seekers; that more than 10000 acres
of land have been set aside for sup
port OF public schools and educational
institutions. and billions of tons oil
coal and iron in sight-millions In
copper, zinc, lead and the precious
metals.
They dwelt on the fact that New
Mexico is the last of the territories
having a great area of land which IS
good and cheap, an area capable of
successful cultivation without irfl-
cation of from ip,OoOd0U 10 l9OOv'ooo
acres
Conference Is Arranged
OF this 100000 acres now are IN
the hands of homeseekers, who have
filed on il in the last FIVE years. This
land NAV be had from S. to S25 per
acre. and is steadily increasing in
value.
The effect of the concerted public
ity was marked Chambers Of cont
merce. boards of trade and other com.
mercial organizations we're besieged
with Inquiries from homeseekers' IN
yestors. tradesmen and artisans OF
the Central and Eastern states,
The need of an oificial control pouF
10 take charge OF this feature OF state
deyolopment becomes apparent and
the Mountainair conference was ar
ranged. 80