Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-10
Vast Resources of San Juan County
Splendidly Represented in Display
of Products at New Mexico Fair
Sample OF Coal Taken From Unlimited Measures of Car
pom superior to That Of Pennsylvania; County Claims
/ to Have Over HALF States Water supplv.

one OF the very best exhibits at the
state fair from u commercial point of
view and one which will no doubt be
carefully considered In the awarding
of the big 5000 prize, Is tnat from
san Juan county.
On account Of the long hauI ncccs.
sary to get this exhibit a. NIbuaupr.
quo those In charge, Mcssrs. wilson.
Pawley. Holmes and Elliott of Farm.
ingtOn and Aztec. brought along only
about three thousand pounds, mostly
which arc tho jonathan. Winesap.
Rome Beauty. GuuO. Ben Davis. WoIr
RIVER. Northwestern trucniug. ,;rua-
ton, Arkansas Black. Northern Spy.
York Imperial, pawucr. Winter Ban.
ana Maiden Blush. Dover. The rNhIb.
Il also includes five plates Of stark
Delicious and King David apples.
which are among the highest priced
. IpplcS known To- the commercial
1 world today and which. together with
thv HuuEC.IiLWCu varieties, grow To-
perfection IN san Juau county
Pears, prachcS, pruurs. grapes,
ounces are also To- lee found iu the
san Juan county exhibit. as well ~ Il
FliltAli blA Wv 'fVlllEtH llll' fblithlltll ~
potatoes, corn. sugar brrts. and on
Ions From the ranch OF John Paw
ley at Pennington are shown the Ia
NOUS snake Cucumbrrs the largest
one measuring four feet also jar
VI the same variety pickl"d This
cucumber bids fair to suppllnt the
ordinary cucumber In IA" favor ut
pickle lovers. one monster pump
Kin. or more PROPERTY speaking
squash. weighing riRhty-SiN pounds. is
a stirling feature Of the exhibit aud
there Is also displayed hill OF pea
nuts of the Jumbo variety, the largest
OF which are fully twV inches IN length
aud completely eclipse ull other pea
nuts for size In the exhibit hJll.
a lump Of coal II also portion of.
the san Juan county section. Accord
ing To the United States geological
survey very large proportion of that
country is undcraid with coal meas
urcs. being u portion Of an area COW
Crlng over thirteen thousand square
miles and extending as far south as
Gallup, New Mexico. The quality OF
this coal IL said to rank with the best
ia tho United States ana II superior
W any west " i'HllHl lNh'Ih W. ''N
ing.
The products included in this cX-
hlbit will give the fair visitors and
humcscekcrs u faint idea ~ the var
led resources ana undcvclOpcd posi-
nllitics of that section uf the state, In
- conversation ihls morning With tire
,Arntlcmcn In chute@ ~ 'hM' 6XliDit
"a Herald representative learned a few
facts Of more than ordinary interest.
The first aud foremost Is the fact thar
there are Within the borders OF san
Juan county thousands ui acrrs VI fine
undcvclopcd land which needs only
dhr application of water, combined
with labor iutcligrntN applied, 20
produce such products now being
shown at the present fair Ia any de-
sired quantity.
Next was the fact that there Is an
abundant water supply to 81 drawn
from the three rivers which flow
through this county. namely, the san
Juan, Animas and Laplata. j. In an
astonishing piece Of information, but
nevertheless true. as viii he shown
DIV tho reports of the United states
hVdrographiC survey, IA well as Ia"
official figures saoWn In the state en-
ginccr's Office. that san Juan county
has over hair the water supply nl
the entire state ur Sow M"Nic".
Sovoral new canals are now under
construction, covering thousands 81