El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27

railroad division and junction point and
IS growing rapidly.
Rio Arriba County.
This is marvelOusly rich county
with comparatively large population
that has not yet experienced any great
development but for which the new
corners Of the TERRA Amarillo grant
are planning extensive irrigation works
and colonization propositions.
Roosevelt County.
/. One Of the new dry farming counties
the county seat POrtales has taken the
lead in pumping experiments with DOW.
er from a central electric power plant.
A beet sugar factory has been prom
ised for next year.
SandOvaI County.
This is the only one of New Mexico's
% counties without newspaper with
out an Incorporated town or a high
school and yet prosperous. Much pros
pecting for oil has been done durins
the year at AlgOdoneS but the coal
mines at Hagan have not resumed
political revolution in the county this
fall on account Of local issues helped
TO defeat the Republican candidate for
governor
The most northwestern county of the
territory, san Juan is most abundantly
endowed with water for irrigation, but
this fall suffered a terrific flood that
did much damage and cut off railroad
communication for 40 days. Several
great irrigation projects are planned
for the county, but are tied up on ac-
the promoters
This county is rightly called the En-
pire county Of New Mexico. Its county
seat IS in the Twin cities OF Las Vegas. I
which II they were to consolidated
would make the second largest city in
New Mexico. Work has been resumed
on the Garfield Irrigation project and
also on the Scenic Highway across the
Pecos forest
santa Fe County.
The capital Of the new state is To-
Gated IN this county, which with the 4
exception OF Bernalillo, is the smallest /
and at the same time most densely pop :
ulated of New Mexico % counties Inc (
city Of santa Fe has seen during the I
year the erection of $4,000 bank 4
building, the completion Of the new 4
printing plant of the New Mexican, the /
Oldest daily in the southwest, the new |
nIanr being the most complete building
Of any in New Mexico or Arizona en-
tfrely devoted to the printing business.
Work has been begun on a S250.000 i
Scottish Rite Masonic cathedral modelled /
after the Alhambra and also on $50, 600
Eiks' club house The School Of Amer
can Archaeology held a successful sum
ner school. Santa Fe, being the center
Of the political activities, the head
quarters Of both great central commit
ices. has been the political storm center
II the new state. Promise is held out
of the resumption Of the smelter at
CerriIlos early next year
Sierra County.
Exclusively a mining and stock rails
ng county, although having several
agricultural valleys. Sierra
county is also the scene Of the activi-
les Of the reclamation service in rear
ng its S. 900, 600 Engle dam at the Efe-
lhant Buttes in the Rio Grande. There
las been a remarkable renewed interest
n several of Sierra county's famous
mining camps and new development al
he vanadium and lead mines in the
although the vanadium works
{ Cutter have shut down.
SOcOrrO County.
The gold camp OF MOgollon was the
rincipal producer Of the precious metal
q New Mexico. just as the twin camps
4 Magdalena and Kelly were the prin-
ipal producers OF zinc and lead So
orro is the largest and most thinly ]