Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-19
WAR SHOULD NOT
INTERFERE WITH
3 SUNSHINE STATE
Development Of New Mexico.
Independent Of Internation-
al Conflict; Plenty of Work
10 Be Done.

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SANTA Fo, Nov. ls.--While the war
In Europe has played havoc with
the stock market in the east and
parabzed the copper industry Of the
west and the cotton market OF the
south. New Mexico might look about
and take stock In the mattcvA Of her
own development To be sure. the
war In Mexico has decreased railroad
earnings and curtailed trade with our
sister country engaged In civil war
on. the south. but with prospects of
a more speedy settlement OF her po-
litieal troubles than could be hoped
for in the past. Mexico promises TO
he a field for trade promotion that
il aIlurine, and perhaps in the very
near future.
Crops are generally good through
out the whole state and the ranke
was never better. Prices by a combi-
nation Of circumstances are an that
could be hoped for and the state. not
generally regarded so promising for
speculation or investment will he
one Of the first in the union TO rel
spond to those conditions Of prosper
ity that usually follow war.
Quiet development is going on in
various sections of the state that will
in time attract more notice than II
undertaken when speculation was !
generally rife.
Railroad Reaches MADEIRA.
The laying Of tho steel 10 the lnm- |
her town Of MADEIRA, In northern 7.
Now Mexico last week. is nm event |
that calls for more than passing no.
tice. For zoe years settlers have Gull i
tivated the river valleys and lived In I
peace and plenty unmindful that 1
some day n railroad would overcome /
the obstacles and bring them in COM
petition with the outside world. Now
II has come. The residents are al
ready finding a greater demand for
their products but the real develop
mcnt is not yet there Northern Taos
and Rio Arriba counties are already /
prosperous. This was the last place
in New Mexico. perhaps, to give up
the old clumsy OK carts. evidencesofl
which an occasional wheel may yet
be seen in the district. Now good
draft horses hitched to strong wagons
and carriages. will compare with
those Of many eastern communities.
The coming of the railroad will bring
northern New Mexico in competition
with settlers from ather sections, no
doubt, yet will hasten the develop 1
mcnf of a rich portion of the state
heretofore deprived OF adequate
transportation.
The strip of road completed Is an 1
extension of the Denver & Rio I
Grande from Calientes switch to La r.
fifteen miles west. A station {
has been erected at Callente and a I
new wagon road built to Taos Eram }
La MADEIRA the road will be extend Q
ed fifteen miles further to the nal
tional forest reserve where Denver
firm has contracted for enough tim
her TO furnish the road with freight
for a period of twenty years. At Lat
MADEIRA mills have been erected TO
furnish the finished product to sew
eral western states. the distribution
being made from the Denver officcsl
n the company I
Opening III Rito Valley. 8
4 regular freight and mail service d
win be inaugiirated about January !. q
bringing Oio caliente and El Ritoi A
within speaking distance with the q
,utside world. The famous springs a. h
Do which have been patronized FIR n
hundred years and long known for !
i ~ curative qualities, will now he &c
accessible TO many, an automobile
line connecting the hotel with La N
MADEIRA. four miles away FL Rito, v
90, is preparing TO take advantage &c
u her opportunity and contemplates u
building wagon road over the Of
to connect with the rail- u
Dad about seven miles distant. The n
ALLEY of the FL Rito is perhaps one +
II the best undeveIoped fruit districts q
n the state, being practically free X
rom injurious frosts. Likewise, the fe
Spanish American Normal, school, To- tn
'ated at Ell Rite, will be benefited pa
~ reaching students already located "A
m railroads. Even its own territory OF
his year has furnished ii with the a.
argest enrolment in its history. "a