The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1915-09-04
A TOURISTS VIEW OF CLAYTON
A First Hand Impression by LOrin
L. Baker, Correspondent on Tour,
for the Houston Chronicle.

rim OF IrSt CreSJS OF Union county
on the we'll travelled and we'll kept
highway leading into the city of
Clayton, until he is fully aware that
he is in one Of those good spots tG
be in, sometimes called Gods coun-
try, and after a first glimpse" l
was wide awake TO my surroundings
its capital country TO look upon
and I'll wager it's just as good as it.
looks
It's present appearances justify
this opinion, so then why not
take a very plausible glance into
that "short lane" that leads to big
possibilities, for a glorious future al
ways commences with tomorrow's
sun.
1t didn't require an hour for me
TO slip" we'll within your lure
ground" and make my decision; |
like the LAY" of your land, health
full, productive and beautiful |
natly refuse to be coaxed into max
ing any wild guesses-nO guessing
is required. rather prefer to make
ilat assertions as to the only plaus-
i0le, terse and unbiased opinion of
Union county, New Mexico.
Slipped" in while "Old Sol was
riding a generous course on an open
track in the high heavens, and by
way of explanation | will state that
! am Kansan by birth and a Texan
from a point of present residence,
and am playing no favorites-you
have a just right to be proud of the
terra flrma" you travel on! Y The
generous stretches of we'll grassed
prairie might very easily tempt the
covetous eyes Of a "money-fat'
stockman who is in line for an in
creased acreage of good Craze and a
fatter wallet" but even so it pleas
ed me most from my angle of Wis
ion to note your splendid agricul-
tural advantages.
Where we'll defined and well titled
tracts loom up before a discerning
eye, first glimpse" is a power suf-
fcient for the conversion of the
would be pessimist-a Union county
resident doesn't have TO guess on
futures" for you know facts" and
the "tomorrow's sun" of no land
will ever shine on finer fields than
some that I found in Union county.
Large stretches under a good sys-
tenn of cultivation warrant this as
sertiou---a great agricultural future
will be Union county's awakening at
date not far distant, and why
shouldn't it be so? The best tillers
of the soil always drift" in to de-
velop the land that offers them the
most. "
A splendid acreage of growing
crops, more especially small grains
and feed grains of corn varieties
east their green sheen before the
newcomers" gaze in the deepest
shades of an emerald glory, hardy
almost luxuriant in growth !-anC
seeing is believing, and | fancy thai
many a "money-fat cattleman,' gOoC
fellow that he is, will soon have tC
give way to the overall deckeC
planter and tiller of the soil. II il
my firm Opinion that you can flaun
your banner as an agricultural ha,
ven and extend an invitation TO th'
agricultural world, inviting them Il
enter your borders and have no feal
nf a critical investigation.
| can personally say that ! liket
my first view" and won't finch oI
my first opinion-you have a capita
country.
Just as "Old Sol was bidding hi
adicu by tipping his hat on the rug
ged sky line of the hill marked dis
tance ! found myself in Clayton
even so, "glimpsed" the city will
wide-open eyes-its generous ave
nues, roOmy bigness, and apparen
thrift are all good assets and wei
worthy Of a big future so many cit
les of your class forget 10 build 70
the future. You haven't, and lik
IT,
On all sides of your business see
tion | noted prosperous looking bus
mess fronts in various busines
lines, splendidly equipped hotels 70
man and machine, or course | al
unable 10 voice an opinion Of you