The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-01-27
Eacts About CLAYTON.
and Union County

Clayton is situated Ing the north
eastern corner of New Mexico, inthe ?
east central part of Union county, |
inst $40 miles from Denver, Colo f
lado, and i67 miles from Ft. Worth,
Texas on the Colorado & Southern q
Railroad, and lies in the n1ostsfertile !
Plains of the west, These plains are
tFaversed by numerous water CeqGsTki
IS, and an abundance Of pure water
can be had in most any part Of the
county at from 20stos $50. feet. III
is the great trade center of Union
County, and has a population of
about eighteen hundred, and more
people are coming all the time. y
< We have a telephone system, and
zines are being. constructed in differ
ent diTectiods from Clayton, and a
municipality owned water and, light
plant. Three Banks, Four News
papers, Three Lumber Yards, Two
Large Hardware and Implement
Stores, Two Furniture Stores, and a
number Of Grocery, Dry Goods and
other stores, good hotels, etc. Also
a new Mill and Elevator to handle
The crops of Wheat Maize, Corn,
ETC., which are increasing in volume
every year.
We also have a fine brick Public
and High School building, and pro-
pose to build another one in the
very near future, and now have a
splendid school system and efficient
instructors for all the departments;
and a fine brick court house, beauti-
ful in architecture, elegant in finish
and monument or pride TO those
who dwell in Union County, Also
five Church Buildings, of the Meth
9dist, Baptist, Christian and Gatho-
lic denominations. .,eS&.f
Besides the above fiaifie .teil
prises, the town is growing rapidly,
with new enterprises opening up.
every day and new and substantial
buildings being added to our already
prosperous city. Mr.. M. Herzstein
i has iustycompleted an opera house
which would do credit to a town
much, larger than Clayton. Its COM
.pletion marks an achievement, with
out question the best of its kind
between Trinidad ana Amarillo, and
for its size second to none in the
west, 1t stands as''aY true cParaC-
tSristic of the business men of the
town in that it is the best, not build
ing to meet present needs only but
for the future growth Of the city.
mother building and eRterprise, that
is worthy of special mention at this
juncture, and that is the Eklund
Hotel. This hotel, to those who are
acquainted at all in this part of the
state, is we'll known, for the trav-
yelling public, both far and wide.
sojourning in these parts, have made
special efforts to make this their
stopping place, that they might en-
Joy the good meals, the comfortable
clean, we'll equipped rooms, and the
hospitality of its host and hostess,
NIr. and Mrs. Carl Eklund. This is
unqueStionably one of the most, il
ot the most popular hotelin this
lection oE.the southwest
i4 Union County
y Union county is one of the leading
stock countries of the west. Here
> tho climate is ideal, The grass with
II its excessivs nutriment makes graz
ing attractive to the cattle and sheep
men as well, and thousands of sheep
~ nd cattle roam the prairies and
ield great returns to their owners
ach season. Some of theI most
ealLhy cattle and sheep men in
fhe west live in. Union county, in
and around the city Of Clayton. The
coming Of the Homesteader will not
decrease but will increase this pro-
atable industry. Better care will
be given it, more of it will be fat
tened on the grain and corn produc-
I'd here and will be shipped grain
Fat direct to eastern markets, in
stead Of being fed in transit as has
been the custom in days gone by
Union County is less in debt than
any county in the state, and there
fore taxes are very reasonable.