New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-11-10
Information OF
MUCH INTEREST TO
new SETTLERS
STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
NOW HAS IN PRESS A RE-
VISED EDITION OF THE
NEW MEXICO RED BOOK.

We reproduce at length from tn,
revised Red Book the following val
liable information for the benefit O
new settlers and intending locator
in the site.
THE STATE IN GENERAL.
New Mexico was admitted into
the Union of States in the month o
January 1912. and during her NOR,
than SIX years of statehood she ha,
grown from a struggling infant int
a vigorous maturity which give,
promise of ever greaters develop
ment in the near future.
In 1910, while still a territory.
New Mevico contained a population
of 32730l, which was a gain o
GO per cent over that of ten year:
before, according to the genera
census. The state school census %
1915 indicated a still, further growth
which would bring the population
up to not less than 10000. while
that of the present year o
in all of the different counties
throughout the state that the pres
ent population may be estimated al
about 375,000.
Embraced within her vast area OF
l22 5n3 square miles, approximatine
78.401 .920 acres of land. are EIGHT Ma
tional Forests covering a territory
of S,470,043 acres exclusive of the
p%riyate ~ownerships within their
boundaries, There are more than
10000 Con acres Of lands belonging 10
the State Of New Mexico. and APP
provimatcly 25,000000 acres of Gov
eminent lands still available for set
tlement.
There are many land grants of
various kinds peculiar to the west,
including some that were made to
individuals and to different commu
mites by the Spanish and Mexican
governments respectively. and later
confirmed by the United States.
There are a number of Indian re-
servations. and grants to Pueblo
Indians, military reservations. rail-
road grants. coal and oil lands tenn
porarily withdrawn from entry by
the United States government, and
lands set aside for school purposes,
but exclusive of all these there yet
remains a MAGNIFICENT acreage await
ing Development.
The total area OF the spatc OF
New Mexico covers a territory
greater than all the states of New
England combined. while one Of its
National Forests alone is larger than
both Rhode Island and Delaware to-
gether.
1t is .watered by two pr'clpai
rivers and inrrmerable lesser streams
that are tributary to mem. me
main rivers are the no hr2nde ana
the Pecos. The Rio .rande drains
the western wqtershed OF the state
and the Pecos drains the eastern
part. A chain Of the GREAT Rocky
Mountains extends IN broken INKS
almost through the middle of the
state from north to south, a%ffording
a splendid watershed n IT'S snow
covered peaks ana abundaht springs
that gush forth from the MOUNTAIN
sides, forming. creeks ana r,Vuieh
whore mountain trout abound' -,
Three great trunk lines or r11l-
roads run through the state OF New
Mexico, touching all of the leading
cities and many of the more i'm
portant towns, while several branch
lines reach sections where some
special industry attracts them, ana
If plans now formulating Shou,n
mature, many isolated PAGES WI
soon be broucht nearer to markets
through the building OF other rail-
ro7d lines.
However. there are eoroe sections