The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-21

'eptcd o., his friends here rs the most
plausible.
tn" news ~ the death Of Mi Lyons
arrived IU silver 'ity ABOUT noon Fri
udN and was conveyed ." Mrs. Lyons
30 CHA b, telephone. In addition t.
his wife. Mr.. Lyons b. survived by e
dau2hter. Mrs. Coscttc Cook. Of Los
Nng"los. and % step-dlughter. Mrs
]. a. Foster. residing at ella.
The death OF MI Lyons lu addition
to being % severe personal loss to g
wild" rir',c NJ friends Is "a public loss
tu Grant county aud the state of New
Mexico of which ne was one 81 the
most influential and progregsiy, cit
iz"uS Characteristic of his attitude
toward public affairs was tn, action
he took e Few weeks ago when tn"
call 81 tho governor OF the state came
tp increase farm production. The
first citizen tu respond To- the ,iil
was Thomas l,uu- ANA what he did
was sIfficioff foo leave the committee,
hrrtrhlos. with surprise He tender
cd 90 the local committee 'on acres OF
irrigated baud and more than tina, ~
dry farm ltud tu hc used as the COM
mitic' thought best and free - an,
compensation 90 him The result ~
this generous offer was the prompt
s"DuriuE uf two car loads of seed pu-
iatoc~ and men Il" f,rm this land and
Grant county VIII show an increase
iu production ~ over 700 per cont ana
come nearer To- fecdinr IL own p"u-
pie han ever hforo
Nh Lyons was always found sup-
..fU.. ... LH.-. b.. N.U-N- nd fA. tN.
enhancement nr best Interests ~ the
state M enormous wucr eft aUr.-
cultural land hr dad much To- better
the methods ~ farming Ills irri-
cation plant uu Duck creek cost 70
develop something over $50 coo suG
redeemed over q Thousand acres uf
rich bottom lands
Thomas Looms was the largest own
er of agricultural land iu Grant conn
~ if MOI in the state as well a. the
largest individual owner OF grazing
lands iu this part ~ the state HIS
holdings Of cattle We're very large
An estimate ut his land holdings on
Duck creek ana the Upper CHA place
them 1T 1000 acres and on the Lower
Gina. iu the %Nicinit, Of Redrock. the,
were almost as large The grazing
lands owned by him total many thou-
sands OF acres aud are scattered al
over this part Of the country. He farm
ed ou o. large scale himself hut the
greater part of hIs lands were out on
lease.
The story Of the Ufc or Thomas
Lyons aud his success reads more like
fiction than like sober fact, lie arr
rived In silver city Bon the vca 1872
having come overland by OK team
iruu, Colorado lie WAS Is wears Of
ace and beside o. puwrrul body and an
alert and adventurous mind was not
otherwise specially equipped for the
conquest ~ western conditions. llc
was q boilcrmaker by trade and he
and the late Robert Black started
'ity's FIRST machine shop
Mining was the first game I'M those
early DAYS and Mr Lyons was soon
m it With Angus campbell ne be
WUpr ~ the tosettc mine. r.
SILVER and load proposition located
near Lone mountain. The 'oseito
promised well and WIS sold b, ~"
owners for t1u.Onn. This gave the
men their FIRST start 300 lifO AM
enc partnership starting $50 auSpi'i"us-
ll WIS continued as long as Nj.
.'ampuru lived
Evidently neither Lyons 0r camp
u,ll had "a great deal nt iaith iu the
game for uu selling the co.
-,tt' the, went into the cattle bust R
mess and purchased from j W Flcm-
.up ht. tauvhc- and cattle located ur
Gili river 20 miles west uf silver
This became the ueuclcus of
great Lyons and Campbell cattle
.ompaUv which gradual, expanded
'util Il covered most ~ tho country
vest from silver Dlty o. reached