Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
GUTHRIE PLEASED
WITH NEW MEXICO
Mexico Banker is the Guest of His
Daughter in ROswell-Is Pleased
With the Climate
DESCRIBES THE COUNTRY
Many Handsome Buildings in the City
While Irrigation Supplies the
Water Needed for Farming

Judge j. A. Guthrie, President OF
the Southern Bank, writes the follow
ing interesting letter from Roswell,
N. NJ, where he is the guests Of his
daughter, Mrs. Frances Cauhape:
Editors of the Ledger.
ROSWELL, New Mexico, Feb. Is
| arrived here 4th inst. and think it
might be of some interest to my
Mexico friends to give a summary of
the things that make up this coun-
try as | see it. Roswell is the coun-
ty seat Of Chovis 49, a city about the
size of Mexico, with a governemnt
building; also a 100000 court house;
miles of asphalt streets, bordered on
either side with rows of trees (res-
idence portion.) Four large school
buildings and a high school building;
these cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
The church buildings are modern, and
all denominations represented. The
residences are generally on the bun
galow type of architecture, yet there
are many fine modern residences at
a cost of $4,000. A state military
institute with 800 students in at
tendance and from all parts of the
country; also a sanitarium for the
health seekers. The stores are large,
wholesale and retail, equipped with
everything needed in a county, 125X
rs miles, equal to four Missouri
counties.
There are several banks, two mil
lions deposit, earning ten per cent.
Fine Masonic Temple, Elks' Home.
Many have gone to the front; Red
Cross in the windows, sometimes two
stars in flag. Sorry to learn of jim
nv Bledsoe's death-and there will
be others.
The Pecos, Hondo and Spring Rivers
run north of the city; in fact, the lat
ter run through the northern part OF
the city; a beautiful clear water, ever
flowing stream, the fishermans
haven in season 1925 fine now.)
Along these valleys are located fine
farms, ranches, apple orchards, alfal'
ia. all kinds Of live stock, 500 to SO'
V feet depth brings an artisan well u
I the surface, three to six inch stream
: generally located on the highest pom
: If tbc farm in order to irrigate al
the land possible. They have cut
: offs to these wells to regulate the tloN
S of water as needed. These lands ar
= valued at 5000 to $500 per acr'
Stock craze the alfalfa till Mare
S 1st. then are removed to other gram
ground as the alfalfa "bloats cattl
and Sheep" if they remain longer
whilst its 80 today, there has bee
several days of TO- above. The Eat
Jaw lassies dressed in real summe
d. spits. straw hat and linen; childre
b~arefooted and they seem to EMO
themselves in spite of the high pric
Of shoes. Flowing, gardening watel
IN inc yards, real indications of sprin'
vet they tell me about four inches
snow and 7 to s degrees below EEL
was the weather report for January
j. From my point of view about ]
m inches of a good old fashioned sprln
" time rain all over the country wou.
.. no Of great benefit-to the inexper
$ orcad there is too much sunshin
or dast and gravel storms for the ge'
W. eral good, but to the more enJoyiI
Of rood health and if prospecting fina
cially the county is IDEAL
We took a jitney ride with a friel
Al and drove 80 miles southerly to Carl
", had. Saw some good country and t
',v bost field of wheat since I left Me
ico Passed by Lake McMillcn'
no Government irrigating dam OF sol
,rc hundred or more acres, with gra
told spillway, and equipment so tn