The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-10
SHOULD START A CAM
PAIGN TO GET SETTLERS

Never m the history OF U coun-
Try has there been a rush back 10
the farms, as there will be follow
ing the discharge Of the army aud
the discontinuance Of the manufac-
turing OF war materials. Thousands
and thousands Of men will be tenn
porarily out OF work. and will turn
In large numbers 10 the place that
IS most certainly the surest and
safest way OF earning their bread.
Columbus can get her share Of
this emigration II she will make the
proper attempt Cheap farming or
s~tockraising lands are going 10 be
a thing Of the past In a very short
time, and people are quick 10 real
ile this fact
What We have 10 do is show 'em
hat We have the goods aud We will
see the Lower Mimbrcs Valley set
tied up. We can't expect them to
come here unless we tell them about
the country. Il Is not necessary to
say a thing that Is not absolutely
a fact. Farming on a large scale is
being done In lots Of places under
FAR less favorable conditions than
exist here.
Before the raid Columbus was the
center Of a farming community We
aid not have as large a town then as
We have today. but We considered
everything permanent We called Il
home. In tho Sunnysidc district
and also around Waterloo there
were many farmers making a living
and getting their homes In shape
that they could live as farmers live
elsewhere. and enjoy life. The mcr-
chants then depended more upon
he ranchers for their support than
shcy do now. though We had a large
trade from Mexico. when the raid
came OF most everybody left their
farms and either came N town or
left the state. They not to b.
blamed for doing 50 at that time.
hut now that there Is assurance Of
a strong guard here there is no rea-
son for anyone TO fear raids or ban
dts.
The soil In this Valley Is as rich
Ds can be found anywhere, every
one must admit The climate Is as
food taking II the year round. as
anyone could wish. The rainfall Is
short hut the pumping proposition
has been proven a ucces when the
prices Of products from the farm
were half the price today II has
been demonstrated time and time
rgain that water pumped from shall
low wells such as are found here. Il
cheaper irrigation than using water
under government projects.
The crops that grow best here
were not known a. well three or
four years ago a. they are today
nut now a demand has been created
for New Mexico pinto beans, for
milo maize. fcterita, 'kanr corn. and
like crops. and the man who grows
them will be rewarded for his ef-
forts just as much as the Illinois
.orn grower or the Kansas wheat
farmer. and another thing that Is
90 b. born in mind: there is not near
- much danger Of a crop failure
where a man pumps his " water
for irrigation and depends upon do
ing so as where drouths occur fire.
quently. as in Kansas and no way
valuable for saving the crop from
burning up
Il will be a long time before We
see the Valley in general as far adj
,anccd along farming lines as II was
three years ago, because even II We
should get a lot Of settlers in here
this spring Il will take them some
time to understand conditions here
as did those who left.
Those few who remained have
done better the past two years than
ever before. and what they can DO