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THE HAN JliAN TlMJM_tHitAi. Al'llll.2*. infA. t. ( imn l. „iart.PltfcWIM A At Alt It,fCdttors And Puhll*hera.of Hu'xcHpfioft |.MA i sii . ..tifba il.SAt tb* ((*•(offir « it f'ftrmiBflloft tot tr tir«Q|t? th* actl ••••ccud oImThe follow I.i(t compllrm ntary notice from th«* Tellurldo Journal U highly appreciated #** wr regnrd If fu the light of expert testimony. Tim Journal I* a thorough;? frpreheu *lt;lve newspaper of oik? at the beet town* III one ol the b-st mining sectl Urn ofC-d of a do,, and htiuwi w hat It taken to make a ncwapspvr. Many thank*.“On* of the brig Mol ncwapuperfi In this section of the fuofntooi U lt;hi* Far mlog on, ShA A*4 i.co. Iinh* II*-•ItliM ill ling itt onhitfUM** till week .vit*j Interesting g her.*1 reading, it I* d i ing a grefit work in tid vertlNlfig to the world the,varied resource* and super-lor opportunities which that section offer* to nerder*.°hl.OlU % Ih I A lt;OMMtMlt;AltONAh it HOHlJt to Ite t h** fm*III*ill tiuw dayn In Sun J iPtn comfy to h** advertising in H tnmig head line* the ad VttlltHgoH R til feHourcn-4 of otllef por Htjtis of the county It M**em« tlml We of FI *r#i Vih a Hie in the luck ground an l th* *bj of dim itifh’h* la to l*iy Iu*ftte tic i • w!i * *irn I • k lllg for ll'tfll * lie ‘ ll'-m WI'llMlt tl' t \ CX igctKt lon-t, h It j i -t in i'I' U-ic YiMh m -rhhtet 5 mil*1* wept of Ar*c an 1 11 uul** h *rth 011*1 “f 1* *‘tni*ogt'»n It h c tiiCeoiled to l»e the wnl Ml. til *t fortih and pr udinuiv.• p »rIiu lt;»f the entire VtntiiHH **1 My. We have by fur th* largeet holt;|} of bind dm mod pm fed llltdl HjHtiMU, the l *-*t co *k^ tifnl the prettied w nmdi «.f tiny utlieipart lt;f Stiu Jum cumly. Flora VlHta {Fh Wely View) . lit* 111 at b*»Hll tlful cput ih tile »»li?it.* great Sotilh went, end in tie* dial at ice to I he Nor litFARMINGTON,HAN JU AN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.gltPAtlO*A large part of Hah Juan b nti f y i*enter* d by the Nmv *Jo reservation.The fematfMler free to the me of thewhite man. Cofieiat* of about rt.lflfl '(juare tndea a It- dy i f land tqil*1 tfl «*ttefit to the atgtea of HbuJu I* I'tli-I lt;tiil Il'luttHfi*. Th it poffhin of ttiin er- a north of the Hun Juan river form* a compact body of land ei tehdit g unbroken ffotn Hbt Arnba «•- unty on the «sat, to the N fwjo r.'-eryiition oiitmweat, slid of ttiik ♦ he |lt; wti of Farmington ifl the g»o rfaphtrgl c. nter.Fermihgtnu ia ait dated at tie Junction of the Afdftiaa and La F'ats river* with the flio Nat* Ju»h. stid at ett nbititde of Mime 4 590 feet aboye ■*. tefel The neighborhood inclttd ed in what la k own aa Faitnihgtori Iihm a populati to ot almtil 1 (Nil). The town itaelf haa well nataMMic ’ clitirchea, excdlebt arlmoN. good *lc»tea, and tu *»*t of ihn tfadea anu i fofeaaiolie a^e repreaeht»‘dOn the two p inta of land forn.* d by the jductl' ti of (lie tlvi fa ctiUth* r nted tdiote, tle-re i»- a body of eotue litNMl to Ifi(HK) Hrrea of tb e land, all Umlef doeti. Yet the t-dal popttf/i thui of tbi* gi*d* n ap'** *d the wlt; rbl doew toot exceed ldMHt. iti. lu dbg all tr« lea and |irofea-*i.ni-, M'1»»h and agea. t'he roi ce *ada of opini'in of »tperienrrd Mien In tl;ia territory i** in favor o' atnall holdinga of from |H to 25 ecrevt na its* a profitable to f r mera. Farmington abu e then will comfortably aittiport a p^pibaii- ti teto tim'»a a* g-eril aa it m?w baa. without the development of any othif»etbatiatit»te flelda fur kiddy and• tpb'fatlon.til trie Attn K.Time wi.h when Nan Juan Cf.tltdy M^nfdeit the biblical «fiectacle of “th* atib* on a thoUHand li;lla.M With the I- flof of aetfb r« A'kl kgHeuHuf i*-ta tbi** aapect of the country baa cbatiged tint there ia attll plenty of g od money in Cattle fnf the Ct perb-i c**d breeder and buyer.Sheep can be rtiu at an egpenaa of about thirty cent* per head per annum Fifty per cent annual profit ha* been reabred in the abeep in dtiatfy.PhtPF oF Utito. t’nimprt fed land* aelf at from #10 to fifi p**t acr*\ luiptotcd I an da at ffotn |25 ♦« flUU Thia Itcldde^ water right In an Irrigation r gloto be wider right i* oFeu uf greater value than the landFlItftM.One acre of grapea, or 1JKJ2 tinea, will 3 bid about 12 T44 pouuda • f fruit . r 910 galli na of wkie fVarh Ht**a bear a full crop (I rve vt nfM ftom plHining. Farmiugtntican mIiow |»eiichen nine inches in cir curnferetice Wm grow nil tlie leading varieties of a| plea Fermlngton Apples are world fanout* I bey h ve I*eeh aohl j in (Miicago kh high u- |3 per but, or! ot* r $111« r Imtrei I lie crop of ‘97 w.snvet 15,b(iu tu Hi Hh. Our fruit crop him fewer lured etiedjio** tbato t 1imI of any oilier section.. A tr^ln b ad nf applea was shipped to Deh-V^r Hi I he fall of *97, hilvb d “Mllllohi• d apples and tu t H sihgle Woftto ** ipruduct for which the mil nf flan Juan county {* pre eminently auita hie It ff**ra grand pfoapeeta for the future, hut Ita development muat depend largely upon the gdfent of the “iron hitra***’—“a conaummefion devoutly to he wished1 and ahuflly to be realised We allude to the cul tivatioD o^tiie Oanaigre tuler whteh gfnfd Wild with «D great profusion In our county, luendable anil ai d undid proper cttltivat on, thia plant will yield fwenty Me* of gr- en can* aigre pe acre, or 6 69 i n« of drud 1 be green contalfta about fR per cent tannic acid and I- worth about flfi per ton. The dried eontalna about 18 per cent of tannic mid and ia worth at out fSfl per ton The cost of growing hart aling, slicing, dry ing and aacking baa been eeMmated at abnu* |5 per rre ttua leaving a profit of about f 195 per acre. The crop baa no in«ect enemlea and the demand for tanning ptirpnaca is greater ban the supply. Itr. AUlr ♦he manager of the Fanaigic ftedtic t{oto Worita at Iteming. New Mexico, is reported to have said flan Juan county was ►o sp-Hal-y adafde to the growth of this Huber, that If si *» only had a rsllroa l h* woubl remove his plant to thin pnb.t. otttFft nte«ntdtntea.The enSre wiaiern f'srl ♦ f the county la one vast coal field 1) i k-in l a Flata and flan Ju**h v**lt»*ya show teiba vnryltig from 0 •«* 40 feet of e'esr. hard, tre* burning, bitum Ibous rial Ttils csn be biugbt at the mlhes for 75 ceht* tu |1 per t- nFrom the limited extent of the ex*
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Farmington San Juan Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1899
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