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of ItH cull In* Seetl I III* A!p- of N 'till America, llio gie.it an I lUHgi.iU.-idil \Lit I’ihIhh. their craggy peaks itlm perpeiM*! auoi* capped aiimtiois reach far up In tb« ch.ud* - What a picture for an artist.A ml here in the gnlctie*, mountain aide* ami summit* we tlnd the great big generous kiiiil hearted minor anlt;t prospector diving in ami digging or.t rich tellurium and rtilorido of gold. We wish to state bore fbal ttn atamt ditide I only on olio Itnue and tbat is some of us i.re not gold bug* and yol all of us are willing to lake ibo nasty tlltliy siutlso long a-Hilly J. Hr; an cannot got ibe free coinage of a Ivor. Wo wt*h to dwell a little farilier ami make a few mow reuiMrk* concerning I' o yfeaetit and fin nre of tbe f, i I'IhIhh from Ibe fact tbat we in Kan .loan comity are wholly dependent on ibe milliog re aoiurea of ibe con .try Fr a market for ollr product*. Me make the pre dipimn that tbe time is not far distant when we aball nee In ibe La 1‘lalaa a second tnpple I'reek. in fart the original I'ripplo L're.-k will fall into iio-igiiilii'iiope Hi P«i«l|iarn*otl with what pin aul will Im acroittp Itahed ttl the l.t Plata III .iltilaltieAt Flora Vie'a we phu grow any kind of fruit that ran be produced it. tbe teiupeiate t me We have tbe finest Vegetables the biggest baV crops an t the bear .pi ility of wheat corn and oata tbvt c m be T mud any where. Kl.-ra Wat* i# not a rival town, ami b t me -ay to yon, gentle men of Artec and Farmington while }•(« areij iSfreliog and disputing a* to the fmore greatneaa of yoitr re apective burgn that we do not wish to discourage y- n in ttie m igic growth of eith-r plao *. but we regret exceedingly to *ay tbat both of yon are itnated t ■ far away from Flora V -t* l • lie much of gteat C m tnerri d nupoilance ilk' t ti.Cigo . rN.w V rk.ll.lt in all ‘II to I • l ie gen'len * n h t na tot a-ide ab petty feeling* to ward otb I an I put oilr ahoUldera to the * i—i end »d pna'i f r the beat tub-reala of San Jitan .•eitniyLet Us -ay to th« pe iple who we *tp*ci and who we have mvved to com* among rta to get home*, that we have g.Kal acho. ia and all th«er man lie agricultural resotirr.s. !lint the county at l*rge line about | 175(UK) news avail ilde f,,r irr gation. | with water enough for a mi Hon arrea. Yet i'a Intel fv pllla'I .h does led efpeid 4 500 aiillla. ami it I- aalil ibat 00 per penf of itn irrigable land* are yet unoccupied jMen who have apent the greater j pat I of their live a In Ibe West declare ' tbal Fnrmingion ia the too I In me [ like ap.it they bkVeaein in all lb.0 wandering*.(tlMAIkthe cHtttst* ia IV*iirpA“-ed 11 a ccrative it Ifueiice in all cs«e* of ptil j in nary alb'c bm ia abeaied by ibe. aiim*er of r bltat ViVid da Who tread otlr alreela. There are nt mote than iweniy five or thirty ; cloudy elaya lu the whole year, and of these a day when ibe aim waa wholly unseen would be regarded aa' remarkable. The wit tera are* open. I while during the hotteet period of attnmn r. the nigbta are p. ol and pleisant. N stronger proof of th*-aalitbriiy of our climate could be ad duped than Ibe fart tbat although Farmington, lik oiler place* wna, via.led by la grippe diving tbe ph*t winter, the d aeaae left n trail of I dea*h behind i aa eUcwli. re, tb ngb few. indeed, whether jo.nng. old. -trong or delicate, escaped itaclntche*wrfeMC Attilrttosi.Mountain scenery without the fa- j t'gne ..f mountain climbing; the! hr ait. brv. *y nv was: the wile, or - , chard a rewn vdiet* and meander-, mg a'reama of tvev-r fadmg water-, these aw not the leaat of Farming- j lon’a attraction* for tlmae aeekmgj heabh and rent, and these altiadi I a . are gr« ady • nbatn i d by the accca-i j bihtv of all points to horwa or ve hide*.Not the lea*t of the attraction* of ] hi* section. to pe*m.n-nt Wstdei t a* well as occasional v ait or, ia the strange meeting of ctvrittatt u * The blanketed Indian, now arnding and peaci.fn1, walk* onr street* in hi*; ■ tr*rw trapping*. And all around n* aw the atrangw ruin* and wlicaof that pwhiatoric race wbeae early and remarkable civiliratinn waaauddenly arteated by the hand of war lt;r c*ta-ety*m of namw. The antiquarian and the wbc hunter, may here findi'ear tieca be r a* early ai two ye r* from pb n lug Flum treea in fr.on three to the year*. Qnltcea lifter ai* yeara.All VHrieiie* . f nnla I. digenon* tn He Utided Sidles can hcgloWtl here.t'tierry r.ia b. Hr mi abtmdniill.t that, under ixia iug CotdltloOa of trHnapirtdi n. they are a drug on the market. Wiib the advettl ..f a railtod'l they will b. cotne a profitable -ettlce of revenue.ftnr • r. Imrd- often relttrn a profit of from fiikit.. fre O per acra Atiitti t i.n iiP: t he anil h a loose, aimdy foam !t* prndm-iivpttc* tit der Irrigation may be e-Hmaied t\ m the following facia;Uniii- der proper cultivation, yb Id MU bushel* to the acre, ami are w. Hit abotl* |1 par bttabel IVl-ry An acre will wall re ffilltt Sweet |*oia*ilea - Oiieacw prop* rty citltivned will produce a* much value aa eighty ncreaof Kanaaa or Nebraska corn.Sugar ft....!* Our aoil atd climate are especially suitable forth*growth of sugar beets, which require bright annhght and a drv •dmoaphew. The average yield ia when* fifteen ton* to * lie acre A (on make* uattally abiint 111 per cent of sugar, or Aid pound*. Tbe price, at mark**. I* t4 per ton f,,r beets containing 14 per cent of sugar and 25 cent* per ton etlr* for each 1 p. r peht over that. Rruerl-meni* in San .loan county ahow a ield of 2lt;t per cent of attgar. Where thew aw beet sugar mill* the ttttlp ia f. nud to lie a great milk producing food for cow*, and it ia fttilhsr valu aide for fattet.ing cattleH y - Albdfa furnhhe* three cut ting* of hay annually, producing from four to *'t ton* per at-r*.LVwata-Ha |ey.3t to tW bushel* per acre five. 15 to 9(1 tiUah‘1* per acw t rn. 25 to Sti bu«het* peracre W heat. W to 40 bushel* peracre Oats. Tit to BObUshel* peracw.P. uitry - All kind* thnw with the minimum . f caw H c.ey - May Is* ppodttced Itt V**t quantity Tb« bee Weed (Oleom*) gtowa wild in great ppiruaioU. while the orchards and alfelf* fields fiir nish abut d*ut material for the hew. Thew t» one branch lt;*t agriculturalp|ora*|-m already made we aw **H* Bed tlidt Hi* vicftilfr ar. itnd Farm Itigto.i la nnd rb yed wilb vs*t well* of natural g*a and therefore, presumably, p ml nil.The fit .*»* kaoll (lt;r unHcr’* cln | cthta tn immohan h d;ea ne*s it* *nrl all other grade* of p. Here cl«y-may be fntv d in the immodiaip nelgt-horhoodTie genlopictd f rmidlott of the district I* the carbonifer.iu* period and it-dlc i| .i * pob t to the ei;a* ence of alt th” mlm rwl ream re a found win re these formation* crop out.The time must atir ly c m* when, with her imihnneihle *nppti* of coal h^r vast water supply and the unquestioned »ttis|enfee of nature! gne. Fsrmlt'gton will I alb* center of a great manufacturing district Kven el tbe preai i t time there la tdnmd*-»a op • ami«f .vorsble opeu lug for the estsbHalim*iit of tan-u» rlea. If ntring mill*, heel angar mid*. vap. rntotw ahd cauueriea.Th- growth ot Fhrmington and of Man Jnnh cotmly gener»lty haa Iwcn warded by the long t eriod of Bnan-cinf depresa'Ott through wbi h th* Lnimd State- h»a been pHsetng anlt;t fr. m which they aw now emerg ng When these troiihlea came upon u* Hie building of one Ol 111' re line* ot railroad through ihias ction wa* ati almo*t a*suwlt;t fact. With the renewed confidence that i* now arising in finai cial citelca the attention ol r*ilr* ad men i« once mor* attracied to Man .fnan connly. W* awln cor etant ice.-lpt of et qnirie* an*l of a* surancca of apee.ly action, and when the railroad* come, the probabtlitiea aw atrong tha- F-rm.ng on will b» on the nuin line of transcontinental trawl.Thi* article ia not published in the I interval of any trnat, syndicate or Sn-’ dividual We want good, wliable, I wspoilsib).. cltireUa sttd aetilert; AI d i *e want capital to S. veatigate and develop our wa urc- a. ft require* I only capital, energy and determina-! tio» to piiBti Farmington to the veryIf. wfroht of western advancement. Tbe w*onrcea *w all h-w.For further tnflt; rn. »tnm. a.ldwas-, Ida* sacastvat. Farmington Itcard of trade.Farmington. N M.
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Farmington San Juan Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Fri, Apr 28, 1899
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