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PAGE TWO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907. SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN. THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. VAX. FROST, Editor. JOHN K. 8TAUFFER, Sec'y-Tress. EDWIN F. COARD, City Editor. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Santa Fe Postofflce RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. aliy, per week, by carrier J .20 foaily, per month, by carrier 75 Dally, per month, by mail C5 aily, per year, by mail 7.00 Dally, six months, by mail 8.76 Weekly, per year 2.00 Weekly, six months , . 1.00 Weekly, per quarter 75 OFFICIAL PAPER 0 F SANTA FE COUNTY. The New Mexican ia the oldest n ewspaper In New Mexico. It Is sent to every postofflce in the Territory, and has a large and growing circulation among the intelligent and progresslv e people of the Southwest THE CREDIT BELONGS TO "BULL" ANDREWS. Five years ago there wag not a railroad, there was not a bank, there was not a newspaper, there was not a big town In the Estancia Valley, and what Is now Torrance county. Presto change! There appeared up on the scene a man by the name of William H. Andrews of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania an imortant memuer, If you please, of the Matthew Quay political machine a man who has held Important office by election by the people In his native state, and who for many years had served the people well in various offices In which he was placed by their votes. This man conceived the idea of construct ing the Santa Fe Central Railway from Santa Fe to a connection with what is now the El Paso and South western Railway. He interested Pitts burg capitalists in the movement. The money was raised and the road built. It is 116 miles long, In active operation and cost over $2,000,000, capital which this man's effort brought to Now Mexico for Invest ment. Not even the man's most vin dictive, venomous and unscrupulous roomies as for instance, the tax dodg Albuquerque Morning Journal or the Roswell Democrats, dare e that he benefited personally in mproper or dishonest manner In transaction. To be sure they e him with various crimes and meanors before he came to New o but not an iota of these charg es been proven to the satisfac tion of decent and fair minded men. In court proceedings In which they claim that this man Andrews was In terested speedy acquittal of the men with whom he was charged to have operated was the result. Yet this man is abused and libelled by these po litical cuckoos and taxdodgers because forsooth, he would not aid them in their tax dodging schemes. In spite of this he is doing hi3 utmost almost daily to aid the city In which the ma jor portion of this despicable gang lives and has done and is doing more for it in obtaining governmental fav ors than all the delegates from New Mexico have done from the date of its admission as a territory to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Now look at the change in the Estancia Valley. Owing to this man's efforts princi pally the new county of Torrance was organized. It Is increasing steadily in population, in prosperity and In taxable wealth. Its financial condi tion is not what It should be, but that is no fault of "Bull Andrews." Had he his way mattors would be different. It is estimated that the county today has between 5,000 and 6,000 people, many of whom are substantial, hard working farmers and live stock rais ers when five years ago it had not a population of over 1,000. Pros perous and growing towns have been founded. Estancia, Morlarty, Mcin tosh and Willard are the leading ones and from each town comes the glad tale of well doing and well being. Banks have been opened and are do ing business at Estancia and Willard. Large wholesale, retail and mercan tile firms have been established. Set tlers have arrived by the hundreds and have made homestead and desert land entries in good faith and with the fixed determination to become permanent residents. , The taxable value of the section which five years ago did not amount to $50,000 this year exclusive of the 100 miles of railroads within its borders amounts to $571,471. Church es and schools are now notable where six years ago there were a ow sheep ranches and where prairie logs and jack rabbits Interspersed with a few rattlesnakes held sway. ' Last but not least, by the first of next tnonth, four weekly newspapers will be published In that section, two of Estancia, the county seat, one at Morlarty and the most recent arrival the -Record at Willard. The school census for the present year shows 1,846 persons of school age and eighteen schools in operation. Six years ago If there was a public school In operation it was mostly on paper. The farmers of the county last year made the best exhibit of agricultural products at the territorial fair. It has been demonstrated that Innh po tatoes' of superior quality and the best of sugar bets can be raised there without irrigation and in large quan tities. "Bull Andrews' " enemies may talk about him all they want to and lie about him all they choose to". Had it not been for the project w.ch ha conceived and for which he ob tained the money and brought to New Mexico, there are nineteeen chances to one that the territory embraced In Torrance county, while It would have been improved Bomewhat . in unison with the rest of New Mexico, would today be still a simple sheep range and a cattle domain. During the past year up to date over 1,000 homestead entries have been made by hardy, self-reliant, en ergetic farmers in the county. Credit where credit Is due. TRADING WITH EL PASO. Towns on the El Paso and South western Railway as far north as San ta Rostt and on the Santa Fe Railway system as far norm as ban Marcial are evidently business tributaries to El Paso and the Pass City makes a good thing out of their trade. Under present circumstances concerning freight rates on the roads named this can not be helped and as much of the food stuffs consumed In that portion of southern New Mexico named must be Imported why not from El Paso when prices and freight rates are favorable? El Paso merchants spend some money In New Mexico. Chicago, St. Louis and New York merchants spend very little compare tively speaking and take very little interest in the Sunshine Territory. On the other hand El Paso merchants and business men have some regard for New Mexico and help it along quite often. After all It seems best that southern New Mexico's trade should go to El Paso until such time as New Mexico can have a city which can supply the trade and cope with the large eastern cities for mercan tile supremacy. LOS COMANCHES. Much interest is manifested in the early literatures of all peoples. The nations that are possessed of liter ary survivals that signalize the be ginning of a national literature are fortunate. Such work3 are seldom a finished' literary product and would scarcely pas3 muster In the editorial office of a modern magazine but they are cherished nevertheless and proud the nation that has an Iliad, a Nibe lungen Lied or a Kalevala. Isolated practically from all the world, early New Mexico also had a literature of its own. Charles F. Lummis and others have done splen did work in gathering folksongs that had their origin a hundred, two hun dred and almost three hundred years ago. Crude though they are, they em body the spirit that conquered in hospitable circumstances aud laid the foundations for the present day com monwealth. New Mexico has its epics too, Los Comanches and the Pastores being examples, although the former written about 1780, is the most pure ly New Mexican, built upon New Mexico legend and history and ex pressed in the idiom that grew up as part of the language of the mother country after It was transplanted to America. As far as known, only one manuscript of this epic Is In existence, and this is in the possession of Hon. Amado Chaves of this city and tem porarily residing at present at Albu querque. It has been put In print by the University of New Mexico as one of its quarterly bulletins. Preceding It is a critical study of this epic by Professor Aurello M. Espinosa, who is doing Invaluable work In preserv ing for posterity the earlier litera ture of New Mexico and who has writ ten a critical preface to the epic, or rather, heroic play. The historical In troduction briefly reviewing what Is known of the Comanche Indians and their frequent Incursions Into New Mexico is of Intense interest and should be part of the supplementary reading in every New Mexico gram mar and high school. The subject matter of the play re lates to the two victories over the Coinanchos won in 1777 on the Staked Plains and the other north east of Santa Fe In 1779. The former is described in a pamphlet by Amado Chaves printed by the New Mexico Historical Society, Professor Espino sa maintaining, however, that the battle was fought In 1777 and not 1717, the date given by Mr. Chaves. The footnotes and explanatory notes as well as the bibliographic references by the editor, Professor Espinosa, are especially valuable to the student of New Mexico Spanish and New Mexi co's literature. The play in itself is not long, only 515 lines, but is com paratively well written. The charac ters are few and the dialogue rather strained, but, the play has remained a favorite among the native people, and Professor Espinosa says that there are few of these over fifty years, who cannot recite some verses from Los Comanches. The manuscript of Mr. Chaves from which the play is reprinted, was written between 1840 and 1850, by the copyist, J. J. Vigil, who vouches for the exactness of the reproduction. The publication of this play, and the further fact, that some of the not able localities of the Comanche war fare are easily identified, like that of the great meeting ground between the Comanches and the Santa Fe authori ties, near Vega Blanca on the Santa Fe Central Railway, emphasizes the fact that New Mexico is indeed a land of romance and truly historic ground, a commonwealth whose many thrilling events can furnish the material for a score of great epics. THE NEXT IRRIGATION CONGRESS The people of Las Cruces and of the Mesilla Valley have subscribed $3,500 toward the expenses c the National Irrigation Congress which will meet next year in Albuquerque. That is business and first class busi ness at that. At that rate there will not only be no difficulty in securing sufficient funds but there will be more than enough money gotten together than will be necessary for the credit able maintenance and support of the Congress and there will be money left unexpended. There is no doubt that many other sections in the Sunshine Territory greatly interested In irriga tion affairs will follow suit. The af fair has been considered a territorial one and has lost its local aspect and that is the way it ought to be con sidered. Governor Curry can be just ly credited with having started the territorial movement in favor of mak ing the holding of the Congress a memorable and great territorial affair. The Republicans of New Mexico will elect six delegates to the Republi can national convention to be held in Chicago in June next. The New Mexican believes these delegates will be admitted to all the rights and priv ileges of regularly elected delegates of the states. This has been the cus tom for the past twelve years and certainly the experiment is worth try ing again for the fourth time. Knock ers and pessimists may be doubtful, but knockers and pessimists never won in any fight and never will. If the Republicans of the territory must fight to obtain six delegates in the Republican national convention they will do so. As in the statehood fight there is no chance to lose but there is much chance to gain advantage and prestige. The statehood situation in the na tional capital at present is rather quiet and will remain bo until the reas sembling of the Congress after the hoi.aays. Then the statehood fight must be commenced again and must be carried on by the thousands of New Mexico statehood advocates if it takes all winter and all summer. There must be no let up. A canvass of both Houses of the Sixtieth Congress shows a majority in favor of the pass age of an enabling act for the ter ritory of New Mexico and the princi pal work necessary will consist in getting the Andrews statehood bill up for action and a vote. If it passes either House the chances for passage in the other are excellent. Conditions in the Peco3 Valley are reported most favorable. The great est area ever under cultivation will be placed under the plow and . under water for Irrigation during the com ing spring. Alfalfa which sells stead ily and readily at good figures will be ono of the leading crops and as it is a very sure one the outlook despite the recent financial depression is of the very best. Immigration Is stead ily increasing and it is of the right kind. Most of the new comers are fairly well off and are investing heavily in agricultural lands. The census of 1910 will show a great state of progress and prosperity in south eastern New Mexico. This government 13 growing. The cost of the publication of the Blue Book containing the names of all fed eral officials in 1863 amounted to $3,681. For the year 1907 the figures will be above $70,000. Special agents and special assistants to the attorney general evidently come high. The financial situation is much easier and the indications point that as soon as the holidays are over it will have settled to normal and fav orable conditions, although the harm done by It within the last three months will be felt more or less for some time to come. Governor Curry has granted a re prieve to the two convicts at Deming who were to have been hanged there yesterday in accordance with sent ences Imposed by the district court of Luna county after due trial and con viction. There will be no undue criti cism on Governor Curry's action. The people of New Mexico are not blood thirsty and are perfectly willing that all the circumstances connected with the cam should be carefully and thoroughly investigated by the execu-ti'te. The Columbia (South Carolina) Record is evidently hard up. In one of its recent editorials it exclaimed: "Oh, for a sight of money once more." The editor should come to New Mexi co and visit the various National and Territorial banks. He would see lots of it. Denver is jubilant because next year's Democratic national convention will be held within its limits. The Den verltes know that there will be a great deal of money spent there, especially for "meat and drink" and the largest part of It for the latter. PROFESSIONAL CARDS atWieWaTlTw: max. frost, Attorney at Law. Santa Fe New Mexico a W. PRICH .iD, Attorney and Counselor at Law. 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