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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907.
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN.
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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.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Office: Sena Block, Palao Avenue.
WILLIAM H. H. LLEWELLYN,
Attorney at Law.
Laa Cruces, Now Mexico.
United States District Attorney.
A. W. POLLARD,
Attorney at Law.
District Attorney, Luna County.
Deming New Mexico.
EDWARD C. WADE,
Attorney at Law.
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