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umner Review
VOL. 2 NO 14.
FORT SUMNER, (Sunnyside Post office), GUADALUPE COUNTY, N. M., OCTOBER 16, 1909-
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Urton Lake Project.
Santa Fe.-Nl M. Oct 12.-The
territorial Carey act board has
received the plans, plate and
.pec.neations oí tne urton uiKe
project jruw mu leciuiiiauuu
service, whicn ha3 abandoned its
rights to the project. The board
will soon advertise for the build
ing; of the resivoir which is to
reclaim 60,000 acres on the Pecos
south of Fort Sumner. The pro
ject may also give rise to an
interesting contest as A. A. Jones
of Las Vegas has filed on all the
available waters of the Pecos
and its tributaries north of Fort
Sumner.
A power plant to cost 200,000 1
and to develop 5,000 horse power chairman and W. II. Parker
on the Rio Hondo in Taos county, j was elected Secretary. The ob
has been approved by territorial : je(:t of said meeting being to
engineer Vernon L. Sullivan on take steps to institute a Town-
application of Charles Springer.
The application is for 9j second
feet and the clam will be 40 feet
high, 115 feet at the top and 30
feet at the bottom. Every avail
able power site in northern New
Mexico is being filed upon lately
by interests which seemed to be
allied and these filings presage
lapid development .in the near
future.
Govenor Curry has appointed
the following delegates to the
deep water ways convention at
New Orleans, OzL 33: Thomas
B. Catron, of Santa Fe, W. Flem
ing Jones, of Las Cruces, and
Francis Tracy Tobin of Fhiladel
l.hia. Ei Paso Herald.
The Urton Lake Project has
1 e jn turned over to the Carey
Act Board. There are three ap
plicants, all strong financially
sacking to enter into a contract
v.un tne toarq. to .pusn to com-1
'pfetkm this grail project- -There
la no doubt but that, the contract
will be let within a' few weeks.
The work will commence just as
f oon a3 possible thereafter. This j
will give Fort Sumner a boost
such as she has never had, espe
cially when you consider the con
struction c.f the Dam three miles
up the river at a cost of perhaps
half a million dollars and the
construction of the Cansl for
over three miles through a rough
country, all of the money will be
sppnt here. Then we still re
main at the head of this great
irrigation tract of land. Our
people are fast learning the value
of irrigation from observing our
present enterprise which has
done so much to build up our
country and see what impetus
the addition of seventy thousand
acres would give us. With the
commencement of' this work you
will see the busiest town in New
Mexico.
Since writing the above the
press of the Territory announce
that the contract for the Urton
Lake project has been awarded
to a company composed of Colo
rado, Utah and New Mexico par
ties, with Ex-Govenor Miguel A.
Otero as President of the com
pany and that active operatious
will commene at once.
Teacher's Monthly
Rep:
sort.
School District No. 20, for the
month ending Oct 1st, 1909.
enrollment:
Males,( 78
Females 85
Total 163
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE:
Males 62
Females" 73
Total 135
No. neither absent .nor tardy
No. of recitations daily
40
74
No. visits from school directors
JlASION "BLANCHARD, Pria;viri
Rules and By-Laws
Adopted by Mass Meeting
on Aug. 4th, 1S07.
Read Carefully and See What J
power3 lhe people Haye put
Into the Hands of the
Board of Control.
Whereas a massmeeting was
held by a number of citizen at
the building owned by Thomas
Fitzgibbon on the strip of ground
lying south of the Depot of the
Eastern Ry of N. M. which De
pot is known by the name of Fort
Sumner. In Guadalupe Co. N.
M. At which meeting the fol
lowing proceedings were had to
vvit. J, E. Pardue was elected
sjte on Government land.
A
Board of Control consisting of
five members was elected as fol-
lows; J. E. Pardne, Celestino
Sandoval, George Murphy, W.
H. Parker and J. S. Gordon.
Which Board was instucted to
prepare rules and regulations for
entering upon and occupying
said lands as a Townsite. Which
Board of Control herewith sub
mits the following rules and reg
ulations to wit:
I. Thi3 town shall be known
as '.The Depot Addition to Sun
nyside." II. There shall be elected an
nually on the first Monday in
August the successors to the pres
ent and future Boards of Control.
III. The Board of Control shall
have the management of the af
fairs of the "Depot Addition to
the town of Sunnyside first to
have the lands above mentioned
áarvfed off into blocks, lots,
streets and alleys and public
j plazas; to employ a surveyor to
0 saij W0T an( to compensate
him therefor.
IV. To settle all contests be
tween claimants to lots.
V. In order to justify any per
son in holding a lot he or she shall
apply first to the Recorder who
shall 'issue a certificate describing
said lots by number of lot and
Block, and must within three
days thereafter place a notice up
on said lot or lots stating his or
her name and when taken. And
further within thirty days after
said certificate shall make some
substancial improvements there
on. And within ninety days
erect a house not less than ten
by twelve feet, and in person oc
cupy one of his said lots.
VI. Any male person over the
age of eighteen years and any
female over the age of eighteen
years who are otherwiss compe
tent shall have the right to locate
two lot3, one for business and
one for residence. That said
townsite shall be laid out into
business and residence districts.
All persons locating iots shall se
lects his lots in said districts.
VII. Any person locating lots
shall pay to the Recorder the
sum of one dollar and fifty cents
for each lot so located, which
shall be applied as follows: Fifty
cents to be paid to the Recorder,
fifty cents to pay for surveying
and platting said Townsite and
fifty cent to be applied as a con
tingent fund, said recorder being
required to pay over said sums
as may be directed by the Board
of Control. That said Board of
Control shall appoint one of their
number Treasurer who shall re
ceive said Contingent fund and
place the same in a Bank which
said sum of money shall only be
.....
i paid out upon the check of tlu:
; Ohaincun of end JUoara ccuate
' signed by th.? Iíscod';r.
La Lande Letter.
(Omitted last week.)
We are closing the three weeks
revival services. The last ser
vice will be held Sunday the 10th.
During the meeting a score
have been converted or saneti-
fied and the Christian people
much built up. Revs. Bud Rob
inson, W. L. Rogers, J. S Collins,
and W. W. Hankes have clone
great service for the Master dur
ing the meeting. We have found
them men of God, strong preach
ers and good singers. As many
of the readers of this paper know
Bro. Bud Robinson preaches just
like no other man does, and we
are glad to say that he is a great
friend of and strong belever in
the future of our country. He
is investing here for himself and
his brother in law, and hopes
later to make this his home,
Bro. Rogers is also buying
property and hopes to file on a
claim in the near future and
move out. No one attending the
meeting will ever forget his glad
and joyous "Glory!" He has
endeared himself very much to
our people,
Brother Collins has been with
almost from the first day and his
earnest sermons and spiritual
songs" have been a source of
great blessings to scores of peo
ple. We pray God's richest
bassings upon him as he leaves
us next Monday. He also hopes
by another year to make this his
home, together with his father-in-law.
i
Brother Hankes, who had spent
six months in La Lande the first
part of the year, was given a jub
ilant reception,. wh3ti he cn:ae i
last Sunday night. His' muí.;
friends are glad again to sit un
der his most faithful and telling
ministry. Come and hear bin;
preach, and you will have no
causa to regret it. The work on
our buildings was delayed for
nearly three weeks for lack of
cement, but our car is in now
and our buildings ara rising
rapidy. ,
The school will open in . temo
rary buildings on Tuesday Oct.
12, and our patrons may send in
next week or as soon thereafter
as possiDie, ana in just a iewiweek n june 1 planted cauii
weeks our permanent buildings i flower on the same land and
will be completed,
meanwhile all will
able anyway.
and in the
be comfort-
Dressmaking at 1-2 Price.
Mrs. H. A. Weaver will take
orders for Ladies and Misses
Suits and will make to measure
at half price the next few days
to advertise her work. , First
door north of second-hand store
on Fourth street.
The New Church.
The plans for the new Church
have been received and mav be
inspected by all interested, es
pecially all who want to make
bids on any portion of the work.
Call at D. J. McCanne's office
and see them.
The specifications call for con
crete blocks; but bids are desir
ed on solid concrete as well.
R. B. Pate of Santa Rosa spent
the first of the week prospecting
our town with the view of locat
ing a bakery here.
VIII. The Recorder shall be
required to recordé the location
of all persons taking lots, in a
' w" bound b0ok a,Ml slia" 1V
j. U , 1Mr.AH .A.titinn uU.x.-t
10 UKAvn -i iiiimw
the receipt or money paid
Irrigation in Italy,
(6y Francis Ct'ntorbi, Graduate of
Agricultural School of Italy,)
Irrigation has been practiced
in Halv for over three centuries
and in spite of the poor quality
of the soil, so long cultivated, it
produces three and four
annually, all due to climate and!Know now 10 lKe nülu u
irrigation. The traveler in Italy 1 Problem. My success has been j
is at" once impressed with the ' ?hieved principally in growing 1
wonderful productivity of the ; truck crops.
soil and the fact that every inch The great principle underlying
of soil bears a growing plant. this de of farml"K hw. to :
T get moisture to our growing;
Irrigation. when rajn fa deficient
The object of irrigation is still ynere you have a retentive sub-'
un!omprehended in America. ao tbe j)roblem' is more easily
Th supply of water should be:goved A clay Bubaojl ia lhe
used to raise more than one crop i h t ancllor of d..v farmnfr.
and that is why irrigated land
Why irrigated landl
has an intrinsic value tnreo or j moi8lure, it retains it until liber
four times greater than "dry"ated by frequent tnag. The
lana, ine iarmer wno worKs:
irrigated ground should not con-, g that have the gubsoil neees.
sider himself a farmer in the or- sary t0 VQiain moisture and have
diiiary sense of the word but applicd the necessary meana of
rather a crop manufacturer. He;. to -owini, Prnus
has the water to supply moisture
when rain is needed with the ad-
ditional benefit of using it at the
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can be made very productive
when irrigated. In Italy I have
seen farmers working nothing
but sandy and rocky soil that
here would be ignored and rais
ing thereon almost any kind of
trees or vegetables.
The vineyards growing on the
slopes of Eatna, where the soil is
pure lava, the oranges growing i
in the province of Messina and j
Catania illustrate the fact that j
artificial water when used eon- j
servstively is much superior to
r iJ ii fri l Moín (ro n nrn mrtT Tin. .
laUlfll lain. wian;;.o ti l v ihj-
, . . . r , , ; ,
.vreve out on irrigaieu lacu. anu;
it ia so with, many other fruit3.
-
-,.i "Ewnaier vegetables mast Le
giwvn under irrigation. v
INTENSIVE CULTIVATION. '
To illustrate Italian, intensive
methods: During the month of
November I sowed Hórsebeans
(not known here) and about
February I put some black eyed
peas between the rows; in the
first week of May my Horsebeans
were ready for market, while the
Blackeyed peas were
vigorously through the
growing:
, ;
of the
j supplied by the
i Horsebean plant;
rcots
in the first
about June 15th the peas were !
marketed: on Auerust 15th I cut!
an enormous crop of cauliflower
and planted lettuce, radishes and
other vegetables replacing them
on September 15th with winter
cabbage. Thus making in all
five crops taken from one piece
of land. This was done while I
was in Agricultural School and
many gardens there were far
superior to mine. After leaving
school and going through the
country I learned that our little
test there such as I have describ
ed were mere play compared
with the actual results obtained
by real gardeners.
Intensive cultivation is a mere
matter of understanding how to
make use of every little piece of
land and my experience has
taught me that it pays much bet
ter to work a small piece, say
five or ten acres, and fill every
out-of-the-way corner with plant
life. The secret of the fabulous
yield obtained in Italy is simply
that land is scarce and each fam
ily must secure its living from a
very small tract. The smaller
the tract the more intensive will
be the cultivation. Intensive
cultivation works r. double ad
vantage to the farmer. The
rank growth of vegetation fértil-
' I . .1. M !1
; ze 8 Till improves I lit.: 5'-ii uiiiu
poor land becomes rich ard
solid
lif increase
j Truck and Field Crops.
! Iim lelN'eel in Dry Farnjinar bjnrnawB.lllet'D.l '
. !
' rhe 3ubJ ct of Ar fan P-,
! PcaS to a large number of our!
fanners in this southwest section
I ul ,ur Slaie- IjUi U10U" 1L "f
' . ! peals to many, few, apparently
""1";, , . ... .L-
VVVipn this subsoil has absorbed ;
the rcqu;rcd to develop-
ment K is my practice t0 keep
fllQ n!l1jnn!,ul7 a!i,.,.orl thus
keeping it mellow and lnauie.
j Thg stve of cultiva!:ion is known
M nr hi.,ket svs.
tern. This enables capillary at
traction to do its work.
HAS RESULTS TO SHOW
Last season we were deficient
12 inches of rain; again this sea
son we are, at present, behind
that. Still, by my method of
frequent cultivation. I have
now growing, and nearly matur
ed, Irish potatoes, peas, toma
toes, radishes, and about 5,000
cabbage plants, making good
growtn, soma or wine
which will be
- , ,. ,
i ill lii mü I Kr.i. ' ill hi. wtrtrKn.
al
though pur rainfall during the
last ' th ree or "Tatit rtsofthn -fcasl
been less tliah three inches.1
I In my truck patch all land un
j cropped, when possible, I keep
! plowed on the surface. Land al-
lowed to get hard on the surface
I will soon dry out and deteriorate.
Soil, to retain its vitality, re-
(page 8 column 5. )
iha hiimiriitv nnr! a iron hie
growth results from evaporated
vvaer "-at 1S wasted in
cultivation.
Fighting Fkost.
An uncle of mine has 550 or-
ange trees m one of the coolest
places in Italy where the water
J supply is very .limited. When
he set out his oranges his friends
ridiculed him but he stuck by his
belief that oranges could be
(grown there by the proper use of
the water and his grove has been
j a great success. During the
winter months he experienced
i heavy frosts and every morning
the trees were covered with frost.
About October he makes a bed
under the trees with matured
straw manure and during the
winter months, especially on
mornings of heavy frosts, he ir
rigated his grove just enough to
destroy the frost without irrigat-
ling the trees. The manure ab-
sorbs the water
and the water
draws the frost.
This method of
fighting frost has been success -
fully applied in cooler climates
than this and there can be little j
doubt but that the same method!
will aid materially in saving fruit
crops in the Pecos Valley. j
Comfarison. i
While the rrowinir Reason here
at Fort Sumner is a little shorter
than in that part of Italy that
I have described the intensive
m i hods there used can be appli-
d hove and there is not f.n inch
0f soil under the
, , ,
Foi'l LrU'nuor
will preduco
LaR31 Put Wi;'T.
a three H ten:
di"n'v.l iroi'.;
i each 3oa.-.w.
L0CALETTES
See Fariekscm's New line Dry
Goodg befure buyhg. Oiswhore.
I a 1 1? T 111- 1
M1SS Aaeuna jaramnw maue
viiit tn Ríinta Tina this week.
p. B. Steggs, of Banks, was
doing business here this week,
Any suit of Clothes in the house
at fw cagh at them
at Earkkfxm & &.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. McKinney
returned this week and are now
installed in their new residence.
We are sole agents for Chase
a suborns Celebrated Cortees.
u-v them Knripkoon Sr. Co.,
W. H. Harris, of Nacagodc-
nhuK TW hnct Keen here this
week and will go
into the real
estate business. t "
We want your Cash business
and will make prices to get it,
at Earickson & Co's.
Kemp Lumber Co. has just
ro
ceived a large consignment
of
Lincoln Paints, Kalsomine,
oa
and Roof Paints.
Victor Anaya says that lie wiB
not collect any more money a
the bow Catholic Church as lie
has turned the whoie matter over
to the Parish Priest
See Mrs. H. A. Coker before
buvinir your Fall Eat She car
ries all the latest and up-to-date
styles in Ladies and Children s
Hats, Caps and Notions.
Victor Anaya announces that
he will not make any more
..1.1 1 ' J .11 .. L.ik:. l.nlVm.
auoues uno lttu, as iic ujuuia wivj'
are liable to freeze. He will be
ready next spring to do all kiods
ot aaooe vvotk .......v --:-.:-
Earickson & Co. have just re
neivel a par iif Fancv ariil Stand
ard canned Vegatables, including
the Famous Richelieu Jama,
Mincemeat, and other items toa
numerous to mention.
Neis Curtis ha3 the frame up
for his new cottage, which when
completed, will be a credit to the
town. It is not known who will
occupy it, as you !ever can tell
what an old bachelor will do.
C. C. Henry has been appoint
ed United States Commissioner
for this district by Judjte Alford
W. Cooley, to succeed W. H.
Parker. This is a good selection
and will give general satisfaction.
J. E. Fowell has just completed
four miles of ditch on the pump
branch of the Fort Sumner Land
and Development Co. and has
taken a contract to extend the.
main canal three miles.
There is nothing better we know
of for all kidney troubles than
Pineules. These pills are really
excellent in cases of weak back
and backacke, pains in the neck
of the bladder, rheumatic pain
and kindred ailments, due to
weakened, disordered kidneys.
Sold by Sunnyside Drug Co. . ...
Uor Sale-120 acres of patented
land, within 5 miles of Fort
Sumner; living water; a choice
! Place for o dairy ranch; cheap
lur caj"- c w 'FooRi
WANTED: Pictures of Old
Fort Sumner. Anyone having or
knowing of pictures of Old Fort
Sumner will please communicate
with
L. C. VaxIIkckb
Have just received ear each
Wolfs Premium Flour, Corn - and
Chop, Potatoes and Onions, Can-
vnrl nAia .Cíl(T3í. A!ííTfo
11VVV VI"-V4,J,
Wiiitiriii'! !, Ohwj Hi"" and Fix
ture?, it will pay you u yuu
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