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The Fort Simmner Review
VOL 2-NO 15. FORT SUMNER, (Surinyslde Pot office), GUADALUPE COUNTY, N. M., OCTOBER 23, 1909. $1 A YEAR, CASH,
Urton Lake Project.
Fort Sumner to Have a G.eat
Irrigation Project in the
Near Future.
The Urton Lake Project, com
prising 71,000 acres, lying in the
Pecos Valley tributary to Fort
Sumner is to be commenced very
soon. A strong: company which
was recently organized has con
tracted with the Territorial Carey
Act Board to take the project
over and complete it
As is generally known, the
United States, through its agent,
W. M. Reed, appropriated the
waters of the Pecos river and its
tributaries in 1903, and segrega
ted about 100,000 acres of land
for the project, but, having other
projects under way, has never
had sufficient funds to justify
lh 5 Government in commencing
the construction.
During the last session of Con
g ess the Carey Act was extend
ed to Arizona and New Mexico,
and the last session cf the
Territorial Legislature passed
what is known as the Act Accept
ing the Carey Act and constitut
ing the Carey Act Board, com
posed of Govenor Cuiry, the
Land Commissioner and the Tr
ricorial Engineer, which Board
has had turned over to it all the
plats and surveys made by the
United States Government and
has let the contract to have the
dam and canal completed. The
work will evidently be commenc
ed as soon as they can possibly
get on the ground and ' assemble
raen and material.
This great enterprise will give
Fort Swr.iifr sroh a boom as she
. has n?ver had.KS the ííin for
diverting the water ... from the
Pecos river will le constructed
oí sona concrete, tnree nines
above town? at á cost of nearly
1,000,000 and three, miles of
heavy cutting and framing will
have to be done before the canal
reaches town at a very heavy
cost. After the canal reaches
Fort Sumner it will run through
comparitively level ground and
it will not cost so much per mile
The next work in importance
will be the construction of the
subsidary resevoirs on the Taiban
and Sibalo. The next heavy work
will be the Head-gate and outlet
for the main Urton Lake resevoir
which is a natural basin three
miles wide and seven miles long,
which is intended to hold a suffi
cient amount of water to irrigate
many thousand acres below the
rssevoir. A line of the canal
will run from the head-gate back
up the river almost to old Fort
Sumner; the Urton Lake being
240 feet higher than the Pecos
river at that point, thus allowing
the canal to run back up the
river. This will be the largest
enterprise of the kind in New
Mfcxco, and will only be exceeded
by the Elephant Butte on the Rio
Grande.
Taking soil and climate into
consideration will make it one of j
the most desirable irrigation pro
jects in the west, and another
great consideration is the fact of
it being on the A. T. &S. F. Ry.,
thus assuring us rhe best railway
facilities.
This project has been watched
with interest by thousands of
people who will not be slow to
rush in and try to get in on lhe
"ground floor."
'yCome and help 03 to build the
greatest town in the greatest
cojín
7 o i earth.
layer
Baylor,
of
Tnaidoi. Colo. . i.it at laat an.
nounced that tie .body, of Kitiand other expenses of the county?
Ca.s 'ti . T !: 'r" .v u rest in Maybe wo have invested too
peace in his tol'.ú) .tlaos. heavily in Ailing machines. .
A Letter.
Editor Fort Sumner Review:
I What has been done in the year
1 1909 in the cultivation of the soil
í has gone into history, and the
time nas arrived when every
practical farmer should make his
plans for the next season and not
wait until spring. An Allwise
Providence has arranged every
thing for man's benefit, but he
must take hold and assist nature
at the proper time. The air is
charged with such ingredients,
that plant life, to flourish prop
erly, must have cultivation, and
j here is where men must act his
part. Do your plowing in the
fall and early winter for iext
season's crop, keep the surface
of your plowed field loose and
mellow. This will attract the
nitrogen. The air we live in is
about 80 per cent nitrogen, which
is a great benefit to all plant life
and yet it is strange at this time
in history, so many men that call
themselves farmers take no ad
vantage of such blessings; that
is the reason we hear of the worn
out farms of New England and
the unproductive cotton-fields of
the South. To those who wait
until the last moment in spring,
and then rush out and turn up to
a hot dry sun, 30 or 40 acres be
fore he harrows, is doing himself
and family a great injustice, be
sides the country he lives in. '
I agree with Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson, when he says
the nitrogen in the air is worth
to the' farmers of the country,
millions of dollars annually if
they would but take advantage
of it. Soil treated, in the manner
jtuggested will require less mois
ture and retain it. nuich longer.
Ihe soil of the Fort Sumner val
ley 1s the most fr!able and easest
to gea t good seed bed than any
where I have lived. The past
season has fully demonstrated
that the soil of the valley is ca
pable of producing many paying
crops, and some of them even ex
cellent in quality. Some of the
products have made themselves
famous. ! Chief amongst this
number is the cantaloupe; pro
nounced by experts to be super
ior to the famous "Rocky Ford,"
and the "best they ever ate."
Then comes our Irish and sweet
potatoes;., the quality as good as
the best. Also our beets, toma
toes, and last but by far not the
least our celery, some of it tall
enough to. be sold by the foot.
To those contemplating plant
ing fruit trees, all the abovj men
tioned crops can be put in be
tween the rows for at least three
years. Your tsees occupy about
one-eighth of the land. An aare
of cantaloupes contains about
sixteen hundred hills. Six can
taloupes to the hill makes two
hundred crates per acre. Sweet
potatoes, seven thousand hills to
the acre. Irish potatoes, twelve
thousand hills per acre. You can
readily see what can be produced
fin an npro fff vnllov lnnrl An-
ther(J fa but ,ttle doubt but
it will produce the "big red ap
ple," peaches, pears, cherries
and grapes.
We have for a market all points
west of us to El Paso, and as we
are on the "Cut-off" of the great
Santa Fe system we can reach
all points east and help supply
the big demand for a first-class
cantaloupe.
R. C. NlSBET.
The returns of the Assesor of
Guadalupe County show $2,281,
018. Why are we not able to pay
our county officials . their salary
Serial! 010120 to 010130.
NOT COAL LAND.
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office, at Santa Fe, N. M.,
Oct. 18. 1909.
Notice is hereby given that R. P.
Ervien, Commissioner of Public Lands
of the Territory of New México, filed in
this office ort May 20, 1909, un;lr the
provisions of the Act of ("miltcs of
June 21, 1898, Indemnity Scion) i.ard
Selections, for the following desci
tracts of Land: I
List 694. Serial 010120. LoLf 1.21!
3, 4 sw of aw, se of aw, ne of se, nw of
e, sw of se, se of se Sec. 1. Lots 1, 2,
3, 4, ne of sw, nw of sw, sw of sw.
Sec. 2 T. 4n. R. 20 E. N.U.P.M. 643.12
acres.
List 695. Serial 010121. Se of sw,
Sec. 2, T. 4n., R 20 E., n.m.p.m. Neof
sw, Sec. 2, T. 4 N. , R. 21 E., N.M.P.M.
nw of sw, ne of se, nw of se Sec. 2.
Ne of sw, nw of sw, sw of sw, se of sw,
ne of se, nw of se, sw of se, se of se,
Sec. 3. Ne of sw, nw of sw, sw of sw,
Sec. 4, T. 4n., R. 21 E., n.m.p.M. 640
Acres.
List 696. Serial 010122. Se of sw,
ne of se, nw of se, sw of se, se of se,
ne of sw, nw of sw, sw of sw, se of sw,
ne of se, nw of se, sw of se, se of se,
Sec. 5. Ne of se, nw of se, se of se,
Sec. 6, T. 4 N., R. 21 E., N. It. P. H.
64o acres.
List 697. Serial 010123. Lot 6, Sec.
6. Sw of ne, sw of nw, se of nw. Sec.
8. Sw of ne, te of ne, sw of nw, se of
nw, ne of sw, nw of sw, sw of sw, se
of sw, ne of se, nw of se, aw of se, se
of se, Sec. 9, T. 4 R 21 E., N. M. r.
L. 599 acres.
' List 698. Serial 010124. Sw of ne,
se of nw, Sec 10. Ne of ne, nw of ne,
sw of ne, se of ne, ne of nw, ae of nw,
Sec 11. Ne of ne, nw of ne, sw of ne,
se of ne, ne of nw, nw of n w, sw of
nw, se of nw. See. 12, T. 4 N., R21 E.,
N. M. P. M. 640 acres.
List 699. Seilal 010125 Ne of ne,
nw of ne, sw of ne, se of ne, ne of nw,
nw of nw, sw of nw, se of nw, neof sw,
nw of sw, sw of sw, se of sw, ne of se,
nw of se, sw of se, se of se, Sec. 17,' T.
4 N., B 21 EC, K. al. Jf.v, 640 acref,
List 700. Serial 010126. Ne of ne,-
nwof ne, swofe, See. 19. Ne of nw,
nw of nw( se of nw, Sec, 20, T. 4 N.,
R. 21 E., M. m. p. m. Ne of sw, Lot 5,
se of sw, ne of ee, nw of se. Sec. 6, ne
of ne, sw of ne, se of ne, ne of nw, se
of nw, Ser:. 7, T. ,4 N R. 22 E.,
N. M. P. M. 557.01 acreB.
List 701. Serial 010127. Lots 1, 2,
Sec. 7, T. 4 N R. 22 E., Lota 2, 3, 4,
Sec. 2, Lots 1, 2, 3, Sec. 3, T. 4 N., U.
23 E., N. M. P. M. 316.47 acres.
List 70 Serial 010128. Lot 4, sw
of sw, se of sw, Sec. 3, Lota 1, 2, 3, 4,
Sec. 4. Lot 4, ne of sw, nw of sw,
Sec. 6, Lot 1. Sec. 6, T. 4 N. , R. 23 E.,
N. M. p. M. 358 61 acres.
List 703. Serial 010129. Lots 2, 3,
4, 5, ne of sw, ne of ne, nw of , Sec.
6. Ne of nw, nw of nw, Sor. 10. T. i
M., R. 3 E. Nc i f n', r.w of i.e. swot
ne, se of ne, no of si', nw of si1, sw of
se, Sec. 13, T. 5 N'., Ií. lí) H., n.m.p.m.
543.69 acres.
List 704. Serial 010130. So o: Fe,
Sec. 13, T. 5 N., R. 19 E., Ne of se,
nw of sp, sw of se, se of se, Sec. 1),
T. 5 N , R 20 E. Ne of ne, nw of ne,
sw of ne, se of ne, ne of nw, nw of nw,
sw of nw, se of nw, Sec. 15, T. 5 N.,
R. 20 E., N. M. P. M. 520 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly the lands described, are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the 23rd day of November, 1909.
Manuel R. Otero, Register.
Notice of the above will be published
in the Fort Sumner Review, published
at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, which I
hereby designate as the newspaper
published nearest the lands described.
Manuel R. Otero, Register.
15-15
Stop Listening.
Stop, look and listen! Coun
terfeit $500 bills are said to be in
circnlation. Mineral Wells In
dex. Been listening for more'n a
week, but nobody has tried to
pay his subscription with one of
'em yet Lakewood Progress.
- Still waiting, looking and lis
tening here too. Let's know
when you catch the hrst one,
please. Texico Trumpet.
Aw, come out of it! You'd all
drop dead with heart disease if
you heard a noise a $5UU
even if it was counterfeit.
bill,'
Valley Notes.
TomKenneyis now at home:
in a new house on his farm. ,
See Earickson 's New line Dry i
Goods before buying elsewhere,
J. H. Keeling has purchased!
trees for a ten acre orchard and
; e:.pects to plant in December
Dr. Win. Fitch has ordered week looking after his mercan- Store,
trees for his orchard and con- tile business. ,. B. Wilraoth, the painter ao
tracted for his farm house. j Children's underwear in all Werhanger. has just finish re
; Any suit of Clothes in the house styles and prices at Blankenship painting and papering theGarver
at cost for cash. Look at them & Co. residence,
at Earickson & Co. ; T llw, . .... The Review.
J. D. McCarty and Thomas !
Kenney have each purchased a.
team of horses from W. G. Mc '
Canne.
Dr. W. R. Franklin writes
that he and Ralph will plant 30:
eres of orchard this winter. j
I We are sole agents for Chase
Á Sanborns Celebrated Coffees,
try them Earickson & Co.
J. B. Wilmeth has ju3t finished
papering and painting the
Williamson cottage.
pred
laid
The water pipes are now
and are supplying water over ! neece-Iined underwer at Blank
most of the townsite of Fort j enshiy & Co's.
Sumner. Mrs. J. L. Lovelace of Albu-
Govener Curry has appointed
L. C. VanHecke as delegate to
the Dry Farming Congress, tobe
held at Billings, Mont., Oct 25
29. The election to determine
whether the Herd Law shall be
adopted in this, the 12th Precinct
wjll be held on November 6th,
1909, at the office of J. A. Per
kins, J. P.
, Semp LumberCo. has just re
ceived a large consignment " of
! eu a mle nisijrnineni oí
Lincoln Paints, Kalsomine, Oil
and Roof Paints. .
mu , ..
iiicie are iuur new nouses go-
ii:g up along Sum. er Ave ua t us
week besides the extension of
the telephone line.
Earickson & Co. have just re
ceived a car of Fancy and Stand
ard canned Vegatables, including
the Famous Richelieu Jams,
Mincemeat, and other items too
numerous to mention.
J. A. Northington has a hrge
pipe cutting and thieading ma
chine installed iu his shop and u
otherwise equipped tj do firs!.-i
class pkmjlng woik.
Mrs. Virginia Keys, daughter
of Lucían B. Maxwell of Land
Grant fame, who once owned the
old Fort Sumner Military reser
vation, is here visiting. Mrs.
Keys is a sister of Mrs. Manuel
Abreu and Mrs. P. M. Jaramillo.
There are now over 180 pupils
in our schools. Our teachers are
doing their best; but can not do
justice to their pupils nor them
selves until we have better schcoi
rooms. We need another room
! and another teacher at once.
John Kinney was here with
another party of Rockford, Ills.
people this week. Mr. Kenny is
becoming more enthusiastic ev
ery visit he makes. He says his
family crowd will plant 300 acres
of orchard duriug the winter and
spring, and that another year
will make a wonderful transfor
mation in this valley.
William Loomis was among
those who purchased land last
week. Mr. Loomis says some
people get pleasure out of a
$3,000 automobile; but he thinks
he can get more out of building
an ideal gentleman's home in a
climate like ours and spending
six months in the year watching
nnnlfsi nonr-hpa nnH o-ranes crow.
Md the othej. Bx months telUn.
people back east what a lot
enjoyment they are missing.
of i
,
Personal.
D. J. McCanne returned Friday
from a business trip to Artcsia.
Miss Carrie Bullock was visit -
ing friends here Wednesday,
Mrs. M. A. Rooney has been
underthe doctor's care this week,
R. RlanlifiTishin is town this
Tommie, the "six foot baby"
of Mr. and Mm D. Hoodenpyle
arrived from Texico Friday to;
visit his parents.
A Ladips Circlo nf the VV O
;W. was inaugurated on Thursday
the 24th inst., with Miss Adalina
Jaramillo, Guardian, and Mrs. S.
Katz clerk-
Mrs. Belle Hixon visited rela-
tives and friends here this week
j and started Thursday for Califor
nia where they will make their
future home.
The finest line of woolen and
! Quer;u-?, after visiting her
husband and son, Dr. W.
K.
Lovelace, for several days
turned home Wednesday.
Fred Miller, Auditor for Kemp
Lumber Company is in town this
week.
Howard C. Hunt oí Den ver and
G. W. Berger of Beloit, Wis.,
are hre this week in the interest
of the Fairbanks-Morse Co.
Everybody who 'has phone- Is
clamoring tor telephone connec-
j tion with the depot We all have
I more business with the railwav
: ,;fk
i im jvuv ui
i aftd it would make the people
' who pay the freight feel better
if the railway company would
show a disposition to accomodate
the public
Miss Bessie Wisdom, who is
leaching the public schoal at
Alamo, was in town last Satur
day and while here contracted
j with A. A. Wells to build a house
on her lots.
E. E. MahafTey was in town
this week trading witn our mer-
chants. He has just returned
from a trip through western
Texas and says that crops are
about as good here as in Texas.
The engagement is announced
of Miss Felicita Swabecher and
Enrique Sandoval, popular and
well known young people of our
town. The wedding will take
next month.
Ste the best s ock of dress
goods, ladies coats and skir.s at
Blankenship's.
Vaughn, s ;venty-two miles
west of us and 2,000 feet higher
had a snow and sleet storm on
Tuesday. This illustrates the
difference in altitude.
Fort Sumner where you can enjoy
the finest weather on earth
L. M,
Disney came in Wednes-'
day from a western trip in which
he spent several days at Santa
Fe. He says that work will
commence very soon on the Ur
ton Lake project Engineers are
expected to arrive within a few
days to begin preliminary work.
This will set the ball to rolling
and things are sure to move from
here on. Mrs. Disney and chil
dren are with Mr. Disney on this
trip and will inspect the irrigated
valley before leaving for their
home.
way not sena a copy
the Rerview back home?
L0CALETTES
j We want your Cash business
and will make prices to et it,
Earickson & Co's.
j A fine line of clothing, cheap
for cash at Blankenship & Co'e
One Year
j
One Dollar.
N. Madrid has received an
installed three fine billard anJ
!p1 tables this week in his new
establishment and is expecting
three more tables next week.
The best and most up-to-date
line of men's and boys hats 'ever
brought to Guadalupe County at
Blankenship's.
W. E. Chapman, who lives tea
miles north of town, says that
he and his neighbor will market
abaut six tuns of broom coin this
season and that he intends to
plant only broom corn next year.
The most complete assortment
of woolen over-shirts at Blank
enship and Co's.
By far the handsomest billiard
table in these parts was installed
last week in the Palace and as a
consequence the devotees of the
I game keep it busy.
O. B.
Earickson, F. A. Manza
nares, Henry Reinhardt ÍJeis
Curtis and Thomas . Fitzgibbon
returned the first ef the week
from Albuquerpue Where the
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.
Cor Sale 120 acres of patented
land, within 5 miles of Fort
Sumner; living water; a choice
place for a dairy ranch; cheap -for
cash.
C. W. Foor.
WANTED: Pictures of Old
Fort Sumner. Anyone having or
knowing of pictures of Old Fort
Sumner will please communicate
with
L. C. VanHecke
Have just received a car each '
Wolfs Premium Flour, Corn and
Chop, Potatoes and Onions, Can
ned Goods, Sugar, Alfalfa,
Windmills, Casing pipe and Fix
tures. It will pay you to get you
to our prices before buying else
where. Earickson & Co.
A. B. Harris and A. P. Anaya
returned on Sunday morning's
train from El Paso, where they
witnessed the meeting of Presi-
rlúnto Toff on) PIÍq7 ( nv of laoaf
Come tothey caim tQ haVg but aU
Brown has to show as a suvenier
of that historical event is a limp
from some badly trampled corns,
i while Paco driv' in covered with
I glory and a medal that looks as
big as a four-bit dish pan. Now.
who wins?
Edgar B. Lovelace is rapidly im
proving his place, 2 1-2 miles
north of town, and it's safe bet
that for the lanjta of tine he's
been on it, he has more improve
ments than any one else around
here can show. The place is cll "
fenced, a fine four-r o.n jabilor.i
cottage, a fino well, with' au'
1 abundance of real wet wster.
,and Friday e caught him in th
net of cscoiirtitijr a brand neir
i wind mill hh'm.