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The Fort Sumñer Review. I
i M. R. BAKER Editor and Propietor.
i ?.U?.I'I,SHE.D E.VKUY SATURDAY AT FORT SUMNER N ií.
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Land to Lease
Several of our prominet busi
ness men have put their premises
in good sanitary condition; it is
commended by all and strong
hopes are entertained that others
may follow the good example.
There ara many who would fol
low suit if they would stop to
count the ccst to them of a prob
able case of typhoid fever should
attack one' of their family or
t.lemselves.
The Foit Sumner Commercial
Club now numbers among its
members thirty-two business
men. There are few communi
ties where a commercial organiz
ation has snch complete support
arid the fact speaks well for the
spirit of harmony and cooperation
that has so completely replaced
the old antagonisms that once
were rife in our midst. J
'It is to be deplored that the
few who remain out in the cold
and sneer at our commercial club
and its activit es are eld tirr.eri
tvsry new comer becomes im
mediately an active member.
The La Lande Leader has
reached this office.
' It is r.ither sm 11 in size
but makes gf.od in the number
of jts editors and proprietors. It
has no politics Or religion and
announces its purpose to boost
La Lande which appears to be a
very narrow basis upon which to
bui d a great newspaper. . It is
evidently democratic or it would
havj ground in the first line that
it would be republican in politics.
We suppose it is built tn the
publication pie order, and trying
to slip up on the "Notices for
Publication." As it announces
its purpose to boost La Ladde w e
suppose the "business men" of
the town will rot stand by and
see it die for want of nourish
ment. But as you promise to be
a booster we extend the frat2r
nal hand.
There are several wells on the
Truchas that would furnish wat
er to irrigate forty acres of land
and the water would only have
to be lifted from 12 to 25 feet
Then comes the Aniel with like
conditions, next comes the Ala
mbgordo creek to enter into the
Pecos about 18 miles north west
of town. This is one of the most
promising propositions as there
are hundreds of acres on the
Alamogordo that can be out un
der irrigation at a nominal cost.
Again, there is an inexhausti
ble underflow in the Perns va'lov
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proper, meaning along the river,
in what might be termed the
"first bottom" where water can
be had anywhere at a shallow
depth. This system of irrigation
is glowing rapidly and it will be
but a short time until the known
shallow water belts will be occu
pied.. We will have, prosperous
communities spring up all over
tie country and manv Drosoer-
ous homes will be built, thus ad
ding to our material wealth from
a source that has not been here
tofore seriously considered by
our people.
Irrigated
J. L. MAXWELL.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods and Furnishings
RICARDO, : : : NEW MEXICO.
"Right Goods at tlie Right Price."
Also a BRANCH HOUSE at GUADALUPE, N. M.
I have good farms under the ditch to
lease to responsible farmers on good terms.
You're sure of a crop under irrigation.
You can make enough to buy your own
ten acres next year.
L. C. VanHecke.
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Communication.
Educational Conditions
and Needs.
Fy Jas. W. Mullens.
Educational conditions in New
Mexico have improved so much
past ten years that.
The thing that is to bring more
material wealth and furnish
more homes than any other one
thing is the irrigation by private
pumi ing plants. There is doubt
less more land that can be suc
cessfully irrigated from the
shallow water in the territory
than can be placed under irriga
tion from the flowing streams.
Some of these great shallow wat
er tracts have ' been touched
slightly, the last one of these to
come to notice is the Portales
shallow water belt, comprising
thousands of acres with an abun
dant supply of water at from 12
to 35 feet from the surface. They
have already a contract for the
construction of a central power
plant which will supply several
ii . i
j inousana acres and are now
reaching out for a second and
third. This will give them irr'
gation as cheap y as they can get
under the regular canal system
where river water is used. But
the thing that is to make the !
territory famous is the number
of places where, sav from fortv
to one hundred acres can be put
under irrigation by private part
ies with gasoline pumping plants
and the party have the benefit of
a large open range around that
can be utilized by range stock in
conjunction with the farm. Es
pecially is thistrueof this county,
from Fort Sumner north such
conditions exist First we have
the Truchas, emptying into the
Pecos here, anrj which has an
abundant underflow capable of
irrigating hundreds of acres.
in the past ten vears that tn
those familiar with the old meth
ods, it would seem all we have
to do now' is to rest on our oars
and let the situation solve itself.
But, education, unlike reform,
does not work by spells it must
be a steady, incessant pull for
objects sought by directing hands
Thus we find that the educators
are sometimes and in some ways
trying to reform instead of edu
Our present school laws are
the most effective in some re
spects, when properly enforced,
oi any in the west, but the srreat
principle of the rights of the
governed is overlooked in some
places and must be remedied or
we will find not only farcical and
prejudiced enforcement of our
school laws, but actual inability
to carry out their provisions.
More discretion should be allowed
directors. Hard and fast provis
ions of laws covering business
principies are like flat railroad
rates; they conflict with higher
laws or the constitution of the
country and become a dead letter
when tested.
The one great problem that has
never been solved by any school
man in this territory is tn
jeach the rural schools, to edu
cate the parents to the necessitv
of educating their children. The
foundation of every government
is the rural' population. From it
must be drawn the new and un
corrupted stock which will steer
the ship of state and keep the
nation on a plane that will merit
the respect of honest men. A
man's education and environ
ments ' determine his ideas of
honesty and intesxitv. What tn
the man reared and educated in
surroundings of graft and ques
tionable proceedure is a ioke. is
to the stalwart, country-grown
man a crime against the masses.
Legislation cannot make . men
honest; education can. What is
needed in this territory then, is
legislation so expansive and com
prehensive that when obstruc
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