Show OUR NEIGHBORS I I II I ICU NEW CU Of FOR i II I I In the tho 1 of Ne New Climate I IS S Correspondence New Mexico March tarth 19 w situated is In te southern part o of Rio mo Arl co New ew Mexico In a valley a as Valley and I Is miles In length and from three to live tulles miles iii width ly iy lyIng lag Ing along either ride Ido of oC the mo lila Orande river and tit Is dotted with numerous towns and pue pueblos jib Inhabitants ot of i which arc aro Mexicana and Indians The latter are very ery Industrious pl people who arc fast tast becoming enlightened and take lake a great sUn educational matters The soil soli of oC this valley Is l of oC n a dark I sandy and loom loam especially adapted to the culture or of fruit trull Alfalfa wheat corn sorghum cane leans beans peas and nil kinds Of vegetables commonly known to tile the ot of the Wesl grow remarkably with proper dare lare Alfalfa yields I three crops per year Owing to the customs and traditions I handed down from father tAther to son the tho Mexicans do not make mako Ue time raising railing ot of i small grain a 1 profitable business they are the principal farmers In this section oj nj country and ond irs in ninny respects they are oro at years oare behind the times In methods of farming arming They are equally I I behind In fn man many other pursuIts ot of life lito and modern civilization They are however a very ery hospitable people eople and andare are much more agreeable to livo amongst than man many people give Clo them credit for tor GOOD GOOI MARKETS Espanola two toO and ond I a holt half ml miles s from hero here affords n a t market for tor our produce Alfalfa sells nt at from SUO to per ton wheat from SUO to nM per 15 pounds corn com per hundred Is II also 1110 n a great trading center where ono one can gan buy general merchandise at very ct reasonable Time Tho people also have hae the tho benefit of at railroad corn com and ond hundreds ot of tons Ions ot of trait vegetables etc are every lummer either north to Colorado or south to SantA Bonin Fe e the loiter latter being a distance of miles rO fa OBTAIN LAND There being comparatively no govern gOern land In this locality settlers are obliged to purchase their land front from Mexicans or parties Interested itt In the grant upon which he desires desire to 10 locate The land upon which we 1 are located Is III known as the Santa Cruz Crux grant Up to a recent date the boundary lines ot of grant have bean beon In question but the writer belle the tho court of oC l land nd claims has hall decided the tho matter moiler In favor toor ot of the grant SOME DnA S While ce e have many advantages here hereIt It would not do to 10 say that wo we have hao no disadvantage Q ni we are ara subject t to crop failures all as elsewhere A As for tor forthe th the climate It t Is n a very ery mild even en temperature neither extremely cold In n Inter nor warm In the One of our greatest drawbacks is II that we weare weare are too few tew In lumber There are arc some somo t ten n families here at present and what we stand most In need ot of Is a few tew more good Saints or families to strengthen our little force torce hero here arid and more particularly larl those thoe who are not afraid ot of hard work With Uh r ard to stock lc range ronge we have pl none within n a reason reasonable able distance for tor fuel tuel 1 poles and saw Umber timber on l 1 to go from twelve to 10 fifteen mlles miles The ot of this bunch desiro to see aee moro more settlers or home seekers com to snake make homes home and build up n a strong ward auth uch ill be d and had a good opening |