Estancia News-Herald, 1912-08-09

Last Sunday morning Will El Elgin - gin Elgin cranked up his auto and took a party of "city" folks out for a spin through the valley to set just whát- the farmers are doing and what they have to show for what they have done. Cameras were taken alone to verify any statements that might be made on our return. A spin of a few miles north and west brought us to the Mil Mil-hmirn - hmirn Mil-hmirn plantation. Mr. Milbourn had made the statement that he thought he had oats last year when he harvested 368 bushels from eight acres, but he now found that he had no oats at all last year. Any doubt as to his sincerity was soon overcome for he certainly has the goods to prove his .assertion. A snap of the oat field was made, with Julian Tuttle so far hidden in in the oata that he was yelling for a step" ladder that he might be "in the picture," while Ralph Stubblefield vainly waved his cap as a signal of distress. The oats average just a little less than bLs feet in height, and not nearly all headed as yet. Old farmers es estimate - timate estimate the yield at from 55 to 65 bushels per acre. This is Mr. Milbourn's second season in growing spring wheat. That he is pleased with his ex periment is proven when be de declares - clares declares no more winter wheat for him. His winter wheat is threshed ere this is read, and yielded 12 bushels per acre. His spring wheat is a picture and no mistaké. Will Elgin thought he had seen wheat growing in Wash Washington - ington Washington and thought he had helped grow some, but he had to ad admit, - mit, admit, "I never saw anything like this before." The plants had "stooled" until there were from thirty to fifty heads on each plant, each head having from thirty to forty -five grains of the finest plump kernels one could wish to see. Only twenty pounds per acre had been sown, but the stand is excellent Old wheat growers estimate the yield at from forty to fifty bushels per acre. All the crops on this large farm show that they have been well worked . and often. The stacks containing tons and tons of last year's hay prove Mr. Mil Mil-bourn's - bourn's Mil-bourn's statement that he has sufficient feed for several years. From here the auto was turned westward toward the Garland home among the cedars. This is another well kept farm which proves what "perspiration" com combined - bined combined with Estancia valley soil will do. Field after field of corn , beans, milo maize, kaffir, sorghum, and all the rest are clean of weeds and well cared for. Mr. Garland promises to moira no a lot of "home-made "lasses," and from appearances ka nan do it The cane is grow ing thriftily and he has the cane press and boiling panB ail reaay. We were a little early for roa?t roa?t-: - : roa?t-: ...a Kiii- nr.lw about a week

There has been considerable of a Stir during the past week or ten days over the matter of the transfer of property by tax deed, and redemption of tax sale cer certificates. - tificates. certificates. Heretofore a number of hold ers of large blocks of property have paid no taxes, allowing the property to be sold for taxes year after year. In the tax sale of 1909 property was sold for taxes of the preceeding years, and under the law the time for the redemption of property sold at that time expired on Tuesday last. ' There were a number of large holdings, upon which judgment bad been taken in regular form, which were involved in the ac tivity mentioned. It seems that some large tax payers nave Decome weary oi paying high rates of taxation simply because so large an amount of property in the county has been going delinquent, and they got busy and bought some tax sale certificates on large blocks of property. The Manza- no. Torreón and Tajique Land Grants, the property of the New Mexico Fuel & Iron Co., the Dunn and Kelley lands which we understand to comprise lands held for the Mora Timber Co., andfposBibly others that escaped our notice, were involved in the transactions. " Dunn and Kelley'got busy and redeemed, and at the same time filed for record ninety-six deeds. The holdings of these people we believe comprises considerably above a hundred quarter sections The Manzano and Torreón Grants were both redeemed, but the Tajique Grant was allowed to go over the limit, and no doubt a tax deed has been issued for it. The Tajique people we un- derstand made an effort to get money to redeem, but could not make terms entirely satisfactory to all concerned, and the nego tiations fell through. The Man Manzano - zano Manzano people redeemed before the certificate was sold. The New Mexico Fuel & Iron Co., property, including the Las Salinas Grant, was not redeemed and was conveyed by tax deed to the purchaser. In this case there is to be some litigation. E. R. Paul, auditor of the New Mexico Central Railway and allied in interests, - terests, interests, of which the New Mex ico Fuel & Iron Co. is one, ap appeared - peared appeared Wednesday and served an injunction on the deputy col collector. - lector. collector. Miss Porter, enjoining the treasurer and commissioners from conveying any of the pro perty or taking any further steps in the collection of taxes pending the issue of certain liti litigation - gation litigation in which the company is involved. This injunction was issued by Judge Medler at Las Cruces on the 6th of August, and is to be heard at Estancia on September 16th.

and delivered about 9 a. m., Wednesday the 7th, and the bond in the injunction suit was filed and the injunction served about eleven o'ciock on the same day. This makes a case in which some fine points are involved, and the hearing on Sept. 16th will be awaited with much interest. As the result of the activity herein mentioned the funds in the county treasury have been augmented to the extent of about $8,000. In these matters Dr. Amble, county treasurer and collector, is discharging an unpleasant part of his duties. He may be criti cised by some aggrieved persons. But the main body of tax payers expect him to discharge this part of his duties with th. dame fideli ty and the same regard to his foatn ot omce as any otner part ot his duties. He is but obeying the plain and unequivocal man date of the law, and his constitu constituents - ents constituents expect and will be satisfied with nothing less. While it is not a material issue, we understand that the persons who bought these certificates did not expect to acquire any property thereby. They expect ed that the property would be redeemed, and their action was taken for the purpose of securiug to the county the full amount due, and to prevent the certifi certificates - cates certificates from being bid in for an amount less than was due. We understand further that they are not done. There will be more in the same line. Appearances indicate that a new era has dawned in the mat matter - ter matter of tax collections in this coun county, - ty, county, and property owners who have heretofore been lax in tax payments would do well to take note of this fact . The law is very plain and ex explicit - plicit explicit on the subject. It says in substance that when a judg judgment - ment judgment is issued on a tax sale that the judgment itself shall be tak taken - en taken as sufficient evidence that the proceedings were regular; and that a tax deed is a valid title. The logical and sensible and fair thing is for everybody to pay taxes. Then everybody's taxes will be lower. W. L. Compton has a particu larly fine piece of early planted millet, now headed out and filled. There are thirteen acres in the piece. It is on a piece of ground that had been planted to corn, but the corn did not make a good stand and it was put in millet Now there are stalks of corn scattered over it that have grown so large that Mr. Compton is worrying as to whether a ma chine will cut them.

meal which appealed to her, but the good lady of the house called out an invitation to wait till din ner was ready. Did we accept? How long since you've had a slice of home-grown ham? That's only one of the many good things that was set before us, There were snap beans, juicy peas, nourishing "frijoles",' and ho many more good things we do not remember. But we are sure full justice was done the meal, at least on our side of the table. If we thought we could grow such meals on a farm, we would be tempted to move out right away. After a short rest we whirled away to the northward, to the Loveless farm, where we found another fine field of wheat, among immense fields of corn and beans. Here, however we found the wheat had not stooled nearly so well as in the fields visited earlier in the day. The straw was about the same height, the beads large and well filled, but on account of there being on only - ly only about half a dozen heads to the stalk, the stand looked thin, On inquiry we learned that the field had not been plowed, but merely disced before sowing, af af-the - the af-the corn had been removed last winter. This did not give the oots as good a bed to draw nourishment, and therefore the yield wjll be less. Then our faces were turned southward through .the New Home district, where we glided along well cared for crops of all kinds. The acreage all through the west portion of the valley is large and the yield promises to be tremendous. All the way to the Valley View neighborhood the fields were in viting and prospects of a bumper crop were never better. E. U. Brown has as fine a field of corn and one of beans as we have ever seen. His neighbors are not far behind as farmers, if in in-indeed - indeed in-indeed any. Bean stalks were examined showing from thirty to forty pods already formed with double as many blossoms falling off to give way to tiny pods just forming. As a whole the crops west and south are extremely free from weeds, all having a fine dark green color. All to together - gether together seven exposures were made, which will be used to con vince any who might think that ' 'nothing will grow in the valley. ' ' Felipe. Amid all this campaign din and ruck there is heard no word of sympathy for seven certain erovernors, who find themselves in a predicament somewhat simi lar to that of the farmer who yoked himself up with the calf.

IS The new party is born, and its name is "Progressive Par ey." Theodore Roosevelt is its candidate for president, and at this writing it seems cer tain that Governor Hiram Johnson of California will be the candidate for vice presi dent. The platform is too lengthy for publication in these col umcs. There has been but little real friction in the convention, the only approach to a serious difference of opinion arising over the throwing out of the negro delegates from several southern states. The convention had two "keynote" speeches, one by Hoosevelt himself and one by Beveridge. They were in the same key, so there was no dis cord on that score. There seems tó be a great deal of enthusiasm on the part of delegates aud specta tors. ATTEND THE To the Farmers and Busi nessmen oí estancia ana vi vicinity: - cinity: vicinity: The Torrance County De velopment Association will bold its first meeting on Thursday, August 15, 1912, at one p. ru., in the Court House at Estancia. Owing to the fail- are of the state legislature to make provision for state ad advertising - vertising advertising and development work, it behooves every person who has any interests in Tor rance County and desire to see those interests advance.to join hands in a movement to en courage new people to come to our county, to bring new money here .for development purposes and to help the sturdy rioueer already on the ground. These things are ab absolutely - solutely absolutely essential to the ad vancement of our county. With a stiong working or organization - ganization organization of all the people in the county we can secure out outside - side outside help which will mean much to the people of this en entire - tire entire district. Without a con concerted - certed concerted action and a pulling to gether on the part of every one and every community we will never be any farther ahead than we are at present. We solicit your support, we mean business and invite you to be present at the Estancia meeting next Thursday. Harry J. Fincke, President.