The Tucumcari News, 1905-10-28

there is little likelyhood of any trouble in the next congress. He looks for a banner year ahead for sheepmen, and believes the wool market will hold strong, with a possi possible - ble possible advance over this years prices. "Wherever you see sheep, you find a prosperous country", he says. Farming Without Irrigation. The Las Vegas Optic, in a recent edito editorial - rial editorial on farming without irrigation around Las Vegas, said: "In many parts of the west, not having as large a rainfall as Las Vegas, the Camp bell method of intensive cultivation and dust covering has been applied with notable results. For instance Clark M. Moore, of this city, has a farm up in the north eastern corner of Kansas, not two hundred miles from I envor. The rainfall there is less than here. The character of the soil is no better. Last year three crops of alfalfa were raised without irrigation and he cleared $25 an acre on his wheat crops "The Campbell method is simple and inexpensive. It can be easily applied to the fallow lands about Las Veg.-fc. The Optic intends to keep up the agitation and to publish information concerning this method, until some of our people have tested and proven it hereabouts. "Tiler's millions in it.' " We judge from the foregoing that the Campbell method, consists chiefly in the frequent stirring of the soil and deep plow plowing, - ing, plowing, which applies not only in fallow lands but in all sorts of soil. Careful cultivation is necessary to successlul tanning any anywhere, - where, anywhere, and if applied in all northern New Mexico must necessarily bring results that will surprise those who have begun farm farming - ing farming and homemaking on what has hereto fore been termed arid lands. If we had been told in a hotel lobby by ah enthusiast that crops have been in Quay County to the extent we have seen since coming to Tucumcari we would necessarily have received the story with a measure of doubt; seeing is knowing, and we have had our eyes opened to possibilities of agricul ture 1 hat we did not know existed in the bounds of the territory of New Mexico. The country around Tucumcari is dotted over with homesteaders who are opening farms and building comfortable houses. Postmaster A. R. Carter is a very en enthusiastic - thusiastic enthusiastic advertiser of the country's agri agricultural - cultural agricultural resources. He has gone to con considerable - siderable considerable trouble to collect an exhibit and arrange an excellent display in the lobby at the postollice, In the exhibit we notice fine specimens of Indian corn, Kaffir corn, Milo Maize, Johnston grass, alfalfa, oats, millet, wheat, barley, sorghum, sugar cane, broom corn, cotton, stock peas, peanuts, sweet patatoes, pumpkins, squashes, toma toes, cabbage, all sorts of fruits and melons; the cantelope, equal to the famous" Kpcky Ford melon, are here in abundance. We notice among the exhibit, sugar cane r7 in high, brought in by Janves Harvoy, miles out oMown: a 74 ll wiiiet melon by Captain J; .P. C. Laugstnn, joining the tD.wusi.te: ji.p''iuiipkin tipping1 .tliti scaler, at

pany, at their wool scouring plant, have just installed an "air lift" pumping outfit. While there is an abundant supply of water underlying the Tumimcnri district, and water of a most excellent quality, many of the wells find ureal difficulty from the inflow of fine sand. The wool cani cani-pany - pany cani-pany have apparently solved the problem, and are successfully raising w a t e r from their well without any trouble from the sand feature. The apparatus consists of an air c o m pressor, furnishing air at a prussue of about go pninds, which is carried to the bottom of the well .casin and escapes near the extreme bottom through a number of small openings which point upward. The press ure, and volume, of the supply of compress ed air carries the water and sand upward, until it c s c a p e s at the top of the well. This does away with all cylinders, plungers valve leathers, or other elements of an or ordinary - dinary ordinary pump, which are constantly wear wearing - ing wearing out, and causing infinite trouble a n d annoyance. Within a very few minutes after starting the compressor, the w a t o r Hows from the well, and keeps it up until the air pressure is shut off. With this successful outcome of the wool company's experimenting, doubtless t h e town company of Tucumcari will soon have its water works operating under the same method, and the Kock Island Company have been taking a great deal of interest in this matter, with the view of putting t h e same system, if successful, on their large well here. The plant is furnished to the wool com company - pany company by the pneumatic lingineoring Com Company, - pany, Company, of New York. li. J. Muling, of Trinidad, president of the wool company, was here several days, and had personal supervision of the instal installation - lation installation of the "air lift" plant, lie staled to the editor pf the Nuws that while their business had been v e r y satisfactory this season, that the pump and other improve improvements - ments improvements were being made to meet an expect expected - ed expected increase of business next year. "This is the greatest sheep country, in point of opportunity, that I know of", Mr. Hilling said. "TJ.vis section of New Mexico wil I support twu.e the number of sheep it now has grazing on its open ranges, and more sheep are badly needed. A sheep country is always a prosperous one, and anywhere you see them.yo'i see a good country." Mr. Hilling is largely interested in the sheep raising business himself, in Colorado, and intends to feed about ten thousand head for market this winter. The wool scouring plant works about jo men and will run this sesson, six months. The capacity of the plant will be increased next year to 34 to 4 million pounds. Mr Muling. keeps in close touch with the wool market,. and having been in the business fQr twenty years,, should know how to draw cprrecf'conciusioiis.as to the possible Huct- .unticdis ottlYo'iharJco't, As the President and incle Joe' Cannon .yili botfr be likely

OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING. The general situation is exceedingly sat satisfactory, - isfactory, satisfactory, says Henry Clews, A bumper corn crop, the second largest wheat crop, and a good cotton crop is a combination of good fortune that is irresistible. Already there is a spendid foreign demand for these products and our foreign trade is now running upon another record bread breading - ing breading scale. Some idea of the improvement in domes tic trade is obtained from the record of bank clearings, which in the nine months ending September 30 amounted to $103- 600,00,000, an increase of nearly 37 per cent over last year. This is a most phe nomenal exhibit, and is more due to the actual growth of business than to higher prices and speculation. Railroad earnings also continue to give indisputable evidences of national indus trial activity by showing larger gross re turns. Traffic is already beyond capacity, and some of the roads could employ almost double the number of cars. Th? record of mercantile failures is also assuring, the total for the same nine months being only $76,000,000, against $111,000,000 for the same time last year. Justice Ca.n Refuse Jury Tria.1. J. U. Frickley, of Roswell, had been ar rested for the violation of a city ordinance for selling real estate without a license, and when he was taken before Justice of the Peace Hailey he demanded that his trial be by jury. The justice refused the de demand - mand demand of the defendant, out of which re refusal - fusal refusal came the territory of New Mexico, ex rel, J. 13. Frickley, vs. J. H. Bailey, justice of the peace. This case was taken before Judge W. H. Pope of the Fifth judicial district court of Chaves county, who decided that a justice of the peace could not be forced to grant a trial by jury in minor city offenses. This is of import importance, - ance, importance, as it can be used by attorneys and city officials, in time to come, says the Carlsbad Argus. Charles DeYaupert and family arrived here last Saturday from Alabama and have taken a homestead east of town Mr. DeYaupert chartered a car and brought his stock and household effects with him, and is prepared to build a home right away. We need more people of that sort and should give them every encourage encouragement - ment encouragement possible. Rome Oonahoo believes in conducting his business to suit "Rome" .and when a half dozen belligcrant hobos insisted on enveloping the Rock Island restaurant in fumes of vulgarity, a few nights agp;he trained his Howitzer on the gang hhd awakened a lively interest in. their "-ale-parture as .they hiked themselves down: the lo'ck" fijland. track. J. ,i j

OF NEW MEXICO Shows a Scholastic Population, of 71,428 Children Between 5 and 21 Years of Age. EIGHT HVNDR.ED TEACHERS The territorial superintendent of public instiuction, Prof. Hiram Hadley, has com compiled - piled compiled the school census of the territory from the reporls m a d e by the various county superintendents, excepting Roose Roosevelt - velt Roosevelt county, whose superintendent had not made his report. There are in the terri tory 7i,.aS children of school age, between live and twenty-one; enrollment ;g,..2; average daily attendance, a., 561; schools, 6S5; teachers, S17; receipts, $517,107.07; expenditures, $356, .107. -jo; apportionment from the territory, $18,050. The New Mexican, figuring on a basis of three and one half people to one child gives the ter territory - ritory territory a population of 2.0,or,3. 1 10 lb, the largest specimen of this sort of fruit we have seen, h came from the farm of J. W. S'nith, 11 miles out. Arkansas, where we use ;o take them from off the hill-sides with block and tackle to keen from wrecking the farm houre by an acci dental roll, wasn't in it with this sort of pumpkins. It measures 57 inches around the girth and So inches end-ways. Then there is cotton, thirty bolls to the stalk off sodded land; from C. II. Young's farm; a 5SIU causha; a .SII sweet pumpkin, an 81l beet, a 10 oz. onion -seed planting; cabbage, carrots, turnips, cucumbers; an excellent specimen of broom corn, and other farm and garden products galore, Alfalfa, we are told, grows to perfection without irrigation. The Hell ranch cutting three or four good crops a season, before their farm destroyed by the Hoods of last year. Then as to fruit, Monroe Smith right here in the suburbs of Tucumcari, has as fine orchard as can be found in all New Mexico. All of the exhibit are fine specimens of the various products represented and in many instances sodding in was the only cultivation given. The soil, however, works perfectly, dees not bake or crust over from the effects of alternate rain and sun and holds moisture well. So it is conclusive in our judgment, that by careful cultivation, this is going to be the foremost agricultural section of the Southwest. There is a great area of grasslands, also which are not suitable to put to crops, but that will always pasture largo flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. The cotnbina tion of stock and farm is a good one, and what is termed stock-farming may be car rieil on here with assurance of success. .Mrs. Randall has added a mamoth sun flower to the exh'jbit.' It" vouId make a, Kan .... . , . . . . sas fanner think back a. voav or .-two to recall oho ns large'-. ' ..v.. ,