48 THE CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY 



DISTRICT SCHOOLS Much of the area of the three counties is thinly 



settled, particularly in Northern Sandoval and 

 Western Valencia counties. District schools, however, are maintained in 

 every district, employing capable teachers and having from five to nine 

 months of school each year. These schools are thoroughly well con- 

 ducted being part of the modern educational system of New Mexico, 

 which now compares favorably with the school system of any state in 

 the West. 



In conclusion, it should be said that the exceptional opportunities for 

 the farmer, the homeseeker, the prospector and investor now found in this 

 favored region, are not likely to go on for long. The Central Rio Grande 

 valley and its adjacent region is enjoying its full por- 

 CONCLUSION tion of the splendid period of development which, dur- 

 ing the past few years, has been pushing all New 

 Mexico to the front. Immigration is large. Capital, individual and cor- 

 porate is busily investigating the opportunities of farm, mine and forest, 

 while the demand for land in the Rio Grande valley has doubled within 

 the past year. Under the present stimulus, prices are sure to advance and 

 they may justly be advanced when the rapidly rising prices for irrigated 

 lands in other less favored districts are recalled. The time to investi- 

 gate is now. 



Here is a region ideal in its location as to market, ideal in its condi- 

 tions as to climate, soil and water supply, having adjacent a vast region 

 of mountain and plain certain of speedy development. That development 

 has already set in. The men who are here within the next few years will 

 be prepared to take advantage of the benefits of its flood tide. A hearty 

 welcome awaits the farmer, the homeseeker, the prospector and investor 

 from the people who have already found happy homes here. The surest 

 way to be convinced of the advantages offered by the Central Rio Grande 

 valley, is to come and see them. 



This book is published by authority of the Bureau of Immigration of New 

 Mexico, an official body, the members of which are appointed by the Governor 

 every two years and confirmed by the upper house of the legislature. Its duties are 

 to encourage immigration, to furnish information to homeseekers and to use its 

 best efforts to encourage development along all legitimate lines. The board as now 

 constituted is: President, Joseph W. Bible, Silver City; Vice-President, C. E. 

 Mason, Roswell; Treasurer, J. A. Haley, Carrizozo; D. A. Macpherson, Albuquerque; 

 A. M. Edwards, Farmington; G. A. Fleming, East Las Vegas. Requests for infor- 

 mation as to the region described in this book, or as to any section of New 

 Mexico will receive prompt attention when addressed to the New Mexico Bureau of 

 Immigration, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 



