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waters of the stream which gives it life, a distance of 

 twenty odd miles. In this delightful place, some 

 thirty years ago, two men (one an Easterner and the 

 other a Scotchman) established a home. They have 

 gradually accumulated land until today their hold- 

 ings amount to more than 26,000 acres. They have 

 perfected the title to this land so that it is absolute, 

 and they have today on their ranch known at La Cueve 

 (pronounced Qua-va), 1,075 acres seeded to alfalfa, 

 200 acres in meadow which produces fine hay, 500 

 acres of oats and some 1,700 or 1,800 acres ready for 

 irrigation with ample water to cover same. They 

 also have an additional 4,000 acres which can be irri- 

 gated and over 18,000 acres of pasture and dry farm- 

 ing land, on which large herds are maintained on good 

 pasture and winter-fed and prepared for market on 

 alfalfa and other crops raised on the ranch. This 

 ranch is divided into thirteen enclosures, all have water 

 and good shelter. These two gentlemen have a fine 

 thirteen-room adobe residence with all modern con- 

 veniences and furnishings. A good ten-acre orchard 

 in apples, and it is a fact that no blight of any kind 

 has ever attacked thij orchard. This is due, perhaps, 

 to the elevation and lack of direct contact with other 

 orchards nearer civilization. They have also a fine 

 store building; a flour and feed mill which has a good 

 trade with surrounding communities; in fact, every- 

 thing which goes to make life comfortable. It is safe 

 to say that the original cost of this land was but little 

 over $1.00 per acre. The land today is worth at least 

 $10 per acre, and would readily sell at about that 

 price. It may be seen from the foregoing that while 

 these men have lived in comfort and plenty during all 

 of the years of their residence in this apparently out- 

 of-the-way valley they have accumulated a gogdly sized 

 fortune, and are, in a way, entirely independent of the 

 outside world. 



This particular case is cited to illustrate what 

 comes to men who pioneer a new country. They have 

 the finest sort of shooting on the ranch, trout fishing 

 galore, and many other things which appeal to the 

 farmer-sportsman. Some day perhaps this great ranch 

 will be cut up into modern sized homes and will accom- 

 modate three or four hundred families who will, in 

 their turn, become well-to-do from their efforts. 



These are the things which attract the men of the 

 Eastern and Central states who is worn out or ground 

 down by commercial and other conditions, and if more 

 of them could understand the possibilities of the West, 

 not only in New Mexico but in Colorado, Wyoming, 

 Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, we are sat- 

 isfied that many more would close up their affairs at 

 home and go into this new country where opportunities 

 are greater and where the conditions are conducive to 

 longevity. 



In this connection it may not be out of place to 



mention the famous Big Horn Basin of Wyoming 

 which offers great opportunities for home builders. In 

 that section of the country where water is abundant for 

 irrigation purposes there* are opportunities now being 

 made by the development of irrigation systems which 

 will make homes for thousands. It is safe to say that 

 there will be from 5,000 to 10,000 new settlers in the 

 great Big Horn Basin within the next ten years. New 

 towns are springing up along the line of the Bur- 

 lington railway, which is the pioneer line in that sec- 

 tion, and some of them will undoubtedly develop into 

 large and prosperous cities, owing to the fact that a 

 splendid agricultural country surrounds them on all 

 sides. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE will be glad to give its read- 

 ers additional information about any section in the 

 West to which their minds turn or in which they may 

 become interested. 



MAYWOOD COLONY, CORNING, CAL. 



Elsewhere in this issue we show a number of 

 scenes from the celebrated Maywood colony, at Corn- 

 ing, Cal. These scenes tell a story. They show that 

 Maywood is a real place, not one of those towns on 

 paper which spring up in the West. The colony con- 

 tains nearly 40,000 acres of fruit, alfalfa and garden 

 land. It sells at from $25 to $75 per acre, in lots 

 of from five to forty acres. Living there are 3,000' 

 people, all of whom have enough to eat and wear. 

 They enjoy six churches and no saloons. They have 

 drying plants, packing houses, olive mills and ajl 

 things necessary to make a market for what they pro- 

 duce. No pioneering at Maywood. Everything organ- 

 ized and moving along up-to-date lines. 



W. N. Woodson, the head of this successful Cali- 

 fornia colony, says to the public: "If you're feeling 

 well and doing well where you are, .don't move ; but, 

 if you're bound to move, make a" good move by 

 moving to Maywood colony." At any rate, write to- 

 Mr. Woodson and receive, free, some of his litera- 

 ture. Ifs instructive and so conservative that it will 

 not mislead you. 



Yukon, Okla., January 30, 1908. 

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