1910 Census White Oaks
Rob DiPardo
Counter by Edgar Chew May 13, 1910
Farmer: 21
Sheep raising: 14
Cattle: 29
Teacher: 7 (wonder why so many with a declining population)
Bookkeeper: 2
Forest ranger: 1
General labor: 7
Musician: 1
Gold miner: 23
Telegraph operator: 1
Carpenter: 2
Laundry: 2
Coal miner: 5
Merchant: 5
Livery stable: 1
Hotel: 1
Barkeeper: 1
Butcher: 1
Mine broker: 1
Engineer coal : 1
Blacksmith: 1
Clergy: 1
Lawyer: 3
Sailor: 1 a 71 year old Jon Crowley from Ireland lived with the Chew family.
Postmaster: 1
Total population: 435
By this census White Oaks had ceased to exist as a city. All the newspapers shut down, the last being White Oaks Outlook which was sold to a Carrizozo publishing company on Dec, 20, 1906. The school had an enrollment of 94. Ziegler closed March 8, 1905 and moved to Carrizozo. Dr. Paden followed in 1909. The bank moved in 1907. Taliaferro closed in 1905. All the Gumm family had moved on.
William Hoyle fell down the Boston Boy mine two months after this census and was killed. His brother Watson was in the Cedar Lodge sanitarium in Colorado.
The influx of cattle people was most likely a result of small ranchers scattered around the area in adobe huts seized the chance to move to town and squat in one of the many abandoned homes.
Only one clergy remained, and one person in the hotel trade.
Curious as to what the railroad pumping station was.
No judges, law enforcement, teamsters, shoe makers. The actual end came between 1905 and 1907.
If a visitor walked into town in 1910 he would find White Oaks Avenue full of abandoned businesses and perhaps 150 abandoned homes scattered about.
Carrizozo was platted in 1907.
George Ulrick, VP and partner in the Exchange Bank who along with John Hewitt led the tragic negotiations with the railroads moved to Carrizozo and built a new building. In 1916 bank regulators determined Ulrick has understated the value of the banks assets to deflate stock value and was taxed $12,600.
Only 67 homes were said to be owned by the occupant. The rest were reported as being rented.