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VOL. I
DEMING, LUNA COUNTY, N. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1903.
No. 7
TO VISIT
DEMING
Kansas City Commercial
Club Will Visit Our
Town in May.
FARMERS WILL
MEET THEM
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Fanaar Nave Btaa HallBa
i Will Heat Thaa at tha Traía.
Letters have been sent out to various
parts of the southwest by O. L. Chase,
of the Kansas City Commercial Club,
stating that a special train will leave
Kansas City on May 12 for a trade ex
tension trip thro"jh the southwest.
This train will bring a large number
of th leading business men of Kansas
City and will be In Deming May 16th.
Mr. Chase says:
"As this will be a very Tine train it
will be quite an interesting sight, and
will have on board a large number of
th leading business men of Kansas
City, and we think it will be an inter-i-Hting
occasion for the neighboring
farmers as well as your city people."
Arrangements are being made to no
tify the following farmers and it is
hoped that they will be on hand to re
ceive the visitors and it has been sug
gested that u farmers' institute he held
that day in order to give a better op
portunity for discussing our interests
with these gentlemen:
Joseph Mahoney, Edw. Pennington,
A. W. Pollard. J. W. Hannigan, B. A.
Knowels, Rodney Clark, J. S. Fielder,
Thomas Rabb, J. A. Watkins, P. R.
Smith, Henry Brock, P. T. Williams,
John Corbett, S. S. Birchfield, W. M.
Taylor, W. C. Wallis. Loon Godchaux,
Ralph Ely. Robert Miller, A. 0. Bailey,
N. A. Bolich, A. J. Clark, Seaman
Field, W. (J. Rochester. B. Y. Mc
Keyes. LOCATION BEING SURVEYED.
EMlattrt tf tat Alír4.Dtl CaU
Off Wtra la Tawa.
Last Friday afternoon the engineers
of the Almagordo Deming cutoff drove
in from a few miles east of town and
sent a few hours purchasing supplies
und taking in the town. They will soon
lie through with the permanent location
of the line ami it is confidently expect
ed that work will begin very soon on
the actual construction of the line.
Very little has been said about this
road and for the short time since the
first survey of thj rojte was made the
work hat heen pushed rapidly and
quietly, showing that the company are
in earnest about the work and that they
intend to get the road in operation as
soon as possible.
The completion of this road will
m .'an a great deal to Deming as it will
pi. we us os another through line to the
e ist and give us a direct route to Kan
s u City and Ctv :ago over a s ingle road
without change.
Death's Snmraont.
Thos. C. Hall, one of Sierra county's
Iniding citizens, and probate clerk for
that county since 1M'J2, died very sud
denly laU Monday morning.
Mr. Hall was one of the standby of
Sierra county and was well known and
respected all over the southern part
of the territory and the news of his
duuth brings sorrow to the hearts of all.
About Celery.
C. H. Campbell made a sale a day
or two since of his two-acre row of cel
ery, which, if it realizes present ex
pectations, will, net $3,000. -Kansas
City Packer.
With the soil, climate and every
thing favorable for raisine this cron.
and knowing that celery grows to per
fection here, why not raise It In quan
tities to warrant shipment in car lots?
For profit no better crop could be raised
and the market is accessible. -Tularosa
Democrat.
We realize the importance of your
question, Democrat, and thoroughly ap
preciate your statement No sweeter,
brittle, nor more palatable celery was
ever produced in Michigan than grows
right here in southern New Mexico.
The finest growth and the most delicious
ly flavored celery the writer ever saw,
grew at Spring ranch, Lincoln county.
Roswell farmers are producing celery at
splendid profits and all New Mexico can
do the same thing. It is a profitable
business. -White Oaks Eagle.
New Hotel.
The Victoria hotel which John M.
Cain has just opened up in the new
Clark building is now open and ready
for business, and with the fine airy
rooms, new furnishings, electric lights
and every convenience found in a first
class hotel it fills a long felt want in
our town, and will be a great con
venience to strangers coming to our
city who want first class accommoda
tions at reasonable prices. The suc
cess of the undertaking is assured as
Mr. Cain is an energetic business man
who will look carefully to the comfort
of his guests and every customer will
bo an advertiser of the house.
SEEN FROM A WATER TANK
Shart Farasraphi of Railway Dalnia Guthtr
4 Fraai Variant Saarcti.
Two cars of soldiers came in from the
west on the S. P. Saturday and took
the Santa Fe for the cast the same
even;ng.
John Warren has given up his position
here and accepted a better one with the
same Co. at Steins Pass.
Mr. Reynolds, S. P. yard master has
been on the sick list several days and
Hud Hughes is . filling his important
office.
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A. Whitehead is taking a layoff for a
I while to take a trip east.
I Mr. Leland has taken the position
I vacated by Mr. Rogers.
I A. E. Rogers who formerly was in
I the employ of Wells, Fargo express Co.
! has resigned to accept a !etter posi
tion with the E. P. & S. W.
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D. Slinbourgh, check clerk on the El
Paso& Southwestern left Thursday for
Douglas Arizona where he has a better
position.
D. W. Cain is acting as check clerk
for the El Paso and Southwestern this
week.
Bud Hughes has resigned his position
with the Santa Fe and gone to work for
the S. P.
Messenger Davis left for Douglas
Arizona Saturday looking for employ
ment. J. L. Knight has accepted a position
as car repairer in the Santa Fe yards.
Gntk Met CrttK.
Last Sunday being an off day in
which no game was arranged with out-
I side clubs the Yellow Kids and the
i newly organized home club, known as
the Deming Colts played an exhibition
game at McCoy athletic park. The
following is the lineup of both teams
KIDS.
Keith
COI.T8.
Hodgon
Fiscaro
Holtkomp
Darling
Wamel
Verndin
.Dominges
DeLacy
Moor
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3b
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I Markstoul
, Raithel
' Holtkomp
1 Hughes
i Lawhon
j Ityron
I Nonlhaus
Williams .
The game was close up to the fourth
inning when the score stood three to
four in favor of the old nine, after that
they gained steadily until the finish,
when the score was fourteen to six in
their favor.
I Rev. Marcial Serna, of Albuquerque,
' was in our town last Friday and held
i services in the Spanish Methodist church
I that afternoon and evening.
YOUNG PEOPLES' RALLY.
Ba. C. I. I. War Cava Matt lataraitlnf
Addrat la Una Aadlaaca.
Last Friday night the Rev. C. E. B.
Ward, Field Secretary of the Christian
Endeavor Union of Colorado, gave a
most interesting address in the Presby
terian church. He took for his subject
"The Deepening of the Spiritual Life
and its Effect on Christian Service." He
emphasized the great necessity of a
truer and deeper realization of the di
vine presence. Discussing the question
of service he urged that every Young
Peoples' society have a good citizenship
committee. The object of this com
mittee was to study th laws of the
country, especially those of our terri
tory and town, to see what laws were
on the statute books. He urged this as
a feature that would be attractive to
yonng men and women who were inter
ested in the welfare of the state. He
spoke of the present day boy and how
ihs shnld D9 dsilt with, and il
lustrated by referring to a teacher of
psychology who, in order to test the
alertness of his pupils used to ask some
rather abnormal questions. At one time
j he turned to a boy and asked quickly
if he could tell the time of
day by his nose. The boy replied: "No,
sir; mine is not running, perhaps yours
is."
It is evident that if Mr. Ward's ad
vice was followed our young people's
societies would be more vigorous and
interesting, Those who took the op
portunity of attending this meeting
were amply repaid by the splendid ad
dress given by Mr. Ward. Silver Citv
enjoyed the services of Mr. Ward last
' Sabbath and from there he goes to
I Santa Rita. We hope to have Mr.
Ward with us again in the near future.
Slgni of Prosperity.
The condition of the fraternal orders
of any town or community indicate !
! to a great extent the condition of j
! the business interests of the town Bnd
I progressiveness of the people,
j When these organizations aredoing well
I and growing in numbers it is safe to
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aj biiuv me i'uiuiiiuMuy is in pruHper
ous condition and that the people are
alive to the best interests of the place.
Taking this for a guide the condition of
Deming is certainly better now than
ever before, as the fraternal orders are
now making rapid and substantial ad
vancement. Last Saturday evening at
the reirular bnisness meetinc of the
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A. O- U. W. 23 new members were
taken into the order and a number of
! applications sent In for membership.
This growth is not confined to the A
O. U. W. as we are informed that other
orders are in an equally prosperous and
growing condition, while a new lodge of
Red Men is being organized under the
direction of Col. J. G. Albright with a
large number of members.
Flower Carnival.
La fiesta de las flores, which will be
held In Los Angeles on May 6th, 7th, 8th
i and 9th promises to eclipse all other ef
I forts made in the' past by the fiesta
j committee from the fact that President
Roosevelt and his distinguished party
! will witness the floral parado. A most
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iiuvci anu apeciocuiar ieaiuro naa Deen
added to the programme this year. For
four consecutive nights, commencing
Wednesday May 6th; the visitors will
be treated to one long transformation
scene on wheels such as never before
has been presented and that is practi-
cally a creation of the 20th century.
HERE TOO.
flaw Raal liUta laara Wlthaat Taraada
Aaalilaaca.
The Elks committee which was out
yesterday looking for a site for the pro
posed race track found that the owners
of the land this side of the hot springs
hold their property at such a high fig
ure that it Is an utter Impossibility to
deal with them, so the committee has
; practically deckled on a site in the
: southern portion of tho city.
! It is wonderful how the price of land
l near the springs soared skyward as
I soon as it became known that tb-j Elks
; were in search of a terra flrma upon
which to install a fair grounds and race
track, which would, without doubt. I
of immense value to the city. But it
is no more than was to be expected, as
it is the spirit that has retarded the
growth of Las Vegas for so many years
past. It is about time to experience a
change, and instead of trying to retard
every enterprise, endeavor to boom it
along and give any worthy object a
chance to succeed, and so bring outside
capitalists here and make it worth their
whilo to invest in what should, by all
means, the most progressive city of the
southwest-Las Vegas. -Record.
There is a good portryal of human
nature in the above article and a word
of warning to other towns as well. Many
times when there began to be a demand
for property in a town and sales at
reasonable prices were made with case
have people, in their anxiety to make a
little money, "killed the goose that laid
the golden egg" by raising the price
out of reason, and would-be buyers
passed by and invested in other places
where the prices were more
reasonable. For the greater part,
prices in Deming have been reasonable,
and It may seem that there Is no need
of our Bounding any warning now, but
human nature is much the same every
where and this spring the general pros
perity which is sending people here in
increased numbers to look for locations
will be a strong incentive to people
holding property to shove the price up
ward ; to those we would say : ' Be care
ful not to overdo the thing; better havo
a iialf loaf than to lose the whole."
THE POLICE COURT
Lltllt Builnan Durlat Pait WaakFaw Ar. I
raiti an Minar Charlas.
Business has not been particularly !
rushing in police matters during the
past week, and the court and
officers have little to do but smile
on each other and hone for something
to turn up. While this state of affairs
may not be profitable to the officers, it
speaks well for the morals of our town
and is gratifying to the tax payers. I
On the 22nd the four misdemeanor I
charges filed against Robert Herring-'
ton were dismissed at the request of '
the complainants and the absorbing
topic will be given a rest until next
court time.
Thursday morning Marshal Oglesby
introduced to His Honor two natives '
whose watery eyes and general woe-be-1
gon appearance was sufficient to war-'
rant a very recent engagement with
the "wine when it is read." They had,
the evening previous, been making
matters annoying in the neighborhood
of Mr. Stenson's meat market, and
were run in by tho officer. Before the
court they promised to let the "vino"
alone for a while and were given light
sentences. Juan Rios paid his fine and
costs, but Sylvester Doran will live at
the expense of the government for ten
days.
Bill, the colored porter of one of the
Silver avenue saloons, was sent Into
court Monday by one of the soubrettes
of the tenderloin district, charged with
having forcibly deprived the lady of
certain articles of wearing apparel.
The testimony for the prosecution was
not very damaging to Bill, but he went
upon the witness stand himself, and
did there a "round, unvarnished tale of
his whole course of love," which was
so convincing of truth and so damaging
to himself that the court was compelled
to hold him guilty, but for his honest
confession he was let off with a light
fine and costs, and an admonition to be
more select in affairs of love.
Red Hen Organize.
Messrs J. G. Albright and Lee Her
man general organizers of the Improv
ed order of Rea Men in the southwest
by authority of the Chiefs Great Coun
cil of the United States have succeeded
in the oraganization of an excellent
tribe in this city. The charter mem
bership now exceeds 60 which will prob
ably be augmented to 75 before the
charter is closed. The first meeting
for preliminary work was held last night
at the Knight Pythias hall there being
present nearly every one who signed the
petition for a charter. Much interest
was manifested and from present indi
cations the Deming tribe is destined to
be the prime lodge in New Mexico.
The deputy Great Incohonee for Ariz
ona and New Mexico, Frances M. Clute
will arrive in this city about the 10th of
May to institute tho tribe,
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RAILWAY
BLAZE
A. T.HS. F.Coal Chutes
Reduced to Ashes on
Monday Forenoon.
SECOND ALARM
THE SAME DAY
Tba Hay Shad ef Dr. Klchaal
Calchas ( ra Bal Frompt Acliaa
F ravtnti Strloui Damagt.
About 11 a. m. Monday our citizens
were startled by the fire alarm ringing
and rushed out to witness the blaze
which totally destroyed the Santa Fe
coal chute. The fire was supposed to
have started from sparks from an en
gine and so quickly did it cover the
building after it was first noticed that
nothing could be done to Have the build
ing, but the yard crew came at once
with the switch engine and took away
a string of cars standing nearthe chute
this preventing the spread of the fire
to the cars in the yard. The loss wan
considerable though not so great as
would have bien the case had there been
storage bins in connection with the
chutes as is the case in mtst places
along the road. We are Informed that
about three cars of coal were destroyed
and one coal car.
At 12:30 the alarm again sounded and
investigation proved that a small bam
and hay shed on the property of Dr.
Michael was bnrning. This fire was
in a position where it would have done
muchdamage If It had started to spread
to other buildings as the strong south
west wind would have driveu it into n
thickly settled district but the prompt
and effective work of the fire depart
ment under the diretcion of chief Ches
ter soon brought it into subjection and
the damage was comparatively small.
BACK TO CHICAGO.
Altar a Stay af a Maath al Faywood, Dr.
Caaaar Ea Raaia Momt.
Dr. R. F. Connor, a prominent osteo
path of Chicago, after a month's so
journ at Faywood hot springs in Grant
county' came in from the south this
morning and between trains was a
pleasant caller at the Citizen office.
The doctor goes home thoroughly reju
venated in health and ready to encount
er again his big practice. He informed
the Citizen that Manager McDermott
intends to beautify the hotel plaza by
the planting of trees, shrubbery and
the sowing of grass, and will also
erect a telephone line to connect the
resort with a nearby station on the
Santa Fe railway.
"Another move in contemplation by
Manager McDermott," said the doctor,
"is that guests stopping at the hotel can,
in a veay short time, purchase railroad
tickets at the hotel and have their bag
gage checked to all points, thus saving
guests the annoyance of rechecking and
securing tickets at regular railway sta
tions." Dr. Conner savs that J. H.
Tracy who was at Faywood for rheu
matism and disordered liver, has re
turned to his home at Demin? nmrtipnl.
ly a well man. Faywood had quite a
list or guests last month. - Albuquerque
Citizen.
Adiot.
Next Sabbath day the Rev. W. .1
Mac Bean will conclude his minlstrv in
Deming. For years he ministered faith
fully to the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church and much
is expressed at his departure. It is
hoped that a large congregation will be
present next Sabbath to bid farewell to
um pasior.
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