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VOL. I WAJSf-J-na! DEMING, LUNA COUNTY, N. M., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1903.
No. 10
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LUNA COUNTY,
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A Serial Story of Its History, People, StocK, Mining and Commer.
rial Industries, Railway Facilities and Educational Advantages.
PART I.
The first fire of nny importance was
in the summeof 1883, whim the frame
buildings from the alley on which now
stands the Kinncar drug store to the Gar
dener & Gillies two story brick near
the comer of Gold Ave. and l ine street
were destroyed. Two story brick build
ings were immediately erected in their
place by Col. McGrorty au,d A. J. Clark.
On the night of Monday, July f, 1H8,
a fire which originated in an opium
joint about the centre of (he block
Inundod by gold Ave., Silver Ave.,
Pine and Spruce streets, destroyed all
of the east side of Gold A venue from
the Lockhart corner south and all of
the west side from the George Will
iams store near the corner of Tins
street to the Holgate butcher shop on
Spruce street. This fire came pretty
near wiping out the business portion of
the town. On the east side all of the
buildings were one and two-story
wooden structures, ; but those on
the west side were all substantial
one and two-story, bricks, the
finest being that of A. J.Clark,
Col. McGrorty, John A. Raithel
and John Deckert. This fire put the
Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges out of
business for a while, as there was but
one two story building left in town and
that was not suited to their purposes.
Most of the wist side of Gbld Ave
nue was immediately rebuilt with
buildings ai good or better than the
ones destroyed.
In the summer of 1889 another disas
trous fire visited the town, this time
starting in a two story fr.i:n. building
at the comer where now stands the
Deming Bank building. At the time a
gale was blowing from the east, and
w ithin a few minutes after the discov
ery of the fire the whale face of the
block from Silver to Gold Avenue was
West Side of Gold Avenas,
Chapter 2.
CllsMte ef Lana Ceanty, fcy Cal.
P. R. Smith.
Altitude 4JW0 feet, Average Annual
rain fall 12 inches. Average Mean
Temperature 52 Falir. Average cloud y
days in a whole year, 40.
The high altitude and southern cli
mate strike the happy medium, neither
extremely cold in winter nor uncomfort
ably warm in summer. Deming is lo
cated in the center of the new and pros
perous county of Luna, at the junction
of three trunk line railroads and branch
es to Silver City, Hanover and Santa
Rita. The city is surrounded by beau
tiful pictures jue mountains and it is
strictly a progressive, up-to-date,
American town. Its citisene aro
thoroughgoing and progressive. Asa
health resort generally, and especially
tjr pulmonary and lung troubles, It
has few equals and no superior. Thome
afflicted with lung troubles who come
in time are almost invariably cured, and
vvnay to advaacti Fif
I their lives enjoyed fairly good health
for many years. Hundreds who have
come to this region and have been fully
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maass of roaring flames. At the cor
ner of Gold Avenue, the fire leaped
across the street to the New York store
and destroyed it and all other buildings
that had escaped the previous fire. So
swift was tlio ruin that scarcely any
thing was saved from the burning
building. The work of rebuilding was
s'ow on this property, as the out
look for the town at this time and for
some thneafier was rather gloomy, but
gradually all the street was rebuilt bet
ter than before the fire, the only vacant
lot now bein-r the one at the southeast
corner of Gold Avenue and Pine street,
u;on which it is expected a fine building
will soon be in course of construction
by Mi. Deckert.
Tin; fire of lNSi) wiped out the first
nd only bowling alley, Gilleo's; and also
blot le J out tK last dance hall, Nelson's,
At the opening of 1SS3, the bound
aries of the town were Silver Avenue
on the east to Gold Avenue on the "est;
Pine street on tlv; north to Spruce
on the sou'-h, as there were scarcely any
buildings beyond these lines, excepting
he railroad buildings along the track
and a few shanties in the park. The
growth siuce then has been steady, each
year showing more and a better style
of building. Although for a while the
growth was slow it was continuous and
at no time at a standstill. Within the
last two years the growth has been so
rapid as to almost reach the proportions
of a "boom," and from the buildings
now prop we 1 and assured within the
coming year, without counting those
yet in the stajce of completion, it it not
visionary to say that within two years
the tax values and population of Deming
will be double what they were in 1900,
and the canvas town of 1881. with its
500 adventurers will be a city of 5,000
located and permanent residents.
From Clark & Co. Corner.
restored to health can verify this state
ment. The results secured at the Govern
ment sanitarium at Fort Bayard, at
Silver City and Faywood, all within a
radius of fifty miles of Deming, - estab
lish beyond all question the beneficient
results of this climate in the cure of
consumption. Deming, however, has
many advantages over many good local
ities of in this country by virtue of its
exceptionly pure water, its magnificent
railroad facilities and its adventageous
location, being situated in the center
of the the beautiful Mimbres valley,
wurrounded and protected by small but
beautiful grass. covered mountains
which lend a romatic scenic view to
the surroundings. The beautiful but
gorgeous sunsets which are so common
are the admiration of all those who be
hold them.
The soil here is peculiary adapted to
the production of all semi-tropical fruits
and flowers. With five acres of lurid,
a few windwills or a gasaoline engine
I to raise the water for irrigation, the
j whole at the cost of one or two thousand
' dolían, it is possible to make a pleasant
i independent home for a family of five
. persons. One party here cultivates
1 about ten acres of vegetables and fruits
I and nets over M.OOO, anually.
! Deming is the shipping point for all
I ranges and over 100,000 head of
beef cattle are shipped east from this
point annually. The means are covered
with the most nutritous gra.wea and
cattle thrive and keep, in good condi
tion all the year around. ' This industry
is immensely profitable and brings an
annual income to stock Taisurs of this
section of nearly $2,000,000. Many cut
tle breeders who started with a small
herd of five hundred to on;! thousand
head a few years ao arc now inde
pendent. Deming is the natural center of the
great out-lying mining districts of this
section, and it is here that the great
smelting plants for the reduction of the
gold, silver, copper, lead and iron ores
must be erected. Already several of
these immense planta are being
considered by capitalists and within
the year one or more of theno plants
will be under process of constiucton.
There is now an excellent opening fou
a foundry and machine shop here.
Such a plant would do a lucrative
business from the start. There are
also good openings for a steam laundry,
planning mill and etc. The new ice
manufacturing plant, electric light and
telephone system are just completed
and all open up with a paying business
from the In-ginning. A Real Estate,
Loan and Tmst company would find a
rare opportunity here.
He faring again to the climatic condi
tions of this section; we feel that we
can not say too much in its praise.
After twenty year's experience in
investigating the climatic conditions of
the world we have no fear of a succet
ful contradiction, when we state that
nowhere in the United States or Europe
can be found a climate so near perfec
tion as that of South West New Mex
ico. Its even temperature, its medium
altitude. Its pure, dry. bit-giving at
mosphere, its bright sunshine, and
pure water, all combine to make it
the World's Ideal Sanitarium. The
founders and promoters of the Nation
al Colony and Sanitarium for consump
lives have shown great wisdom in
locating here what Is to become in the
near future the greatest and most ex
tensive benevolent institution in the
interests of suffering humanity, that
this world has ever seen.
Part 2.
One of the latest insitutions which has
has been organized in our town, and one
which is doing much for the business
conditions is the Telephone Co. This com
pany was organiged Febusray 11, 1903
as a stock company, all stock being sub
scribed by leading business men of the
town, thus making it entirely a home
enterprise. The preferred stock which
was all paid for in cash at pa value
will pay a dividend this year of 30 per
cent on the purchase price, which prov
es the appreciation our people have of
the system and the ability of its man
ager. The company began business on
April 20th with 50 subscribers and now
has 65 with new subscriben coming
in every day. Nearly all business
houses have phones and many have been
placed in residences and the service is
being extended so that it U a matter
of only a short time until nearly every
house in town will have a phone
The officers and directors of the com-
sany are as follows: C. R. Bos worth,
President, S. Lindauer, Vice President
Ralph L. Byron, Secretary & Treasurer,
J. J. Je(Tre8, Superintendent
Directors: C. B. Bosworth, S. Lin
dauer, W. H. Greer, C F. Reynobj and
J. J. Jeffres. Miss Nellie" Deemer is
operator of the central office, and so
perfect is the service of the phone line
that when the pun was given out,
"Why is the central office of the Luna
County Telephone company like a pet
calf?" every one answered without
moment for thought, "because it comes
when you call.'"
Denting Real Est&to Q Im
provement Co.
This company have purchased and
now town all the property of the Old
Nw Mexico Improves f jr4 all
tht property of the Mexico Heal Estate
anil building association, and other
valuable Real Estate, and are now
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prepared to offer the most desirable !
: locations in all parts of the City at the !
most reasonable urices. It is now
conceded by all, that Deming is the m!"ltí to "tatehood by President Rous..
coming City of New Mexico. It is pure-i Vt?'t upon the occasion of his visit to
ly a progressive up to date american ' New Me:;ico last Tuesday:
town. Its pure water, health giving! .'Irrigation ia to be in the future the
climate, medium temperature, medium ... . ,
altitude, pleasant surroundings, rai)J t potent factor in the agncultun-.l
road center, center of trade for a large , levelopeme.nl of tnis territory and one
section of outlying Cr.ttle. raising an i of th fac'ors which viil do more to
mining country, together with the ; wards flitting it and bringing it up to
certainty of two more trunk line rail-; iitatdloo,. Nülhin , will . h,, mm.
roads, in the near future, one or inorj ' , . , , .
smelting and refinin; Wj;-ki. Bn Uhan development of that kindm bring
other Mauu factories, and other i;n- ' inK l,ie territory in as a state. That
prevents under consideration, taken ' is the kind of development in which
altogether insure a grand future for 1 1 am most interested lure. It is the
this city. The Great National Colony. ; (leVL.1((,)ement that m,an3 I)ermanent
and Sanitarium for consumptives, is I , . . ,
now permanently located within a few r0Wlh ani1 ls the n0" r transformation
miles of De ning. This is the most ex- j t tne ,an 10 n''P t0 uuil1' UP farms in
tensive in ititution of the kind in the , these regions and to benefit the home
world; purily benevolent in its charact- makers. In such a manner shall this
er, and is backed up by proninent andi. . . , . . .
... , ' . . . territory of the present and this state
wealthy men. of all professions, frater-
nal associations, business men. church- of lhe flUure beco tt aliUe of
e of all denominations, philanthropists he American nation."
physicians, scientists etc. and its su?-
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ten ib aireauy ansureu.
The Deming Real Estate an l Improv
ment Cnhavj already Ho ated filO ncros
of land as a starter and will do all in its
power to aid and encourage the Institu -
lion. The company will sell its lots and,
until nn thn mnnt fuvnmnln tnim
lands on the most favorable terms.
either for cash or on monthly, quart r-
!y or on semi-anual payments. Thev
!v or on semi-anual oavments. Thev
will also aid purchasers in securing
loans io improve uieir property. All
correspondents promtly answered and1
literature furnished to all applicants i
mailed free.
E&&K cfDening and South Side of Pine Street.
Above is a cut of the Bank of Darning a solid financial institution
which transacts a general banking bjsineas and buya and
sells Mexican money and foreign
list of officers:
J. Slcat Fassw.
Pres't.
L. H. Brown.
Cashier.
R. Smith.
Statehood When We Are Ready.
The following is the only reference
The president has the key note to the
situation. A íarminf country is a
country of homes a farming people is.
generally speaking, a permanent pop-
, ulation and one that is intelligent and
pr0rrt.88Ve n the broadest sense, and
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this is th' class of population that will
i insure tho substantial advancement of
any country. The irrigation question is
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order t0 ,ns"re our territory this class
of population.
exchanges. The following is a
John Corbett.
VicePres't,
W. H, Guiney,
Ass't. Cashier.