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VOL. I XJb&fJ2-FS!í DEMING, LUNA COUNTY, N. M., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1903.
No. 11
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LUNA COUNTY,
A Serial Story of Iti Hiitory, People, Stoch, Mining and Commer
cUl Industries, Railway Facilltlel and Educational Advantages.
Part 1. .
Chapter III.
Mimbres Valley.by Han. W. H. Taylor.
mil. .v.rth of I).-nin? ami runs south ! T;UJ1(- who by th the only
past Deming. thence south-east and ! JJexwan residen of our prec.net. Mr.
Hinks in the plains about 35 m 1 . be-1 18 a cltlze". a comfort
low Deming. Where it mes in the le home and a ma I aUn-k o cattle,
lilack Range mountain-, the first 25 - Next place i. .that of James B.llmgslea
miles of its course i. through a (let.p ! 1 e he has an orchard about 60
canon the mountian. on each side being fairm,ni lttnf and a pasture
coverd with a heavy growth of pine, which affords an abundance of the finest
spruce, cedar, juniper, pinone and oak, ,h country . The ranch of W.
trr.n thence the valley widens from T. Gorman has 1G0 acre J, about 60 in
one half to one mile and for the next 35 1 culUvation, has a large orchard of all
it tjMMithro.wh one solid twit of farms P
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,,U ni atmip lnn. ar
Mill IV 1 a ivHima "J''," " w - -
produced in thb valley, and as fine as
ever grown, two orchards alone pro
during over 2" 10,000 pounds each
Peaches, pears, plums, apricots and
quinces are raised to the acme of per
fection. Grapes are aU) grown. Some
vines on the fruit farm of W. H. Taylor
resemble tree3 more than vines, being
i.lt.vated bv the California moth.! of ,
pruning back to a stump, many vines!
excewling six inclei in dumber and."'1 "" " '"""-
pnKlucingoverlOOroundsof.lu, flnest 1 1 n'yflve acres are planted in corn
granes. These orchards extend the ''.ch w,th a fairyiel l will produce 1,500
whole length of the valley f.-om where ,ulsh,'l8 . 1 hc bulance w planled ,n mel"
i widens to a oint about 23 miles h!k)V,
Demiit1? where the river sinksand Hows
under the gravel bed only running la
l'w this p)int in time of snow melt in
the mountains.
About 12 miles of this irrigated per
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A Lona County Orchard.
turn nf vnlli.u wthni, rnuntv :
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of L.ina; of this we will endeaver to
give a lair uescripuun. oriiiiK "" imuus. in eoiinecnon j ueming, tne counuy seal oi Luna county, njf ftn extensive practice and his custo
the county line the first place is that of wth his fruit farm and nursery he rais-i a progressive, ihriffy town and ihe mM nw hi l.t nlieitom he allow
Uncle Bob" Miller, a pioneer and a
whole souled man. Mr. Miller has 160
acres of fine land, about 45 acres in
a'falfa which cuts 5 to 8 tons of hay
per acre, he has one orchard of aliout
l.(MX), fruit trees in a fine healthy con
dition. A xrtion of other land is used
for corn, garden, etc. and balance is
pasture and river woodland, in fact, all
along tne Mimbres valley Isa fine growth
of cottonwood, box elder, ash and wii-
low furnishing plenty of fire wood. j
Next below is the home of Cap. Fos-
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ter consisting oi óv acres oí lunu. im
raises some iruu ana anana ami mu
has a fine bunch of cattle. OpRsite' on '
tne west bhib oi ui nm u ' '. -
t jf of Homer Tarbill. he has a nice place
,,uite a g.KKl mud orchard and alfalfa.
Mr. James Colson, below, has 160 acres,
I. ....r..imv . turn. Avlnf llllt IM llVnt.
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,ng most of his time to raising came.
UelOW VjOlson in ino sue ui uik
dam owned by Spaulding and Fisher of
Chicago, where they propose to put in a
dam to im)ound the flood waters of the
Mimbres river and run it Sn canals down
on the plain around Deming, where
.1..... v.... o lurnirM .VI ftOft. nered nf land
liicjr im .wv.R...
Which they Will supply wnn wier aim
sell in small tracU to settlers. This
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reservoir win oe anum onB
two and one half miles long. The dam
will be put down to bed rock and catch
NEW MEXICO
the under flow and wir he 75 feet alwve
the surface and will cost near $300,000.
They have a stong company organized,
do not know when work will start.
Below the dam site is the ranch of M.
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i anana arm amo a nice stock or cattle.
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LaBt y"41 Mr-
Gorman rained $1,000
worth of corn all of which he sold for
$1.75 per hundred. He is a progressive
man and a good citizen, ' j
Next below is the property ot W. M. '
Taylor which is divided in two lots of 1
4 ) acres each one being for pasture and
timber and the other is in a high state
of cultivation. He has an orchard of
n";ir,' "'K " heavily
.laiien with mill, pernapa no orchard in
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unit, ku-'ui-ii in,
W. 11. Taylor, father of W. M., has
a line o-.clinrü and nursery, lie lieinir
iné ..et nurseryman in mo uisiria anu
Iris eni.uiu tor more stock than lie can
supply. He is propigating all the choice
fruit j of this latitude and is considered
an authnritv on horlipiilliii-P uml mu
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of the shards in the valley are the
eN uuiie a lot of 'alfalfa and h
a small uuncn oi noistein cattle and
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some fine stock horses.
Mr. Taylor is one of the oldest residents
in the valley settling here 21 years ago.
He is an old frontiersman and pioneer of
"49"going to California in that year
and working in the mines there and in
Nevada. "Uncle Gum" as he is famil
lairly called was one of the framers of
the Statu Constitution of Nevuda and
afterwards Berved two terms in the
State Legislature and six years as
i CQUnty
Commissioner of Curchill
county.
Below "Uncle Gums" is the place of
lhg 0scar C. Taylor, who has a
Bmul, m MMaf and
tmM fruit) Mr Taylor m justice of
, the ace f(p net No 2
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only case he has had in the last two
, yem wag t(J perform g marrjafe Cere.
mony, so it seems the people are peace
able and have no time to get into
trouble which seaks well for the com
munity. The next place is that of B. F.
Taylor, he has 120 acres of land about
60 in cultivation and a fine orchard.
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. ADOUl -M acreg ,n
alfalfa which pro
duces a heavy crop, an average of 8
tons of cured hay to the acre. A large
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portjon üf the g ,Mted tQ
Kanjen( etc
Below this place is the farm of D. S.
Gorman, he has 150 acres about' 60 in
cultivation, Mr. -Gorman has a nice
orchard, vineyard and alfalfa in abund
ance, he is one of tne most extensive
melon raisers in the valley, he is plant
ing this season about nix acres, and
finding ready sale for all, he has of
them at good prices, from $20 to $35
per hundred in the towns, and about
half that price on field delivery, he has
also a small bunch of mule. Below
Mr. Gorman is the place of J. J.
Jacobsoti, Mr. Jacobson has a new place
of 160 acres and is improving it in a
substancial way, he has an immense
well 12 feet in diameter, sunk to
bedrock uml n immpnRo rinmn fmm I
neu rocK, ana an immense pump from
which he .rngates a large field, he has I
also a fine bunch of cattle, and is man-1
agerofthe Siaulding farm, of which
we will treat later. Next comes the
Old Town ranch, owned by H. H.
Whitehill and son3, very little farming
is done here, being used for a cattle and
horse ranch. The Old Town is one
of the oldest settlements in the south
; west, it was an old staff stand and
government depot, and at one time
had several hundred inhabitants, it wts
also a trading point for a vast extent,
but it was abandoned on entry of the
railroad, so now just, a ranch remains
of what was once a busy trading post,
Next below comej the Canaigre
Cultivating Co.n.iariv's farn njv.iHrl hv
A. S. Spaulding, (the Base ball goods
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man) of Chicago, there is about 160
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cre in mis nommg. aooui nacres
are planted with Canaigre, which is
used for tanning leather; reblar ship-
ment8 are ma,la to elUeJri f torie
anu as tne piani is a native oi New
Mexico it is in its native element, an 1
erows to nerfect on. Mr Snauldimr
hll. all ma,.hn4irv. ruttera .i,,. Bn,i
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80 "' t0 handle the crop, and has made
a success. Mr. J.J. Jacobson is the
ranch manager, they have about 200
acrus of alfalfa and employ from tour
I to ten hands the year round. Below
j this ranch the water sinks in the gra
vel bed, and no farming is carried on,
only by windmills for small plats, gar
dens etc. along the entire Mimbres
valley on either side are irrigating
1 ditches and for the entire length more
1 than 10 ditches are taken out, but it is
deep to bed rock, the waters have a
strong under flow. Rising near the
: surface in places so that ditches can be
taken out but with all these ditches the
under flow is just as strong below as it
is higher up in the valley. The depth
to water any where in the valley varies
4 to 20 feet. Some land is too wet to
farm without draining, some does not
need irrigation and some requires more
irrigation than other, owing to (he
depth to water. The soil varies from 5
', to 12 feet in depth underlaid with gravel.
I Health in the valley is good, the air
' is pure and the water is chemically pu-e,
same as at Deming. Our local markets
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Fierro. Georgetown, Central City, and
: railroad center of south-western New
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! icxio. ine wruer mis. soenc i years
of his life here and noled conditions
closely and predicts Luna county to be
one of the leading counties in New
Mexico in the near future.
Hon. V. M. Ttybr.
Part 1 1.
William M Taylor was born Jan uary
29th 1862 in Sacramento county Cali
foronia, his father being a 40er pioneer.
And in 1873 removed to Colorado and
settled at Grenada in 1875, removed to
Lampassas Texas living there until 1881
when the family came west again ard
settled in the Mimbres valley near Fay
wood hot springs where his father still
resides Mr. Taylor has followed vari
ous businesses since coming to the
territory, agriculture, horticulture,
stock raising, mining, and merchandis
ing. In 1897 he was elected county
commissioner of Grant county was re
leased in 1900 and by the creation of
Luna county in 1901 was chosen by the
irovornnr n rtnn nf ttiu pimmuulriiwimi
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for Luna cminty resigned six months
ateP t0 follow other business pursuits
mi, wa .,; imiin;nllIi ,i.Ur. .
n "- J fov ,
or to fill a vacancy in the board on the,'L'S1 'han one ye;ir as full partner in
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Taylor was mirnel in 1881 to Miss
Mary E. Benson of Lamp.ts.uM Texas
and has two living children by this
union. He is engaged in agricultuiv
and mining at the present time, ow.iing
ome very fine mining properties
Collins.
Dr. F. E. Collins is a native of the
state of Illinois and received his early
education in the public high school of
Oswego, after leaving the high school i
he took a course in the Chicngo College
of Dental Snrgery, graduating with
high honors in the class of I'.UiO. On ;
completing his course he went to Cali -
forma where he practiced his profession
at Los Angeles for about four months
from there he came to New Mexico the
fall of the same year practicing his
profession in the mining camps of Grant
and Sierra counties until September of
the following year when he located at
Demine. He has a neat and conve-
nient suit of nwrns in the Allison block
; 0 silver avenue, just south of the cen-
tral telephone office. During the near-
, . , ha ,.. a,1Pi.uwi,Mi h uia
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au.,enor 8kll a8 a dentist anil his pieas-
ing manner a centeman in esublish-
,..,i, . u:a (1m
Col. 1'. R. . Smith whose portrait
appeared in last weeks' issue of the i
Graphic and who wrote the article on I
the climate of Luna county was born
in Tennessee in 1833; emigrated with
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his parents to Arkansas 1842. where financing any enterprise which he has
his father died in 1843, thence with his , taken up and recommended. His old
mother ond two younger brothers ' est acquaintances are his best friends,
emigrated to western Texas where he and his following is, now larger than
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was ineir soie support ior tnree years
when his mother married, a wealthy
farmer. Thus relieved of the burden
and obligation of mother and brothers
at the early age of 13 years, he launch
ed out on his own responsability ; work
ing on a farm for two years, and then
as clerk in a dry-goods storcf for
two years. In these 4 years he si ved
up money enough to pay his way in
College for three years doing double
work the greatar part of the time and
only needed one term more for a com
plete College course, and Diploma.
But his fund had run low and much to
his regret he had to give up College
though he kept up his studies and
finished the College courw in private
that Is, he completed the course which
would have entitled him to a diploma
with first honors, if he could have
remaind at College. At thli time ho
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The Pet of the Family.
(A MI.MHRKS VALLKY KCKNE. )
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entered a large mercantile cstablish-
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m,'nt wl'ere his nerv.ee on became
s" valuable, that he was admitted in
ine iiuhik oí me m in, anu in a little
Ie3s than 10 years, he owned one half
interest in stH'k and busines which
iveraged $20,(XW net profit annually
for 10 years; thus earning the hund
somj little fortune of one hundred
thousand dollars in ten years. At this
period when his future indicated a
phenomenal success, tho great Revolu
tion and Civil War followed. He
enlisted in the lilth. Arkansas in April
i860, was elected 2nd Liutenant aud in
less than six months was advanced to
the rank of Leutenant Colonel and lat
er to the full command of the regi
ment. His old comrades all unite in
saying that he was one of the hardest
fighters, and best providers in the
army and was always held in high es
teem by his commanding officer, sub
bordinates and men. He participated
in the battles of Dug Spring, Wissons
Creek. Pea Itidge, Little Rock, Pleas
ant Hill, Mansfield, and many smaller
conflicts. He always had a holy
horror of being a prisoner and would
run any risk to avoid capture. On two
oceassions wden the confederate army
was defeated and the white flag was
raised for surrender he and his com
rades cut their way out at heavy loss
hut making good iheir escape, though
corteous to his officers and men and
loved by all. At the same time he was
a strict disciplinarian, and never failed
to be on time where duty called. Two
months before the war ceased he was
detached from the regular service and
.-sent to Kurope on an important mis-
jsion, and was the only one of three,
(Cien. I'alen Acquee, and May Merrill)
j who accompl.s led the objects f r which
, they were sent, before Lee's surrender,
The war wiped out his fortune, most
j thoroughly, and in 1865 he commenced
life a new, with that energy and
ditermination that always win; and not
withstanding that in the laat ihirt v
years; during the several severe panics
which disturbed the finances of the
country, and brought ruin to thousands
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' c oiners made
heavy losses, but always recovered
quickly and in time made good every
just obligation.
He has always been thourough going
progressive and enterprising in all his
undertaking; has brought hundreds of
thousands of dollars of capital into New
Mexico, to be invested in various en
terprises, many of which have been
very' successful,
has not failed in
In twenty years he
a single instance in
' er iwiorc. t nave Known rum In-
timately, since boyhood to this date
(Nov. 23d 1899), And he is the same
refined, corteous and accomplised
gentlemen that he was when I first
knew him. perfectly fearless in danger,
yet loving peace, kind and generous to
a fault.
Col. Smith is President of the Dem
ing Real Estate and Improvement Co.
which is the largest Real Estate As
sociation in south west New Mexico.
He was largely instrumental in se
curing the location of the National Col
ony and Sanitarium for comsumptives
at Deming, which is destined to be
come the greatest and most extensive
institution of the kind in the world,
He has always worked for New
Mexico and especially for Deming.
By An old comrade.
S. C.
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