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DEMING, LUNA COUNTY, N. M.f FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1911.
No 4-1
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OF HEW NDOCO
HIATrnO Government lroj'cU and the rec
lamation service appeal very natur
ally to eople and it is not my pur
pose to dissuade any one thua in
dined from making full and ex
haustive examination into any and
an projects now in operation or
hereafter to be promulgated by our
generous Uncle Sam.
tt ia well, however, that all people
should know that it takes money
BOOSTED and íoU of it for one to succeed on
I any reclamation project where the
National Irrigation initial cotrt runs into millions. Men
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n wim money, nruiiiB ami energy win
t .1 1 At
succeea on mese projects, even mo
the cost of obtaining title to the
en Delivered, Today by
'ard E. Holt at Nation
1 Irrigation Congress
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ngress was
Deming in 1893.
land
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ranges from $45 to (70 per
.'resident, Fellow Delegates and acre, with a perpetual tax for main
Mids: j tenance of community ditches add-
iow that as we are one of the ed.
possible twin babies in 'the! .Intelligent farmers are coming to
hood of states, you will be the irrigation idea as the only reliable
to know a little something get-rich-quick scheme without a
f tyour baby sister, who had, penalty attached. With the "Back
r birth, more coal than Penn-to-the-Boil" movement there comes
lia. more lumber than Maine, ' a land-hunger and water-thirst that
i agricultural land than five can be supplied only by states like
in New England, more min- New Mexico. People who have
! wealth than any other state never travelled the length and
i I fewer mortgages on the homes breadth of this mighty southern
f h-r happy, prosperous, progress- empire can scarcely realize that we
i . i i'ople than any other state in have 4,000,000 acres of land under
' union. our beautiful turquoise sky, with an
".-.ee the last meeting of this available water supply, as specified
: i deliberative body in the city by surveyors, and for which applica
"I Can" to the present meeting tiona to the Territorial Engineer
t matchless metropolis of "I have been made with but 750,000
. ', the empire builders of the acres now irrigated, according to
My Southwest have induced the Engineer Miller's report. The esti
. ress of the United Stales to mate includes the largest irrigation
I two more stars to the proudest project in the world, now being
T of civilization, there to coustructed at Elephant Butte,
n until Gabriel's truniet shall down to the smallest valley consist
ion the human race to a land ing of only a few thousand acres.
Kt as fair as the one t-.i which 1 The peopling of this grand do
direct the attention of" this main, where health, opportunity,
cc;re88. and oppulence await the man who
A budding historian of the twen- says: "I will," is going forward,
tieth century has recently declared with rapid, irresistible Btrides and
Unit one of the smiling valleys of the true American spirit. The best
i.Yw Mexico was the original -"(tar -civilization of our country ia joining
den of Eden" and that ofT-shoots of the forces of Nature in building a
the original apple tree are still commonwealth that will be the peer
bearing fruit. Partial proof of this of any in the Union, and with cli
was established in my mind this matic conditions surpassing them
year, when I saw apple trees all.
springing from the parent root full New Mexico has successfully
thre- centuries old and still bearing practiced irrigation since the latter
fruit. part of the sixteenth century, bo
New Mexico is surely fulfilling that we claim nothing new except
the scriptural prophecy: "And the improved methods,
desert shall be made to rejoice and Aside from the area that has been
blossom as the rose." Isaiah might and can be reclaimed by harnessing
have licen speaking of our region our rivers and streams, we have
when he referred to roses, for no- nearly a half million acres of the
when under the canopy of heaven richest soil in America, that is, or
do flowers grow more luxuriantly may he, irrigated by underground
than in the great Sonthwest. waters pumped from shallow depths,
Do you know that I have wished thirty-five to one hundied feet. Of
a thousand times since moving from this vast area, not over five per
my native state of Michigan to the cent has been put under cultivation,
"Sunshine State" that all the intel- but that five per cent has fully
ligent people of our country were demonstrated to the world
projM-rly informed concerning the the alaolute guarantee of wealth
reHl condition of things. If they vouchsafed to tho man who pins
were, we would never again be his faith upon the magic of the
delineated by the clever cartoonist pump, has the cash or credit to buy
that maker of public opinion, as the pump and applied himself with
the booted bad mnn with chaps and energy and intelligence. In every
guns, but the kindlier pen would county of the new state there are
picture a civilization equal to the areas that are being or may be
best, with all the frontier cruelties reclaimed at enormoua profit by the
and hardship forever gone. (now proven system of pumping for
New Mexico should In given ere-! irrigation.
dit for erecting the first church in' At Roswell, in the great Tecos
America and it was on her soil that ' Valley, hundreds of artesian wells
the first permanent settlement of. tap the underground waters,
many pumpa are also in
iii s
white men was estaunsnea. uur
history has been a struggle for pol
have been shipped
and
use, there
this year over
itical rights which arc now ours to 8,000 carloads of the finest orchard
enjoy with the sister states of our and field products in me worm,
vr.n.l renublic. worth not less than $3.000,000, to
With national resources developed y nothing of ram oads of live
and a knowledge of our matchless.. took, wool and cotton This is
n.t, we are sure to be one of relatively true of the whole of the
the wealthiest, most independent W Pecos
and generally prosperous of the sis
terhood of states.
For sime
plained by
in the north
been gradually
I nlfulfo tiriuliict nlonn In worth almost
a million dollars.
A ! vt.k rvitmrti it rr ftf ntutUt i Inn
reason, as yet unex- r
science, rainfall near Koswell inc.uues i.uuu acres,
and the east has' with twenty-eight miles of electric
essening for the wwmiiun
lines
connecting the
7 u- -J motor-driven pumps. The residents
niut ilecaue. ana iarmers, , . . . ... i
Sea s have harvested abundant of this beautiful cty say that apple
IZ Zl been forced, against orchards In this vicinity are cheaper
.i. .- ...m ru.rhniM tn nirrce with 8
r:;ü made by tne will ever be aKain
em'.ciii'-
n.,i.,u, f Reviews, that shrewd,
hard-headed farmers are turning largest central irrigation power
.u- ...-nti.. western farms, plant in the United States, where
Naturally they want to Improve farmers are pumping on the co-op-waLr
as well as land conditions. In erative basis, the original cost be-
now at $1,000 an acre than they
The Portales region can boast the
their inc $35 per acre, but the cost of
water as
,in hiv vnt to be
own rain makers. In order to do maintenance ha. thus far been but
0 .7 .ta.,., tl.no ikt acre. The longest trans-
SS-i. to"--"!-!-. .u. d. fowlg
miles and the acreage that will
eventually be reclaimed will exceed
150,000, Everything except citrus
fruits is grown in great abundance
and a fine sugar beet factory will
soon add value to the area. It
might be added right here that
New Mexico's sugar beets, like her
fair women are the sweetest in the
world.
The Estancia Valley is doing won
ders around Willard and Estancia,
thru the magic of the pump, where
the coat of an acre-foot of water is
$1.75, their products this year show
1200 pounds of beans per acre, 200
bushels of potatoes, with other crops
in proportion; and truck farming
producing $300 per acre or better,
which latter fact applies to all our
valleys.
At Alamogordo, the pump is also
becoming a great factor in profita
ble farm development.
The Albuquerque region, and In
fact the whole Rio Grande Valley,
Is taking on an air of prosperity
thru the instrumentality of life-giving
water, pumped from the earth,
to give necessary moisture for plant
growth. There are a number of
small irrigation wells in the vinclnity
of Fort Bayard, the largest army
sanitorium in the United States.
if not in the world. Speaking of
sanitoriums, it may be truthfully
stated that New Mexico ia one
great sanitorium, where health
makes wealth easier and where Na
ture has been most lavish in her
gifts to men.
Assuming that our largest daily
news paper, the Albuquerque
Journal, spoke intelegently when it
said, "The Mimbres Valley is show
ing the world when it comes to
pumping for irrigation," the atten
tion of the Congress is directed
to what is actually beinir done
in this most forward region.
The Mimbres Valley is located in
the southwestern part of the state
and lies largely in Luna County. It
is surrounded on every side by moun
tain ranges which effectually pro
tect it from severe storms, an ap
proach to a clycone never having
been known. Its level area is well
descrilted in a recently published re
port of Hon. Chas. D. Miller, Terri
torial Engineer, which says:
Estimates of the possibilites of
this valley place the figures of irri
gable area from wells producing
from 500 to 1200 and even 1500 gal
lons of water per minute at 100,000
Bcres. To this area it is conserva
tively estimated that there may be
added 100,000 acres irrigated from
wells producing 500 gallons down to
possibly 200 gallons of water per
minute."
The valley has an underground
basin filled with water filtered for
many miles through sand and grav
el, rendering it the purest body of
water In America. The govern
ment analysis last year of the water
used by the Deming City Water
works, which is a part of this un
derground flow, gave 30 parta total
solids, chiefly magnesia and iron to
100,000 parts of water. Without
chemical treatment of any kind this
water is used for every purpose
scientific or domestic, and is applied
direct from the pump with absolute
safety to every form of plant life
which means everything in tho veg
etable kingdom, outside of citrus
fruits. Its quantity may be most
easily and quickly understood when
we say the report of a Government
engineer in charge of irrigation in
vestigations, this year, said: "If
300,000 acre feet were withdrawn
from the underflow in one year, a
condition almost impossible, it would
lower the water plane below but 3.5
inches."
From this underground sea more
than 200 pumps, ranging in volume
from 200 to 2000 gallons per minute,
are truly making the desert blossom
as the rose.
The land-hungry of the North and
East pay real money to come to this
Congress to learn what is being
done in the irrigated sections of the
country. "They want to know how
fits. They don't want hot air theo
ries; they want ice cold facta based
on actual exerlenee.
Using the Mimbres Vally as a
leading exponent of pumping for Ir-
facts: Relinquishments from present
holders of land may be obtained for,
from $5.00 to $25.00 per acre. Un
improved deeded land may be
purchased for, from $15.00 to $100.
00 per acre, the prices being regu
lated to a certain extent by the dis
tance from Deming, the chief
market town of the valley, and chief
railroad center of New Mexico.
Tracts of five to twenty acres, im
proved with water developed, may
be purchased, clow in, at $125.00 to
$150.00 per acre.
Cost of wells and pumps: A well,
pump and 35-h-p. electric motor,
sufficient to successfully irrigate 150
to 200 acres, costs $2300 to $2000.
Same well costs from $400 to $000
more, a crude oil engine being
slightly more expensive than either,
which is overcome by a cheaper
operating expense.
Cost of putting water on the
ground: Getting right down to
brass tacks, in order that a child
may understand and computing the
cost of 100 or more large and small
successful pumping plants, it costs
a half a cent to pump 1000 gallons
of water, a season's irrigation, cost
ing from $3.00 to $9.00 per acre,
according to th amount of water
required for various crops and the
skill of the irrigator. These figures
are baaed on electricity at 3 cents
per K. W. engine naptha at 12 cents
and crude oil at 6 cents per gallon,
and with the increasing consumption
all of these products are getting
cheaper.
Plowing and irrigation are carri
ed on every week in the year, and
in most of the market gardens,
vegetables are grown the year
'round. Winter Irrigation for
spring and summer crops is gaining
in favor.
What are the profits: Of course
that interests everybody most. Bas
ed on the actual exerience of our
farmers during the Vul two years,
we can say: Alfalfa $50 to $70 net
profit per acre; pink beans, $30 to
$r0; white onions, $250 to $325; cab
bages, $350 to $450; tomatoes, $400
to $500; potatoes, $200 to $300; Kaf
fir corn and Milo maize $30 to $75;
watermelons and cantaloupes, $250
to $275; garden truck including cel
ery, chili, rhubarb, asparagus, $300
to $1,000 per acre.
Every kind of fruit, except citrus
varieties, grow in great abundance.
The Mimbres Valley captured the
first prize for the world's largest
apples to the St. Louis World's Fair,
the big fellow weighing 48 ounces
and measuring 22 inches in circum
ference, and it is interesting to
note that 100 trees in this same
orchard this year produced 100 tons
of choicest fruit. It is a significant
fact that New Mexico apples, made
to blush in beauty by our wonderful
sunshine, command the highest
market prices in the world.
Peaches, pears, plums, grapes.
nectarines and all deciduous fruits
are grown at tremendous profit.
The opinion of others who have
made extensive investigations in this
region, may be of interest:
Postmaster-General Hitchcock
says: Tou have a marvelous devel
opment and bright future," which
statement is verified by former Sec
retary, James R. Garfield. Alfred
Fenry Lewis writes the speaker as
toi.ows: "You have a right tobe en
thusiastic over your wonderful
country. It's great. It's majestic.
It's marvelous. It is a story that
interests the human family and the
intelligent American citizenship that
is fast peopeling this region will
make it an abiding place much to be
desired."
Gov. Folk, western presidential
timber, says, "It ia one on the most
forward parts of our Union."
Lee A. Philips, the largest indi
vidual farmer of California, and
chief of the loan department of the
Pacific Mutual Life' Insurance Com
pany, is an ardent advocate of
pumping for irrigation, and his ex
perience proves that one or two
more crops are possible under this
system and ditches do not carry nox
ious weeds or seeds from one farm
to another. As proof to his faith in
the magic of pump, be has very ex
tensive loans in the Mimbres Valley
and other irrigated valleys of New
Mexico, preferring to make loans on
lands irrigated by the pumping ays.
DuCharme is Happy.
A few day ago the well-men start
ed a pit for Mr. E. F. DuCharme's
big irrigation well and went down
66 feet, without striking water.
The pr.)8H'ct for water was bad,
and everybody had a slight touch
of the "blues." One of the drillers
suggested that they drill an inch
hole down in the bottom and
shoot," for water as a last resort.
The did not shoot" for after drill
ing less than a foot water came in
so fast that they had to hurry to
the top and in a few hours, 12 foot
of water was standing in the pit,
all from an inch hole.
E. F. says that when he gets a
24 inch hole down thru that stratum
he believes he will have water
enough for his half section.
The well is 3 miles west of Iola
and will put at rest, the theory that
water is scarce in this locality.
. To say that the Iola boys, and Du
Charme in particular, were tickled,
would be putting it rather mildly.
tern to land irrigated by any other
method.
One of the newspapers of Chicago
says: ' Herein stretches the Egypt
of the New World. There is the
same clear, luminous atmosphere
overhead and the same delicious
climate."
A great agricultural journal of
Southwest says: "The water and
climate in this valley are so nearly
Ideal it is a waste of Mine talking
about either," so I am going to
quit, right now, but 1 wouldn't ex
emplify the spirit and hospitality of
the Great Southwest if I did not ex
tend to each and every officer . and
member of the great Congress a
cordial invitation to come and visit
us in the Land of Sunshine, magnif
icent schools, and educational advan
tages, where health makes wealth
easier and renders life a positive
blessing.
Hondale.
Ed Bowman and wife drove to
Deming, Monday.
The Hondale mail-carrier and
wife visited at W. F. Phillips, Sun
day.
W. F. Phillips, south of Hondale,
butchered some seven months old
hogs that averaged 195 lbs each.
Don't hardly look as if we lacked for
feed docs it?
Mrs. Grace Ford, daughter Crete
and sister Ethel Baugh, left Monday
for Paduky, Ky. Mr. Ford is a
steamboat engineer on the Ohio
river.
Frank Hon had the buggy shafts
repaired after the unfortunate ac
cident, the night of the Hondale
dance, and Monday tried them out.
The Misses Ellisqn and Coffin and
Mr Hon, driving to Deming, Mon
day.
One of our farmers is discing his
and both ways, with a 4-horse disc,
before breaking, another is discing
and already broken and will then
rrigate to store moisture for the
next year crop. We think this is a
good thing to try coming as it does
in the dead of winter where we till
the soil every month in the year.
We think this vicinity right here
at Hondale has a better example of
what can be done on a farm, in a
small way, than any place in the
whole valley. We refer to Dr.
Bowens' fine farm one half mile
south. Dr. Bowen came here from
Texas last winter and put in a 10-h.
p. engine and a 2 inch centrifugal
pump. He then had ten or twelve
acres cleared and broke. On this
land the Dr. raised all kinds of veg
etables, juicy watermelons and some
6000 pounds of pink beans. He
baled the hulls and also has a nice
rick of bailed oats. The doctor did
all of this work with one horse and
attended a lot of patients thru the
season. We believe this demoa
strates what ambition and common
sense will do for any man in this
great Mimbres Valley. The pro
Cfeds from the melon crop pnid for
all the fuel used by the engine.
We avdertise and believe in it, but
our pleased customers are doing a
world of good, by telling their
friends of the fair treatment and
money's worth deal, received here.
The Deming Lumber Co. 1
We
base our confidence in our future
prosperity, on our determination
to give efficient service and
courteous treatment to ALL our
patronsbecause these things
have contributed so largely to
our success in the past nineteen
years.
The Bank of Deming,
Deming .... New Mexico
Resources - $334,000.00
We Will be Pleased to Serve You.
3T
Bank Statement
Condensed report of condition of the Deming
National Bank, at close of business, Sept. 1, 191 1.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .... $178,294 21
Furniture and Fixtures .... 2,500 00
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation - 25.000 00
Bonds, Securities, Etc. - . 1.C50 00
Caih tnd Exchange .... $66,559 65
1274,004.46
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock
Surplus and Undivided Profits
Circulation
DEPOSITS
$25,000 00
19,878 88
25,000 00
204,125 56
$274,004 40
OFFICERS:
C. L. Baker. .Vice President . .
G. W. Rutherford, Asst. Cashier
DIRECTORS:
A. J. Clark Thos. Marshall A. W. Pollard C. L. Baker
J. P. McGrorty J. J. Bennett H. H. Kelly
A. J.Clark. President.
II. II. Kelly, Cashier
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Keep your coal bill down and tht
temperatura up by using the Wilton
Hot Blatt Pwcn Draft Heater.
Thie wonderful huater will keep
your room comfortable with half
the fuel required by the ordinary
Kind. ID
Wilson
Hot Blast
neater
it built on nn entirely
new principle. The
draft cntcr.1 at the
top over the tiic,
toning all rotn
buiti blc Rnace
down into tin lire
where tlicjr are
burned, malead tf
eecaping, tip the
chimney.
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OIUYEO about and we have a line in
stock that will interest you if you care to save
money on your fuel bill and still have plenty of
heat. The stove shown above is an acknowledged
fuel saver, but we have a large line of other good
ones for you to pick from. We have heaters for
coal or wood, and ranges. If you buy without
looking here, we are both losers.
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