Deming headlight., 1896-05-22

The Nay number uf The Journal ol |
Dlaenonlu and CiImalology published At
Chicago, hhe tho following article,
written By Df. A. n. Mckay. which will |
be oi lu,orsat 10 our roadersi
"fenvlpg M paso, Tognn 10 Tho Rio
0rando valley, a. "a altitude Of ans
feet. the tourint. BY tho Southern Pacific
Route, gradually tlnes from tho valley |
o. the Rio uFnndp 70 The summit Of tho
divide between that valley and the
VALLEY Of tho MImbes tcorroct pronuncIa-
ten Msmbfss) At Alden, wheFe an elsvs
,ion Of a.3ei feet IA attained. From
Alden to Domlng, a distance Of as mliea.
the fail = but little over one foot Elle,
DsmIne having Ga altitude Of ASA fesl,
and i the lowest point 10 the valley.
Tho MiEbrea Is one Of the 'loni streams"
90 frequently found, II the expression
can bo allowed, Ia the Western country.
Rising Ia the snow-csppcd pealga ~ the
Black Range mountains. north Of Silver
City the river maInlainn good body oi
water till wlthIu twenty-five miles oi
Deminr, when Il disappears In The
desert lands,
Thus IL explained one Of the pecuIiari-
tien Of DcmIng, which makes u possible
70 build upon this arid desert sanl.
taFlum town for pulmonary diseases,
with q climate unexccllcd, !. e., pure
sof, water In unlimited quantity aud alb
eolute purity brought from 10 far, 40 20
90 fee, below the surface, AZ 10 be en-.
tlTsly beyond danger from surface con.
tamlnation. This water carries but 10
grains u mineral matter 10 the U. 3.
gallon, most Of which Is mugnefium
wlth only traes OF lime aud chloride Of
sodium, and 10 perfectly soft This
strata Of water II about forty milea 10
width and is undoubtedly the subter.
ranean flow Of the Mimbres river.
Evidences Of the pre- historic occupa-
lion Of the country about Deming are
numerous nnd unmistakable. Some q
miles nofth are the most southerly re-.
mains Of tho CliR dwtllors In Now
Mexico. But II Il with the climat,
principally that az physicians and healtt
seekers tho readers Of lhls will DO inter
ssted. For years the trend Of oploIol
among the most advanced minds Of this
medical profession has been towaFs
the couclucion that, 80 far as ell
mate 10 concerned IN the cure Of con
sum ption, that the elements most favor
able 10 that end ire, moderate altitude
the largest possible degree Of sunshine
the least possible precipitation nns
humidity, a temperature devoid Of OK
tremes Of either heat or cold, and al
arid OF semi.arld soil.
Az has been stated Dsming has NJ
altitude Of 4,s3A feet, which brings !
within the classification OF moderately
high attitude. High altitude being
designated as all above 1900 feet. Thll
nltItude Is sufficiently high TO offer th'
natural expansion effects Of alsitud'
upon the lungr, yet not 10 high ~ TO pu
, excessive strain upon the heart
Deming is, perhars, fairly the cente
Of tho region OF largo sunshine Ia th'
Southwest, az Ia shown by the followinl
table OF comparisons beswesn variou
sections as shown by the Y. s. weathc
Bureau statistics, Southern New
Mexico 737 per cent? Denver, Colo,
GIT ror cent? San Diego, Cal, 6i.2 pc
cent; sayanneh, Ga, 635 per cent
Cincinnati, O., A23 per cent.
The ollleial records show no portion
Of the United States with larger per
centago Of sunshine than southwes
New Mexico and Arizona. Tie records
ct Fort Bsyard, the nearest ofilcia
, station Of the U. s. Weather serylrs
shows s34 clear and fair days and 81
|, cloudy days per year Tor number OF
=, years.
The average precipitation OF eouihefr
New Mexico IL $50 inches, Of Nolihert
New liexlco 9, Santa Fe, ll.u2; Denver
: Colo, islb; Ltu Angeles, Cal, 1879
San Antonio, Tex, s0.Oi Asheville, n. @.
4lGs; Louisville, KY, 1885, Jacksonville
Fla, CSC. Tho rainfall At Deming
mostly experienced during the month
Of July, August, September nn'
October, the balance OF the year bcinI
practically free from rain aud almoa
cloudless.
There IL no exact data regarding hu
midity at Dcming. but al Fort BaSaft
. where the precipitation Is i46e inche
! against $50 Inches ni Demlng, th
0 humidity Is 43 per cent, 80 that II
. fair to presume that II would be owe
less at Dening Probably ia the neigh
!. borhood Of 40 per cent. would not bo TO
D low 10 put H.
!. The mean annual temperature 10 b5.
degrees, divided by seasons as follows
I srslng, 522 degrees summer 72e d,
{. gressI tall, t0-e degrees, wlutor, 30.
degrees thus showing a comparutivel
I small range between the means of sun
mer and winter. The variations b,
D tween the maximum mean Of J-ly, ~
. degrees aud Of January, 37.t degrees,
{ but 1871 degrees, showing most equabl
!. yearly climate. A careful record {
4 three observations a day, via, At 8 a. m
= le m. and Q p. m, during January an
I February, 1896, ono Of the Hsveress win
X ters known, shows tho lowest temper
aturo a. 2 a. m to have been ~ degrees
which was At tho time fruits we're kille
10 Florida. There waa DOT day Of IN
two monthn that the ,hermometer wa
below 81 degrees At noon. runnlng a
= the way from that to 81 degrees At uoor