Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-21
DEM|NC ITEMS!
Cattle Shipments Al
most Daily.
Merchants Feeling EIated Over
Bright Prospects.
Several Prominent Citizens Written
Up in Short Paragraphs.
ELECTRIC PLANT FOR DEMING.
ELECTRIC PLANT FOR DEMlNG.

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Deming. N. NJ, June 20.-The Vic.
toria Land and Cattle company. whose
ranges are located near here, are
shipping train loads OF cattle almost
daily. Manager Greer was in town
the other day and he reports the
range looking fine and cattle In the
best of condition for range stock.
VIM. Dawson and Samuel Edring-
ton. two Albuquerque sports, passed
through Deming Tuesday night for
Blsbee. where they will keep up with
the procession and go into some kind
Of business. Bisbee is booming these
days and people are focking In there
from all quarters.
Along the Santa Fe route, especially
between Rincon and Deming, herds of
fine range cattle can be seen. and at
Mutt and Florida stations they find
good water and grass. BY the way.
at Nuts station is where the outside
world. having business at the county
seat of Sierra county, take the Lake
Valley branch railroad. The train
makes daily trips to the once fam
silver mining camp Of Lake Valley
and from there via j. NJ. Orchards
aNott W hhlAioDcAOs uhbt V
Gently closed a very successful court
at Hillsboro.
1t is stated that the crop Of jack
and c~ottontail rabbits will be In
abundance this winter on the open
flats" surrounding Deming, and some
of the citizens are debating the pro-
position of starting a rabbit cannery.
Although Deming has a good hotel
in the Fred Harvey house, still j. A.
Mahoney, the big merchant, is agitat.
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of putting up q
first class modern hotel. II Is learn
ed that he is In communication with
certain well known architects and
contractors and mas estimates Of cost
which he is now considering.
Deming has her share of Chinese
restaurants and curio dealers, there
being half a dozen or more In business
in the city OF windmills" and they
seem to be prospecting.
George l.. Shakespeare, editor OF the
Oeming Headlight, was In Silver City
consulting u physician. Mr.. Shake
speare has been under the weather for
some time.
Albert Field is one of the graduates
of 1900 of the Deming public school
and II also one of the best young hust- |
lers In Deming. During the stay Of
the junior member of The Citizen at
Deming. Mr.. Field took particular
pains to see that he was pleased with
the town and that he met the officers
OF the Adelphi club. Mr.. Field will
represent The Citizen at Deming.
One OF the big men OF Deming Is
Ed. Merz. When seen by The Citi-
zen representative and asked for the
news. he threw large drops of prespi.
ration from his brow and remarked:
Yes, I I'm living by the sweat Of
my BROW" He weighs $50 pounds.
The Deming Mercantile company,
operated by N. Beals and 8. Lindauer.
another big merchant of the city OF
~windmills," reports business good.
They. like the balance, are pleased
with the division, which created a
new county and called II Luna, with
Deming as the county seat.
Col. j. p. McGrorty. who was the
United States internal revenue col
lector for New Mexico for four years
under one OF C~leveland's administra-
tons, is a true blue Deming citizen
and believes the town will forge ahead
with renewed vigor. He Is interested
in the drug business with ]. A. Kin
near.
One OF the substantial citizens OF
Deming is Lou II. Brown, the cashier
Of the Bank OF Deming. No enterprise
and nj scheme, tending to build
Deming is complete without the name
OF Lou II. Brown connected Herewith.
A. c. Rollins, a Deming barber. sold
out the other day and left for Cali.
fornia. Leon Godchaux. a tonsorial
q, rtfyt ~ roputatiop waa the nurchaaar |
by the way. Deming has two good bar.
Der shops. the other being conducted
by Otto Smith.
Prof. 4. Francis Duff, n few years |
ago in charge OF the public schools of
San Marcial. is the popular assistant
principal OF public schools OF Dem
ing. and he has friends all over Luna
county. The principal Is Prof. W. w.
Robertson, who, with his wife. is now
visiting his old home In Kentucky. |
The Robertson family are all born
school teachers. Major Robertson,
father of Prof w. w, Robertson, Is
in charge OF the Lordsburg schools,
while the latter's daughters are teach
ers at Deming and also at Lordsburg.
They are all right.
J.. w. Alum is at Deming arrang'
ing to put in an ice and electric light
plant. He also has the franchise for
wiring the country and towns FOR tele-
phones. The icle plant will be OF ten
tor capacity and the electric light
plant OF l000-light capacity.
Colonel John Grass, who has stood
by Deming like a sentinel on guard
duty, for many years, Ia the proprie-
tor of the Commercial house and gets
his share of patronage. The meals
cooked and served are lust like mo
theirs" back in the good old states be-
yond the Mississippi.
Deming has two good weekly news
papers, both being well patronized by
the merchants. The oldest is the
Headlight, owned and edited by
n--u.a SLnEannnarn md tho Afhar