Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-14
DEM|NG AS A
FREIGHT CENTER
Over Score Of Men Are Given Employment
al the Santa fe and Southern Pacific
Freight Depot Of the Wind
mill City.
The TOWN HAS ADOPTED A FOUNTAIN
AS The EMBLEM ON ITS OFFICIAL SEAL

Special Correspondence New Mexican
Deming, May 12-There is much
building in progress. Among others, A,
]. Clarke is putting up a fine business
block of three stories. If 25 new resi-
dences were built today they would all
be rented by tomorrow.
OF course, Deming is proud of its fine
water. 1t can be found at depth of
from Is to so feet for many square miles
around. This should make the city an
agricultural center some day for the
soil is fine. Grape vines attain height
! of 12 feet in two years and rose bushes
grow s to 10 feet high in two seasons.
Deming's new telephone system is
almost in working order and the new
electric light system has been supply
ing light the past two weeks.
Deming gets a very good revenue
from its dog and bicycle tax. That is
pointer to Santa Fe city authorities.
Seamon J. Field, the new president of
the town board, is IA years of age, but
is still active and spry, although he has
placed nearly all of his business upon
the shoulders of his twentyyear
son. Mr.. Field came to New Mexico 20
years ago on cot, suffering from con-
sumption. He had 1lemorrhages and
his friends had given up hope for his
recovery. New Mexico climate, howev-
er, has cured him, and Mr.. Field be-
came one of the pioneers of Deming.
His friends speak of sending him to the
legislature this fall.
New sidewalks are being laid in sew
eral parts of Deming. Another pointer
to Santa Fe.
S. j. Fielder, ESQ.,, a recent convert to
the Republican party, has decided to
take up his residence in Deming. his
present home being at Silver City.
An Uncle Toms Cabin show, the
same that was in Santa Fe ten days
ago, gave a street parade today and
showed in the opera house in the even
ing. 1t drew a big crowd
Deming would like to have military
post. It's splendid water, it's fine cli-
mate, it's situation near the Mexican
border, the fact that 1t has plenty of
suitable land for post and that 1t is
the only town in New Mexico with
three railroads, are some of the strong
arguments put forth. DaminrTalso ey-
poets that the next legislature will give
lit one of the new territorial institutions
and that the southwestern corner of
Grant county will be annexed to Luna
county, as all of the business of that
section is transacted at Deming.
There are some $4,000 in the county
treasury and the May tax collections
will be heavy. The county is run on
very economical basis and there will be
a handsome surplus in the treasury at
the end of the fiscal year when some
/ old indebtedness may be wiped out. For
| 1902, bills have been paid in full and up
to date. Over 80 per cent Of all taxes
due have been collected. A bill Is pen
ding in congress to authorize bond is
sue of $685. 200, of which 100000 are to be
for a new court house, and $4,000 to pay
off old debts, which are still due be-
cause Grant county never made a set
tlement for 1900 taxes.
The city has adopted seal showing
fountain. This Is to typify the fact
that it has the best water in the south
west. The suggestion was made by. s.
J. Field.
Attorney A. w. Pollard is visiting his
old home in Wisconsin. He expects to
come to Santa Fe on business visit
learly in June.
To show the immense amount OF
traffic that the Ell Paso and South
western railroad Is doing already, 1t IL
only necessary to state that 1t gets
Iron 150 to 200 freight consignments
from the Santa Fe daily for the Queer
Mining Company at Bisbee alone, not
to speak of the other business. This
Afternoon five heavy freight trains
pulled into the Santa Fe freight depot
one after the other, to be unloaded o.
transferred at Deming. The number O
freight handlers at Deming is yer.
large and about half dozen clerk
(have been employed in the Santa F.
freight office there, since the join
|agency Of the Santa Fe and the South
Tern Pacific at Deming were dissolved.
| Mr.. and Mrs. s. b. Warner, formerl!
Of Santa Fe, are conducting flourish
ling restaurant at Deming.
The new Harvey eating house at Rim
con. which will take the place of tina
recently burned down, Is nearly com
Ipleted, and next week will be opened t.
the travelling public. 1t is a franz
structure similar to the one burned.
Deming regrets to lose Professor A
lB. Stroup, the superintendent of 1T
schools the past year, he having beer
|elected superintendent of the Albu
lquerque schools. Deming has one O
1.-THE best public school systems and on'
lof the finest school houses in the terri
tory. It Is proposed to build an addi
|tion to the school house and on June 2
the question Of issuing $4,000 in bonds
flor the addition, the levying OF a spec
lial school tax of three mills and tn
|election Of member Of the board o
Ieducation, will be voted upon by tn
citizens. Mr.. Stroup returned to Dem
ing today from Albuquerque. He Wi
lmove to the Duke City In the course Q