Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-08

der town; with the great copper camps
of Bisbee, Clifton, Morenci, Tombstone,
and other points in Arizona; with
Hachita, Carzalilla, Shakespeare, Tres
Hermanas, and other mining districts
of New Mexico; with some of the
greatest cattle ranges on the CONT
nent both in the United States and
Mexico.
Lying north of Deming, only three
hours by rail, are located the great
copper camps of Hanover, Santa Rita,
and Fiero, owned respectively by the
Amalgamated Copper, the Phelps.
Dodge company, and the Clifton Cop
per company; the great gold and silver
mines of the Mogollons, Silver City,
and Pinos Altos, and twenty-five miles
away, the lead and silver mines of
Cooks Peak, and the copper mines of
the Burro mountains, all tributary Il
Deming.
Moreover, this great railroad enter
prise of Phelps, Dodge & Co. gives
Deming connection with other trunk
lines n their branches and assures
for the metropolis of New Mexico the
very best competing rates.
A COUNTY SEAT.
Deming is the county seat of Luna
county, a new county established last
winter and has a good corps of officers
attending to the duties of the county.
There is no reason in the world why
Deming should not be the basis of the
supplies for all the surrounding coun-
try as her railroads penetrate every
direction north, west, south and east.
The water supply is inexhaustible.
Thousands of little farms of from five
to 20 acres will be made, the water
supply comes from the Mimbres river,
which sinks into the desert some
twenty miles north of Deming and
flows south forsfifty miles and comes
to the surface in Old Mexico and forms
a chain of lakes, for miles in length.
This water basin or underground river,
is about eight to ten miles wide. and
six to seven miles east of Deming the
water is only ten to twelve feet from
the surface. North and south the
length is about 60 to 20 miles.
CURATIVE PROPERTIES.
The world now knows that the eli
mate of the deserts a and have cured
thousands of cases of tuberculosis.
The analysis of the Deming water
stands at the head of all waters of the
United States for its purity. Now with
this unlimited supply of pure water
and millions of acres of the finest pro-
ducing ground easy of cultivation, 1t
requires but little labor to raise vege-
tables and fruits of all kinds.
The air here is pure and b%racing; it
is warm in the sun in the summer, but
is cool in the shade and is not sub
jected to the sudden changes that Col
orado, Utah and other states to the
north are subjected to. We do not be-
lieye there is any section Of the United
States where the climate is so ever
There are no extremes here.
This whole valley is one level plain
and every foot could be brought under
cultivation, but there would not be
sufficient water to irrigate all the land,
but here is water enough to irrigate at
least a scope of country five miles
wide and twenty-five miles in length.
The only question is cheap fuel for
pumping and that will soon be over
come by railroads being built from the
coal deposits direct to Deminb.
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
The climate of Deming is as near
perfect as any on the ace of the globe.
It's altitude is a little ove 1000 feet.
The mountains some fifteen to twenty
miles distant. in winter are covered
with snow. but here in Deming there
are but few days in the year that one
puts on an ove.coat. The dry winds
of the desert mixing with the air from
the mountains. is tempered, and feels
like a balmy May morn of the east.
The snow melting in the mountains in
the spring hows down the canyons
and are absorbed by the deserts, which
keeps up a constant evaporation and
makes the summer months so cool and
pleasant.
AN AMERICAN CITY.
Deming is purely an American city,
Inhabitated by Americans, all of whom
originally lived in the east themselves
In club life two fine musical clubs are
fourishing while the Adelphi club Is
one of the finest in the southwest. The
Business Mems association is ever OF