Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16

Arizona and New Mexico will do
their part in helping 81 PasO secure
the next irrigation congress.
A Pueblo girl declining an offer Of
marriage signed her letter mot yours,
truly"
Portales, New Mexico, August %,
1903. The forestry Association of
Roosevelt county met in Woodman
Hall for permanent organization.
Alta meeting held last Saturday at
Thatcher Of many leading citizens of
the ella Valley Il was unanimously
decided to adopt the Local Option Law
and proceed at once to clean the valley
Of the saloons.
Joshua Rayno'ds, president Of the
First National bank, which institution
owns the Highland hotel, said this
morning that he had closed deal with
S. r. SymOnds of Chicago, leasing the
latter the Highland hotel for a period
of two years. Albuquerque Citizen.
New York, Sept. o. According to
latest reports from Bogota, Hay-Her-
ran canal treaty is generally regarded
in capital as dead and buried. It Is de
clared, says the Herald's Panama cor
respondent, that the United Sites
might as well tSrn seriously TO nego-
tiatlons with Nicaragua.
President Roosevelt believes that
house-cleaning in affairs Of the this
government helps the party anu
strengthens his administration. He
has instructed departments to purge
all allegations of official dishonesty,
and states that this administration will
sustain them in rigid inquiries.
The New Mexican last week express
ed the wish that the number Of news
papers in New Mexico be increased to
seventy. The wish has been granted
by the appearance of the FIST number
OF the Artesia Advocate az the new
settlement of Artesia in mol thern Eddy
county. The Alamogaruo Journal VIII
this week increase the number of pc.
riOdical publications in the territory 10
seventy one. These are ell Manifesto
tions that New Mexico is growing il
population and in prosperity.
John P. Girard formerly of Golden,
in the southern part of Santa Fe county
hassoldf We eigths of the IL
linois mine in the Placer mining district
and assigned a mortgage made to him
by James M. Lucas on the Illinois,
Black Prince and Ohio mines, for 81,
500, to Leon s. GriswOld Of Boston,
Mass, the assignment being recorded
in the county clerks Office at Santa Fe
yesterday. The price paid for the in
terest in the Illinois mine was 81, 7N
These properties constitute the well
known Lucas mines.
There has been a notable dearth late
ly of stories of persons with live snakes
and lizards in their stomachs introduced
by drinking water from pools and
springs. But Iowa with character
istic enterprise, rises to the occasion
with story from CrestOn Of the death
of a little girl, caused by peas sprout-
ing in her stomach. The seed 1t Is
said, were swallowed whole and germ
mated in the stomach. This story fits
in with the bubonic atmosphere Of Iowa
better than snake or lizard tale and
is more unique and original. Those
who are inclided to believe It will be
more careful hereafter about eating
canned peas, which are mostly run tC
seed ana are never cooked through.
The fact that one placering machine
in New Mexico cleared over $lOO,OOC
during the past fiscal year Is significant
It shows what can be done in New
Mexico with the right methods applied
at the right spot. The fact that there
are quite number Of mines in New
Mexico which have produced hand
sOmely, some Of them for in excess Oh
a million dollars, indicates that there
areOther mining claims that
would yield just as handsomely. II
takes capital and intelligence to make 9
success Of an average mining PROPOSE
ton although once in a while a pros
pectOr has fools luck. But the ap'
plication of science changes success II
mining from luck to a commercial
certainty.