Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-22
The Graphic Man Spends
a Few Days Viewing
the Ranches and Orch
ards Of the Mimbres
Valley.
A VAST EMPIRE OF
NATURAL WEALTH
immense Quantities Of Fruit
Being Marketed by the
Farmers Of the Valley.Rich
Returns from the Mines Of
the Santa Rita District.

Last Wednesday morning the Graph
ic man started of on a tour Of investi.
cation through the Mimbres valley and
the mining camp Of Santa Rita, Hano-
yer and Fierro. Leaving Deming the
first place was Wilson'S ranch about
FIVE miles out; here we found beauti-
full home like place with substantial
buildings, grand old shade trees and
large corrals with branding pens
and every convenience for handling cat
tie from the range. Unfortunately
however we found no one at home, so
after watering our team at the tank in
corral we continued our ride up the
valley to the home Of Hon. w. M. Tay-
lor, where we remained that afternoon
and night visiting, while there the
ranch of Mr.. Taylor's father, Mr.. W.
NJ. Taylor and the one owned by Mr..
j. Billingslea just north of Mr.. Taylor's
place. At these places we found the
people busily engaged gathering the
early fruit which is now ripe. Mr..
Taylor informs US that he and his faith
er are each of them loading one wag-
on per day with peaches, plums and
apricots and the quantity will increase
as the later fruit and the apples begin
to ripen, thus giving them all they can
do till cold weather. While looking
over these places we saw some bear
ing English walnuts grated on the ma
tive black walnut which are in fine
thrifty condition and yielding large
crops Of nuts, and as rather a novelty
for this country, nice little fig tree in
full bearing and as he has a fine vineyard
we may truthfully say he isdwelling un-
der his own vine and fig tree. At the
Billingslea place like all others we found
all hands busily engaged taking care of
the abundant fruit crop, this is cOnsid-
cred one of the finest places in the
neighborhood but has not been improv-
ed TO as great extent as some Of them.
Leaving TaylOr's on Thursday morn
ing we journied up the valley towards
the town Of Dwyer which is about four
miles distant; the first place we came
to being that of A. L. Foster better
known as Cap Foster, here we found a
combination Of farming and stock grow
ing as Mr.. Foster has a fine bunch Of
cattle and makes a speciality of fine
horses having one of the finest punches
of saddle and driving stock in this re"
gion. His ranch is composed Of two
former holdings; one known as the Nc
Intosh ranch and one as the Tustin, he
has a fine peach orchard and large or
chard of choice variety Of apples.
Mr.. Foster was away on
the roundup, but his estimable wife
and her mother and sister who are Wis
iting with her, entertained US deligh-
fully while we regaled ourselves on
luscious peaches Of a flavor which could
he found in no other country on earth
and in quantities apparently unlimit-
ed. Here we found delightful home
with the air Of thrift which is born Of
love for the surroundings and during
our short stay told US Of many imprOv-
ments they were intending to make to
add to the beauty and comfort Of
their place.
Just beyond the FOsterplace we came
to the home Of r. c. Miller noted for
its beautiful alfalfa fields, which, at
the time wewere there, presented
scene Of life as the second crop Tor
this year was just being cut and uncle
Bob, as Mr.. Miller is familiarly called
by his friends and neigbors, said 1t was
the heaviest he ever saw, and this cut
ting will probably make q tons per acre