Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-08

Now That the Fourth is past W,
may learn Of the patriotism Of tn,
people by reading the list of dead anC
injured in the daily papers.
THE EDITOR Of the Albuquerque
Citizen reads the weekly newspapers Of
the territory and does not hesitate "a
speak the truth as to their merits OF
dement's when occasion demands.
PUERTO Rico and Florida may quar-
rel as to which raises the best oranges
and offers the greatest inducements to
winter tourists. but neither of them is
a competitor of New Mexico in the
production of alfalfa or the cure of
lung troubles.
THE WATER OF the Rio Grande is re-
ceeding from the lands along the valley
and now the citizens who have been at
work keeping the great river from wash
ing away their homes, are equally
busy harvesting the immense crops it
has produced.
THE INSANE Asylum investigation is
finished and the management exhonor-
ated from the charges Of abuse, but
do the people of the territory really
know any more about the condition Of
affairs at that institution now than
they did before?
THE FRUIT growers Of San Juan
county are forming an organization for
the purpose of securing better markets
for their fruit. San Juan fruit has to
be hauled 100 miles in wagons, yet it
pays the farmers who raise it: why
would it not pay Luna county farmers
TO organize?
The TERRITORIAL Fair association is
entitled to much credit for the work it
has done in the past in behalf Of the
territory, and it now appears that this
years exhibition will outshine any pre-.
vious one Secretary P. F. McCanna is
hard at work making arrangements
and every person who has the good of
the territory at heart, should help.
A MINORITY report is sometimes
worthy of consideration. Forinstance.
the report of f. V. Chaves in the irslne
asylum case. Mr.. Chaves appears to
have examined conditions carefully and
to have considered the character of
witnesses, as to their amount of credit
to be given the testimony, and then
to have given report in accordance
with what he believed to be the facts
in the case, without fear or favor
The News comes that the Kondike
is open and that mining operations are
begun; in about four months that land
OF the midnight sun will again be lock.
ed in ice and snow, yet men will rush
to that frozen region rather than try
their luck in the mountains of New
Mexico and Arizona, where they can
live in comfort and work twelve months
every year.
SOME PEOPLE are still talking of
joint statehood for New Mexico and
Arizona; it seems to US there has been
enough of this foolishness, and New
Mexico should see thai she got the
worst of it. In our boyhood days we
used to sing a song at school, called
Paddle your own canoe" which we
think would be an appropriate refrain
for the people of this territory just
now.
DURING THE few months we have
lived in Deming we have frequently
heard complaints about the condition
of the road from here up the Mimbres
valley. There is a short distance on
this road which is very sandy and aside
from this strip the road is good, yet
this strip is the means of keeping a
large amount Of valuable trade away
from Deming. II has been suggested
that the people Of this town could well
afford to raise money enough to make
a good road of that strip of sand as the
expense would not be great and the