Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-27
4 CITY OF DESTINY.
An Old Timers Prophecy Regarding
the Future Of Deming.
COMPARED WITH DENVER YEARS AGO.


wha, IS now the city OF Denver. and
prophcsied a great future for Denver
and the state OF Colorado. The words
of the good old pioneer cannot be re-
ported verbatim at this late day. but
the substance will still be remembered
by some OF the old timers OF that day.
II was a motley looking crowd. un
shaven. roughly clad. hardy. sun-burn
ed veterans u adventure underneath
whose untanned buckskins and rough
canvass clothes beat some as brave
and noble hearts az ever crossed the
plains There were college graduates
Young lawyers, doctors merchants
ira lesmen. miners, ranchmen, gam
bl,Is renegades refugees from justice
anl even one or two ministers Of the
GO pei. all filled to over flowing with
q spirit of adventure and ambitious to
succeed in the many vocations which
a. their Wild visions they had chosen
To- follow This was the kind of an au.
dlcIce addressed by the old hero, Gov.
einor Gilpin and from his fertile brain
and silver tongue came beautiful Wis
ions OF life, hope and prosperity. Pic.
lures were drawn OF the beautiful city
of the plains surrounded and sustain.
ed by waving wheat fields orchards
vineyards. gardens. parks. artistic and
beautiful homes mansions. cottages,
great outlying ranches and the luXurl-
Gus grass carpoted plains, stocked with
the cattle OF a thousand hills sheep
herds to rival the fables of Old gold
and silver TO be- wrenchod from the
rock ribbed mountains of that empire
Of hidden wealth. He pictured the
great Rocky mountain range to the
north. south and west. and The iuXuri.
Gus grass covered plains lying on east
of the tabled city. He showed that in
time all these wealth producing en-
vironments would contribute to and
be the means of building up city of
wealth and beauty. far western seat
Of learning and progress The most
important center of the union. settled
and peopled by the most intellectual
Jar seeing and prosperous inhabitants
in this great union OF states. Many
OF those rough clad listeners TO that
old pioneers prophetic words have
since made their marks in the world:
great statesmen, politicians, bankers.
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men OF letters, journalists and other
professionals came from that list Of
hardy big Drained pioneer adventures.
and the old time governor lived TO see
many Of his prophesies became veri
table facts. To such men the world
owes a debt Of gratitude which It can
never pay. They beat down the bush
and blazed out the way to the empire
of the west, and made it possible for
the faint hearted and timid to come
later and partake OF and enjoy the
treasures of life and prosperity of this
land Of promise. The writer Of this
reminiscent article having seen the
old governors prophecy fulfilled, made
mental survey OF the surroundings
and therefrom made some deductions
and by comparisons tweney years
later OF the similar conditions. He
figured out that he had found another
place where another great city of the
plains must sooner or later be founded.
He founded his city in the center OF
the Mimbres valley and mapped out
small empire whose center he locat-
ed in this valley. The city is surround.
ed by picturesque mountains on all
sides where the sun rises In his glory
and sets in magnificent splendor
Where the brilliant considerations of
the heavens sparkle and twinkle like
diamonds in the skies. Where the
electric life giving halmy bree2es pure
ozone. bright sunshine and pure. dry
air make il possible for the germs OF
tuberculosis 10 enter and live. Where
the pure crystal waters of a great un
derground river flow from twenty %
fifty feet under the surface perpetual
ly; and which can be tapped and
brought 10 the surface very economi
cally In any quantity desired; where
the rich alluvial soil OF millions Of
acres lie ready 10 drink In the waters
and give fO,th fruits and flowers FOL
the use and pleasure OF men and wo
men, where semi-natural reservoirs
can be made TO hold the reserve OF tn,
flood waters OF the rainy season.
great water shed of one hundred ant
fifty miles. drains the mountain
streams. springs and canyons and thu
waters can be gathered and stored 70
the use OF agricultural and horticultu
raj needs OF men. Through this vas
region a railroad from San Juan. II
Colorado, 10 Deming Is already pro
jected. This road will pass through
the GREATEST timber and coal region