Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-07-22
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNuM


st. Louis petitions the navy depart
ment for feet of war vessels, " in
GLIDING submarines" Must be anti
pating another food.
The business portion Of Silver City is
very quiet these evenings as result Of
the early closing movement, whereby
most of the stores close at six o'clock.
Independent.
The Deming Graphic has completed a
series Of sketches of Luna county,
which has taken two months labor.
The sketches are designed to be of
great help in the development of that
country. Albuquerque Citizen.
7. C. McDERMoTT, manager of the
famous haywood Hot Springs resort,
has peculiar place. The water of the
springs is exceedingly hot and furnishes
bath rooms Of the hotel through net
work Of pipes. These concentrate
under the back porch of the hotel. Mr..
McDermott conceived the idea of fixing
an encubator in the bed of pipes and
did so. Settings Of eggs were placed in
the place and now the hotel man is the
proud owner of fifty motherless chicks,
raised in his incubator. The chicks
were all doing well at last accounts.
A ST. Louis fair bulletin says that
Chas. A. Spiess, of Las Vegas, New
Mexico, president of the New Mexico
commission, visited the administration
building July 6, and conferred with
Director of Exhibits Skiff, Director of
works Taylor and a number of the
department chiefs. New Mexico will
spend $1,000 of its appropriation, $780,
600, on a building. Surrounding the
structure will be a cactus garden in
which many curious varieties of the
plant are to be shown. New Mexico
will exhibit in all departments. In
mining, a turquoise mine and the gems
from it, for which new Mexico is fam
Gus, viii. be shown, and in live stock
a large herd of Herefords will be ex-
hibted.
S. +. EDMUNDs the Kentucky tobac-
co expert who rs managing things for
the Rio Grande Valley Tobacco COM
pany, which company is now expert
menting with tobacco growing in the
Rio Grande valley by cultivating
small patch of the weed north of this
city, has filed his report on tobacco
growing in New Mexico with Governor
Otero. The report is quite lengthy and
speaks most favorably of the cultiva.
ton of tobacco in New Mexico, and its
probable future as a product of the .
territory The small experiment plot /
north Of town is growing nicely and
promises all that could be asked for. /
The plants average about three feet in
height and have an excellent color. Mr..
Edmunds prophecies that the plants |
will attain the height of five feet. Al /.
buquerque Citizen.
JOHN w, Allen, Of Oak Grove, who
who has been active in getting togeth-
er the necessary papers for an applca- |,
ton for pardon for Joseph Looper yes
terday received a letter from Governor
otero acknowledging receipt of the pa
pers and stating that il has been decid-
ed to grant Looper a full and complete |
pardon to take effect at once. Looper
was convicted in 1893 Of the murder of
a man named jackson and sentenced to
a term Of 40 years in the penitentiary.
There We're many extenuating circum-
stances in connection with the affair. |
The application for pardon was signed
by Judge Fall. who sentenced Looper.
several of the jurymen who convicted
him and many influential citizens. 1t is
understood that Looper will go to his
brother in Oklahoma when released. -
Silver City Independent.