Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-10
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has auccumulated nearly $1,000, 900 for
the new system of irrigation.
lrrigable lands with plenty of water
in sight are worth a great deal of mon.
ey. Sure crops every year is great
blessing.
If any town or community is to sue
coed it must cultivate civic pride.
One part of its citizens must not try to
tear down everything another builds.
New Mexico has more newspapers
than had the origional thirteen colonies
in l176. When the war of the revolu-
ton began there were but thirtyseven
papers in America. Los Cruces Prog
ress.
The work on the territorial fair is
well under way. 1t will be the biggest
fair held anywhere in the Rocky mout-
tain region. The great event will oc-
cur October 10, and last week.
The San Miguel jury has made a re-
port which says in substance: I'VE
can't find anything against the officers
Of the insane asylum upon which 60
base an Indictment. but we would like
to see the court go for EN- anyhow"
The Las Vegas Advertiser as late as
Wednesday Feiterates the charges
against the New Mexico insane asylum
while the Optic is still using copious
quantities of whitewash. AS it is in
the hands of the grand jury, it would
seem that they could rest quietly await
ing a report. -Alamogordo Advertiser.
The superior value of the valleys of
New Mexico is becoming amply dem
onstrated this year. A large part of
the fruit sections of the United States
are without fruit bearing trees, while
most of the remaining sections have
only 25 or 80 per cent of a crop.
OF course there are failures in min
ing, the same as any other lines Of bus
mess. However statistics show that
the percentage Of failures is much less,
The person who suggests or expects
that every mining venture will prove
profitable is knave or fool. Some
men would have a final al failure of the
business Of thriving peanut stand.
Joseph Becker, a radical anarchist
and Swiss was arrested a Walla Walla
Wash, for looking for President Roose-
welt with a rife. The police believe
that tragedy was narrowly avoided,
What they do with Becker has not ye'
transpired but the presumption is they'll
allow him to remain in this country and
continue sending the Chinaman back.
New England and her daughter, Kan
SIS, are both being swept pretty clean,
the former by drouth and the latter by
flood. New England will ring her
hands and mourn her hard luck,
but Kansas will catch the
drift wood and ship it to market. You
may burn her up with the qrouth, blow
her away with the cyclone or drown
her with the flood, in the spring, but
by the time the frost is on the III npkin
she will be kicking for some better way
t. invest her surplus. Kansas is-well,
she's Kansas, and that expresses it all.
A. w. Wilson of Deming last week
closed deal with the Chico Cattle COM
pany, composed of Messrs N. J.. Hicks,
Chas, b. Nelson and Walter Moore, for
steer stock, the same to be delivered
June 6. Mr.. Wilson also bought the
Bragaw a. Potter steers. The total
purchase is about 1000 head. The Vic
toria Land & Cattle company has con-
tracted steers for fall delivery from T.
l.. and w. j. Stockton, Martin & Sloan
NJ. F. Fleming Mullen g. Whitmire, T.
N, Hawkins, and in fact all the upper
ella country. silver Clty independent.
The organizations of our fruit produ
GERS here is heartily to be commended
and is a step that we have advocated
since we first took charge Of this paper
BY systematic method Of packing and
selling the industry here can be given
gre It acceleration. One thing particu-
laly should be insisted upon and that
is The stamp of the association should
show superiority Of fruit where
ever opened. We have the fruit to do
this only careful packing is necessary.
When box bearing the stamp of the
association as first grade is sold it
,ko,,ld ha aouaathiuu that cannot no ex-