Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-24
A CITY OF DESTINY.
Dsming's Future Compared With
That o. Denver Years Aso--aany
Things In cOmmOn..An
Old Timers Prophecy

Over thirty years ago old Gov. Gil
pin of Colorado, stood before a small
row Of Shanties in front Of a log ca
bin saloon in what is now the city of
Denver, and prophesied great future
for Denver and the state Of Colorado,
The words of the good old pioneer can
not be reported verbatim, at this late
day but, the substance will still be re-
membered by some of the old timers
of that day. 1t was a motley looking
crowd, unshaven, roughly clad, hardy,
sunbrowned veterans of adventure, UNI
derneath whose unt9nned buck-skins
and rough canvass clothes, beat some
as brave and noble hearts as ever
crossed the plains. There were Col
lege graduates, young Lawyers, Doc
tors, merchants, tradesmen, ranchmen,
gamblers, renegades, refugees from
Justice. and even one or two ministers
of the gospel, all filled to over-howing
with a spirit of adventure, and ambi-
tious to succeed in many vacations
which in their visions they had chosen
to follow. This was the kind of an
audience addressed by the old hero.
Gov. Gilpin, and from his turtle brain
and silver tongue, came the beautiful
visions of life, hope and prosperity.
Pictures were drawn of the beauti-
full city of the plains, surrounded and
sustained by waving wheat-felds, or
chards, vineyards, gardens, parks, ar
tistic and beautiful homes, mansions,
cottages, great outlying ranches and
luxurious grass carpeted plains, stock
ed with the cattle of thousand hills,
sheep herds to rival the fables of old;
gold and silver to be drawn from the
rock ribbed mountains of that empire
of hidden wealth. He pictured the
great rocky mountain range to north,
south and west and the luxurious grass
covered plains lying off east of the IA
bled city. He showed that in time all
these wealth producing environments
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 far
seeing and prosperous inhabitants in
this great Union of States. Many of
those rough clad listeners to that old
pioneers prophetic words, have since
mxde their marks in the world, great
statesmen, politicians, bankers, far
seeing business men, great lawyers,
journalists and other professionals,
came from that list Of hardy big brain
ed pioneer adventures and the old
time governor lived to see many of his
prophesies become veritable facts. To
such men the world owes a debt of
gratitude which il 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 par AXE of
and enjoy the treasurs of life and
prosperity Of that land of promise. The
writer of this remanicent article having
seen the old governors prophecy full
filled made mental survey of the
surroundings and therefrom made some
deductions and by comparison twenty
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 made another mental survey and
traced out this line of destiny. He
founded his city in the center of the
Mimbres valley and mapped out small
empire whose center he located in this
valley. The city is surrounded by
picturesque mountains on all sides
where the sun rises in his glory and
sets in magnificent splendor. Where
the brilliant consultations of the
heavens sparkle and twinkle like dia
monds in the skies. Where the electric
life giving balmy breezes pure ozone,
bright sunshine and pure dry air make
it impossible for the germs of tuber-
culosis to enter and live; Where the
pure chrystal waters Of great under
ground river flow from twenty TO fifty
feet under the surface perpetually; and
which can be tapped and brought to
the surface very economically in any
quantity desired; Where the rich al
luvial soil of millions of acres lie ready
to drink in the waters and give forth
fruits and flowers for the use and
pleasure Of men and women; Where
semi-natural reservoirs can be made to
hold the reserve Of the food waters of
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