Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-10
.DEM|NG GROWING
AND PROSPEROUS
Attorney Hamilton
Says Future Bright
and Rosy.
LUNA COUNTY RANGES GOOD
And Stock Raisers Are Pleas
ed With Outlook---Set-
tiers Take Up Lands.

"Deming is in a fourishing condl
tion. The past year has been an ex
ceptionally good one for the stockmer
in the vicinity and prospects for the
coming season are encouraging on ac
count of the recent rains. Raising OF
livestock is the principal industry oI
the surrounding country and the
stockmen are well pleased with the
condition of the ranges for winter
grazing"
The speaker was Attorney r. r
Hamilton of Deming who was admit
ted this morning to practice in the dis
trict and supreme courts of New Mex
leo. He has been practicing his pro
fession at Deming since his arrival
there several months ago on special
license granted by Judge Frank w
Parker He has decided TO hang out
his shingle in Deming and will be as.
sociated in the. practice of law with
Attorney A. w. Pollard. The latter is
the district attorney.
While Mr.. Hamilton is a compara-
tive stranger in New Mexico he has
followed the calling of lawyer for
eleven years. He was graduated from
the law school of the University of
Wisconsin in the class of 1895. lmme-
diately after graduating he opened a
law office at Madison, Wisconsin. He
served two terms as assistant attor-
ney general of Wisconsin from 1898
to 1902 Last year he went to Ton
kawa. Oklahoma, with the intention of
locating there but the field was not a
promising one for the legal profession
and few months later he boarded a
train for Deming The Windmill City
appealed to him as good opening for
an ambitious young lawyer and he de-
cided to make his home there in the
future
Deming Is Growing STEADILY. -.
NTr. Hamilton sEys that he sees
quite little Improvement in the town
during the brief period he has been
there and has great faith in the fu-
ture of the place. Several projects are
now under consideration he said
which will mean much for the ad-
vancement and growth of the com
munity.
"Deming citizens are interested in
an effort to secure artesian water for
irrigation purposes he said last even.
ing while talking to reporter of the
New Mexican, "and If it is successful
it will be the means of bringing in a
large number of new settlers to en-
gage in farming. Eight thousand dol
lars have been raised by popular sub
scription and the balance was put up
by the man who will have charge of
the work. The well machinery is now
on the ground and everything Is in
readiness for the drilling. The first
well will be sunk near the little Flor
ida Mountain.
Vacant Lands Taken Up.
During the past year or two nearly
all of the land near Deming has been
homesteaded in the hope that artesian
water would be struck. There is an
abundance for domestic purposes near
the surface and it is as good as the
best in the Territory. With artesian
water for irrigation the locality would
develop into a great agricultural
country.
Los Angeles Capitalists Seek Invest
ments.
Los Angeles capitalists are re-
ported to be negotiating to purchase
the local electric light. water works
and telephone plants, and I under
stand that the deal has about been
These three concerns
have been under separate manage
ment. don't think that there is any
doubt but what the negotiations will
go through"
Mr. Hamilton left this afternoon for
Deming. He will stop en- route for
few hours at Albuquerque.