Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-01-09
M|MBRES VALLEY
AGRICULTURE
Over 10000 Acres
Taken as Home.
steads
WATER IN ABUNOAN NC {
For Irrigation By Pumping
'-.Deming Growing Stead
lily and Surely.

Ralph c. Ely, attorney-at.law at Dem
ing, the thriving county seat OF Luna
county, spent yesterday and today In
the city on a mission of mercy. He ap.
peared before Governor George Curry
and presented petitions and made
personal appeal for Communication of
the sentences OF death imposed at the
last term Of the district court Of Luna
county on Magdaleno Saballoz, con.
victed Of the murder Of a child, and
Martin Amador, convicted Of the murd.
Ter Of woman. Both crimes took place
lat Deming within thirty days of each
other, and singularly to say, The cir
icumstances. are unique and almost
alike in this, that the two men con.
yicted intended to kill others than the
victims who fell by their bullets.
Saballoz intended to XIII a nah
whom he charged with having made
improper proposals to the woman he
lived with. The story goes that the
man who was murdered had child In
his arms and came TO Sabaloz's house
in the evening Saballoz took him for
the man whom he wanted, fred at him
with Winchester. the bullet hitting
the child which he held in his arms.
Amador objected to a man making
love to the woman he lived with. He
suspected them both and, while laying
in wait one evening, saw this woman
go to the suspected mans house He
followed and intended to shoot the
man IN the case but the woman came
out OF the house and he shot and XIII.
ed her. The sentenced men are very
ignorant railroad laborers. natives and
citizens of the Republic of Mexico and
of very low type OF humanity.
Demins Growing Steadily.
Mr.. Ely talked very encouragingly
of the growth and prosperity Of Dem
Ing, He says there is no boom and
nothing to boast Of, but the growth Of
the town is steady and satisfactory
Business has been very good and the
recent financial furry was not even
| thought OF in the town The two banks
met all demands upon them promptly
and there were no Withdrawals OF de-
posts. Business Is very good al
though the cattle raisers of Luna
county were not able to dispose OF as
many cattle last season AS in former
years.
During the past year and a half
,about 10000 acres of public land in and
about Deming have been taken up un.
der the homestead and desert land
laws and many Of the settlers have
! made good Improvements. built fences.
dug wells, constructed irrigation ditch.
es and put in crops Last season some
very good crops were raised.
Mr.. Ely himself, Is plutocratlc land
owner, having LOO acres of as level
and fine tract of land as there Is
anywhere; the land is very produc-
| tive and rich and yields fine crops
with irrigation. He had $50 acres un.
der cultivation last year and irrigated
by the means Of pump well, pumping
the water with crude oil engine. He
raised satisfactory crops of alfalfa.
beans and milo maze and this year has
leased his tract to a Chinese farmer
and to two Americans. The Chinaman
will raise potatoes and onions and the
Americans farm crops.
To Raise Alfalfa.
Mr.. Ely will put 10 acres in alfalfa
this year and will irrigate this tract
by the same means. The best of water
can be had in the Mlmbres valley at
from sixteen to fifty feet and pumping
either by crude oil or by windmill is
very cheap. The crude oil method Is
very cheap and certain. The agricul
tural crops raised there are profitably
disposed of as the demand greatly ex.
ceeds the local supply.
| Mr.. Ely has also rented a school
section of GAO acres from the territory
which he uses as pasture for his work
| ing horses.
For six or seven miles about Dem
ing In every direction the occupied
lands have substantial fences and In
order to get through one must ride
along section lines. The improvements
made by the many settlers are sub.
stantial and many cattle and horses
are being raised.
Will Experiment With Sugar 5eets.
| Shull Brothers formerly Of Garden
City, Kansas, have secured quite
tract of-land upon which they will ex-
pertinent with sugar beet raising. They
are installing Layne propeller pump
which is new thing In that section
| Of the country. II the Layne pump ls
successful It will prove very cheap
way to pump water for irrigation. II