Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-04-30

that It Il TO be glitteringly glorious
one, rests solely upon lis unsurpassed
stragvtic commercial situation and it,
splendid railroad facilities.
II IL true that Deming Is the gate
way TO and natural supply point
for vastly rich mining and agricul-
tural section In New Mexico and Arr
soma. II 10 q surety that Il h the
greatest stragetic railroad center Of
this territory.
But Il Ia equally beyond ptradyenture
that the Mimbres Valley, Of which
Deming Ia the metropolis and trading
center, possesses one Of the most
feeundly fertile soils on earth. II 10
exceedingly rich in the two great e.
sentials 70 perfect nutrition and pro-
fuse growth, potash and phosphorie
acid, and the element Of nitrogyen. In
which alone the soil seems lacking, can
always be supplied by the growth Of
alfalfa. COW peas, beans or any green
stuffs.
And whist the lands Of Luna county
do not come under any irrigation re-
clamation project this service Is not
needed to make them productive. Wind
mills and the pumping Of water from
the inexhaustible well suppl ever OBJ
tainable at g depth not exceeding 80
feet have solved the vital question Of
water supply.
The inexpensive windmill will fur
nish an all sufficient quantity Of water
for all orchard irrigation, and as this Is
the indigenous home Of all deeiduous hor-
ticultural products this is . matter OF
great moment TO future development
And the natural and profuse growth Of
sagebrush in this section affords an
easy solution Of the windbrake prob
lem TO the prospective fruit eulturist.
The city Of Deming has for many
years had all It's water supply for do
nestle and fire protection purposes
furnished by one well 50 feet deep
equipped with q 50 horse power gaso-
line engine, fully attesting that We
daily walk over an ample. never failing
water supply sufficient to make the
Mimbres Valley bear As its famed
eompatriot Of the Nile and 70 blossom
ss the rose.
John Hund. q recent large purchaser
Of Luna county lands, who has had d
years experience as an irrigation farm.
sr In California. has no question Of
the illimitable water supply beneath
the surface and ID installing IS borss
power engine on his property two mile.
east Of town with which he purposes ir'
rigating . section Of ground and raisins
fruit and alfalfa; Sbull Bros. are sue.
eessfully irrigating ninety acres thres
and half miles east on the same plan
the Nessrs. Bowler Bros. are install.
ling 9 centrifugal pump in q 66-fooi
well which will flow 800 gallons q
minute, and Col. z Z. Burdiek and
other prominent. intelligent. well-to-
do rznchers, who have made this vita
question "a study are putting in a sirni.
lar Irrigation service.
At Anthony in the hesilla Valley. "a
the writer's personal knowledge. anala.
goas irrigation methods have passed
the experimental stage and are dem
onstrsted success
A sovey Of Chinamsn. who truck
farm twenty acres close TO town, and
who until recently have relied on yery
crude irrigation service, are clearing
over $1,000 per acre annually In the
raising Of celery, isttuce. cabbage. po-
tatoes, ETC.. for nearby markets. They
are probably the best opponents Of
what can be done In intensive farming
On Luna county soil
Il 10 not the purpose Of this Nutshell
Column to portray the resources Of this
section save a. this becomes q part oi
the story Of the history makers Of the
community Of which this column treats.
Bot a. the varied. multiform riches oil
the country are becoming unveiled 10
the Nutshell scribe he cannot help ex
pressing his belief 10 those who ar
looking 10 every other avenue. save az
riealturs. for investment, that they ar,
akin 10 the base Indian, who threw !
pearl away richer than ali his tribe.
MCCAIN 4 MILLER.
Ths east has become overpopulateC
and has ceased 70 expand. The It'd
star Of immigration. which for more thai
a century pointed northwestward, hal
wsIl-nigh forever set. There remain
bat one last west, the great southwes
Of New Mexico. but IL giant possibili
ties dssrf Into insigniheanos eenturie
Of development on either side III
Father Of Waters"
And the greatest pOtsntialtiss In de
vsloping tia splendid resources Of th
elorioas Land Of Sunshine" are Il
reliable and representative real eastat
men.
Men Of the brightest mental ncumet