El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-22
DEMING AND MINIBRES VALLEY
lEM|NG HOLDS GREAT CELEBRATION WHEN STATEHOOD
HEWS Is RECE|vEO--FAsT BALL CAME WITH SANTA RITA

chamber of commerce Monday man.
moth sunflower head, measuring 40
inches in circumference. close es-
innate reveals the Aact that this head
contains some 1900 seed. Sunf1owers
are grown extensively by farmers in
the Mimbres valley for chicken feed.
This particular head weighs with
eight inches of the stalk, 71a pounds.
Building Wagon Road.
G. NJ. Sadler Is building fine road
into Deming from the Pleas Russell
ranch seven miles east of town. Mr..
Sadler is a large land holder and is
building the road on his own account,
but at the same time is doing a great
service to the community He has
had large experience in road building
in this section, having constructed
read last year fuom his flour-spar
mines in the Cooks range to Mirage
Station, also doing considerable work
on the road leading from the mines to
Deming. He says that the graded
road in this valley is not so good as
the road which is scraped out down
to the hardpan. This is the method he
is using in building the road from
the Russell ranch into Deming. He
reverses the action of his big grader.
causing 1t to throw the dirt out to
one side, and continues the operation
uIlllI Tile IdlOP<1n 10 IOdChOO. lAAO-O
is much drainage running the way Of
the road, the road must be protected
from this water by ditching on both
sides. The objection to the graded
road, according to Mr.. Sadler, lies in
the fact that it cuts into ruts and
chug holes, whereas, IL an excavation
is made to the hardpan, a much firmer
and impervious road can be had.
The new road to the south will be
begun shortly. The money for this
road is contributed mostly by sub
scription, partly by the county and
partly by the territory. Forty-five
hundred dollars has been raised from
these three sources, and engineer
Frank O'Brien will have charge of
the construction work. The old grade
will be used as foundation for dis
lance of four miles south, and from
thence IL miles it will follow section
lines. This will tap one Of the most
thickly settled portions Of the county,
and is a much needed Improvement.
Another Pumping Plant.
H. G. Bush, manager of the Deming
Lumber company, has let contract
to S. J. Smith for a large irrigation
well and pumping plant on Mr.. Bush's
land Is miles south Of Deming. The
well and plant will be much the same
which is located In the same neigh
borhood. The Stephens plant delivers
about 500 gallons OF water per minute
and Is taking care of a large acreage
this year.
A. G. Harrison pumped his well near
lola for the first time Friday. The
plant consists of a "a horsepower gas
oline engine and a No. 4 pump. It
delivered the full capacity Of the pump
from the start, and Mr.. Harrison has
now set to work to get his land which
adjoins the lola townsite into Guilt
walton.
Land Office Busy.
The following business was trans
acted In the local U. S. land office last
Friday and Saturday:
Yearly Proofs.
Gertrude Danse. S. w. u Sec. Il
and N. w. Il Of Sec. % IN lola town
ship.
Lula, Cobble. s. Y N W. 4 and
N. W. u N. W. u Sec. Is, T. %. 5. R.
w.
Homestead Entries.
Charles w. Brett. of Ell Paso, Tex,
w. u N. w. II and ". Y S. w. Il
Sec. 10, T. %. ). y. 9 W.
William NJ. Moore, 5. u S. W. II
Sec. 1. N. " N. w. u Sec. II, T. 25.
S. r. II w.
James c. Smith, s. E. Ne. 4 Sec
10, four miles northwest of Deming
Louis c. Latham. W.. u S. w u
Sec 80, T. 30, S. r. 6 W., and E. y s. E.
u Sec. Is. T. 90. S. R. 7 W.
Desert Entries.
Clara L. Dean, N. " s. E. u Sec 8,
S. w. Il S. E. Il Sec. 8, S. w. u S. E.