Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-02-03

W. fts'fs'h fshht' "ifh oeds AVu
haven't advertised a thing you
haven't got"
Editor Bedichek made one Of the
best speeches of the evening and
gave further evidence of his live
booster spirit. He said that the
time had come In Dcming when hon
est stuff could be- handed out by
honest men and that his efforts will
be in the direction of greater
Deming. greater albuquerque and
a greater New Mexico.
DR.. Cheyney. as a representative
Of the Willard Valley. came through
with a good booster speech, which
was followed by the chief address
Of the evening. given in an earnest
convincing tone by G.. l.. Brooks,
Chairman Of the Board of Directors
Of the Sealshipt Oyster System. who
was introduced as the man who in
stalled the first pumping plant in
the Mimbres Valley twenty years
ago. near the Santa Fe shops. He
responded by saying that the pump
ing plant he put in was all right
but the people of Deming in those
days simply would not have water.
From this introduction Mr.. Brooks
speech was substantially as follows:
We have seen more today than
We expected to see. The water
that you are raising, and the wild
lands that you are turning into pay
ing farms are far beyond our ex-
pectations. These farms would be a
credit TO any country in the world.
We do not believe you realize what
il means yourselves. Are you aware
that 1t Is these farmers who are
coming in every day who are the
mainstay of the business of this
town right now, and are the basis
Of your prosperity? Do you realize
that you should act as unit. and
that il is incumbent upon you to
bring every condition into effect
which will help out and encourage
the people who are coming in here?
From the information gathered on
our rounds today, we find that gas
oline pumping plants are operated
at a cost Of forty cents an hour,
that it takes an hour TO irrigate an
acre, and that. therefore, it costs
forty cents to irrigate an acre Of
land. We went to one plant this
afternoon, that of Mr.. Taylor. who
says he has reduced the cost TO
twenty-five cents per acre. II Mr..
Taylor has reduced the cost to twen-
ty five cents per acre, could you
not by joining together formulate
ways of still further reducing this
cost. say to twenty cents per acre?
BY doing this. you will be helping
the people who are helping you, and
you will be accomplishing something
that will be of benefit to Albuquer-
and TO every district in this terri
tory where conditions are similar.
Another point: we find that the
plants which deliver water at cost
Of forty cents per acre cost in the
neighborhood of three thousand dol
lars. We also find that the plants
which furnish water Mt twenty-five
cents per acre cost between four
and five thousand dollars. The man
then, who comes here to develop a
farm must have money and good
deal of it. Could you not. as a
community, pull together and re-
duce the cost of these installations?
BY reducing the cost to twelve hun
dred dollars, you thus open the field
TO nineteen people where ii WIS
formerly open to one. The simplest
plant that we inspected was an elee-
trio one. II cost sixteen hundred
dollars. but the electricity to run il
costs three cents per kilowat.
Could you not help the electric COM
pany to reduce the cost? Go to the
railroads and say to them that you
want fuel for the generation of
electric power hauled at lower
rate. Tell them that you have
signed up so many farmers to use
electric power at a certain rate and
that the road which gives you the
rate which will enable the electric
company to furnish power at that
cost. shall have the hauling of the
produce raised by these farmers for