Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-11-17
CALIFORNIA KNOCKER
GETS BADLY D|FFED
Bunch of California Boosters
Take a Fall Out Of a
Knocker
KILL HIS ARGUMENTS
Prove that the Mimbres Val
ley is Better Than it is
Advertised.

Editor the Sentinel Since Mr..
Burson has seen fit to take the good
people of Lodi and vicinity under
his protecting care to shield them
from the land sharks Of New Mex
leo, and offers his valuable advice
free to his friends, the undersigned
citizens Of Lodi and Stockton would
like to state their view Of the New
Mexico land proposition.
A number Of the undersigned
spent some time in the Deming sec
ton, and we believe are fully as
capable of judging soil, water,
pumping plants and general condi-
tions as well as our neighbor, Mr..
Burson. He says, We were herd
ed like band of sheep" This, we
will say, is absolutely false. We
could not have been treated more
fairly or honestly than we were by
the firm of Hon-Kern-Wetmore Co.
We were not urged to locate on
government land, nor were We
assured as to the depth we would
have to go for water. We used
our common sense and the right to
invest our money on our own judge
ment.
Mr.. Burson says, If we had not
beeu kept away from the business
men and residents of the town of
Deming, the game of the promot-
ers would have been blocked" We
know we were introduced to the
best people of the town, including
lawyers, bankers. merchants. physi-
clans and farmers. Perhaps Mr..
Burson had the misfortune to fall
in with different class Of people.
In regard to being herded out on
the desert in the daytime and taken
to the land Office at night to file on
land we also wish to enter denial.
After riding for two or three days,
looking at the country. there was
one instance where two of our
party did request to be taken to the
land office in the evening so that
they could get the night train and
return to their business. The re-
mainder of our party filed on land
after having plenty of time to study
and think over the proposition.
Some of our party even looked over
the country with another real estate
firm. but returned to the Hon-Kern-
Wetmore Company, went out and
filed on government land.
Mr.. Bursom does not state facts
in regard to the depth to water.
There are wells as close as one mile
to some of our claims, and the depth
to water is from 55 to 63 feet. We
admit that there are no developed
wells that have been tried out by
pumping very near our claims, for
the reason that all the land around
us, or about 10000 acres, have been
filed on in the past four months,
and a person could scarcely have
got a well drilled in that time. The
demand for wells is so great that 1t
takes as much as three months
after contracting well before you
can get the drillers on your place
Mr.. Burson did state two facts
1t is s55 feet to water at Deming'
and the land does slope 8 feet to the
mile, but at lola, 10 miles south OF
Deming, which is l52 feet lower
than Deming, the depth to water IL
Sc feet. If Mr.. Burson's figures
were correct, the water would rur
out at the top of the ground Ions
before reaching lola. We founc
that the slope Of the land hat
nothing to do with the depth OF th'
water.
Gage, the station mentioned D!
Mr.. Burson as being two and one
half miles from our land. ls6h mile
from the nearest and l5 from tn
farthest Of our claims. The surve'
shows Gage 200 feet higher thai
Deming, and Il is on what they cal
hogback. This accounts for tn
dan.h of leo feet 10 water there.