Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-08-11
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM ?. {. KERN
Big lola Booster Writes to
Deming Chamber of
Commerce
GIVES PERTINENT FACTS
Sees for this Country a
Mighty Future and
Great Wealth.

Deming. N. M.
GENTLEMEN
! made trip over the Mimbres
Valley last week. Practically ev-
erything grown in the temperate
zone grows here, a land Of perfect
apples and fruit of all kinds. The
land Is underfown by an under
ground river and no superior home
place exists. Find, II you can. Mr..
Homeseeker, another corner. on the
globe where a small patch Of ground
will afford your family independ-
ence and at the same time give such
unequalled opportunities for health
full outdoor life and recreation. The
hillside bordering the valley con-
tains at this time Of the year fine
grass. Search the world over and
you cannot find anything TO surpass
il. The Lake Palomas some 30
miles south Of this valley and 4. 400
feet above sea level Is each year the
gem of the mountains and the goal
of many homeseekers. The town
site Is located some 30 miles north
of the lake. For many years choice
fruits have been obtained from irri-
gated farming methods. OF late
water has been pumped by pumping
plants. All sorts of farm products
grow to perfection in the Mimbres
Valley. but fruit is the best money
getter. The soil and climate are
such that extra highly colored Spit
zenberg. Johnathan, Rome Beauty
and Delicious apples can be brought
to maturity in marketable quanti-
ties with comparative ease. Where
ever displayed. Mimbres Valley ap-
Piles are always among the prize
winners. Good opportunities re-
main to acquire fruit land in the
Mimbres Valley at prices which
promise to advance rapidly. Be-
cause of this sections desirability
as a homesite il is predicted that
the orchards here will become the
most valuable properties in New
Mexico, all things else being equal.
The presence Of the large pump
ing plants used for irrigating, bod
les of water temper the climate the
year round. make il an ideal place
to live. Where the little town of
Lola is building, already it is sur
rounded by more than a hundred
husky men and women putting In
cultivation thousands of acres of ir-
rigated band
This gateway serves as reliable
index as to what lies in the country
south of this gateway, altho II gives
no hint of the broad expanse await
ing intimate contact with the set
tier.
The enterprising people who have
cast their lot in the Mimbres Valley
and who have tested its possibilities
like TO describe their valley as a
place where Nature has outdone
herself in providing an unrivalled
combination of scenery. climate and
productive soil. II penetrates some
seventy miles in a southwesterly
direction along the eastern slope OF
the Florida mountains and forms
one Of the important drainage areas
of the upper Mimbres Valley.
Snow capped peaks stand in the
winter like sentinels all about it.
The mountain sides are covered
with fine grass as July Is the rainy
season.
II is estimated that there are al
least 26O, 600 acres in the Mimbre'
Valley proper. 100000 acres have
been filed by hustling men an'
women from the North In addition
to all the foregoing. no less thai
$4,000 acres of good land Is avail
able in the Mimbres Valley fol
farming purposes.
Work Is now in progress by tn
Mimbres Valley Land Owners As
sociation with a project Of $500
acres, Of which 10000 acres will b