Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-08-04
EDITOR MITCHELL
/ TELLS THE TRUTH
Columbus Courier Man Says
Good Things About the
Mimbres Valley
E A L OPTIMIS M
Facts that Ought to Appeal
to Any Person With
Brains.
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Earning power Is the basis Of the
value Of any given thing in human
affairs. Even the birds of the air,
we are authoritively informed, save
one-t tenth of the annual grain crop.
And the organization of Audubon
societies for the protection Of these
winged blessings should be increas-
'ingly fostered.
Railroads, steamships, factories,
town and country property, live
stock. are all measured by their
earning power. Railroad stock to
be desirable must be- earning and
paying at least four per cent per
annum. Real estate in large cities
must give an annual net return Of
from three to eight per cent per an
mum TO be desirable. Lands in the
central states. e. &. Iowa. Illinois
and Missouri, must produce at the
rate of from three to five per cent
per annum, while western lands de-
mand yearly income Of from ten
to twenty per cent per annum and
upwards.
In the Mimbres Valley, New
Mexico, there is to be found Gne Of
rhe most remunerative propositions
existing in the United States. IL is
q new country" and development
is yet in its infancy; but land values
are increasing by leaps and bounds.
For illustration: One man pur-
chased twenty acres of raw, unde-
veloped valley land three years ago
at $l5 per acre. Six months ago
he refused $3.50 per acre for same.
The land had not had its valuation
increased by reason of any vast
amount of material improvements
that had been placed upon same;
but simply due to the fact that the
owner had unlocked the storehouse
of natures wonders; had brought
the water to the surface and
demonstrated the great earning
power of the land thru cultivation.
The same man. from fourteen acres
of alfalfa grown on the same land
received net income of $72 per
acre.
Another instance: The owner of
100 acres of land that cost $3.50 per
acre, was. within three years Of
date of purchase. offered 500 per
acre for the same tract, only GO
acres of which had been improved.
The owner of the tract received
from a portion of the improved
land, five cuttings of alfalfa which
yielded an average Of a ton and a
half per acre per cutting, and from
the balance of the improved land
received a yield of 1850 pounds of
California pink. beans per acre,
which readily sold at 6a cents per
pound.
Still another party, on an invest.
ment of $1,000, within one years
time realized a net profit of $3.50.
These cases herein cited are not
exceptions, they are only few in
stances which go to show the rapid
advance OF land values and the pro-
fitable yield of the Mimbres Valley.
While II is true there is much
government land in the valley still
unclaimed. and many relinquish-
ments can still be purchased at very
low figures, yet the valuation Of
land is generally on the increase,
and the time is not far Oft when
not only the prodigious production
of California will be duplicated but
the fabulous prices of real estate as
well.
The Mimbres Valley contains
some 100000 acres Of as fine irri-
gable land as the eye Of man ever
beheld, which. up to few years
ago, was considered as only iit for
the grazing of cattle. But the hid
den secrets Of nature have now
been revealed. and people are COM
ing 10 possess their own.
There are people everywhere
looking for investments invest
ments that win bring the greatest
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