Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-28
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DELIGHTFUL
Slogan of Northern New Mex
leo Town Which is Getting
the Ginger Germ and the
Publicity Bug.

Des Moiues, N NJ, March 25.--"De.
iightful Des Moines" has become the
slogan Of this enterprising town which
has contracted the advertising fever
and Is going 10 the game 10 win now
that the era Of greatest development
has set IN IN northern New Mexico,
A recent number OF the Des Moines
Swastika, on OF the Invest woeklles In
this section. has the following gem
which should furnish a pointer on
artistic advertising TO other oommua-
tiles IN fact, it Will hold even AIbu.
querquo for a while:
The east has become over populated
and has ceased 10 expand The tide
star Of Immigration which for more
than half century pointed 10 the
northwest or 20 the southwest has
well nigh forever set. There remains
bat one last west, the great inter-
mountain west OF which New Mexico
Is the most reduntantly resOurcefui
regioue but It's giant possibilities
dwarf INTO inslgnincance centuries Of
deyeli kncnt on either side the Faith
er OF .}atcrs."
Ant{ihe richest gem IN this golden
diadcm which annexed the f7th star
to the flag Of the glorious galaxy Of
the Union, Union county, Of which
Dos MoInes and It's tributary country
Is the most replete In that golden
opportunity which the talented Ingalls,
OF Kansas depicted as knocking bat
once 20 return no more This espe-
ciaily applies 10 the hundreds through
go unnIa4nar
slrable home sites, for here agricul-
tural land Of proven productive fer
tility can be purchased al from $40
10 $50 an acre ana there Is ssili desiF-
able land open 20 homestead location
whilst limited number Of gelinqulsh-
menta can be secured for an Invest
meat OF q few hundred dollars. IN
the Des MOines country golden OPP
portunity assuredly but awaits the
open resource Of industry and enter
prise.
Here ali the small grains. sugar
heeia Mexican beans, irish potatoes
IN certain sections and almost every
staple, and vegetable are indigenous
and yield piethorlcally and prohtably
with bat the moistures Of natural
precipitation. which for the past I'VE
years has averaged 10 Inches and
which invariably cOmes at a propiti-
Gus season, wheat uniformly yields
from 25 10 20 bushels 20 the acre.
oats 40 10 90 bushels, barely 30 TO ~
bushels, irish potatoes, south and
west of the Sierra dfande mountain
reach q production OF 100 bushels 20
The acre; Mexican beans, a staple
and steady money crop, nets from $50
10 SEQ per acre sugar bcets contain
90 Der cent OF sHccharinc matter
which Is more than the famed Arkaii-
aas valley hoets, nd the native
GRASSES OF blue stem. hunel0 and
other varieties grow wonderfully pro-
ILLEGALLY and afford better fodder than
alfalfa. In short the country conugB.
Gus 10 Dos Moines IL a splendid land
of agricultural prOml8e OF proven re-
liability as q stable AM fruitful pro-
Queer
Dramatically Dos Molnes is ideally
perfect and the hoalthiost spoot In al
the length and breadth 81 Uncle SANS
domain The pure air That Tor miles
porcOlates through the tall pines OF
the logdly Sierra Graude mountain ere
a. rs waited TO the residents below
Is a God given ozone 90 the lungs
which coupled with warm sunshine
streaming down from an azure sky
Of clOudloss blue nearly every day IN
the year, makes climatic conditions
that are Incompatible for the enjoy
mont and invigOraiiOn of both the
well and the weak Fame and fortune
awaits the individual who viii erect
a large sBnlsnrium mid the mingled
sunshine and shadow of the lofty
pines on the lordly Sierra Grande
Des Molpoa has splendid strateigic
commercial qdgahiaEca and Is lndubit.
ably destined ~ become a great rail-
road center. Already II has the Colo
RADIO a southern system and the 81.
Louis Rocky Mountain and Pacific.
Another road practically built and TO
bo completed this season and several
others projected. The town already
has successful broom factory,
steam plOw Of large capacity that la
of 20 small aid Ia the cultivation 81
crOns and there are allurlRg openings
for a sugar beet factory, securing
mill, a garment factory and wooden
min as well as opportunities % every
avenue OF commercial and industrial
life.
Dea Molnes has a present popula'
zion. though scarcely i've years old,
of some 500 souls and 81 rapidly STOW
ing. Tho town has an excellent
school, three church organizations, q
sound and safe bank, an excellent ho-