El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-08

same wonderful wells. producing from
$500 to $500 per acre NOu see fields
Of beans from 10 to 90 acres each yield
ing with minimum Of effort and water,
from $50 to 500 per acre You see hand
some cottages springing up all over the
country, and YOU can ride for hours
without being out of hearing of the
click of the gasoline engine or the hum
of the electric motor
Some OF improvements.
When you get back to town, you viii
be no longer surprised that !. A. Maho-
ney spent $4,000 in building the hand
soonest store and office building in
New Mexico on the corner OF Gold ave
nue. and Spruce street You will be no
longer surprised that $3.50 600 was
spent in substantial buildings in the
year OF our Lord 1911 You viii find
the explanation for the fact that one
of the greatest electrical companies IN
the world proposes spending $500. 600 in
the erection of a power plant 90 supply
farmers with electrical power Tor pump
ing water for irrigation. y on VIII COM
menCe TO see some reason I'm the COM
plete reconstruction OF Demlngs tele-
phone system a cost of $4,000. The
handsOmest and best equipped nigh
school building i'm New 1<eXicO. stand
ing on the southern edge Of town, viii
no longer look strange TO you and out
OF place, You viii commence to see
that the board of village trustees
acted wisely in spending $4,000 last
=
sewer system which is capable Of &C
cOmmOdating a city Of $4,000 people.
Demlngs publicity bill OF $4,000 per
year will appear no longer eXOrbitant.
because YOU will understand now that
the bOundless resources of this section
deserve publicity. and Justify the faith
thus evidenced in the proposition by
the business and professional interests
of the town Y on viii no longer ask
yourself in a dazed sort of way when
Witnessing the activity everywhere ev-
ldenr in Deming. What the devil sup
ports this town o. When a farmer rolls
up TO the pOstOffice in his touring car
and tells you he has made the distance
OF IA miles to town in 40 minutes by
reason Of $4,000 spent within the last
few months on improving the road, YOU
viii not be disposed to imagine that
you are back in some older and wealthy
community east of the Mississippi riv-
err You once. perhaps, were blind. but
now you see.
Rate OF Reclamation Marvellous.
The development and reclamation Of
the MimbreS valley is proceeding at a
rate which is truly marvellous There
are IS well rigs now at work I'm the
valley surrounding Deming putting
down irrigation wells Each rig puts
down upon an average a well every two
weeks. Each irriga ttOn we'll means the
reclamation Of from so to $50 acres. so
that II is obvious that the irrigation OF
the entire pumping area (a5Out 100. 600
acres) is already in sight. II does not
require the vision Of a prophet to see
the Mimbres valley in its natural state,
q desert. transformed into one Of the
choicest garden spots of the world.
Spreading trees Will line the highways.
the scent Of apple brOssoms viii min
gle with the fragrance of alfalfa IN
bloom, electric cars will speed into
Deming laden with the produce Of the
surrounding valley. the farmers gran
cries will be FULL Peace and content
ment viii reign fin this beautiful sun
kissed valley. with which the hum of
orderly industry, as an undersOng, win [
completely harmonic.
some Predictions
I believe that Deming Is destined 70
become the greatest Industrial center in
New Mexico. 1 believe that Deming
lands viii sell in hard cash few years
hence for more money per acre than
any other agricultural and orchard Z
lands in the southwest I believe there
viii be more contented and Independent
families TO the square mile in the MINI ]
bres valley than in any other section
OF the state I believe that these things
VIII come to pass not in the dim and I
distant future, not 20 TO so years. but l
within the next five or 10 years. The
fact is. they are coming TO pass right Z
now-tne forces are at work. and the
result is as plain to the seeing eye as
the product Of two times two.
res. things have changed and are !
changing from the day three years ago T
to the pOStOffice and saw no human 4
being or sign OF animal life. save 4
single burro away. down a dilapidated I
side street, browsing as is the wont Of 4
this OmnivOrOus beast. upon pile OF j
tin cans. ANTIQUE. rusty and forgotten