El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-23
Santa Fe Railway Company Is
Boosting the Minbres Valley
By R. Bediohek, DeminE N. N.

worth 500 per acre, and few sellers
at that
BY the federal statute, opening the
public domain in the west TO settle
menL the head Of a family, or any
adult person may file on homestead
OF 100 acres. and by the side OF il. if
the land be without growth OF native
nay or timber, take a desert claim Of
IKE area Upon the homestead the
claimant must live five years before
ne may demand a patent; unless he
chooses, after IA months, TO commute
Dy paying $L25 per acre. A patent for
the desert claim is obtained simply by
SINKING q WeR and setting a pump
which will develop a supply Of warer
suIIlclenI TO irrigate the whole quar-
ter a patent, in either case, makes
II decided land and the owner may
There is no question Of the abund-
ance Of water It easily is lifted by
windmill for stock, and for a long
time, until city WaterWOrks came,
W1ndmllls lifted il for domestic use
In Deming- Irrigation is done by
pump, driven by gasoline or crude oil
engines Lately central electric
plant has been established which fur
nlsnes cheap power within a radius Of
many miles A Chinaman whose gar
den Of 20 acres adjoins the townsite
OF Demlng uses power from the cleo
trlc station. He cultivated his ground
lntensiVely, and common report says
az "a - A9Al epfyUu TO $4,000 annually.
IN lSOo ne deposited $4,000 in the
bank.
For the present the settlers are
planting alfalfa but the soil will grow
an the olner hardy products. The su-
gar Deet grown here Yields IT per cent
saccharine- There is no beet-sugar
factory nearer Mimbres valley than the
Arkansas valley, but the beet-s1Rar in
dustry Is not dependent upon a factory
for q market. Beets are Drofftsb1e IL
nd 60
sucn a grtat demand here for that
KIM OF iced that q farmer can dis
pose OF his entire product at good
prices. indeed, better than selling the
~ R5guuct IS Ieeolng 1t upon the farm
rms puts 9ne market value Of both
the beet ana the beef or hog on hoof
and IT walks to town.
since the country is new. few vines
OF OIGnaro trees have been planted,
Out. LnoSe that have been have met
with great success. Apples. peaches,
pears, prunes and apricots grow well
ana so lar there has been no blight
Inc gardens are full Of small fruits.
Wherever grapes have been tried the
yield has been phenomenal Alfalfa
yields from four to seven tons per
acre, and IS worth al Demfng from
S14 70 80 per ton lately the cereals
have been planted widely. md the re-
suits have been satisfactorv irish no.
Iatoes yield from 10000 to 90 600 pounds
per acre worth from to 8 cents per
pound tomatoes make a profit Of
$500 per acre, sweet potatoes. 5000. cell
cry $1,000, onions $50 to $500. Can
taloupes and watermelons also are
very profitable
It IS good climate for poultry,
and women who grow cbicizaps tnr,
keys, geese and ducks make none.
Eggs sell from 80 to 40 cents per
dozen: There are fine opportunities
mere Lor the dairy and creamery. Fred
harvey conducIs dairy here. using
the cream in the Santa Fe Railways
hotels, eating hOuses and dfning-cars.
Nut and shade trees and flower plants
grow 1ast, adorning dooryards every
where in town and country
Added to its resources lima county
produces silver copper. lead. zinc and
other ores. The mines of the county
have about s5000O0O to their credit
since the discovery Of ore in Cooks
Peak, in 1875