El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27
well be proud.
A New Hospital.

well be proud.
New Hospital.
The wOmen's hospital of Deming was I
also completed in the past year It I
cost $4,000 and viii comm emorate for /
years TO come the cooperation Of the l
physicians Of Deming and the energy /
and enterprise Of Deming women This I
building is located on Copper avenue
IN the southern portion of town The
structure is so built that 1t can be
added to easily, and as the demand
comes, OF course, the hospital viii De
enlarged. The rooms are furnished Tor
the most part by individuals. For in
stance, J. A MahOney furnished one
room, Mrs. AntOiuette Smith another
the Nasons are furnishing anotnei,
and so on. At present there are II
beds. and the building IS capable OF
accommodating p. There is a wei
equipped operating room, commodious
closets, plenty Of windows, steam heat
and every convenience for rendering
the place wholesome and asreeao pc TO-
patients During the year 1911 ~ pa
tients were treated, 20 pay patients
and - charity patients.
Many Sidewalks Laid.
The work Of laying cement side
walks into the resident portions or the
| town has been pushed uceasingly, IN
l til at the close of the year there were
seven miles OF cement Sidewalks lalu-
/ The main streets have been graded up
with adobe and caliche, mixture
which packs and forms a splendid
| street The sanitary sewer system was
I begun and finished in the year 1SIl.
at an expenditure Of S2l,OBu- ms
| system is ample TO accommodate city
| of IL 600 population. This improve
| ment guarantees the water supply AT
I Demine forever against pollution IN
tidar the old conditions there would ike
1 " have been a time when the pure
/ sters of the sunken Afimbres would
| have been reached with the pollulloh
! from the town. but with the modern
4 sewer system, such danger IS forever
| averted.
/ ConsDfcuous among the new business
| buildings almost completed IN 1911 Is
| the NTahoney block on the corner OF
/ Gold avenue and Spruce street ~ -
! a handsome reinforced concrete StEuc-
/ ture Containing two floors and Il
/ foot basement The upper floor IS de-
! voted exclusively to OFFICES, 10 On
! which have already been rented IL IS
/ steam heated every office has a laN "a
tory and no detail has been spared 70
! make il modern in every respect me
! ground floor and the basement VIII oS
| occupied by the Mahoney haIuWa e
! store This building cost in the hels n
| borhOod Of $50, 600. 1t fronts 90 rect
/ on cold avenue and 142 feet on Spruce
| street. and the fun street exposure Il
| solid plate glass. 1t would be an orna-
| ment to any town g..
| The following buildings are now IN
! course of construction Baker store
and office building. $4,000; two Busn
bungalows. s44OO: Kinnear residence,
I S25OO. Nordhaus residence, SazOU- huu-
/ n-Wnliams residence, SztVui kno"les
| residence. $4,000; Quincy residence,
I $500. total. SIS 900. This shows a talr
start on the new year
Much immigration.
The class of immigration into Dee
! ing and the Deming country during
the past year has been most satis4ac-
| tory Hundreds of substantial Iarln-
| ers have cast their lot in the MINI
! bres valley. and their farms FORM ~
many GASES in the desert something
like a hundred new pumping plants
ranging i'm capacity from 500 gallons
/ per minute to 1900 gallons per minus
/ were installed i'm the year 1911, and
the acreage under cultivation was
quadrupled.
In the matter or Improvement of
! roads there has also been progress. III
| 1910 $4,000 was expended in building
a turnpike across the sands OF tbs
| Mimbres north of Deming. Stimulated
/ bv the success of this road the farm
/ ers to the south of Deming. headed
| BY s J. Smith. Leon GodchauX- dne
sam T. Clark. raised the sum of $3.50.
= ! by private subscription for the roat
| south of Deming- The county com
missioners gave d like sum- ana ln'
| territorial government gave 9l7Vv
| making in all $500 for the building OF
! this road Is miles south from bolll
, | ing This sum of money Woulu no
{ | mean much in a country WheIe -
| pensive bridges must be builI rocN.
! | to be hewn away, swamps 10 q -,
and so on. but il means great ue s
in the Mimbres valley, where me o.
| no streams. ravines or, gullles 10 80
the landscape. where the most eAPe L
/, sive part of road building rs stuo-
: bling out mesquite roots. and "heIe, ~
b a11-av leaving a perfect road bed.
II DemlnEites All boosters
Perhaps, however. the creates