Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-03-01
BIC CALIFORNIA MAN
SAYS FINE THINGS
Thinks This Will be one of
the Best of Sugar Beet
Arrears.
is DEMING BOOSTER
Helped Build up California
and Will Help Build up
This Region.

has made up his mind that New
Mexico, and especially this portion
of the state, can put one over OF
the coast country. He has don,
much for the development of the
great state of California and is Ger.
tain that the Mimbres Valley is
soon to be one of the best sections
in Uncle Sans domain
He wrote Il letter on Washing.
tens Birthday to Il friend of his in
DXnard, California, and as it
brcathcd 50 much of the spirit of
progress and good cheer, the
GRAPHIC asked the privilege of
publishing a copy Of the letter,
which the author kindly granted.
The letter is us follows:
Since my arrival here | have
had some time in which to look
over, the country. 1t seems to me that
it offers So much of promise in its
possibilities that | am sending son.
under separate cover, Il number of
pictures, giving Il fair idea of the
community, also Il box of the soil
by express, Il fair sample of that
which have seen. This particular
soil is probably Il little heavier
than some that could be found,
while there are places where soil is
to be found that is tighter.
These people are developing
water at Il pumping depth of from
10 feet upward. The water is
remarkably pure and even more
remarkably abundant. | have
never seen wells which discharge
more impressive volume of water.
They get from ,OO0 to 400 gal
Ions of water per minute, which
means 10 To- % miners inches to
the well. The evaporation here is
probably greater than at home for
it very rarely rains at any season of
the year; but there is a subsoil that
is practically impervious, ST. that
the percolation is limited; and even
alfalfa does not require more than
"a to 80 inches of water over an
acre in the course of year. When
one considers that no part of the
seasons crop is ever lost from
rain. and that every cutting is
cured with a beautiful bright
green, the slight increase in the
amount of water can certainly be
dsregardcd
The constant sunshine, the pur-
ity of the water, and the apparent
character of the soil, all combined,
lead me to believe that it will
develop into Il wonderful sugar beet
district. When remember that
our people at home are refusing to
sell land at prices ranging from
$3.50 to 81 900 per acre, because of
the influence of the plant which you
have developed there, and that they
are looking in other sections for
places in which to invest their
money in lands, it seems that
must bring this valley to their
attention Land is selling here
without water devcloped and
without improvements at from Sl5
to $75 per acre. AS near AS can
estimate, it costs about $50 per
acre to develop the water on the
land. 1t cannot cost more than an
average of So or IS per acre to
clear the land and its almost
perfectly level character renders
any considerable expense in level
ing unnecessary. see fields
where it seems to me that they
have not expended more than -
or 81 per acre in the work, over
which the water flows Just as
evenly as it can possibly, there
being a slight slope from the west
to the east and practically no fall
from the north to the south. They
are cutting five crops of alfalfa n
year which averages about /! tons
to the cutting and | have heard of
crop of sorghum which was raised
last year that cut 80 tons of sorg-
hum to the acre. Every plant
which tends TO sugar is said to be
remarkably sweet to the taste.
People are coming here in
swarms. The hotels are full every
night and myself have known of
whole families of new arrivals hav-
to sit up all night for lack of
place to sleep.
Il am greatly surprised at what
| have found and believe that if
our people knew of il they would
he hocking here to pick up some of
this land, and to make some money
out of its development. 1t is not
like a good many communities for
the shipping facilities are already
excellent, the town is all built, and