El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-03
ASummary Of Deming's PrOgressin Year 1911
By R. Bedichek, Deming, N. M.

YN THE year that has just closed,
Deming has made rapid strides
along the path OF progress. There
has been no mushroom growth, no
boom. no sound and fury signifying
nothing; but a quiet and persistent
/ forging ahead with the goal Of a SPLEEN
/ did city and a developed farming sec
! ton steadily in view. While there has
/ been no effort on the part of this com
munity to disguise the fact that it is
/ on the earth and prosperous. still its
/ advertising has been conservative, and
/ its advancement has been of most
substantial nature.
The early part of the year, witnessed
/ the completion of the Luna county
/ courthouse which stands in the cen
ter of a seven acre park at the head
of Silver avenue. 1t is a substantial
structure containing two floors and
| basement. and 81 feet high from the
ground to the top of the flagstaff The
county offices are housed commOdi-
Ously in this building with every mod
ern convenience. The upper floor is de-
voted largely to a spacious district
courtroom, one Of the handsomest rooms
of its kind in the state. The cost OF
the building was in the neighbOrhOOd
, Of $4,000, and it will be a lasting
monument to the enterprise of the
county in the first decade of its ex-
iStence.
New High School Building.
Another public building of note is
the new high school building COM
pleted in the early fall. 1t is model
OF architectural beauty, being lash
/ Toned after the old Greek models. 1t
has two floors and basement. and in
4 1t every department Of the high school
work is amply provided for 1t has an
assembly hall capable of seating 800
students; II has well equipped
gymnasium in the basement, also
manual training department and do
nestle science department On the up
per floor is the library and the com
mercial department and science 1abora-
tory, and the remainder of the build
ing is devoted to recitation rooms and
the executive officet. The cost of this
equipment and it is a building Of
which any community in the state
might wen be proud.
New $4,000 Hospital.
The Women's hospital of Deming was
cost $4,000 and will commemorate
for years to come the cooperation OF
the physicians of Deming and the en-
Deming women. This building is located
on Copper avenue near the Catholic
/ church
The work of laying cement side
town has been pushed increasingly, un-
til at the close Of the year there was
seven miles Of sidewalk laid. The main
streets of the town have been graded
with adobe and caliche a mixture
which packs and forms splendid
street The sanitary sewer system was
begun and finished in the year 1911 at
an expenditure Of $4,000 This system
is ample to accommodate city Of
900 people This improvement guar
antees the water supply Of Demlng
forever against pollution Under the old
conditions, there would have likely
been q time when the pure waters of
the sunken Mimbres would have been D
reached with pollution from the town, |
ger is forever averted.
New Business Block.
Conspicuous among the new bust /
ness buildings almost completed in the |
year 1911 is the Mahoney block on /
the corner of Gold avenue and Spruce F,
street. It is a handsome reinforced I
concrete structure containing two !.
floors and a u foot basement. The up
fices. 13 Of which have already been /
rented. It is steam heated. every office /
has a lavatOry and no detail has beer /
spared to make it modern in every re- /
spect The ground floor and the base !
ment viii be occupied by the Mahoney
hardware and furniture stores. This ,
building cost in me neighborhOOd Of /
$50 600. It fronts 50 feet on Gold ave- q
the full street exposure is solid plate /
glass. It would be an ornament to any
town. c. I. Baker completed two brick 4
office buildings on Spruce street. add I
ing thereby 20 office rooms to the
town. He has almost completed anOth- 1
er brick stOrerOOm on Silver avenue,
and has begun a large brick store and /
office building on the corner Of Spruce
street and Silver avenue.
Good Glass of Immigrants.
The class Of immigration into the
Deming country during the past year
has been most satisfactory Hundreds
of substantial farmers have cast their
lot in the Mimbres valley, and their
farms form so many Gases in the des-
ert. Something like a hundred new
pumping plants ranging in capacity
from 900 gallons per minute TO 1900
gallons per minute were installed in
tho year 1911. and the acreage under
cultivation was Quadrupled.
The chamber of commerce, the best
organization Of its kind in the south
west has been strengthened materially
i'm the year just past its income ris-
ing from $3.50 per month to $500 per
month and there has been great in
crease also in its effectiveness due to
the more perfect organization which J.
has been accomplished.
Tribute by Albuquerque Paper.
Perhaps. however. the greatest thing
that has been added to Deming in the
year is the apparent good will of other
communities in the southwest. Deming
las come TO be considered in the front /
rank of boosters for the entire south
vest Deming never knocks a sister I