El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-21

Deming. y NJ. May GA l. Taylor
is having great success on his farm
eight miles southwest Of Deming snis
season growing Rodi wheat de has
20 acres of this cereal, parted the lat
ter part of December. ana now nearly
ready to cut. II viii make. accor qlHs
10 estimates of people VINO know now
TO estimate wheat, 90 0uS4els 10 tl-S
acre Mr. Taylor viii Dreak the
ground as soon a s the wheat Is cleared
off and put the same acreage INTO
beans He says that this soil Will pro-
duce a crop Of wheat and one OF De@hs
each year for five years, ana IhaL lhen
IL will be necessary TO grow crop
of COWpeas and turn them under 20 re-
store the soil He says the proper
time TO plant wheat in this valley IS
in October. Besides making fine VIM
ter pasture. he says that with an or
binary spring fl can be cut about me
middle OF May -Four Waterings, AI"
Taylor says, are sufficient, two incnes
per irrigation, making total or
eight inches OF water Next season
there will be a large acreage planted
10 wheat by number Of farmers IN the
valley.
J. w. Phillips has returned from
LOrdsburg. where he has been recelE-
Ing cattle which he had bought for q.
W Ldnger, of Denver, for shipment TO
Hardin, Mont He received 5000 head.
Mr.. Phillips reports the range cOnQl-
tons around LOrdsburg In excellent
/ enough to make good beet
F. W Bauman has subdlvided the
south so acres Of his homestead two
and a half miles southeast of town into
I 10 acre blocks. and these are being sold
out TO truck farmers by s D. Robbins
-Four tracts have already been sold ar
SO per acre One Of the purchasers -
} r. D. W gathered, OF CleDurne. Tex
who has bought ten acres for a suburb
an home He VIII move here shortly
and begin the improvement Of tho
] land W H Kelly, of PecOs. Tex, has
I bought another 10 acres and is i'm
proving fl.
Al a picnic at Florida flats it was
4 decided by the citizens OF that COM
| munity to build a school house A con-
I siderable portion of the money neces-
sery was raised on the ground and the
| remainder is being raised this week 4
] school district viii be formed, taking
! In portion of what IS now the Hon
I dale district
/ Judge Parker chief justice Roberts
] and Mr.. solomon. Of Santa Fe. have
I been spending several days In DEM
: ing looking over some OF their farm
! property here with view to installing
I a pumping plant and retaining 64s
] acres OF land
1 G. J. Wolf. OF Las Vegas. is in Dem-
/ Ing looking for a location
/ + ". Sharp. Of Aztec. y ~. is in
I Deming looking for ranching prop
P. Warner. Of Pecos. Texas. is in
/ Deming for the purpose OF investing
/ In land
A H Lowe Of Vaughn. n NJ is re-
| Heving Geo. Leffler. for a short time,
] as manager Of the Western Union Of
/ flee here
A c Kacin. Of Chicago, is here pros
/ pecting.
Rev. H. NJ Bruce and wife are in
I Long Beach. Cal. on account OF the
| latter.s health Br Bruce preached in
! the Methodist church there last sum
/ Cay.
Bud Williams. Of Hachita. n. NJ, IS
/ here on business.
Ground has been broken for the new
/ laundry building. which viii be OF
I brick and 1z0X35 feet in dimension,
/ with ample basement.
j. F. Cumming. OF Mercer. Pa. is Ia
1 Deming looking for location.
h X Simpson, Of LOWke. Ark is
} here prospecting
Prof j. B. Taylor. superintendent %
] the Deming public schools. received a
/ telegram from Tulsa, Okla. offering
/ him the superintendency at that placa
3 He declined
/ Chas. y Pickett. Of Oakland. Cal,
{ has purchased 40 acres OF land four
/ miles east of Deming from Dr. o. o.
/ Osborne.