Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-04
|UFFALO JONES A
.DEMING PIONEER
Ian Who Made CatalO Fa-
nous Filed on the Present
Townsite Thirty Years Ago;
Deming to Have Church.

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4Deming, y NJ. April &C. ). Jones,
bitter known as "Buflalo Jones' OF
hs Vegas spent Tuesday In Deming
bolllng al various irrigation plants
he valley and explaining 20 vari-
as persons Interested the virtues OF
pump or water elevator which he
nd Park snyder have invented The
Partnership goes By the name Oi the
#uifalo JonesSnyder Water Elevator
bmpany. and the partnership VIII
bon be superseded by a corporation
the same name.
Mr.. Jones. who Is also famous as
Producing n successful cross between
Bic buffalo and the domestic cattle,
nays that he will bring his herd Of
Hatalo to Demlng, In case be moves
Rere. which he considers quite likely.
lie will also bring his herd of $500
Persian sheep. these sheep being a
brOss between the Persian and the
Aierino. 4 curious coincidence Is the
1act that Mr.. Jones filed on so acres
~ land adjoining the present Deming
4Ownsite 80 years ago He gave MS
Bling papers 10 man named Bond,
accompanied by fee OF SIS for Bond
10 take TO Las Cruces. Bond, how
ever, decamped with the papers and
the money, so the actual filing was
neyor made Of record IN the land Of
iice, NY Jones statcs mat he rcaltzod
at that early day that the Dcming
country had great future.
DR. r. G. Hoffman has received q
letter from Francis 81. Lester OF Las
Cruces. dated March 81, stating that
the matter Of bridging the Rio Grande
lat Cruces Is being taken up this week
by the commissioners, and that this
bridge will likely be constructed.
When this bridge is built "A straight
road can be built at small expense
from Demlng into Las Cruces and an
automobile can make the trip In less
sfhan two hours Mr.. Lester also
BAYS that an automobile club has been
organized at Las Cruces with so
nembers. of which r. NJ. Hayner is
president and he is secretary treasur-
br. MIR Lester assures the Deming
Automobile club OF hearty co-OpCra.
ion IN anything that will make for
better roads In the southwest.
Word was received by telephone
his morning that the flour mill OF
lafayette Clapp at Hatch, y. NJ, was
burned TO the ground last night lie
had just completed the installation OF
so horsepower engine and ctner new
anachlnery.
lily r. Blackham sold YESTERDAY
wO pumping outfits, one to Mr.. Dieu-
iioune. a II horsepower Stovor, and
No. nackham Water Seal pump,
and one to L. L. Browning, 10
horsepower engine and No Black
ham water Seal pump. The first oil
these plants will be lnslaued six miles
south and the latter four miles cast
OF Demlng
nunson a Tucker we're awarded a
contract hy tho board of village trus-
tees for putting In ~ street crossings
mostly on Gold and Silver avenues
and towards the new high school
building
George j. Chandler has just com
pleted map of the Mimbres valley
which map has received the official
endorsement of the chamber Of com
morce and the county commissioners
as being accurate In every detail II
Is 81 by 40 inches In dimensions and
shows the country farom Carne "a
Gage southwest 90 hiermanas aud
southeast 60 n point about 20 miles
east Of Columbus. Il Is birds eye
view. the spectator being supposed
10 be several thousand feet In the
air above a point several miles north
Of Domlng Railroads are shown, the
Mimhrcs valley Irrigation company 4
ditch, every quarter section and sub
division of land comprising $500 sep
arate tracJsl all open land, all unsur
veyed townships, mountains and att
tude of important peaks, mining loca
lions Ia the Florida mountains, the In
ternational boundary line, and, IN
fact. every feature of the valley II
clearly shown. The map is hand
oolored and Is very artistic, The
chamber of commerce has taken sew
oral OF these maps 10 be used for adj
yortising purposes.
Chas NJ Gibson. architect OF Nj
Paao. met with the building commit
tee of the Methodist church last
night. and plans were adopted for the
new church The building viii cOsl
between $4,000 and $4,000. The
STYLE viii be that of the old missions
while the interior IN its Irregular ne
sign win be reminiscent of the old
English churches. The audience room
viii be- capable of seating 600 people
comfortably ID viii have a raised
pulpit IN the center OF the end with 2
chorislry elevated above the back O