Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-04-26

strength, thickness. pressure, etc,
of the actual water-bcaring strata
encountered in wells. there can he no
doubt LEFT in his mind concerning the
pcrnanency and amount of the un-
dtrgrOund water. II is just the
character OF demonstration which
meets fully the demands of the Sc
yorcst logic,
M\ attention was first drawn To
the productivity of Mimbres Valley
soil hy "A visit lo The truck-gardcn Of
Wuh Bros, a mile northeast ol the
posloliicc. Here was Chinaman
pdmping Il small stream of water
with Il very expensive and inefficient
odDril. aud when using electricity.
paving an cNorhilant rate. and sill
making money 50 fast lhnl il made
you dizzy. | have visited and invrs-
ligatCd Il great many irrigation dis
lrirls. but have never seen Il truck
aardrn any finer than THESE twenty
acres developed hy these sagacluus
Oriculals. II is a revelation an in
spiraliou, an eloquent recommended
ton of the thrift, intelligence and in
duslry of the Chinese farmer. aud an
irrclutahlc testimonial 10 the superb
agricultural possibilities of desert
soils in general and Of the soil of this
valley in particular. | heard a husky
railroad man who had, in the face of
much ridiculc, filed on u claim south
east of town, say that IF Cbink
can make 1t pay, | can and If any
one happens to inquire, he has made
it pay to the extent of some ten
thousand dollars
So things went along slowly at
first for about a year. at which time
an editor from Michigan with an ir-
restihlc inclination to boost every
thing and everybody, dropped into
town, and his alert lancies were for
several days fed from that illimlable
source OF intelligent boosting. Ralph
G. Ely. The APT words and cunning
phrases which clothed the brilliant
,pcculltiOns "f this latter gentleman
concerning the possibilities Of the
Mimbrcs Valley, SO moved the sus-
ccplihlc editor from Michigan that
he returned to the Wolverine state
aud interested another live aud
practical newspaper man and they
raid in good hard cash, il is rum"rcd.
4 handsome sum for the Junk pile
which went by the name of the Dem
ing Graphic. This plant didn't re-
main 4 Junk pile very long The
Graphic soon became a paper that
pleased the eye. and its messages
each week were 50 filled with bub-
bling optimism that many who had
before been blind TO the possibilities
Of this region awokc to the reali2a-
ton of the untold agricultural re-
suurcecs of the valley Possibly no
other single agency has done so much
10 unity local opinion upon this
point as the Deming Graphic.
The time was ripe in March, 1910,
when Lee q. Lester and a few other
boosters decided that Chamber Of
Commerce should he formed for the
purpose of getting Deming and the
Mimbres Valley before the outside
world, and giving inquirers reliable
and authentic information concern
ing the situation here. | fell in with
the movement and boosted 1t along
To the hest of my ability. After
much banQueting and extended
speechmaking the child was born, a
lusty brat with an irrepressible ten
dency TO make itself heard through
out the length and breadth of the
land There were about ninety ac-
tive members To start with, and the
income ranged around $50 per
month.
pnlnh ~ L'Iy yyns nlncta1 fret nroa-