El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-14
! DENIING AND INIIIBKES VALLEY
DEMING WATER PRESSURE PROVEN AMPLE FOR FIRE
PROTECTION DUPLICATE PLANT BEING. INSTALLED

Deming, y. NJ, June IA test made
by the fire company developed that
with a tWO-inch nozzle water can be
delivered with good pressure onto the
highest buildings, furnishing adequate
fire protection. The water cOmpany's
new well Is furnishing ample water for
the city at the present time and a
duplicate plant Is now being put IN.
Richardson & Sidey are drilling the
new well which VIII be equipped with
a five-stage American turbine pump
capable of giving 80 pounds pressure,
and viii be operated by a so horsepower
motor.
w. H. Walton, representative from
Grant county, passed through Deming
this morning en- route to Silver City.
J. J. Cole, deputy United States
marshal of Albuquerque, has arrived
in Deming on official business.
c. W. Culpepper. OF Dallas, Tex, Is
here prospecting.
G. c. Allison, of Midland, Tex, IS
here looking for a location.
Z. N. Policy, Of San Bernadino, Calf,
has arrived here and VIII reside with his
uncle. William Dresser.
J. W. Hill and wife are in Deming,
being en- route by auto from CahfOr-
MIA to Oklahoma. Mr.. Hill states that
he came through Deming three years
AGO and the Deming water so improved
his wife's health that he had it ship
ped to California until she was com
pletelv. recovered. He also states that
the Improvement in DeminG since he
was last here IS wonderful
d. NJ. Birch, Of Hachita, n. NJ, Is
G. III. CarsweH has returned from a
several months business trip to Ana
Mrs. R. c. Taylor has gone to Lake
Minnetonka, Mimi, to spend the sum
meF
II. B. Ferguson, congressman from
New Mexico. in a letter supporting his
bill for granting patents to government
land for wells put down, cites the MIN
bres Valley and gives striking Illus
tratiOn of what can be accomplished
in the way of reclamation by means Of
wells
Fred Browning has received and Is
installing in the Browning pharmacy
handsome $1,000 cold drink fountain
Taxation Causes Discussion.
Considerable discussion concerning
local taxation has been engendered by
the action of the equalization board IN
raising valuations. The board has adj
lOurned and according to the statement
of chairman Humid. valuations have been
raised on an average about 20 percent.
On the one hand are those who argue
that the rate not the valuation. should
be raised. since each county by law
must send in to the state certain
percent of the assessed valuation Thus
the county where valuations are low
escapes in large measure the burden OF
state taxation. And it Is stated on
good authority that Luna county al
ready contributes over 100 percent more
according to correct valuations than a
number of other counties. Thus it IS
argued that by keeping the valuations
low and the rate high IS merely mat
ter Of self protection. On the other
hand are those who contend that low
rate of taxation encourages investors
and high rate frightens the investor.
Again, it is further contended, that low
ering valuations in order to escape the
state taxation Is merely entering into
game of gOuee with the other counties,
and the remedy should lie in correcting
the state law which seems to offer a