Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-21
Big CrOwds of Farmers Greet Special
Agricultural Demonstration Train
College on Wheels Makes Two
Stops in Mimbres Valley
and Receives Big Ovation
From Rural Population.

/ special Carrespondrncr "a che Hernld !
DENNIS. n. ~. Jan. Is The
! Agricultural College train runuing
/ over the 10 Paso A southwestern
haee made two stops Ia the Mimbfes
valley. one az Columbus and one In
/ Demine. There were about three
hundred farmers AZ the station In CO.
iumhus awaiting the train with the
Thirteenth cavalry band. The train
stopped two hours.
/ The train arrived IN Dcming about
an hour ahead ~ time, having made
no stop az Bermanas as scheduled.
About nvo hundred people went
through the train here. The follow
ing professors and assistants from the
college were on the train. DR.. W. E
Garrison, =. T. Bixby. a. a. simpson,
y. stewart W r. conway. y. Blood
good. Ansell Gardner and j. r. Ma
bic. Mirs Pearl Miller. in charge Of
J domestic science at the college ana
her assistant Miss Ruth Brainerd.
were In charge of the domestic SCI
cncc department OF the train J. r..
Murphy trainmaster OF the r. r. a
M. W., and W. -. Shea, travelling
! fSsiFht and passenger agent. we're
present. representing the railway
company.
Lectures were delivered ~ the train
and In the evening DR.. w. n. Gard
son, president 81 the college. ad-
dressed a crow ded house la the Crys-
tai theater. his subject being New
Mexico Historical and Industrial
The lecture was illustrated with hand
some Views from all portions OF the
state.
1 Tho following are features az the
train itself cattle. both dairy and
beef: hogs. bacon and lard breeds.
Hat ear serving as lecture platform
and an exhibit OF fruit trees with
root systems, silu. spraying outnt,
various varieties of apples, boxes
showing different methods of backing,
smvdge pots, alarm thcrmOmoterF,
various Kinds Of injurious insects,
canned fruits being products Of the
domestic science department 81 the
college; deep we'll pump. generator
and electric motor. soils from various
ports Of the state, BabcOck testing
machines. milk scales. separator and
so on. The train left here at a. m.
the following morning.
/
acre tract which he recently pur-
chased, half mile east OF town
W. Eislee Is putting ten acres IN
fruit, which he recently purchased
half "a mile east OF Deming.
The Bank OF Dcming has purchased
the 25-foot lot just west OF It's pres
ent building. The bank will erect a
0ne-story brick building on this lot
la place OF the one which recently
burned.
Cal Baker has rented the hotel
building on the corner of spruce
street and silver avenue Ia Mrs. T..
.. FATHERS. There arc nineteen
rooms In the hotel. hot and cold
water, steam heated, and modern in
every respect J. a. Mahoney has
the contract for furnishing the hotel.
The Farmers cooperative ON Buy
ers' association viii meet again SAT-
urday al ] D. ma january 90. at the
court house ia Defining. The board
OF directors met today and besides
transactins Nafious routine business
sent n. l.. Van Sickle 10 m Paso Go
buy oil tanks and instructed John
Hand 20 close contract for lots suit
able for placing oil tanks upon.
John IA. McToer has returned from
Santa Fe where ne attended the state
boosters meeting az a delegate from
tho Deming chamber Of commerce.
Mr. McTeer reports great interest la
the proposed change Of the name Sow
! Mexico 90 Lincoln. He states that
Judge Richardson az Roswell. a. NJ.
assured him that he WIS for 10 ana
would stump the state ln behalf OF
the change whenever IL became noc-
essnry judge Richardson said hc bee
iievcd tho Pocos valley would bo for
q s0lidly.
Compound Eucalyptus syrup.