El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-24
DEMIHG RAINFALL
IN JULY IS HEAVY
Already Nearly 4 Inches Of
Rain Has Fallen; Ely
Talks of Fair.

Deming- n. NJ, July 24.-Deming has
had two more heavy rains one OF them
a tremendous doWnpOur- The govern
ment gage showed 30 Of an inch IN the
first and 152 inches IN the second.
making a total in "A hours Of 1.S4
I inches, and tOtalling for the month OF
July so far almost four inches, or one
half of the average annual rainfall IN
the Iimbres valley. The rains have
been extensive, covering the whole val
ley. The cattlemen are 5ub1lant, and
the farmers well pleased The rains
have so far missed the alIatfa cuttings
and have been Just in time TO soak the
beans and forage crops that have been
planted.
Landscape Artist Engaged
Ralph C. Ely, president Of the State
Fair commission, has returned from
California Mr.. Ely announces the en-
plOyment Of the landscape architect
lay out the go acres Of fair grounds
draw all the plans for the buildings,
walks and drives, so that when they
are completed they will form a model
aspire to park Mr. Cook IS graduate
Of Harvard university and belongs to
the same school OF landscape architects
that is identifying Washington city
and other municipalities Of the east
Most Of Mr.. Cooks work has been done
in California He is now at work on
six miles Of barren beach for A 9.
Spalding, converting it into beautiful
lay out the town Of Spa1ding, IA miles
northwest Of Deming, designating
parks, drives, and places for public
buildings
President Ely states that his ideas
concerning the state fair are to some
extent incorporated in a letter which
he received from John Morrow, Of
Ration, New Mexico, which reads in
Talks Of the Fair.
In regard to my views as to what
a state fair should consist OF. ] should
say that our fairs should be inclined
more to agriculture and horticulture
than to sport There is a tendency OF
a certain element Of citizenship in New
Mexico to make our fairs along the
line of sports, that is. in the way Of
amusement by horse racing and other
features connected with il, neglect the
real foundation for Development of the
material resources Of the state
I think that agriculture in all its
characteristics. county exhibits of Diff
1erent grains, county exhibits of the
fruits, and make live stock q specially
strong feature OF the fair. The live
stock, horses, cattle and sheep, Of New
Mexico need Improvement This is
particularly the case among our native
people The same need is in evidence
with regard to the agricultural actiVi-
ties OF our native people, and as a very
large percentage Of the native citizens
Of New Mexico are engaged in both az
ricultural and livestock raising. educa-
uOn along these lines should be made
a particular feature Of the fair I be-
neve, also, that especial attention
should be paid to poultry
This is a sample" said Mr.. Ely, "of
the letters that I am getting from all
over the state There is more wide
spread interest in the state fair this
year than ever before, and the out
look is promising for the largest, the
most representative. and the most ed
ucative lot OF exhibits that have ever
been displayed in New Mexico. Jno-
". Mullins. of Roswell. writes that 27
carloads OF honey have been shipped
out OF the Pecos Valley this season
amounting IN value to $751; 000 esti-
mated cOnservatively- believe that eT-
cry county in New Mexico that raises
alfalfa should be taught to raise bees,
as honey is a byprOduct Of alfalfa rails
ing Our exhibits this year at the fair
viii tell a wonderful story Of the bee
Pat Hinton, real estate man Of Las
Cruces, was here in his car
R H Batten and Pierce Hughes have
returned from their recreation trip in
California
Judge NebIett was here on business
connected with his office.
Gov. Mcdonald was here today On
business, and left for Santa Fe-