Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-11-21
ANNUAL CHAMBER Of
COMMERCE BANQUET
Boosters OF Deming and Mimbres
Valley Will Gather at Harvey
House on December Nine.
STORY OF YEAR TO BE TOLD
Epic OF Community Building will be
Listened TO by Many New Cltl-
zens Drawn by Publicity.

The annual meeting and banquet
of the Deming Chamber of Commerce
will be held the evening of December
y 0t the Harvey House. The gather.
NJ of the booster elan will close I'm .
other chapter of the epic of commu-
mty building. and ils rccapituation
by the captains of the hosts will BE-
wonderful in lis record of accom-
plshment. Besides the members,
there will be present many visitors
drawn to Deming through the actv.
itles of the civic organlzati The
rccountng of the romance of building
city in the midst of barren desert
forty miles from the Mexican border.
will rival in dramatic detail the ex-
ploits of Dido, who built the great
Carthage among the drifting sands of
al African wilderness.
INSPIRATION
To hear this story is To receive in
spratl0n, and to receive inspiration
Is To begin another year with the in-
domitnbc spirit which has overcome
80 many seemingly nsurmouniable
obstacles. No really progressive citi-
zen will fail to lend the support of his
presence to the great work which is
but half completed.
RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Secretary W. +. Holt will read II
report of which he and the other Of
iiclals of the chamber are Justly
proud. At the last annual meeting
there was much in which to lind en-
couragement, but there will b. much
more at the coming meeting. AT the
end of past year the Mimbre Valley
had not yet drawn one large immi-
grafton and development company,
but today there are half II dozen, and
all backed by practically unlimited
resources. These concerns are send
ing statesmen to every quarter and
are bringing the very best citizen
ship here. The chamber OF commerce
and the local press have not, Of
course, slackened their campaign fol
settlers, and Dcming is full of visit
ors from practically every state in
the union. The local hotels are I'M
able To furnish rooms after & o'clock
in the evening and every house in tn,
city is occupied.
MANY SETTLERS
At the present time there are 3,OOl
names on the files in the chamber oI
commerce, aud at the present writ
ing go have indicated their inten.
ton to come here to make homes
The Graphic mails 500 papers eacl
week To those who desire to max,
Demine their home. The school cen
sas of district No. (Deming) II
1900 pupils, and by the very loves
estimate used by the state office o
public instruction, this gives the dis
trict population of $500. The bas
is for lhis estimate if four nhabi
tnnts to every school child.
Where there were 100 irrigation
wells pumping last year, there ar
800 today, and the percentage of IN
crease will be much greater mex
year, Judging from the preparation
being made in every part OF the val
lev. In the city there has been grea
Improvement in the business aud res
idencr districts. More than lao res
id,uc,s of substantial character hay
been erected during the year an
many business blocks. Two hnndre
more residences of the right KIM
could be rented today if they wer
!. available.
THE FUTURE Is BRIGHT
While other sections Of the couI
try have been experiencing II lulI