Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-21
IS PROSPECTORS IN
MIMDRES BUY
VALLEY LAND
Twenty 4O-Acre Tracts Sold
to Visitors; First Well
Shows 1900 Gallons Per
Minute on Test.
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Demlng. s. A.. April 2O.--C. r.
Mlcesc, general munaser OF the MINI
brer Valley Alfalfa Farms compauy,
arrived IN Deming Friday with six
teen prospecturs ull Of whom proved
20 ne buyers after Investigating the
proposition tliOruu-hiy for two days.
Twenty 81 the forty -ncre tracts we're
sold 60 this party AZ Sloo per acre.
This price Includes q permanent water
fight the gruDbiug. clearing. piuw-
ing. lfVeling aud diHkinn Of the land.
and also the seeding OF ons-third Of
The tract tu alfalfa.
The first we'll ON the tract was com-
picted Saturday AND tested out 1900
gallons of water per minute az nft
OF 81 feet The well Is iust 100 feet
Ia depth and contains IS feet OF
splendid wuter-heuring material The
capacity Of this wcll is pleasant
surprise. az tho company was going
on the basis Oi one I nn0- gallon per
minute wells. ~ the strata are 80
uniform over the entire tract. IL Is
quite certain that instead or having
20 go 10 n depth 90 $50 feet az Was am
tiripatcd when The project WAS begun
these wells Will have to De- only 100
or % feet in depth. Test holes have
been so distributed over the tract as
~ prove the entire area and thus
tory 80 Deming Is opened up for forty
acre fnfms. or in other words. II
means q population of leo people
In a region which only short time
ago was considered merely grazing
land
Some idea of the rapidity Of this
development may bee gained from Mr..
Micsse's own words:
I'VE mean 90 have this entire tract
developed and sold GO actual farmers
or at least. occupied hy actual farmers
inside ut twelve months ! say 'oc-
cupicd by farmers because some of
the people Ne sell 10 VIII rent the
land out. and others viii employ ox-
perieured Orchardists to plant or
Guards ana bring them into bearing
before taxing possession Of the land
We have enc 30.6N Mumiey now on
the Job building roads. eight miles Of
which have been constructed la the
last month We purchased a 5000
Zig Z tractor which win be here in
q Few days with fun equipment OF
plows disds. pulYcrizcrs drags, pack
crs etc, for putting the land into
perfect condition for seeding our
customers are therefore ready tO be-
gin the work Of planting Immediately
upon taking possession OF the land.
We have four well rigs at work on the
property nov. and viii have three
more Inside 81 two weeks, making
seven well rigs in constant operation
a. well AZ one emergency rig. We
shall thus bee able 60 bring in one ir-
rigaiion Well per week.
Ono-third Of each tract b. seeded
to alfalfa, as a starter. making an az
greeate of three thousand acres which
viii he in alfalfa al the cnd OF twelve
months
Tho contour maps OF each 100
acres are being prepared. aud the dig
ging of the main bitches Is part OF
the Development which is also done
hy the company a number of nice
DWELLINGS, VIII be built ON the tract 10
satisfy customers We desire 10 occupy
the land al once. Three members OF
the party now here have decided To
huy homes la Demlng. among them
T. a.. Aincsworth from the Weiser
valley iu Idaho. MIR. AmsWutth viii
live In Dcming aud superintend tho
planting OF an orchard on the iO-acrc
tract which hs has Just purchased
Another attractive feature of this
developing Is the planting OF shade
trees along each section line.
The name ct the town on the COM
rnny's property has been changed
from CORY 10 Micssc. The toNnsite
has been laid out very uttractiN ely.
ana an elaborate uark system ~ COM
pretended in the plans u Will be-
built up along cooperative lines as
far Hs possible For instance % croam-
cry viii be- installed. ana each pur-
chaser of land VIII receive "A share
la the enterprise 4 canning factory
viii he built. ana comparatively own
ed upon The same basis. Of course,
electric power win be used FOR light
ing. pumping. and fuG domestic pur-
poses Three construction gangs arc
now ut Work extending the high ten-
sion transmission line to the tract
TIL. line viii reach there the early
part of next month, and motors for
operating the pumps Will Doe connected
as past as the wells are brought in.
The next party of buyers VIII nr-
rive here early Ia May Mr. Miesso
VIII return 20 chicago Thursday. Tho
| local superintendent of the work n
reclamation IL John NJ. McTeer Of
| Dcming
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