Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-19

ute against G5-foot head A tet'
was then made for four hours run
ming the engine on 3S-fO distillatv,
which ia the second gredc Of oil
handled hN the Mimbrca valley
Farmers association, retailing in any
sized lots. az ~ cents per gallon.
The engine ran on Eve gallons per
hour, delivering the same amount ~
water against the ran.a hon1 Il rs
believed that there VII be large de-
mnnd for the 3S-iU oil, as ~ can go
used IN any engine from rude al
tn the ordinary gas engine Vow
ever. many farmers prefer the so
called crude oil as the higher gfado
oil explodcs more easily, ana hen g
causes more irrcgulhrity In the reyo-
lutions than the oil fo~ which such
engines are specifically designed.
my New postoficr noXcs.
There are ffty now posiomco boxes
being Installed 90 meet the increased
demand The boxes nov rua tn 5Jt.
Assistant Postmaster Green states
that the postofilce business is increas-
ing at the rate Of &2t0 per month
The trst OF last July showed Sl0.-
500 In receipts. and next July. judging
from the rate Of Increase since Jus
lst the year will show above 9is,.|
0O0 in pustoiilCp receipts in pcming
entitled Co free delivery service Tn
houses are al numbered. ana the, G.
are more miles Of cement sidewalks la
Deming per capita than IN any other
town IN the southwest. The post
Office authorities require slips in the
doors of business houses aud resi-
dcnres for receiving NATL. and also
that the streets b. named and signed
The streets Of Dcming arc practically
an named ana most OF them signed
So II would seem that free dc livery
service Is forthcoming for Dennng
shortly. Mr.. Green states also that
the incoming parcels post business isI
heavy and that the outgoing partels
post business b. rapidly increasing
The postoiiicc force CONSISTS nus. uf
the postmaster assistant postmaster,
three clerk and one substitute, Ts|
against "a force of two two years ago.
There IN an average ot eighteen sacks
of NATL received In Dcming daily. toll
say nothing 90 the pouches -. F
butcher. nov employed in ite post
Office, will leave his position next sat
urdaN. aud take a. position "a thV
railway mail service
How Onc Farmer Made Good
E - Osborn. one of the pioLul
farmers of this district. b materially
enlarging his farming operations this
year He started into tho farming
business here three years ago when
there had been practically no dcmuu-
straiion of the Turning possibilities
Of this region. lilo planted five acr a
Ia onions the first year, aud macc
what rs known "a the iinde as a
killing lie then sold th place auu
reinvested In another section of the
valley Here hc went ln for tomato
growing ON q small scule, canplug ten
thousand cans the FIRST season. aud
twenty-siX thousand cans the second
season as we'll us getting e ten-dcre
mented successfully with straWber-
rics. and nmher uf other crops
From the proceeds of last years husi-
ness Mr.. Osborn bought "a new -
horse power OF engine ana new %
American pump, which increased his
water supply from goo gallons per
minute 10 500 gallons per minute. tie
Us irriHating forty acres this year and
viii Increase his canning 0utit TO
capacity uf 2,000 cans per day. as
wei ns having thirty acres Ia other
crops
NJ a. Parsons has decided two
acres 81 land three miles west OF
Tunis 60 the county commissioners
which Will hc set aside a. a cemetery
free forever tp all white persons Of
the section This land ~ located
about eight mites west of Dcming
Invitations have been sent 10 all
the sunday Schools OF the county re-
qurhting the presence of teachers and
delegates 10 the Luna County sum
daN school association. which viii he
held under the auspices of the evan
geliCul churches of Dcming next Mon
duy and Tuesday w. c. Merritt,
field secretary, viii be- present and
viii lead la the work of the ussocin-
ton Tho work of The gpgaleu viii
consist of seminar studies