El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-30

Demfnr. N NJ, May 3O.-DevelDpment
of the property Of the Mim5res Valley
Alfalfa Farms company is going for
ward at a much more rap-1 rate man
was thought possible In L1e Dtglnnlns-
Five Wen rigs are now az WOIA putting
in irriga ton wells besides one emer-
gency rig, which is kept on hand With
these RIGS one well is brought IN each
week. and at this rate the entire tract
Of 10000 acres viii be developed with
in one year from date
The water showing in the various
wells is beyond the greatest e&pecta-
lions of the most enthusiastic MlmbreS
valley boosters. The last well finished,
which is no. .. showed an aggregate
water bearing strata Of % rect IN the
l25 feet from the surface TO the bottom
of the well Two wells are being
equipped with "A second pumps with
guaranteed capacity Of 1900 TO ZV0O gal
Ions per minute.
The local manager OF the construction
work. John McTeer. has constructed a
movable camp. consisting OF dining
room and kitchen and five lodging
houses, which may be hooked tOgeJher
and pulled from one part OF the tract
to another by the go horsepower tractor
which is used in breaking land The
camp has been broken and moved ana
set up again in three hours time.
The breaking OF the land is going
forward at the rate of about 500 acres
Per day. c. =. Biesse. the general man
ager Of the company, is here now, and
has ordered another 60 horsepower
tractor TO be used in ploWlng. This
second tractor viii be on the ground
In a short time. Plans have been drawn
and construction work VIII be begun
Immediately upon a q room hotel TO
be located at Miesse- The hotel viii
be built in the Spanish style, with
patio in the center, Of adobe brick. the
same being finished with pebble dash.
The grading Of the streets in the town
Of Miesse viii be begun next MONDAY
The peming Ice and Electric com
fro n esHrH Is
sion line to the tract and is now put
ting up the transformer house. and
holes are dug and poles distributed for
six miles of line on the tract itself BY
been % miles Of transmission line built
for this one proposition. During the
latter part of the summer and the early
fail. one-thlrd Of this 10000 acre tract
viii be seeded to Alfalfa
Mrs j. A. MahOney and daughter.
Miss Nary Mahoney, leave for NOtre
Dame, Ind, next sunday, where they
VIII attend commencement in St Mary's
college. Miss Mary being an alumue
They viii prObab bly, visit friends for a
month in Notre Dame before returning
Wyoming Man Buys Land.
T. p. Masters, Of Dayton, Wyoming.
has purchased 40 acres of land two
miles south of DeminE from A. A Alrnv
sale being made by f. L Miller. Mr..
Masters is an experienced farmer and
VIII develop farm on this 40 acre tract
Of land
D. I. Cole. Of Colorado Springs. Colo
is in Deming. en- route TO the 3Iimbres
Hot Springs for short vacation. Mr..
Cole was resident OF Deming for sew
eral months, about five years ago.
The Browning Pharmacy, which was
recently parly destroyed By fire is
moving from its old stand on Silver
avenue to one Of the new Tracy build
tugs on Pine street. between Gold and
Silver avenues. The Browning phar-
macy received S1775 insurance for dam
age by fire. The new quarters are
much larger
Laundry to he Rebuilt.
The Steinemann laundry, which was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday after
noon, VIII be rebuilt at once. A fcrce
OF Workmen VIII be put to work in the
morning clearing up the debris and the
new building pushed to completion at
the earliest possible moment.
G. W. Porter is installing a new bowl
ing alley IN the COrbett building, on the
west side of Silver avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. l. J. Pritchett viii give
dance TO their friends in the Harvey
house this evening.
p. J. Spitzley, Of Silver City, was here
on business yesterday.
TheO n. Espe. chief Of the field di-
vision Of the United States land office
of New Mexico, spent a day in Deming
on business.