Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-11-28
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
ON c. {. M|ESSE LAND
Under Alex Mcpherson and Son, Do
naId, Development Being Pushed
to Satisfactory Completion
U. E. BAILEY Is IN FIELD
f.OW RaS Over Half OF l0,000-ACre
ilact Sold, and More Agents
Then Before Are At Work

y I'NllN VI prospective purchasers
T., ,onpunicd by L. f.. Micssr, gen
rraI manager Of the Mimbrc~ Valley
Alfalfa Farms Company. arrived IN
Damn. the latter part of ust week
AID bought 10000 worth ul land
"a the 10000 acre tract east ot the
ety. III the party besides Mr..
Ml,,~r aud j. Winters. statesmen
were s. b. Leach, Marion county,
mdinnnH; Howard Kent, Macon
county. Illionic,; \. l.. Barlow, Lee
county. lllinuirs; f. :. Cartwright,
Lee county, lllonir- Robert Spencer.
Marion county Indiana
Tl5.0OO MONTHLY AVAILABLE
"Ahr ~lorkholdcrs of the Mlmbrc,
Valley Alfalfa Farms Company"
said Mr.. Mirs>c. "at II meeting last
week III Pillshurr, Pa, appropriated
5l3,OOO month for pushing develop
urnt uu the tract io early completion.
The three bip tractors aud other ma
rhincrN have been uycrhuulrd and the
biz campaign Ia develop the entire
tract hn~ been started Extra men.
& ans. and machinery has been put
on the work. and by spring 5000
acres including the 100 acres ul
ready plowrd, fenced. checked and
diichrd. will be- ready lo seed down
Ia alfalfa. The alfalfa already seed
rl is doing well aud the next growing
season will see II wonderful display
of the valleys chief product. Ad
ditionul pumps aud mol"rs are nov
un the road More than 1000 acre.
have L-rn sold up To the present time.
VERY BEST WELLS
"Thr wells on the tract are prnrl,
irnlly all good, some uf them de
,rlouiug up 10 1000 gallons II minute,
According to the report of Deputy
state Engineer :. s torroll, total
# 5000 gallons It minute l. NOW
available aud the land adlnclrnl
decided To- the purchasers. The re
pnrl show. that Mr.. Mlrssr j. in
proving II half inch more Of water
lu the acre than the state actually
requires.
SELLING CAMPAIGN
go. T.. Bailey, our snlcN manager
tells me that there are today NOR,
.alrsmcn At work IN the East and
Middle West than ever before. and
that selling campaign of even larg
rr proportions will be- put ON. liz
Irfl here Monday for Chicago to star
q the campaign. New territory will b'
open aud the Mimbrcs Valley b'
brought To the attention of II large
lumhrr of persons.
NEW TOWN Bl Hiding
"On the tract. the first hons" 4
about complete. This will be tn
home of George Longest, The hol'
p IL well started and the first store ~
p the townsitr of Micssc will be undc
\ construction by jefferson Maxwell
Other buildings will soon be- bull
The land immediately adjoining til
townsile will be- subdivided into II
: 20 and 10 acre tracts for fruit an
, alfalfa. II has been shown thH
with our excellent market and trans
iortation facilities the owner of
( 10 acre tract can easily clear SlOO
II II year and ENJOY good living an
e some leisure.
n McpHERSONS DOING THINGS
Five miles of new graded ron
been completed on the tract. III
y company has made arrangements Il
J. the planting of shade trees for Il
y benefit of the land buyers. Ale
Mcpherson and his son Donald ha'
dane marvellous work in bringing Il
'' development end of the company
activity to an equality with the sci
" ine end. As any one can see, and
'e many experts have declared, the d
III yclopmcnt is the most subslanll
of any in the West. whether done
private capitalist or the more vast
nj ful government engineers"
h" Mr.. Miesse left the city Tuesd
u, for Chicago.
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