El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-24

ne near future. the capital $3.50 600
already being pledged C. =. Mlesse, of
! Chicago, general manager OF the MINI
bres Valley Alfalfa Farms company, is
promoting the new financial institution
for the purpose Of furnishing funds for
the farmers of the MieSse tract east of
I the city. The main once or the new
concern viii be located here and
I branch at the town OF Mlesse-
The activities of the trust company
I viii be limited TO the furnishing OF
capital for buying milk cows, hogs and
Feeders" to consume the products of
the farmers whom Mr.. Mlesse is bring
inc to the valley Funds viii not be
/ loaned on the land itself The company
/ axpects TO SUPERVISE the use Of the
Z loans and to see to it that 1t IS not d.
. Ferted TO unprOducuVe use
The fact that the land being SOLD on
/ easy payments is fully developed after
the latest scientific principles obTlates
the necessity of the purchaser eXpend-
ing funds in improving and the trust
/ company viii provide tne pIesslILls lee -t
{ for stock to consume the products OF
| the soil The valley is surrOunded py
/ cattle ranges on which the best Eere-
I ford stock is raised and there VIII De
no lack of feeders at reasonable prices
which can be fed and shipped IaI 10
the markets. Dairy1ng and nOg rels-
l ing viii further utilize the held crops
and by-pTOducts not easily ulSpoSeu u
in distant markets.
Mr.. Niesse has been here several days
with a number of buyers from mldule
/ western points and has closed Gears
I with them for more tnan S4OUvV worm
[ of land OF those who have purchased
7 up to date % viii be on the land ~
time TO raise a crop next season ana
/ several are putting IN small acIe 80. =
/ this season Some OF the buyers nave
/ not been able to leave their farms IN
the middle west, but have synd1caIed
| their interests and secured the serV-
/ ices of experienced farmers to place
( their holdings under cultivation IN com
mon
/ The work on the tract has been
I progressing rapidly. The pumps are
. being connected with motors and the
/ tractors are increasing the area OF
( plOwed land every day That TINS Work
I is being done uniformly ana Dy e3-
/ perts in pump irrigation appears
! strongly to those who have seen so
much misdirected effort and consequent
I waste of resources
Training College for Ball Players.
/ E. p. York of the Rio Mlmbres 1rrl-
I cation company, has returned from san
/ Diego, where he had a conference with
! A. g. Spalding, who is one or the
| CAPITALISTS interested heavily in the
I company. A novel feature OF the de-
| veIOpment of this large tract OF land,
] which reaches TO within a mile and
I half Of Deming town site, viii be the
| establishment according TO Mr. SpaId-
/ ing, of a training college Tor DaseDalL
players
8Ir. Spalding. known as the father Of
baseball. has had this pet ScneIne Ior
many years. and he is now going to put
I il into effect and has selected as a site
Z the town of Spalding, a few miles
/ northwest of Deming. Mr.. Spaldlng's
attention was first called TO this
climate when he Wintered the Chicago
{ baseball team at Haywood many years
ago He says that the winters tram
ing put the team in splendid condition
Z In fact. the players showed DeIter
form the year following their training
at haywood than ever before or after
Z in his experience The only reason
| that permanent quarters were not es-
tablished in this section was on account
I OF lack of proper accommodations Mr.
I Spa1dinE intends to supply these &C
I cOmmOdatiOnS now and to establish
! college where promising young players
can be taken and given sctenu1lc IN
: strUctiOn in the fine art of base ball he
| says that there are hundreds Of young
Z players of the bush leagues of excel
Z lent promise who need only the proper
! training, and that he expects TO attract
| recruits from these leagues to his
| training camps where he viii have
/ employed the best baseball talent In the
I United States For instance, SAID
J Air. Spalding, II believe that az Ine
] present time / can get Arson or chicago
as one Of the trainers for my camp and
I ] know Of other first class men OF
I world wide reputation VINO VIII De
| available for such work
To Make Athletic Center.
While this is a hobby of AR Spald-
] ing's. still it has some connection with
I his business. In the first place IL IS a
{ part of a scheme TO make the town OF
Sualding. Y. n, the athletic center. Tor
| the southwest. Polo grounds VIII be
/ laid off. an automobile speedway VIII
! be constructed which viii be second to
! none in the country, an elaborate CLUB
/ house viii be built golf links. tennis
] courts and all kinds of outdoor sports
/ viii be provided for. 1t is well known
4 that A g. Spalding is head OF one or
I the largest sporting goods houses IN
! the world, its business last year having
/ amounted to about S14. 100000. 50. IN
I addition TO its being a hobby of Mr.
/ SpaldinE's, there is a business side TO
[ his enCOurag cement Of sports.
Mr.. Cook. the landscape gardener Tor
I the Rio Mimbres Irrigation company,
I viii be here this week ana select
I definitely the site, having all the sur
veys for the above mentioned grounds
made under his personal direction.
I There is q splendid automobile road
! between DeminE and Spalding, 1t re-
( quiring only 40 minutes to make the
] trip. There was present at this con-
I ference in San Diego besides Mr. Spald-
/ ing, L. G. Fisher, Of Chicago, who IS
! also heavily interested in the Rio
I Aumbres Irrigation company, and F. T..
Z York who viii have charge Of the or
/ ganizatiOn of selling force OF the
! -Four Test Wells sunk.
z II. BickfOrd, manager Of the Rio
! Nimbres Irrigation company, states
/ that development work is progressing
! very satisfactorily. -Four test wells
I have been put down, two of them 200
7 feet and two of the $50. An excellent
| showing is made in the water bearing
/ sand and gravel. The first well shows,
I So feet of water bearing material, sec
/ ond well SO feet. third well 81 feet, and
] the fourth well 48 feet. These test
wells are now being enlarged to II
/ inches and casing driven down follow
| ing the large bit. The water-level in
the wells put down varies from 81 to
a feet. All of the wells on this large
tract viii be equipped with 3-stage
/ 1913 model Layne & Bowler pumps
. having capacity Of 1890 gallons per
minute and viii be operated by Fair
banks Morse gasoline engines.
e. p. York leaves today for points
In the east where he Will organize
selling force for the Rio Mimbres
S. j. smith. j. C. Cooper and T. II.
Ferguson left in Mr.. CoOper's car to
I SPEND several days at Mimbres Hot
{ Springs.
Much Mining Activity.
=. II. BickfOrd returned from several
days at Lake valley this morning. He
( reports good activity in mining camps
of that vicinity There are Il men at
work on the Rebate mine which is
silver and iron ore proposition He says
! that the old Dude mine is working a
big force of men, and that this whole
territory viii be proved out with the
diamond drills beginning TuIv 1St