Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-26
50 MEN At work
ON IRRIGATION
TRACT
Operations Progressing Salts
factcrily on Rio lEimbres
Company's Land IL Miles
Northwest Of Deming.

are go men now employed on she
work. Two well drilling outfits. and
00-horaepower tractor engine. ina
temporary camp IA located a few
miles this side Of gpaldinm ana COM
slets OF dining hall ana engineers Of
flee. several bedrooms and ten tent
houses that serve as sleeping quar-
ters. Things are very busy at thu
Demonstration farm. The s0-aore field
OF alfalfa IL being cut now. and the
yield promises 10 be nc least q ton and
half 20 the acre. Many fruit trees
have been set out and sro making 4
remarkable showing. Something like
20 ecres ere devoted 20 the expert.
mental orchard ana vineyard. veg
otablos Of all klnd1 are being tested
out IN most thorough and scientific
manner. superintendent Mnmmon.
who II an agricultural expert OF In
ternationni reputation has charge or
the demonstration work A flood wa
ter ditch four miles long, leaving the
river az the old jacobson place. IL be-
Ing constructed by means of 60
horsepower traction engine and eie.
waiting grader. This ditch win be
fully twenty feet wide and OF ample
dimension 10 accommodate q large
amount OF flood water. However. the
main irrigation win be by means OF
wells and the flood water will Be
merely supplemental
Jan Kse A. Co. win open a first
class restaurant IN Deming on June
LIST. having rented Ona Of the new
Tracy buildings on Pine street. The
restaurant viii make a speciality OF
chop suey and noodles and will be
regular metropolitan eating house,
Der Bling, who has had a numbdr Of
years experience as manager OF one
OF the best Chinese restaurants In
San Francisco will manage the new
restaurant here In Demins.
Joe Lincccum has about completed
installing his fixtures. etc. In the new
Hannigan building on Silver avenue.
for the Sideboard restaurant which
win be opened for busisess In few
days. Mr.. Lincecum has had wido
experience IN the restaurant business
and heretofore has conducted one OF
the best and most up 10 date restau-
rants In the town. In his now guar
tiers he will doubtless receive a most
liberal patronage.
g. u. Mleaae. aud "A number .ef
buyers from the North arrived In
DaminE yesterday and are looking ov-
er the Mlmbres valley aud the tract
OF the Alfalfa Farms company. four
teen miles east 81 Deming,
Tho new front Of tho chamber OF
commerce will he completed today. A
modern show window viii be Installed |
for the purpose OF displaying products
Of the valley with prism lights above
the the show window, A suspended |
awning viii he attached 90 the front |
OF the building In keeping with the |
moie modern business buildings |
which have been constructed In DEM
ing recently
Report an Wonderland Rontc.
g. H Lester left Dcmlng two days |
ago by auto over the Borderland |
route for the Pacific coast. He
promised before leaving 10 keep the |
secretary of the chamber OF commerce |
informed as To road conditions on the /
Borderland. Mr.. Testers first letter
road conditions was writ
ten from Douglas Ariz. May 2isi. and
"a as follows
Douglas, Ariz.. May 81. 1913.
II found the new road west on the !
line To Mongolia by SIR. Phil
lips and nesghborE--in fair shape, hut
a little rough In spots caused by
small holes. After one good rain I
think that section will he in good con-
ditlon. From Mongolia 90 sspar the
road Is In fine condition and fast
From separ 20 i.ordsburs u Is the
same old road. washes and dykes. We
are not trying TO make time. and
ran easily from Deming 60 i.ordsburR
yesterday In three hours. or twenty
miles per hour Left I.ordBburg this
at 7 and arrived here easily
NJ f:2O y. m. bid not hurry at all
and stopped 20 take photcs---to chat
In Rodeo and To eat lunch. Road con-
iitlonsg From Lordsburg south there
are many washes To Mansfield ranch,
distance. sixteen miles, az point
,hou, twelve miles, probably. south OF
I.Ordsburg the road Il very slow for
about one mile because OF the great
number OF washes. did Tot time II.
but our speed there was about ten
miles an hour across this rough
stretch and about fifteen miles an
hour from L0rdsburg Ia Mansfield
uNfNs lNuul MNNniAtAA ~" wv NAft'
anch. five mlleN tae road got much
better. From Two Mills 10 Granite
Zap pass we found the road good aud
asst We ran over the top Of Gran
&c Gap pass on high; could have
pitched over the top "a thirty miles
'asily had we wished 20 do 50. From
rwo Mills rahch 10 Douglas the road
$ easily eighty per cent better than
when drove Il last about one year
lgo Rodeo and Douglas and towns
iotweon have done a large amount Of
rood work aud the road Il almost
'ntirely clear OF stone except few
niles that has a number 81 small,
ooae stone near Bernadlno. The
3orderland. through the hills north
# Douglas. has had lot OF work and
= In fine. fast condition. I can not
zee that Lordsburg has done anything
s hatever. either east or south, dur
nK the past year 20 improve their
Dad and they have about thirty~five
niles that sure needs attention.. They
ay they will liz the road south In