Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-02-20
ADVERTISING RATES:
rENlNG, NEW MEXIco, FEBRUARY 20, 1914
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Dcming is about to enter upon unparalleled commercial de-
yeomcnt This aside from the wonderful ogrcnm" activity wm'n
goes accelerated pace Dmng has all the advantages which
desmc manufacturers and distributors seek The railroads have
marked Demg the greatest rail center of New Mexico and blessed
with trade territory Luna Grant. and Sierra counties containing MN
prcrt entirely dependent on what brought in by tn" railroads
radiating from Demng
Distant been able this field in the past 10 the
exclusion of local enterprise owing {" discriminatory freight ro'g, but
with the advent statehood h, the sovereign right OF New Mexico
citizens to demand and get -qa" deal Freight rate" WI" DE "'
ustcd whether higher ower mahc~ little difference :" t point" %
side New Mexico deprived OF the preference in this territory they no"
enjoy The matter in the hands of the interstate commerce commits
sion and a rcadjusmcnt must come.
With the obtaining point will grow up di,trmt
Ing houses which will levy tribute on the vast mining and o" district,
which surrounds oa-- called the Mmb Naky With the increase e"
trade financial supremacy and fourth bank is being
ganzcd here to take advantage o enlarged field of activity
the present time there half dozen enterprises the verge
of entering this field have decided definitely do and
will matcrazc the territory develops. The building of 500
bank building and 100000 hotel both by local capital shows that
Demng alive the possibilities and to allow
outsiders gain all the advantages The construction of another ice
plant cold storage warehouse ILL., the need of Mmb Valley farmers
who have had adequate facilities for handling their p,hae crops
When the Phelps Dodge Interests extended the Fl ao and South
lines Leopold from Whitewater the Mogoon region open
up made tributary Dm- instead Of to Silver City hereto
Gore For years the same Interests have had r"n" surveyed INTO the
great the the urro This will be
very expensive line to build but after cn rdoOOOOO taking over the
claims of the lnrro district Is not likely ' they WI" long de,
lay When the copper camp has been fully Developed the company will
cheap fuel The great and virgin coal fields await the railroad
This will that the property owned by the Dcming vii
become the site for shelter general offices well rs division point
the Il Pass and Southwestern railroad
Dcng freight terminal for the Southern Pacih" railroad
and will be made passenger division just the northern route II
Arizona Compotc THIS will be Judging from the appropriations
made recently for extension by the company
The cattle industry the Grant, Lima and Sierra
counties and the culcmen make Dug their The mining in
dnstry of this region the most productive Of the state Then there
the farms Of Dmg located the center of this vast and rich territory
They only farms > region and their have the oplom
y of supplying the uon-pcc- engaged other lines of activity
With the coming of the New Year there has been renewed interest il
muy need, capital restriction credit which Ia, held the pa,
irrigation that investors afraid put their none,
into irrigation snrlc- The large irrigation companies OF tn" Mmhr