Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

this connection | desire to say, thai
you have paid for the actual Operat.
ing expenses of the chamber oi
commerce about an amount equal Il
the value Of the services rendered
you by your secretary. In Other
words, that you have had the serv-
ices of II $1,000 man for consider
able less money--h0w much less,
am ashamed 10 say. ] am free tn
admit that we ure unable to pay him
fully for what his services are worth
to this community. should he ask it.
II il wasn't for his unbuonded en-.
thusiasm for the town and for the
valley. would be- fearful that some
other town, more able to pay him
adequately for his services. would
woo him and win him away from us.
but "Bilr' couldn't get up the same
amount of steam in any other COM
munity than this, at least for a long
time--until he got used to poorer
water.
The bonrd of directors and off,
GERS have given freely of their time
aud money aud have tried to do their
level best. They have endeavored to
let the world know cur resources
our fertile lands. abundant, pure wa
t-r aud mntchless sunshine, gooa
schools, good churches and modern
conveniences. Aud the people have
given heed and have come. and
many of them have stayed. Have
made their homes here and IRE hap
py aud prosperous. How many, do
not know, except as ! may estimate
from the school census. which in
1912 was 86l and in 1914. 1907, for
Deming aud in the county the school
census is 2.336, almost double what
is was three years ago.
Until this year, we fniled to take
advantage Of one of our most valu-
able assets, and tina, is our climate.
We talked. and wrote and boosted
about it. hut only incidentally. We
made no consistent efforts to realize
ON it. In other words, we did not
capitalize it a. our sister city to
the north, Silver City, has done. They
long ago realized its value and re-
suits have proven their wisdom. ]
have reference to the sanitOrium
idea for the treatment of tubercu-
losis. This has proven a wonderful
source of revenue to Silver City. II
does not mean alone the money which
is brought directly into commu-
nitv for board and lodging and med
zeal treatment of the patient. but is
much more far reaching in its ef-
fects. IN Silver City il has been the
means of bringing men and women
of national reputation. people OF
wealth and influence. II has meant
money to the merchants. to the bus
mess ana professional men, but it
has also meant untold money for the
hanks and for the development OF
the resources Of the country. Peo-
nile who come there and get well,
STAY and make il their homes and
they influence their families and
friends to come, and il is valuable as
AN advertising medium. Therefore.
| believe TINT the establishment or
the Deminp Cottage Sanitorium by
DR. Janet Reid and her associates
is step in the right direction. IL
is n small beginning. which, with the
proner support Of the community nnd
with proper management will grow
;u,o n great asset Ia the community
and il need not be- limited to this one
institution. hut will. in itself. create
thc demand for other accommodn-
tiops of this kind. And. incidentally.
will take from the homes and from
the hotels in the city victims OF the
disensc who will come here to some
extent anyway.
For some time the chamber OF
commerce has bent its efforts toward
getting for the farmers in the valley
some man qualified to teach them the
things which otherwise they would
have to spend large sums OF money
to learn in the bitter school OF ex-
pcrience. And it was with much
qualification that we learned that.
when the agricultural college had
three men available for this purpose
in New Mexico, they came to us first
and asked us would We have such
man. and of which offer Luna county,
through its high school board, I'M
media,ely availed itself The re-
suits Of the good work MIR. South
worth is doing in this capacity Is
already making itself felt in the COM
munity. He seems to be working IN
the right direction ard ! am salts.
!. - Ill Ia worth unfold