Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-01-02

tnal, 50 IuI dS any IlV'p"S
knowledge of agriculture was con
ccrned, most of them were the veriest
amateurs. One man whom ! met had
taught school in Iowa for a quarter
of century. but along in middle life
he decided that there was more
money to be made IN teaching corn
and cabbages how to shoot than
there was in teaching the young idea.
Another was II Methodist clergyman
from Kentucky who told me that he
had never had real conception of
the hcll-hr he preached about until
he started in one broiliug July morn
ing to sink an arteNiun well III the
desert. Still u third successful set
;lcr had been physician in Okla
homa. while there are any number
Of long -horncd Tcyicun-" II, The
New Mrxirau- dub- the Texas eat
llcmen who have turned farmer
Scattered through the country are n
few EngliShmrn; not ot the club
'ounging rcmlllnncc-ma type s."
common in the prairie provinces Of
Canada. but energetic hard working
Youngsters who are earnestly en-
Gagged in building homes for them
| selves IN u new country and under an
adopted flag. Not all of the English.
men who have come out 10 New Mex
leo have proven 81 steady or success
lul. however. for n few years ago an
English syndicate purchased Il ST. T.
III land grant of some Two mi N
acre, in the vicinity of Ration and
sent ont II complete equipment of
English managers, superintendent
lorrmrn, buffers. Wallets, mcn-scr-
wants and other lunctonarlc>, not I"
mention coaches. tandem carts. -
pack Of fox hounds. and other para
phcrnIa of the sporting life, \ man
who Witnessed their drtunmrmt AT
Ration assured ne that il was more
finn than watching the Greatest show
uu Earth unload It Was u great life
those Eugi>hmru led - long ~ ii
lasted tea at four every afternoon,
evening clothes for dinner. and thrr
- few ubbcr- of bridge bul 1t end
al in the property being taken over
at forced sale by u group of hard
headed llolaudcr, who harucssrd the
ruur-iu .haud. lu ploW~. used the
tandem carts for hauling wood, sci
lhr hounds to chmning butter, ANA
are making the biz place pay diyld
ends regularly,
some two hundred miles north OF
Drmiug H. the mail.lruiu goes j.
Albuquerque. the metropolis oi the
-,atr..Ii the term metropolis can
property be- applied To- Il city of not
much over twelve thousand people
~rt Suurrly in the center of the l22.
coo >oarc-milr purallrlogram which
is New Mexico. Albuquerque l. 81
railway center of considerable i'm
puraurr. far from there one can gel
through PuImuuN north T." lDcnNcl
aud Pixies Peak. south L. The Dor
drr~ of Mexico and it, revolutions
aud west To- the Golden Gate. On,
uI the things that struck me about
Albuquerque and the observation L.
equal applicable to all the rest col
New Mexico i that instead ui hay
lug weather. they enjoy climate. Il
Is pretty hard To beat q hand whrr,
the moths have achaurr H. rat holes
IN Your uyrrrual hut never m Noui
bcd-bIunk"t>. tIlmntr il, u fact
Abuqucr4ur'- most valuable asset
and she trades ON it for ali it i,
worth aud ii i worth IT, her ~rvcra
hundred Thousand dollar, per an.
num- II il one Of the few elite, that
know of where they want aud wei
come iuyaid> and LAY so frankly
They could moi de- oIhcrWi," with any
consistency however. for half III,
leading citizens ul The town arrived
here ou their backs. rIiugiug dr,p,r.
atrIy tu life. aud were lifted uu ut
the ,ur-wIuduw ou u >lrrDrhrr Tines,
"uc-tmc iuvald~ are today IT, husky.
energetic. up-aud. doing mru ~ YOU
will find anywhere. Heretofore Alba.
uUrrquc ha, been much lno busy
ra'rrlu" ln the waut~ ut the thnu--
ande of tourists and mNnIid- who
~'rp onto IT, station platform each
year 10 pay much attention ,n arri
cultural development. but without the
Gown are several Thousand arrr> uf
20, fine healthy dessert as one will
'iud anywhere outside Of the Sahara
They are ruclo,rd. ~ though b, =
great garden wall. hV the Muuluuo
ranges, and the gentleman who whirl
ed me- arruss the bilard-lahlr sur.
'd"" of the desert m hi, motor ear
todd n" that the Government nuW bu.
'h irrigation project under con,id.
Grafton which, hy damminp th.