Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-09-10
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attend the Sabbath school at thu
Tunis schoolhouse every Sunday af.
ternoon at $50 o'clock. Mr.. Brown
and Mrs. Fitzgerald are the teach
ers, and they are meeting With splen-
did success in their work.
Arthur Fitzgerald will attend the
grammar school in Deming this fall
lnd winter.
John Pool has fine crop Of maize,
fsierita, and alfalfa growing on the
jacobs ranch near Red Mountain.
The Tunis school will open on Sept.
10. II seems that there will be sever
Il new pupils at the school this year.
Miss Myrtle Orion is the teacher.
Mrs. Eunice Sylvanus and her dau-
ghter, Miss Ethel. will return from
Los Angeles to their Red Mountain
ranch in about two weeks.
The Borderland Home Club met
Yesterday, Sept. 0, at the home of
Mrs. Florence Johnson, and q jolly
lime was spent.
Zenas Woods, who suffered a dis
located shoulder, is doing nicely now;
at any rate he is well enough to call
on the girls.
We saw n very unlocking hog at
he Sam johnson ranch. Sam, see
lug that the animal was scratching
his back on post, remarked: '1f
That is razor-bac hog he must be
.iropping himself" Don't spring
any more like that on us. Sam.
We have plenty Of water in our
locality. having the Pools and the
Ponds. We did have Lake, hut that
was changed to Land.
September 3 the Red Mountain Lit
crary Society held its regular meet
ing at the Tunis schoolhouse with
twentys six members present. George
Alderman was elected secretary
treasurer to serve until Jan. /. A
debate was held on the subject. IRE
solved: That the spirit Of patriotism
in this country is advancing" G. j.
Chandler argued for the affirmative
and S. B. Johnson for the negative.
The Judges rendered decision for
he negative.
The following is the program for
the next meeting, Sept. II:
Song, by ALL Humorous dia-
logs by the Hondale members; g.
Violin solo, by j. T. Brown; 5-Var-
ious "stunts" performed by all un-
der the leadership Of Messrs John
,on. Hurt, Pond, Chandler. and
Brown; 6--Reciiation, by J. l.. Gray:
Songs. by all: s. The big melon
feast. Cantaloupes and watermelons
will he sold for five cents II big slice.
Messers Sharp. Brown, and Pond
constitutes the committee to buy the
melons and to make the necessary
preparations for the feast.
The club has no formality abou.
taking in new members and you are
urged to come ard Join us.
The following are appointed To
serve on a program committee for
the first meeting in October: George
Alderman. Mrs. Gibbs, and Mrs.
The Tunis library has been enlarged
by n gift of books, comprising text
books, fiction. poetry, and physical
culture, from II. II. Jacobs. The club
plans to add several good reference
books at an early date. We are proud
Of our school and community library.
4 survey of the Tunis and Red
Mountain sections of the Mimbres
Valley. west of Deming, shows them
10 bet hriving communities, having
society, and the Borderland Social
Club The spirit Of the adjacent
communities is most htmonious, and
lmong the neighbors. Tho fruit is
fine this season, that
lection not having had "short sea-
on in fruit for two years. Several
lew orchards are just coming into
soaring. The grama grass is knee
ieh in some places, especially ON the
'palding tract and Fitzgerald ranch.
he Fitzgeralds evidently believe in
uality rather than quantity when il
ONES to horse raising. They have
My a small number, but they are
Exceptionally good.
Many Of the farmers in that Sec
ion are raising large crops of corn,
iilo maize, feterita. The beans have
one well this year without irrigation.
# course, alfalfa is king, with the
bundance Of irrigation water to be
ad.
The II. II. Jacobs ranches have the