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Mr.. Emery, the "thresher man"
has Just finished threshing cane and
milo for several of our progressive
planters. including II. II. Jacobs, r..
IS. Pond, Prof. Dodcrer and L. F..
Hurt.
W. A. Ramsey is grinding alfalfa
and milo.
The people living along the Bord
crland Route are having this popular
thorouehfare regarded and put in
fine condition for the constantly in
crcasing transcontineutal automobile
travel.
Work is progressing nicely on Mr.
Malaskeys new house. His resi-
dence. which is of pretty. white brick
bungalow style. and Is now undr'
roof.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19
Silver Wedding

A few Of the old-time friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilkinson gath
cred ut the home of b. Y. Mckeyes
Wednesday afternoon where Mrs
Wilkinson is visiting. and enjoyed the
celebration of her silver wedding. Mr.
Wilkinson did not arrive before eve
ming and thus missed the festivities
Mrs. Wilkinson was presented with q
set of silver spoons. Miss Faye Me
Eeyrs served 3-course luncheon
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SOUTHWESTERN MACHINERY
SUPPLY CO. GETS BUSINESS

The Southwestern Machinery Sup
ply Company is going largely into the
iobbing business and is extending its
sales over New Mexico and Arizona.
The following sales for last week are
reported: Two u hip. Rumely en-
zines for the Southwestern Alfalfa
Farms Company; II 80 h-p. engine for
Pima, Ariz.; two complete pumping
plants for McNcal. Ariz.; one pump
ing plant for Wilcox, Ariz. pump fol
Silver City.
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Baptist Church

Services at regular hours Sunday
No evening service. b. Y. y. L. sub
icct will be "Sub- -sanctiiicaiion.'
Subject for Wednesday evenn.
prayer meeting will be to study fist
chapter of Revelation. Training class
and choir meet at usual hours.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19
Jolly Five Hundred

Friday the jih. the Jolly Five Hun
dred club met with Mrs. Chas. Shoepf
Knihrine Wamel making highest
score. Last Friday they met with
Mrs. Rosser and Mrs. 7. W. Wells
made the highest score.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19

Frank r. Coon and ". +, Ritter OF
I.ordsburg were Deming visitors last
Friday.
o. r. Bilbro the hotel proprietor
at Hurley was in the city on business
the first of the week.
A California syndicate is figuring
on putting in dary of from 100 to
200 cows.
B. W. Sturges and wife of Roy,
n. NJ, have moved to Deming for
y. rmnneni residence.
G.. NJ. Cotton left the city Friday
evening for his home in Los Angeles
California
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19
oil Buyers Meeting

A meeting of all those interested in
the sub station at IIondalc are re-
oucstcd to meet at o'clock in thr
afternoon of February 81 at th'
Hondae school house.
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Dinner

Miss Isabel Johnstone of Chicago.
who is visiting Mrs. F.. II. Bickford'
was the guest of honor ai II dinner
given last Saturday by Miss Bick-
ford. Covers were laid for ten.
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PRESBYTERIAN Services

Subject for next Sunday morning
"Confessing Christ" subject for
Christian Endeavor: Goods word the
greatest trensure;" evening subject
"Washirgton and true patriotlsm.'
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Heart Parties

Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. Henry Rathcl for two heart
parties To be- given next Thursday,
February - and Saturday, February
81.
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Association Will Meet

The Luna County Sunday School
Association will hold convention
here March l2-13-14. The sessions
will be held at the various churches
of the city.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19
IN AND BRITISH
kNSWER US. NOTE
| win Deny nsutrals Right to
FoodstuMs to Germany;
\ Enforce Contraband.
AMY WILL STAND PAT
n william Claims all Russians
Been Driven Out Of Prus-
and Severely Defeated.

l-Thc reply OF uermnhy to
hest of the United States
n submarine blockade OF
waters is couched in the mott
terms. but firmly maintains
ition of Germany as already
ccd. The answer, which is a
document. was converted in
nt the United States embassy
the direction Of Ambassador
and has been transmitted IL
Washington. The blockade
into effect ut midnight.
note explains that Germany
he'd action is rendered neceS
h Great Britain's policy of at
h. to cut Of the food supply
German civil population by Il
b never recognized in interim
law.
note recommends that the lni-
Hates government send wnrship-
hcland To convoy merchant YES
Through the danger zone as SO
against attack. with the IN
|hndinc that vessels thus guard
HALL carry no war supplies.
attempted rcfuintion of nrcn
n presented by the United State
y recent protest against BriiiS!
Ference with American shipping
bniainch in the second and com
note of rcnly sent by Great
Hin Ia the United States through
medium of Amhn ~sador Page nj
ION.
Ac note. addressed to Ambassa
Pace hv Sir Edward Grey undc'
Of February 10, denies that thu
r. sSinn in American industries l.
Ia the activity of the British flee
kuegcsi. among other causes th'
nge Of Shipping facilities. the di
Mon of cotton trade and the de-
ction by submarine mines ''lai'
The enemy indiscriminntcly," Z"
~ neutral vessels.
fter giving lengthy and detaile'
wer to the charge that Americas
y and cargocs were heinz nndnl'
lined, the communication contain
Is concluding paragraph the m
nrcment that Great Britain in
|, To take rctnliatory measure
inst the Germans submarine cam
N against enemy ships but doe
reveal their nature.
.mpcror William has telegraphc
the president of the province n
| Prussia that the Russians hav
II completely defeated and drive
m the province.
In official communication fro'
nna says the Russians have bee
eated in Bukowina, where III
stro- German forces have been ad
lcing recently. The Austrian
e occupied Kolomea. after n har
De-.
\ report from the Russion WI
|cr, however, asserts that there
change in Bukowina. 1t speal
ferorcious fighting in northei
land aud says that the Russian
ye won the advantage in sever
.agcmenis in Galicia.
Turkey has yielded to Greece al
cred satisfaction for the insu
the Greek naval attache ut Coz
Intinople. The incident, which II
the departure of the Greek mini
;, is now closed.
Fourteen members Of the crew
, Zeppelin which were destroy
or Fancc island. were rescued al
Il be interncd by the Danish II
,riiies. The Zeppelin, one of t
rgest of the German dirigibl'
ught fire while cruising over I
,,J
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Hal Kerr is the owner OF a Frank
lin ear which was recently sold to
him by Ed Mooney of the New Mexi-
go Implement company. The Frank
lin is one of the nest-looking cars
ever seen in Deming.
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Contractor J. VI. Barracks has been
awarded the contract tn build fine.
new residence for Commissioner e.
l.. Hubbard Immediately north of the
Hubbard home an Iron avenue. The
residence has already been rented
before actual construction begins.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19

Prof, d, :. Robbins and W. f..
Coke made an examination Of mine
in the Black range last week.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19

George A. Lecdy departed for
Youngstown, Ohio, Sunday night.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19

l.. A. Thompson of the Southwest
ern Machinery Supply Company left
the city for n short business trip to
MeNeal. Ariz.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-19

John NJ. Sully of the Chino Cop
ner Company was in Deming WedneS-
day.
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PUMPING PLANTS

John Humid got right down to facts
and figures when talking pumping
plants and irrigation and it was no
,iceablc that he had strong endorse
mcnl of our farmers. According to
Mr.. Ihlnd's conservative estimate,
of expenses il is not impossible foi
the tilcr of the soil to net money ii
this country.
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MORE HOGS

"Col." Holt. the apostle of sun
shine, probably did more toward put
ting everybody in happy spirits than
he convinced them that they should
raise hogs. However, il Is safe Ia
say that another year will see n
greater number of porkcrs in thi,
county.
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FARMERS INSTITUTES
ARE WELL ATTENDED
Visiting Agricultural Specialists Re-
veal the Splendid Possibilities
of the Mimbres Valley.
FACTS AND FIGURES ARE GIVEN
Farmers Eagerly Sought Answers to
Vexing Problems, and Informa-
tion Was Right on Tap.

The full houses which have well
coined the speakers of the farmers
institutes every afternoon and eve
ming. with possibly one exception,
during the past week, 90 to prove that
Luna county farmers including wcm-
en-. are of that class who seek furth-
er scientific knowledge relative to
farm and home management. a num-
bcr of our farmers have been stu
dents of agricultural colleges; these,
together with others who have been
successful practitioners of their train
ing and experience are the people who
endorse all sources of beneficial in
formation. The exchange of ideas
which was made possible by the large
gatherings in the several different To-
calitics. will be decidedly helpful ia
those who are forging out permanent
" successful conditions.
LOCAL PROBLEMS
General and local conditions nn'
problems were presented in such i
manner. that none could lose sigh
of the splendid possibilities fo'
growth and progress in the great de-
vclopmenl scheme for this region
which seems To be more fully com
pretended than ever before an'
therefor approaching the rcaiihatiol
period of the game. Difficulties t.
he overcome. advcrsarics TO be me
and vanquishcd, and unpleasant fact
were acknowledged and faced IN
finchinely.
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If Russia succeeds in scizing the
Turkish capital il will he some jolt
for the chief gobbler.
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HOME ECONOMICS

Miss Dora Ross made decided
hit with all, in her talks on home
economics. Nutrition and its Re.
laiion to HEALTH" was made attrac
tive with fine charts. and no one
could acknowledge the instruction
other than vitally essential. "TeX-
tiles" was lecture which should re
suit in saving many dollars and much
sewing in the farm home. Miss Ross
j. entitled to n vote of thanks from
the county from the results which are
sure to be- obtained from the interest
she created on eliminating waste
when lecturing on Canning"
IN TIE FIELDS
Prof. n. s. Trumbull gave some oi
the most beneficial speeches of any
of the lecturers. and his advice about
soils and expenditures of develop
mcnt will be taken into careful con
sderaiion in the future. Probably
every farmer agrees with him on the
need of silos in this locality. or an,
other agricultural district for that
matter.
Prof. Eabc held close attention
when discussing economy of water
while handling the subject of irrien
ton. lie advises careful mcasurin.
and distribution of water. MANY
questions were asked relative 10 com
pact soils and loose soils and th,
amount of water needed for differen
products.
Prof. T.. 7. lIumbcrt was dccidedl'
successful in holding interest on th,
subject of "Plant Breeding and See
Selection" Certainly survival of th
iittest is necessary in plant life n
well as animal life. if we are lookinl
for the best productions here. TIL
finest plants must be- Reproduced
rather than just the fine appearin
seeds.
Agriculturist Southworth's scrmo
on livestock which was finely illus
trntcd with some of the best slides a
cattle. sheep. and horses, in the lanc
was an inspiration. because of ac
knowledged conditions and the hes
plan for going on and realizing th
best in our part of this region.
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' Deming Air '
, 100 per ct. Pure '
= Breathing Test '
= y ~ ~ 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

of the Orient as its inhabitants call Sa1oniki. If his cot is&on the south side of the ship, he has before him the new snow-capped4 crestss of zthe mountains of Ka1chis, those three fin gers of land that stretch into the Ae- gean, with convent crowned Mt. AthOs tipping the last finger. Or, to the west, confused with the clouds, he has the peaks of Thessaly--NTt-, ,O1yrn- pus, the home of the gods of ancient Greece and beyond, Mt Ossa; and perhaps evens dim in the distance, Mt. Pe1ion, both of mYthologica1 fame. The rare and changing beauty of the clouds above these snow-coifed heights the singular coloring of the sunsets are joys to the patients aboard the French hospital ships in no wise les sened by the odors, the noises and the discornforts of. life ashore in saloni- Xxi.
 On the. other hand, should the pa 'tient be placed on the north side of the ship, the view is no less attractive Sa1o11iki itself, charming from a dis tance, struggling along the curving shore, mounting the hill behind the town to the walled citadel that caps it's crest-dozens of exquisite, white rninarets like altar candles proud and slim, their balconies hung with Ian terms against the fete of Ramazan; long uneven rows of mysterious houses, with projecting. laticed bal comics: walled and secret gardens, re vealng only the lofty monument of a single cypress; barren spots on the peopled hi1lsides that are cemeteries the grey-white of their jumbled head stones gleaming in the morning sun
 Below decks, all is ready for any apd every operation. Every kind of electric light gives the surgeon all the facilities necessary ,. for searching <tf 7oSs<s g11aSS tain shining instruments, white DOT ce1ain tables display shallow glass dishes for steri1izfng the instruments, each dish covered with a heavy glass plate to keep out any extraneous sub stance Each specialist has his own operating rooms in addition to which there is a very complete pharmacy, a biological laboratory, an x-ray< appa- ratus with the necessary facilities for phot0graphing the insides of the pa tieIt and a perfectly equipped dark room to develop the sphotdgraphs- In completion of the picture, there are the silent, efficient little sisters of charity, their great, white, wing-like head dresses bobbing and holding the wearers hurry hither and thither, a chain upon which are hung the keys to the supply closets dangling from their waists, Ia tin of baked and ster-s .I1ized bandages under Ione arIn-or a packet of books and magazines destin- ed for some~ ~cenva1escent patient.
 All of this is. the work of the women of Franoe-the organization known as the s"Succor for Wounded Soldiers whose committee even now is in Sa- loniki, looking after arrangements, criticizing.i making suggestions and charging themselves with securing from, the great hearts of the French women all that may be needed to see that the soldiers of the French Re public. however far he, may be from home, shall have every proper care and comfort
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
The Wonder Lake
 Of Trinidad

Many people have heard of the '.pttch lake, of Trinidad, but very few have any idea. of what it is like. Some home e=keeping writers of an irn- the sight of a cauIdron of boiling tar have pictured it as seething in- ferno of heat and poisonous vapor. a sort of miniature Hades. As a mat ter of fact, it i3 nothing of the kind, writes Victor Pitt-KethIey in The Wide World Magazine.
 Though disappointing at first sight to people who have the crater of an active volcano in mind, yet the "pitch lake" is remarkable enough one of Natures wonders Apparently ~we1l-nigh bottom1ess, it is composed made by day are mysteriously filled up at night, although the general 1evsH aof theAs lake is slowly sinking The lake is situated near the town of Brighton, in the south of the island Traveling south from Port of Spain, tha capital; one reaches the little town of San Fernando. inhab- fted chiefly by Indian scooIfes. Here a, little stea mer leaves daily for trips along the coast. The Iand-1ocked wa ters of the gulf are usually calm, and the green mountains of Venezuela are seen miles away in the blue haze. !. The steamers course runs close to a shore bordered by mangrove swamps, and after several hours Brighton is reached, where the steamer stops at the long pier of the. New Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company, Ltd. Here we go ashore, as the pier is the most convenient point from which to ap- proach the lake. #
 Brighton is an active little town. quite close to the lake, ana we find asphalt industry There is a little office at the shore end of the pier, and overhead the cable is singing away merrily as it carries along great buck cts filled with asphalt. Dozens of neat buildings comprise the quarters where the company's employees live. Fresh paint and cleanliness are evil dent everywhere, and the bright West Indian sunlight gives the settlement very pleasant appearance.
 The lake is level plain. about a. hundred acres or so in extent, sur rounded by low hills, and dotted here and there with bushes and trees. The surface is not a shimmering black, as might be supposed, but dull, grey ish-b1ue color, intersected with pools of shining water. Altogether it is a very prosaic-Iooking place. giving no hint of it's real interest.
 One can walk where one p1easeS on the surface of the asphalt, without any fear of sinking in, for it is quite solid enough to bear ones weight. If while it feels hot to the feet-just like an asphalted street on 9 very hot day Much of the time a fresh breeze blows, and one remembers with amusement the stories of the inagin- ative writers who talked about stihing heat and oppressive atmosphere. These will all return to you however, if you are unfortunate enough to get into a place sheltered from the breeze and exposed to the sun, for at such points the thermometer stands at 90
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17

degrees or more during several hours of almost every day, which is quite near enough to the temperature of an inferno for most people.
 The digging of the asphalt is a. sim pie operation A mattockl is the only tool required anl under it's blows the pitch breaks readily. s The ne groes employed are very skilled in the work, and break out Jumps a couple of feet across, far too heavy for an small amount of the material gets broken into little pieces, so that scarcely any baskets are needed to carry the asphalt to the cars. A la borer simply lifts one or two Jumps puts them on his head, walks a. few yards, and drops tn ern into the car The crude aspha1tss as broken out, is somewhat brownish or earthly in color. It is usually quite wet, and filled with many holes, like bubbles, meas urfng up to an inch or rnoretin diam eter.
 one place may number thirty men, of whom ha1f-a-dozen do the digging. They work on a spaceSperhaps sixty feet 1ongsand forty feet wide, and in the course of a day they will dig down to a depth of three feet, or more in next morning and you will find it a little rough, but appr roximateIY level with the rest of the lake. The hole has been mysteriously filled up during the night, and in the course of a. week all traces of the digging will be ob1iteratede
 This does not mean necessarily that fresh asphalt has come into the lake from underground sources On the contrary, the excavations are filled by 8 very slow settling or 1eveI1ng Of the surface asphalt, There is no such thing as new asphalt, by the way, for the transition from liquid petro- leum to solid asphalt by Natures pro- cess. involves a, period of time that must be. calculated in centuries. The digging done in past years has caus- ed the general level of the lake to sink several feet, so that it is not absolutely inexhaustible, as some peo- pie imagine. It is believed that fresh asphalt very slowly pushes it. self upward into the lake from the subterraneass depths, but how large a quantity is thus added annually has not been calculated.
 Near the middle of the lake the material is less hard than elsewhere, and in a few places soft asphalt may be seen in small irregular patches oozing up from below. This fresh asphalt, is of about the consistency of putty, and can be kneaded and pull ed in the hands without soi1ing them greatly. In the main, however, the lake is solid asphalt.
 No one knows the depth of this mysterious lake, the only information the subject being the fact that long ago a boring was made to a depth of a hundred and thirty-five feet without reaching the bottom. The .tcores'' of this and other bofings show that in consistency the asphalt re- mains the same to a very consider- able depth. Curious as it may seem there are many evidences that tho entire mass comprising the lake is 1T. constant, but very slow motto I'm surface is a series of great folds, an6 in the creases between these the rain water gathers. One writer has apt1y
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-17
MOST COMFORT SPOT IN z BALKAN PENINSULA IS UPON
 HOSPITAL SHIPS IN HARB0R
The Most Sanitary Too, Dispatches IndicateTo Be In jured Is Agreeable Fate for Soldiers in Campaign Tn That Neighborhood- -saloniki the Base.

Z Aboard the French Hospital Ship Enar1es Rouxs Harbor of Saleniki, Dee 15s-Quite the most agreeable fate that can oveftake an allied so1- dier in the Balkan campaign is to be 1ll-or slightly wounded. Not that the hospital facilities of the ancient Turkish city are famous, or even ade- qaate- They are not But there are four French and one British hospital ship in the roads of Saloniki and they constitute by far the most comfortable not to say the only sanitary spot in the Balkan peninsula.
 The F'rench have been better pre- pared from the very outset of the pres ent Balkan campaign in every detail of military organization than their. British Allies. No better example tof t1le thoroughness of this preparation could be given than the arrangements for caring for the sick and wounded Long before there was, actually any need for it and simultaneously with the landing of the first contingent of Trench troops on Greek soil the French hospital ship Sphinx was lying ready in the harbor of SalonikL As the number of itroops sdisenbarked in ereased, Automatically more hospital ships put in an appearance. First the Dugay $Trouin. with it's sheltered decks and it's nigh stern like the poop d awntngs and 1ounglng places for the co1vaIescent; next this ship, the Charles Roux with it's operating rooms, it's surgical clinics and it's com 4p1ete provision for the care of the more seriously wounded; and finally tine Canada-a1l with full complement Of nursesss dungeons, physician sis, Hers of charity and all the rest of the parAp phernalia of the aftermath of battle.
 & In many ways the Charles Roux is fE-~ most interesting. especially as it is the principal operating theatre of the tas assALng hospitals. of Saloniki, and es- peciaIly as the Surgeon Major. Dr. Heitz-Boyer, is one or the most dis 2 tinguished and best known surgeons in Paris. The ship was converted from one of the larger passenger steamers that in time of peace made ; the voyage from Marsei1les to Alger.
 As such, it is roorny enough. for not only have the saloons not required as operating chambers been turned into wards to add to the accommod odations of the cabins, but the great broad decks have been glasSed in. making the most agreeable of sun -par1ors in ,the sick and wounded. in the warmth Aof the afternoon sun, may lie quiet and look out at the splendid view the Bay of Saloniki affords.
 Here too, the convalescent, prop ped up with pillows sheltered excel Ientlys cared for and competent1y nursed by volunteer French women who have passed the necessary exam nations and had the requisite expe- rfence, gather strength against the time when they may go back and have another go at -em,,' as the N spodIu in the next cot to the Asso- sciated Press correspondent put it. Un- 1der such circumstances the wounded soldier has all the advantages and none of the drawbacks of the Naples