Mimbres Growers and Warehouse Association Forming Deming Store
The Mimbres Growers and Warehouse Association held its second meeting at Lynd & Williams office to plan a 50 by 100 foot warehouse to store farm produce for Deming area growers. Stock subscriptions exceed $2000. a site and bids from contractors will be sought. A. L. Taylor notes warehouse receipts will enable 70 to 80 percent financing and bank loans, boosting local cash flow.
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El Paso Herald
Mimbres Growers’ and Warehouse Association
Lynd & Williams
John Hund
Frank L. Williams
Ralph A. Lyndh
H. H. Kelly
A. L. Taylor
Mimbres valley
Deming
Taylor
middle west
Roseborough Ramblings Update From Frontier Farm Area
Steve Birchfield Jr well drilling one mile south of Roseborough. Charles Butler and son Free man own 640 acres north of the track and build a house with a dug well. Hal Kerr visited from Cam bray to survey his farm. Dwyer building south of the track. Freight conductor notes heavy unloads here, second only to Deming on the El Paso Lordsburg division. Prospects include a store and post office. editor hopes Roseborough on the map with big box car letters. Riverside Cal reporters Wayman Harms Coleman visit. J G Cooper San Angelo Texas aims to organize a bank. J A Black Portland Ore. a business prospect.
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Steve Birchfield, Jr
Charles Butler
Freeman
Hal Kerr
Cambray
Happy Man Unveils Massive 161-Foot Well Near Iola
G A Gibson of Iola tests a deep water well on his land. The 161 foot bore yields 800 gallons per minute from 11 sandy strata. A 35 horsepower Bessemer engine and No 5 Layne Bowler pump drive the system. Gibson plans to farm 80 acres and expand holdings with his brother.
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G. A. Gibson
Iola
Gibson
Bessemer
Layne & Bowler
Messrs
Williams & Harrison
Mountain View Varieties News From Deming and Nearby
Mart Akers visited Deming on business Tuesday. Eeeleson, son in law of J D Fowler of Columbus Ms is visiting. Hoagland and Dutcher dig a well for Mr Rogers. Kart Akers digs another well for irrigation. Rev J H Shepard delivered grand sermons all week. Basket dinner drew many from Iola Hondale and Florida Flats. Mountain View organized 2 Christian church with about eighteen members. Reporter.
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Mart Akers
Deming
Mr. Eeeleson
J. D. Fowler
Columbus
Miss
Carve and Lewis Flats Local Minute Notes
Cambray resident L J Lawson visited Lewis Flats Monday to round up his cattle. C M Hass shipped in a load of casing wire posts and household goods. Mrs J J Wells has a house under construction this week. Visitors to P L Smyer included John Loftis his wife Lewis Smyer Dock Smyer Robert Russell and Charley Williams. Rev Hunt spoke at the schoolhouse last Sunday. G G Milliken is listed as sick this week. Frank Page completed a new well on his homestead.
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Thomas R. Taylor
H. M. Bruce
Patrick Kennedy
Delos
Clyde Osborn
X.V Z
L. J. Lawson
Cambray
Lewis Flats
C. M. Hass
Mr. Hays
P. L. Smyer
John Loftis
Lewis and
Dock Smyer
Robert Russell
Charley Williams
Hunt
G. G. Milliken
Frank Page
Frank
Waterbury
Bailey
W. L. Moody
Lt Mary Club
Baraca Class Organized by Baptist Church Youth
The Baptist church formed a Baraca class for young men on Sunday April 21. The group meets each Sunday at 9 45 in the morning. An invitation is extended to attend and see their activities. G M Williams of Alamogordo NM explored Deming and the Mimbres Valley this week. George F Morgan of Dening Book and Stationery Company was in town on business.
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G. M. Williams
Alamogordo
N. M
merite o Deming
Mimbres valley
George F. Morgan
Dening Book and Stationery Company
Church service themes and invited public to worship
The Church of Christ invites all to morning and evening services next Lord's Day with two great themes discussed. Splendid audiences last week and three attendees by letter. Luna County Telephone Company reports two more carloads of material and a line construction contract will be let at Thursday directors meeting. Phil Hooge and his wife of San Antonio Texas consider moving to the valley.
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Z. Moore
Luna County
Phil Hooge
San Antonio
Texas
Reminiscences of the Battle of Wilson's Creek Civil War
A first person reminiscence recalls the August 10 1861 Wilson s Creek battle in southwestern Missouri. The author likens the clash to Bull Run in the west and notes General Price and General McCulloch leading Missouri guards and Arkansas Texas Confederates against Union forces under General Lions. The account covers surprise assault, frantic maneuvers, and a lack of full recorded detail, with reflections on leadership and memory after more than half a century.
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syet
trans- Mississippi
Price
Missouri
Neosho
Ben McCuloch
Arkansas
Texas
Lions
United States army
Springfield
Wilson’s creek
aurora
McCulloch
Deming Apple Valley Grows with Nursery Plans and War Reflections
The article touts Bat Mimbres Valley apples as the best in America and notes Dr. A. J. Sheffield preparing 100,000 to 200,000 apple trees on five leased acres near Deming, with future expansion by his two sons. It also recalls Civil War battle imagery, praising courage on both sides and mentioning the Wilsons Creek engagement as a historical note.
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America
R. ‘Bedichek
Mimbres valley
A. J. Sheffield
St. Louis
Oregon
California
Deming
Miss Westbrook
Sheffield
Kansas
First Methodist Church to Be Dedicated in Columbus
The First Methodist church in Columbus will be dedicated to the service of the Lord on Sunday April 28 with Dr. S Alonzo Bright in charge. An all day service and basket dinner are planned. Local notes report on community activity including new business openings, well drilling, and rising hotel occupancy as Deming grows.
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S. Alonzo Bright
New Mexico
J. L. Harris
El Paso
Messrs. White and
Peters
Florida Gap Gossip Brightens Spring Work
Florida Gap residents report busy times as sun and warmth revive farming. Alfalfa and gardens look better, chicks forage early, and J C Dorman visits town after arm injury. Mrs Butler and family stop by, while travelers from Mexico note newspaper chatter exceeds battlefield news.
Democratic County Convention Call for Deming Clovis NM 1912
Notice announces Democratic county convention details for Deming and Deming county in 1912 with delegate counts and dates. It lists locations Clovis and Deming, date May 10 1912, and references a state and national convention at Biltmore Md. June 25 1912. Includes signer Leffler and official seal.
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peonsey
Keting
corvett
Clovis
Net
calla
oayot
Beauret
Deming
Proust
viet
Cooks
Cambray
Tehlore wadd
Columbus
Herman
ali ow
Treciner 7
Nutt
Lies
t . Mee et & Bondale
CoxruNner H Hon
Demnary
delewaias
Biltmore
IWhnich sans consention
drettor
New one
Giones LEFFLER
Philathea Class Organized at Baptist Church
The Philathea class formed by the Baptist Sunday school met last Sunday with Mrs D J Olsen elected teacher and Miss Sallie Webb as president. All young ladies are invited to join. class meets Sundays at 9 45 a m. Wade Horron drilled a 76 foot well four and a half miles southeast of Deming delivering 1200 gallons per hour and powered by a 40 horse tower Bessemer engine with a Layne & Bowler pump set to cultivate 30 acres this year.
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Wade Horron
Demie
Bessemer
Layne & Bowler
Bids Open For Christian Church Construction Work
Plans and specifications for the Christian church are in contractors hands with a vacant fee noted. Work on the building is expected to begin soon after. Elton Brock is developing the project.
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Christian church
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Mimbres Warehouse Association
Florida
Young
Mountain View
A. E. Wright
brother
Florida Flats
Roseborough
F. G. Wayman
Walter Harms
J. L. Coleman
Riverside, Cal
J. G. Cooper
San Angelo
J. A. Black
Portland, Ore
Messrs. Hoagland
Dutcher
Mr. Rogers
Carne and Lewis Flats
Church of Christ
A. M
Horace Greeley
North
South
Wilson's Creek
Columbus Cullings
Bayview Literary Society
Australia
Chadborn
Dem
Mr. Waterls
Kemp
Jesse T. Mitchell
El Pao
A. S. White
Arthur W. Brock
Arthur J. Evans
J.J. Walters
Nebraska
J.C. Dorman
Mipcet
Democrsti
Elton Brock
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