16 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Deming Headlight
Location
Deming, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
1
The article discusses pumped irrigation as economical when conditions suit and argues for pumping as practical. It compares wind powered pumps with motors or engines, noting independent control of water supply and avoidance of canal delays, floods, or drought limits.
H. V. Platt and Dyer leading Southern Pacific officials toured Deming for six hours on Wednesday. They spoke highly of irrigation potential, water abundance, and the region’s agricultural promise. The party, joined by local boosters, toured farms and hosted a lunch with Deming citizens.
Elmer Stearns notes the peach and nectarine industry benefits from high altitude and cool nights. The article summarizes census data from 1909 and 1910, detailing trees, farm counts, and state production across divisions, with emphasis on California Georgia Texas Missouri and the southwest future as an arid region becoming a major producer.
Miss Mary Waddick resigns as high school principal with S J Daley to take her post next year due to her mother's illness. Ella Rogers resigns as central school principal. Violet Bonham to assume. Marguerite Goebel to teach fifth grade. Edna Poe, KU graduate, becomes English teacher in the high school.
The New Mexico Bureau of Immigration received numerous Department of Agriculture pamphlets on farming and stock raising topics from Senator Albert B. Fail. Farmers and stock growers may request a set, to be sent to any farmer or stock grower in the state, by applying to the Bureau in Albuquerque. Supply is limited.
The article argues that cold storage will someday lower prices for perishables while current high costs persist. It predicts trusts will be regulated and improvements made, but rising prices will continue due to demand for luxuries drawing labor from producing essentials.
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