Irrigation boom in Mimbres valley spurs pumping growth
The 1910 census notes 14 544 wells and 13 951 pumping plants powering 207 241 horsepower, irrigating 478 288 acres. The Mimbres valley sho ws rapid adoption of gasoline engines and centrifugal pumps, boosting profits and crop variety including alfalfa beans garden crops and fruits as gravity systems decline in appeal.
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department of agriculture
San Joaquin valley
California
Greeley
Colorado
New Mexico
Mimbres
chamber of commerce
Mimbres valley
Why Come to New Mexico Says Taos Record
The Taos Record argues New Mexico offers the best returns from crops health and happiness with low cost. It predicts growth in the southwest over the next fifty years and invites families to settle near the center of the nation's life with alfalfa poultry and fruit farming opportunities. Deming Lamber Co. supports the view.
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Sunshine
New Mexico
Taos
Maine
New York
Texas
southwest
Luna County Wilson-Marshall Club Forms For 1912 Drive
Enthusiastic Democrats organize the Luna County Wilson Marshall Club in city hall with officers J N Upton president J R Waddill vice president S A Lindauer secretary and Lee O Lester treasurer. Speeches by Major Waddill Lindauer and Fielder urge Democratic unity and pledge full support for Wilson and Marshall and campaign efforts to win Luna County and New Mexico for the ticket.
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Luna County
Wilson-Marshall I Club
J.N. Upton
J. R.Waddill
S. A. Lindauer
Lee O. Lester
James R. Waddill
A. Lindauer
James 8. Fielder
New Mexico
Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
T. R. Merahall
Wilson-Marshall Club
William J. Bryan
Wilson Marshall Club
Good Roads Day in Alabama Promoted as Statewide Effort
Alabama officials urge three days August 14 15 and 16 for good road work with the highway commission and Good Roads association leading. They note Alabama's wealth resources and urge rural participation to advance roads statewide for better highways and lasting progress.
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New Mexico
Alabama
state higway commission
Alabama Good Roads association
Union
Birmingham
south
New Mexico Mine Inspector Exam Set For September
The State Board of Examiners will meet in Santa Fe on September 18 1912 to examine all applicants for the state mine inspector post. Examinations will be written and interested applicants should report to the governor’s office by 10 a m. W C McDonald Governor of New Mexico.
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State Board of Examiners
Santa Fe
New Mexico
W. C. McDoNALD
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Deming Lamber Co
DEMOCRATS
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Jackson
Republican party
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiliam J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Deming Lumber Co
The
Deming National Bank
U.S
A. J. CLARK
A.W
H. H. KELLY
C. L. BAKER
A. W. Pollard
G. W. Rutherford
Thos. Marshall
J. P. McGrorty
Bank of Deming Deming
Bank of Deming
Deming, New Mexico
Southern
First State Bank
Sam Watkins
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