Home and its queen and a crime tale in a school contest
The piece reports Miss Dora Terrill winning a oretorical contest at Deming High School and describes her winning essay Home and its queen. It contrasts motherly influence with wealth and presents a crime vignette about a thief driven by money, set in spacious mansions and quiet houses.
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Albuquerque
Dora Terrill
Fannie Harrington
Marie Antoinette
France
Louis
oly
Mary
Land Value and Community Life In Rural Commerce
Two men discuss a Red River Valley farm’s soil quality and crop yield while noting land values depend on proximity to county seats and roads. They stress that towns’ schools churches and trade facilities draw residents and that selling local goods keeps a community’s life-blood flowing.
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Red River Valley
Farmers Association Meets Commonwealth Club Gathers
The Mimbres Valley Farmers Association met at the courthouse with over 200,000 pounds of beans planned for first quality marketing. President John Hund and Vice President Hugh Ramsay led a meeting that approved bean marketing and discussed finances, oil handling, and a short lecture series funded by a five-member committee.
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Spirit of Good Association
Mimbres’ Valley
Association
New Mexico Agricultural College
Forty New Pumping Plants Ordered by Deming Farms
The Dymond Agency won a contract to install 40 pumping plants for Deming Alfalfa Dairy Farms. The package includes No. 1 American Well Worka Centrifugal pumps and forty 10 horsepower Rumley engines. J. W. Dymond leads the project with Eanes and A. overseeing engine installation. This is one of the season’s largest pumping machinery orders locally.
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Dymond
Deming Alfalfa-Dairy Farms
J. W. Dymond
Eanes
Successful Farmer John Maisel in Mimbres Valley
John Maisel, early settler in the Mimbres Valley, visited town on Tuesday. He lives in the German settlement 14 miles south and reports a thriving farm with over 10 000 pounds of beans, crops of maize and alfalfa, a milk stock, and a three year old orchard and vineyard. He migrated from Nebraska and praises German settlers for sturdy farming.
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John Maisel
Mate!ial
Maisel
Nebraska
legion
Mimbres Valley
Spalding Improvement Nukes Lights and Orchard Plans
Spalding now has electric lights powered by a local dynamo. General Manager E H Bickford and Colonization Agent York oversee a model office building. Supt W N Hammond of Rio Mimbres Irrigation Company reports new orchards and plans to plant 3000 apple and pear trees next season. He also outlines seed corn selection to boost yields. A new thousand gallon well near Spalding is under development and W F Right of Claude Texas visits to study Mimbres Valley conditions.
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Spalding
Spalding-Fisher
E. H. Bickford
York
cook room
corral
W. N. Hammond
Rio Mimbres Irrigation Company
Hammond
Chamber of Commerce Plans December Banquet
The Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet will be held at the Harvey House on December 9 following the December 8 public school lands sale. Officials promise a record agenda with major business and plans for valley and city development.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harvey House
egent
Engineer Hails Rich Ore Finds at Deming Mine Site
Engineer G E Coxe of the China Copper Co reports to Bi Metallic Mining and Milling Co directors on 195 acres in Sierra county bromide district revealing 18 assays from $60 to $264 per ton in gold and silver. He states ore location is proven with many tons exposed and predicts a mine rivaling famed predecessors under strong supervision.
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G. E. Coxe
China Copper Co
Bi-Metallic Mining and Milling Co
Deming
bromide
Sierra county
Bailey Urges Local Hogs and Crops in New Mexico Valley
Dr. R. H. Bailey of Portales Valley Land & Loan Co reports from Tucson on Mimbres Valley farming strategy. He advises residents to raise hogs on alfalfa and meat crops like cantaloupes beet root crops and finish on feterita maize, claiming local meat could fetch 8 to 10 cents per pound. He also suggests testing wells before installing pumps and buying efficient equipment. Bailey lauds New Mexico Valley’s agricultural advantages. Rev. Theodore Platt preached at Paso’s First Baptist Church Sunday.
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R. H. Bailey
Portales
Bailey
United States
valleya
New Mexico
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Los Angeles
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Seligman
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Red Mountain
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Galifornia
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Lester
Des Moines
Iowa
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Houston
Austin
Colorado
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Michigan
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
England
Canada
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W. F. Right
Claude, Texas
Theodore Platt
Paso
First Baptist
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