Deming Graphic, 1903-09-02

The West Alright Governor Odell, on his return from a tour of the West said, the people out outside - side outside of Wall street are too busy with big crops and other business to pay any attention to the recent flurry and fail failures. - ures. failures. "There is no sign of panic any anywhere - where anywhere except in the East," he says, 'in the West there is plenty of money and plenty of plain common sense. Business is good, crops are abundant and money cheap everywhere I have been. "The excitement and demoralization of the East are regarded with indiffer indifference - ence indifference in the great, busy, productive West" he continued. "Of course, I found labor strikes in the West as in the East but they were strikes for higher wages and shorter hours, not strikes against lower wages that are signs of bad times. That is a very important fact to remember just now.

r.'r.l Fcrmlt TftKiag Water riatloa From tht Rio Grande. i-ed In Washington that a mg negotiated between the us and Mexico which will o one phone of the irriga irriga-s - s irriga-s of the West, and open lent by Irrigation an im im-of - of im-of valuable land in Colo Colo-lew - lew Colo-lew Mexico. It is stated eement only awaits the ap ap-e - e ap-e respective governments, a great deal to Colorado, to the St Luis valley, and xico, as tt will allow the i of storage reservoirs upon .-ande and its tributaries water fully 100,000 acres nd now lying idle, while ars its unused spring floods , the sands along the Mexi- Irande carries during the mense aggregratf flow cf very unevenly Jistribuied ing miles wido at times ntlrely dry acrous its sandy first irrigation Pitches were on the south side of the exico many years before ow Colorado and New Mex Mex-me - me Mex-me American territory.

W. Cook in honor of Mr. Cook's son Talleywho left on Saturday for El Paso where he will attend the El Paso Business College for the winter. About 75 people of various ages gathered at the Cook home to help make the de departure - parture departure of their young friend a pleas pleasant - ant pleasant one. The amusement began early in the evening and with the exception of an hour or so at midnight when a a delicious supper was served, con con-tiuued - tiuued con-tiuued until daylight Mr. T. B. Cook is one of the brightest and most po popular - pular popular young meh in or near Deming and he goes this fall to fit himself for a business career which, with the cha character - racter character and energy he carries into it will be assured of succesc. And in ex extending - tending extending good wishes the Grab i c only expresses the sentiments of all who know him.

M. W. Porterfleld, manager and W. B. Walton secretary of the Territorial Board of the Louisiana Purchase Ex Exposition - position Exposition Managers of New Mexico, at at-ttnded - ttnded at-ttnded a meeting of the board held last week in Vegas. Both gentlemen said that the work of securing an exhibit from New Mexico is progressing rapid rapidly - ly rapidly an that the Territory will be repre represented - sented represented by a highly creditable display -at St Louis in 1904. Miss Fannie Fleming eldest daughter of the mayor of Silver City, and Mr. Phillip B. Estes, a successful young cattlemen, were united in marriage at the Catholic church in this city Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the presence of a large number of friends. A wed

Sanitarium CSciah TalK. In an interview some days ago, se several - veral several of the leading official of the Sanitarium Association stated that the work of building and improving would be pushed vigorously this fall and tlútt the time is not far off when this great institution will be open for business. One man in expressing what the effect of placing this work before thousands of fraternal orders throughout the country said: "I do not expect great results at once; but what will be done between now and the meeting at the world's fair by these some fraternal orders will astonish the skeptics."

Honor Both. The Grand Army of the Republic has just closed its annual convention at San Francisco, and the whole world has been saying nice things about these old heroes who served their country in the valley of the shadow of death, who con conquered - quered conquered one of the bravest foes that ever drew a sabre a foe composed of our own people, of our flesh and blood There were heroes on both Bides, so let us honor them all in this day of a re reunited - united reunited country. Alamogordo News.

At the request of the attorney gen general, - eral, general, Judge Frank W. Parker, of the Third Judicial District, will hold a term of court in Lincoln county, commencing September 7. This was the date set for the Grant county term and will result in a postponement of the Grant county court until October, when a special term will be held. The request of the attorney general was the result of the necessity of disposing of import ant business in Lincoln county.

The Useful Languages. Rebutting the old idea that a knowledge of the French language is necessary to a liberal or useful educa education - tion education the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: "Without disparagement to the lan language - guage language of a great people, it may be said that French, of all European