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[[underlined]] 135 May 31 [[/underlined]] - Got the stage for Silver City at 8, passed through Central in full view of old Ft. Baird, [[?]] open ridges to Silver City at noon - 25 miles - Got mail, sent packages, wrote our reports till 11 P.M.

[[underlined]] June 1 [[/underlined]] - Packed up baggage & wrote reports till train time & left for Deming at 6:45 P.M. Arrived at Deming about 9 P.M. & got a lovely clean room at the Wilder.

[[underlined]] June 2 [[/underlined]] - Took a tramp around Deming & got notes on plants, birds etc - & took a few photographs.  The town has grown & spreads over a lot of country, is a joust of windmills which yield good pure water.  Yards full of trees & bushes Mesquite abundant & good sized, also Yucca radiosa.  Lots of lizards & small mammals - even in town.  Perognathus tracks along streets.