Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-14
PRACTICALLY PROVEN.


santa Ee's NppOrtunit Y-hCSCrfGifst bcap
and Money pIcr;ifuI- \ rica for
Home Enterprise.
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Now that ppopIe haze gone to thinking
and talking about if and giving tie sub
iect common sense attention, il seems the
easiest thing in The world 10 construct
water storage reservoirs, fish ponds, etc.
Heretofore the e,IDorfcigl. swell head
theorist has been able 70 convince many
people that the
covsrp,.,u,o>, ~, ,,..rrrn,ps
.,,
IoNeIeu ti'e "ork Oh ne '''!'' ANU 'o"'"
be undertaken only by men VINO lad
national bank back If tho,n. "Rcser-
voirs ~ tho,r v,o,Il ovrloi,, "u,hv thcy
will cost $40 ono ,,oro " In .bi3 man
ner not q few GOOD mon hoyc been do
tered from nlnnoinr in ON tl,air own hook
and SOLVING Tho nroblem However. y
few have heen stimulated to greater OK
ertions Inv This woiI nj tln rroaknrs and
they have fonnd nm easy and practical
solution Of the question Nrssrs, Fischer
and Bowie arc omono thr nioneers who
have done good work in This direction for
Santa re. Their ponds. Welding fish in
summer and ice in winter, have Indicated
r,,,. r,.s,,,,,.,,,,,.
''''',,''''' '','
VI inc lu''re mere but out III tlle 1cS'-
4"0 N"l'eH iu"'i' NlliIei HIS 'Iite "'H0
ponds Wlllch can not bnt attract the at
'th'loil ana elecII 'he aoilllfa'Ioh OF every
VlSlVor 10 Ills me Iarin' RAISING GOWN
oroau avenue hlleo WIN huSe PREMISES .S OF
hons 1riCb c,,ts tIn Cortor Mf Nv MiIIor,s
ten acre orchard, one reaches the lower
bottom Of the Rio TesuQue and then finds
this
GROUP OF LAKES
noet1irc, j., , ,,,o,.o of ,,,o,,,,toi,, 1o,,,ol and
,r' 7'0' " ''0'''l '''',' ','N' y
WILLOWS 1hey were eNcaVaIeo III 'lie
hill side and the earth from the bottom
was thrown on TO n cribhinr made of
.tol,os rolos l,r,,sb md ho,,l1ors n,
w -,
eltiler slue Oh the RIM small WIDOWS ana
oeilGI SreeS were piHllte' as tli'tn as lucy
+ooJ. ,ooi n1d GIioJ tIo nriLs Win ,a4-
work of stout roots. thus guaranteeing
that the whole structure will increase in
strength as tlme elapseS'
III. ro 1,io,,t;E,1 or,I Ia
found hundreds Of
,,,,,n,,, ,,,.,,n,.o,a s,,,.,
az ''''''' ''','' '''-,'i-'' w." ''''
SO situated with reference to the main
flow of the Rio Santa Fe, as well as the
mountain arroyos and main ocpu,lios.
+houo ;s ro xooao,, ein,iIos ro,,,1s ,,,o,
not be built very cheaply.
The above facts are cited with Il view to
stimulating our people to renewed efforts
in this direction. The good results of de-
veloping water for irrigation purposes are
apparent to every observant western man
The new life which has come to the San
Luis valley, the Mesilla and Pecos val
levs and to the broad mcsas about SPRING
er, all attest the wisdom of establishing
such enterprises. There are 100 900 acres
of land in the Santa Fe valley, now valued
at song, that can be made saleabe at
| from $20 to $50 per acre when
r,,n W ,er, w,rpye ,,rpr
..-l ,lt' . ','I ~, r ',.' I:'.N;I...:. -.
are caught ana he!a Tor distribution III
the proper season. With this proposition
to work with and millions Of idle money
in tho cor+rol vost and oost .,vo;tipc in.
- Wv Wv '''.>' y
Vestmeht there Is no reason Why upon
proper showing, aouhdaht capltai may may no'
be secured Tor tnls deVelopmeht. WIN tiit
business men OF santa re longer mcgee
tillS grand opportunity 10 stimulate III