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The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26
HOW WE 1RRIGATE WITH WATER
The Western Kansas Way Of Providing Ar.
tiflclal Moisture.

some time lasC spring tine honorable
Secretary Of the Agricultural Board
came to the ranch of the Clsremont
Land and Irrigation Company, near
EngleWood, in Clark county, to see
some iFrigating with water. Out in
che western part of the State, we Occs-
Sionally hear good deal about irrlgat-
ing certain sections Of the eastern part
with something besides water. But
the moral sentiment Of the people Of
our section, az well as our financial
ability, prevents irrigsting with any.
thing but water, although perhaps the
Secretary did not know this when be
wrote me In July and asked me to pre-.
pare paper to be read here to-day,
telling you how zoe irrigate with water.
An adequate supply Of water being
the FIRST requisite for successful irriga.
ton, / will first mention the four
sources Of supply in western Kansas,
In the order of their relative value, as
consider It, after eight years of close
study Of the question.
First, and by far the greatest source
is from wells sunk into the sheet water;
storing this water In reservoirs, using
wind or mechanical power, according
to the quantity needed. The amount
Of water that can be obtained In this
manner exceeds many times the supply
from all other sources combined, and
1t will be especially valuable because it
will always be under the control of the
owner Of the plant.
Second, the surface flow of rivers,
conveyed through canals and bitches,
Is perhaps the next largest source Of
supply, but 1t is closely followed by the
third source, the underhow Of rivers
and streams. should not be SUR
prised If this source would even exceed
in quantity the surface supply of
rivers.
Fourth, the storage of storm waters
by dammlng raVines and draws. This
last source, owing to the unreliable
rainfall Of our section, Is not Of very
great Importance.
Having mentioned the sources of
supply, according to their relative
values, from my own standpoint, l
want here to emphasize the fact that
water, water, water, is the great need
and is equally valuable from whatever
source obtained.
Only small strips of land along the
streams can ever be irrigated by their
waters, but the bulk Of our best lands,
the second bottoms and uplsnds, will
forever depend upon wells, and the
value Of the lands will be in proportion
to the depth Of the wells.
will now tell you of our source Of
supply, and something Of the efforts
made to obtain it. Eighteen hundred
and elghty.seven was a dry year, as
many of my farmer friends remember.
That was the third year that l, a city
chap, had been on that ranch OF 10000
acres, and those three years comprised
the total experience Of my life in farm
ing. In that time had seen the seed
Of three crops planted in soil that
prided myself was as good as any. OF
these three seedlings, not one matured
crop. Beginning with that year the
discouraged farmers about me left
the country, one by one. That
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equslled by that Of any other institu-
tion within our limits, was engaged in
running preliminary survey south
west from EngleW0od.
This work brought to light the fact
that the bed of the Cimsrron river,
six miles south, was thirty two feet
above the level of the ranch. Resliz.
ing the futility of dry farming, we de-
termined, about the middle of July, to
build q gravity canal of sufficient ca.
pscity to irrigate our farming lands. By
October such q canal was completed.
1t was ten feet wide on top, five feet
wide on the bottom and eighteen inches
deep, with a fall of two feet to the
mile. 1t was eight and a half miles
long, three and half miles squsrely
away from the river to the south line
Of the ranch and five miles around the
western and northern rim of that beau
tiful valley comprising 1900 acres of
irrigable land In the eastern half of
the ranch.
AT first 1t was attempted to take
water out of the river without a dam.
The wide channel and shifting sands
rendered that impracticsble. A stone
dam was therefore built, but was soon
washed out. After two and half
years of struggle and disappointment,
1t was decided to put In sheet piling
dam 422 feet long. Two by eight
planks twelve feet long were driven
down, leaving eight inches above the
bed Of the river. Timbers were bolted
on each side and 600 loads of rock
thrown in on the lower side of the dam,
and finally an apron eight feet wide
was bolted onto the lower part of the
100 feet of dam where the main chan.
mel was. This dam has served success
fully to divert the water into the
head gates Of the canal for the last
five years. The first time the water
was turned In, a stream one foot deep
and sixteen feet wide was fourteen
days going through the eight and
half miles of dry ditch. Now it takes
but seven or eight hours. Faulty en-.
cheering had to be commended with In
laying out the canal, the natural con-
tour Of the land not being followed
closely enough.
Where the draws and the rsVines
came down from the hills only one
bank was built, thus forming ponds on
which the wind made waves that cut
out the banks. This was remedied by
making the bank strong enough to be
split and on which the water could be
carried, with drain under the ditch to
lead off the rainfall, or in other places
the ditch was rebuilt around the pond
next to the hill. Some of the fills had
to be made heavier, and after two or
three years the banks settled and were
grassed over. AS the waters flowed
plscldly and smoothly along, it seemed
az though we were no longer servants,
but masters, for the old saying, "Water
is a poor master but good servant"
has been proved to us many times.
have thus briefly outlined for you our
troubles in building the dam and canal,
but even after the waters had been
brought to the land our troubles were
not ended The main lstersls and dis.
tributing bitches had then to be built, so
that Tho land amid ha axyanlu vDoko,oA
The advocate. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1897, 1896-02-26

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from the level contour lines of the
land, and so run at almost right angles
to the greatest slope. Therefore, when
the water is turned out of the lateral,
it runs away from the lateral at almost
a right angle, to the next lateral below,
and at speed varying with the slope
of the land, the texture of the soil and
the head of the water.
These questions of size of lstersls
and of irrigating Glands" each man
will have to settle for himself. This
he can readily do In a small way before
laying off his field. But If that part of
the land being irrigated just below the
lateral being used absorbs from fifteen
to twenty inches of water while the
lower side ia getting four inches (the
amount necessary for one Watering)
there must be great waste of water
and damage may be done to that part
Of the crop receiving too great an
amount. If this is the case, the dis
tributing lstersls are too far apart.
Having these contour distributing
laterals built, you can now, ordinarily,
locate the supply lateral from the
canal or reservoir, as the case may be,
along the sides Of your field, crossing
the starting points Of your distribut-
ing lstersls.
We use q portable canvas dam to
divert the water from the supply lat
ersl into the distributing lateral. The
same kind of dam is used to check
the water in the distributing lstersls.
Constructed on this plan one man on
our ranch is enabled to spread the
water and irrigste 1000 acres once and
300 acres of this two and three times.
To wet the land evenly from ditch to
ditch, it must be graded down the
slope, 80 that the water will not run
around hillocks or too much remain In
hollowS. This grading we do with a
common slip scrsper, or, preferably
with Shusrt land grader. We have
a homemade leVeler which we use in
the place of harrow, which levels the
minor inequalities, and a homemade
A-shaped tool for cleaning out the
bitches and lstersls. AS a hill torn
down or hollow filled up is a perma-
nent improvement and lessons the
amount of water used and increases
the crop, it always pays to do this
work.
Beginners generally use too much
water. AS good crops as we have
raised had but one watering, and that
in the fall. A thorough Wetting of
the subsoil, according to our expert
ence, is what is necessary.
Corn will never, IL my opinion, be a
profitable western Kansas product, but
in Kafiir corn we have crop for us
equally valuable. For seven years
past, wall has gone up from western
Kansas. AS the hot winds blasted the
crops, the people blasted the country.
The Tooth meridian line crosses our
lsnd-that mysterious line from beyond
which all settlers are warned, and few
indeed are they that have returned
from there with pocketbook intact.
But looking backward over these
same seven years, 1 can truly say that
irrigation has given us crops-good,
better best, according to how well our
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We often thought it ought rather to
be called an Irritation" ditch.
A look over Jour alfalfa fields will
show the traces Of four abandoned sys-
TENS by which we attempted to dis
tribute the water, before the present
system was adopted. Before describ-
ing it, let me say l can conceive of no
other way of having absolute control
of the water at all times except by the
basin system, which requires very level
land and q great deal of very hard
work. According to our system the
distributing latersls, either for run.
ming the water down the corn or Or
chsrd rows or for spreading it over an
alfalfa or grain field, are all laid out to
o uniform grade of one inch to l25 feet
of length of lateral. This grade has
been adopted as the result of expert
ence. We have found that six. inch
banks and q canvas dam to raise the
water that much above the natural sur
face, allows US to take the water out
along the desired length Of ditch of
about 400 feet with margin Of safety.
With a fall of only one inch to 1875
feet it is necessary to raise the water
only three inches at the dam to back il
up so that it can be taken out for 375
feet. This margin of safety in a six
inch bank, allows us to make holes In
it about sixteen feet apart and to d.
vide the water In the lateral so that it
will be evenly spread down over the
land between this lateral and the one
next lower down in the field. By lay
ing out the lstersls ON this regular
grade, the lands or sections of the field
to be irrigated are made irregular in
width, because the slope of the land is
irregular. In order to determine how
far apart these distributing latersls
shall be, you must find out how far you
can run the water economically over
the land. In the case of hoed crops
and of orchards, this distance will
probably be greater than in the case of
those crops that are flooded.
Most of you have observed how short
q distance the stream of water pumped
by an ordinary windmill will run down
q furrow before 1t is all absorbed by
the earth. No matter how long you
pump, the water never flows any fur.
Their. The distance the water will run
is determined by three factors: First,
the texture of the soil; second, the
slope of the land, and third, the head
of water at your disposal. However,
1 am not giving you a general rule for
your guidance. The conditions are
different on each farm, frequently on
different fields of the same farm, more
on bottom and second bot
tom farms, where the soil is mostly
"made land"
L am only giving the sizes of latersls
and of irrigsting Glands as we have
them on Clsremont ranch. Our dis
tributing laterals are from three to FIVE
feet wide, rounding on the bottom, and
carrying water from six to ten inches
deep. We aim to make our irrigsting
Glands" at the start about $50 feet
wide. But in running the lsterals
quarter to a half mile, the Glands"
might be made to vary from 100 to 400
feet, according to the slope of the field.
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Graham guardian., 1896-11-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Black Rock Reservoir and
Canal Co.

| Know ali men by these presents that We, John
ID, Holladay, John Busby and ElitGh Hancock
| all OF Eden, Graham county Arizona Territory,
nave TINS day associated ourselves together for
| the purpose of forming ourselves together for
| the purpose of forming a corporation under the
| laws of Arizona Territory and we hereby
| certify:
1st, The names of the corporators are John ID
Holladay, John Busby aud Elijah Hancock.
Inc name OF the corporatonis is the Black Rock
Reservoir and Canal Company, and its principal
place OF transacting business as Eden Graham
County, Arizona Territory, until otherwise de-
termined by the stockholders of this company.
End. The general nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted and carried on is the
locating and building reservoirs and canals for
the purpose of storage and conveying water for
agricultural purposes in Graham county, Ari-
zona Territory.
Srd. The amount of capital stock of this
company Is three thousand $4,000 dollars di-
ylded into sixty shares of the par value Of ffty
dollars per share which is to be paid in as CALI
ed for from time to time by the board of Giree-
tors of this corporation.
4th. The time of the commencement of this
corporation shall be the day when these articles
oflneorporation are filed for record in the Of
nee of the county recorder of Graham county
Arizona territory, and the corporation shall
after said day.
5th. The affairs of this corporation are to be-
conducted by president, yice-prcsdent, secre-
tary and treasurer, and two directors, who shall
constitute the board of directors ofthe corpora
ton and who shall be elected ON the third Mon
uay IN August OF each year.
9th. The private property ofthe stockholders
OF the corporation is to be exempt from corpor-
ate debts. In witness whereof we have here
unto set our hands and seals this, the 18th day
of August, A. ID. 1896.
SEAL JOHN ID. HoLLADAY.
lsEALl JOHN BUsBY.
lsEALI ELIJAH HANCOCK.
Personally appeared before me this 18th day
OF August, John d. Holiday, John Busby, Ell
Jan Hancock known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same for the purpose and consid-
eratiod herein expressed.
A. d. 1895.
c. r. JENNINGS,
Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 10.
Graham guardian., 1896-11-06
ShsriR's Sale.
], H, VAUGHN, Plaintiff,
NJ. LEON
ClcrL
II. L. SMITH,
Deputy Clerk

], H, VAUGHN, Plaintiff
VS.,
LOUIS JANTZEN, H, C. HOLBoRN and
LEYINA c, H0LBORN, Defendants,
Under and by virtue of an execution issued
District, Territory of Arizona, in and for the
County of Graham, on the 4th, day of Septem
Der, 1896, and to me as Sheriff duly directed and
delivered, on judgment rendered in said court
IN the above entitled action on the 2fth, day OF
october, 1893, for the sum of $4,000 with in.
terest thereon at the rate Ofseven per cent per
annum equaltng S225, and an attorneys fee OF
sl00, together costs of suit. and accruing costs
said judgement fixing, establishing and decree
ing vendors lien upon the San Juan Mining
claim In the Lone Star Mining District in said
Graham County, as recorded in Book of Deeds
of Mines at pages 359, 800 and 36l of the records
OF said Graham county, Arizona, / have duly
seized and levied upon in the manner and form
required by law, all the right title, claim and
interest of the said defendents in and to said
above described property,
Public notice is hereby given that, at the door
of the court House of said Graham County, at
the hour of 10 O'Clock m on the 18th, day of
october, 1896 will sell at public auction to the
highest and best bidder for cash, in lawful
money of the United States. all the right, title,
claim and interest of the above named defend
ents in and to the above described property or
so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said judgement and costs of suit and accrued
interest and accruing costs
ARTHUR A. WIGHT, Sheriff,
Dated Sept, 10th, 1896,
First publication Sept. 18th, 1896,
Graham guardian., 1896-11-06
SUMMONS.

In the District court of the Second Judicial
District of the Territory Of Arizona, in and for
| the County of Graham.
CARMEN QUISADA, plaintiff.
VS.
FRANCISCO QUISADA defendant.
Action brought in the District Court of the
Second Judicial District of the Territory of Ari-
zona in and for the county of Graham,
The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to
the above named defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required TO
appear in an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff and answer the com
plant filed with the Clerk ofthe above entitled
court at Solomonville, in the county of Graham,
Territory of Arizona, within ten days Exclusive
of the day of service) after the service upon you
of this summons ifserved in this county, but if
served out said county but within this district
then within twenty days, in all other cases
within thirty DAYS.
You are hereby notified that If you fail to ap-
pear and answer the complaint on file herein
as required by law, judgement by default will
be rendered against you and for costs and
disbursements in thisbehalf expended.
.MC3O Given under my hand and the seal
S6IIya of the district court, affixed hereto
~ at solomonville, this 18th, day of
April, 1896.
BURWELL B. ADAMS, Clerk.
Graham guardian., 1896-11-06
First publication May lst.
NO TICE {:
OF
A New Registration Of Voters
in Graham County, Ter
ritory Of Arizona.

Public notice is hereby given that at The
regular April meeting of the Board of Super
visors of Graham county, Arizona, held pur
suant to law, the following order was made and
duly entered on the records of said Board, on
the 10th day of April, 1896.
"On motion the Board ordered
that registration of the electors
of Graham county be had as re-
quired by law, previous to the
election in November, 1896, to be-
gin from and after the first dav OF
May, 1896, and that due publica-
ton Of the order be made as re.
quired by law"
Registering officers and all concerned are
hereby instructed to take notice hereof and be
governed accordingly.
Registration will close twenty days before the
day of election. Election held on Tuesday the
Sd day ofNovember 1896.
By order of the Board of Supervisors of Gra-
ham county.
M.LEoN
Clerk
Graham guardian., 1896-11-06
Summons.

In the District Court, Second Judicial District
Territory of Arizona, in and for the County OF
Graham
WILLIAM G. WEBSTER, Plaintiff.
VS..
ANNIE B. WEBSTER, Defendant
Action brought in the District Court of the
Second Judicial District of the Territory of Ari.
zona in and for the County of Graham.
The Territory of Arizona sends greeting to
Annie b. Webster,
You are hereby summoned and required to
appear in an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff and answer the COM
plant filed with the Clerk Of the above entitled
court at Solomonville, in the County of Graham,
Territory of Arizona, within ten days exclusive
of the day of service) after the service upon you
of this summons if served in this county. but if
served out of the county but within this district
then within twenty days. in all other Csses with
in thirty days.
You are hereby notified that if you fail to ap-
pear and answer the complaint as required by
law judgment by default will be entered against
you, and costs and disbursements in this be-
half expended.
~ Given under my hand and the seal OF
Sp, the District Court affixed hereto, at
'NAA solomon Vile, this Sth day of Sept.
~ 1896. BURwELL b. ADAMS. Clerk.
Graham guardian., 1896-11-06

Milk COWS $25.00 to $4,000
There is at present about 118
miles Of irrigatlng canals and main
bitches, not including the lateral
bitches which will make the total
several times this amount. This
gives ample water to assure crops
for about $4,000 acres. When the
Enterprise canal is finished it will
water several thousand acres of
rich table and bottom land. 1t
has been estimated that a quarter
of million acres Of additional land
could be irrigated if storage dams
were built. This could be done
in several places, notably at the
narrows about Is miles from SAT-
ford where box canyon exists
through which the river passes.
1t is from this point the Enterprise
company are building their canal.
Graham county covers an area
of 1000 square miles.
The Gila valley is 35 miles from
the narrows to the edge of the res
ervation, with an average width of
bottom lands of two miles, the dis
tance between the foot hills being
six miles. The valley is fianked
on the north by the Gila mountains
and on the south by the Graham
mountains, Mount Graham being
the highest peak, with an altitude
Of ten thousand feet above sea level.
Although but little prospecting
has been done in either the Gila
or Graham mountains, the few
properties which have been de-
veloped show that the ore body
is practically inexhaustable; while
copper predominates, there is both
gold and silver in paying quantities
1t is q virgin field for both the
minor and capitalist and one which
promises grand results.
The two principal mining com
panies are the Detroit, at Morenci,
and the Arizona Copper Company,
at Clifton. The former employees
300 men and the latter 600.
The output of the Arizona comp,
any is 20 tons of copper per day
and of the Detroit about 10 tons
per day. These two companies
alone pay out for labor about $780,
900 annually.
Experts are at present prospect
ing near Saffoad for coal.
There are twenty-five schools,
and one Academy in Graham
county. The examination for
teachers is very strict; only those
who are thoroughly qualified be-
ing able to procure certificates.
IL churches of different denomi-
nations look after the spiritual
welfare Of the community. Soci-
ETY. is as refined here as In any
of the old eastern cities.