Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-09
CONGRESS TO Be A
GREAT BOON TO
TERRITORY
CONGRATUEATES
CITY ON ITS SUCCESS
New Secretary Who is SPEND
ing Few Days in Albuquerque
Discovered First AteSian
Well on PecoS.

lam glad to see that Albuquerque
has secured the 1905 meeting Of the
National Irrigation congress. II Will
be a splendid thing for both h city
and the territory The speaker was
Nathan jana. OF Roswell. newly APP
pointed secretary Of New Mexico. who
arrived IN Albuquerque Saturday. Mr..
Jaffa, in cours OF "A conversation with
a Morning Journal representative last
night. expressed "A warm interest in
the coming national gathering here.
4 have attended a number of meet
ings of the congress. he continued.
and the men you hnd at these gather
ings are the kind Of men who can do
the greatest good 90 New Mexico II
viii be a splendid advertisement for
Albuquerque and for all Of New Mex
leo, and | congratulate the city on its
good fortune"
Mr.. Jams spent a busy day IN the
city Yesterday. greeting many Albu-
querque friends, and Will likely re-
main in the city until Tuesday morn
ing, when he viii return To santa Fe.
The secretary attended services at
Temple Albert yesterday and IN the
evening met Informally quite a num-
der Of Albuquerque people at the
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on West Copper avenue.
Il Is a fact not generally known that
Mr.. lana has the distinction Of being
the discoverer Of artesian water In
the Pecos valley.
1T was in the wear 1855" he said
last night. I'm telling the story Of the
first well. THE discovery was quite
accidental In a search for better
drinking water ! hired a man to bore
a well in the rear Of my residence in
Roswell. After he had been at work
some time ne came to me and in
quired what / would pay him If he
brought IN an artesian well. | told
him / would be willing 10 remunerate
him handsomely for such an achieve
ment. / had agreed to pay him $500
for a 4OO-fOot well. and finally said
that no matter whether he went down
400 feet or not ] would pay him the
$500 II the well was a flowing one. He
had gone down 200 feet, and I discov-
cred afterward had already struck the
artesian water. SO he returned in a
short time and said he had made good
ana | paid him the S400 c%heerfully. II
was a small How compared with the
present gushcrs in the Pecos valley,
but ii WIS the first artesiau Wen. splen-
did drinking water and caused quite
"a sensation Of course. That well Is
still there back Of my residence and
still flowing"
MT. Jaifa believes that the artesian
flow. which has been one Of the most
important factors In the development
Of the Pecos valley. + practically I'M
limited. and new wells, instead of
showing a decrease. come In stronger
an the time.
'"The development Of the valley
since that first we'll" said Mr.. jana.
has been almost magical. In the
last five years even agriculture has
advanced phenomenally and all the
way down the broad valley extensive
farming. fruit raising and gardening
have literally transformed the
try. No n who has not visited the
Pecos country for a few years can
nave any adequate idea OF the wav
that section Is prospecting. All Of
eastern New Mexico IN fac rs unus-
ually prosperous looking this fan, and
IN the u~nirrigated district further
north -four crops have already been
raised during the present season. The
generous rains have, Of course. con-
tributed largely 10 this result"
Mr.. Jana says he Is pleased thus
far with his residence in Santa Fe.
although he has hardly been in he
capital long enough to get thoroughly
settled.