Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-12
when saw that one Just could not
help kissing 1t and giving 1t q little
love bite, l didn't mean any harm"
The election of delegates to the con


has travelled such long and rocky
road to statehood interest centered in
this event. However. the citizens OF
Aztec were not too occupied to tax
the language to the limit. In order
to convince visitor. that for soil.
climate and opportunity their section
is without an equal. The residents of
this town are splendid lot OF boost
ers and they have splendid place
to boost.
The tree-bordered streets, substan-
tial business blocks, attractive homes,
with gardens of generous proportions,
where all kinds OF vegetables and
flowers are cultivated, and orchards
which contain apples, pears, peaches
and small fruits, give to it. that most
desired effect, permanency
Recognizing the almost inestimable
value of the water in San Juan coun.
ty, numerous projects are now under
way to reclaim large portions of the
unwatered land Contracts have been
let and bonds given to have the Citi.
zens' ditch completed In six weeks.
This Will reclaim 5000 acres on Bloom.
field mesa This mesa is especially
adapted to fruit raising Messrs. Nc
Clure and Jackson, who are promoting
the enterprise, are dividing the land
into ten acre tracts. to be sold on the
installment plan. The company agrees
to set the land out to fruit trees and
care for them for FIVE years This
makes II possible for persons of very
limited means to become the owner
OF an orchard One home to every
ten acres of land means sixty-four fam.
lilies to the square mile against four
families TO the square mile where
ranches average 160 acres. Thus the
social isolation which has been such
an Objectionable feature of country life
will be gone as 1t now Is in the large
and older fruit growing communities.
w. Golf Black, who is the general
manager of the New Eden Land and
Canal company, expects to begin con
structlon work In the near future, on u
water system which will reclaim So.
900 acres south and east of the Ami.
mas. and north of the San Juan river
Messrs, w. s. Walker, Foster and
Eckles have recently acquired the
right to take water from the Keilo-
Blancet ditch A pumping plant will
be installed to raise the water 320
feet to irrigate land on Crouch mesa
This is to cover $4,000 acres in that
section.
The Orchard Irrigation district
which voted 100000 In bonds will
build the Illinois ditch. The wei
known firm of Lotus & Henderson
are to have charge OF the construction
work.
T. Jay Turley. a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
and the National Geographical so
ciety, who has been a resident of the
county the past seven years, has done
extensive surveying and Is interested
in three large irrigation projects. Mir
TuI.ey is an irrlgationist by inherit
ance. AS early as iSIS the grandfather
/, Turley who was OF a restless pioneer
strain loaded the younger Turkeys ant
his household goods into a prairie
schooner and headed for the sundow-
side OF the Mississippi. Not until he
reached California did he find the lane
he was looking for and pitch his fina
camp. On this arid land. In the schoo
of experience. he learned the b C..
Of irrigation. This knowledge was
among the valuable Inheritance Of III,
offspring. His worthy grandson hels
a splendid position in the Unitet
, States government service revious t.
Ills location in the Sunny San Juan
After carefully looking over conditions
in the territory he decided that thi!
county presented the best field ant
so here he cast his lot. Mr.. Turtle!
found the irrigation and corporation
laws in an unsatisfactory condition
and has been instrumental in navini
the present ones effected. He hal
/ ihehSu mo HAhith III th' oSS'fph WIZ
his own private fortune which was n
T inconsiderable amount. Mr.. Turtle.
has been the principal promoter II
the Animas-La Plata project, the SaI
t Juan project and the Turlsy ditch pl OF
, ect. The estimated cost OF The Ami
mas-La Plata project is 100000 70
, the land now available. TIE San JuaI
project is to cover 10000 acres. cas-
, of the Navajo lands, and 100000 acre
1 withdrawn by presidential order ant
1 100000 In the Neaty treaty. making
total Of 100000 acres. The cost a
I estimated will be $15,00O.000. 1b
, Turiey ditch Is to reclaim $4,000 acre
of land on the south side Of the Sal
Z Juan. The latter project Will doubt
less materialize in the near future
n Certainly If San Juan county is dry
n Is not the fault Of its enterprisin
!. citizens.
!, Colonel Williams, a white e-haired so
G der. politician, merchant and horticu
8 turalist. is an interesting figure in thi
town as he would be In any place tha