El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
ARTES|AN' WATER
NEAR SURFACE
1T PECOs
Natural Flow Of Water IN
Toyah Valley Makes
the Place a Garden
of Eden.
Giffin Pear Orchard Ships
$4,000 Worth of Pears
to FL PasO in a
Year.

Pecos, Tex, Aug. Pieces and sur
rounding country paid 100000 for a
railroad 30 miles long. but Pecos is so
ing to get back the principal with
heavy interest. The people of this
wideawake town put up this sum as a
bonus to secure the building of the
Pecos and Toyah Valley Southern rail-
road, which is opening up one of the
richest regions in the west
The road is now completed to the
town OF Saragosa, 20-odd miles south
west of here. and in a few months,
Balmorhea viii be reached, 40 miles
away This will pour the wealth of the
upper Toyah valley into the lap of this
town and besides, bring Pecos into
touch with and make il the market for
q region of country yet undeveloped be-
tween here and BalTnorhea.
The soil through the new region is
rfch and productive. Experiments have
been tried. All ting soil lacks is water.
Given water, there is nothing within
the seasons limitations. that II will
not produce In the Toyah valley, where
they have water, where $4,000 acres Of
rich land is under or can be put under
irrigation, the most bountiful crops are
grown The same between here and
there, when there is water. Fruit that
breaks the limbs Of the trees; grapes
that make it necessary to pluck some
vines, alfalfa that yields seven cuttings
a year with over a ton to the cutting,
at S12 a ton on the ground, prove what
the upper Toyah valley can produce.
Results on TableIand.
Results just as good on small areas
have been obtained on the tableland be-
tween here and Balmorhea. as well as
west of here towards Carlsbad. These
results have. been obtained from well
irrigation.
Pumping has been found to be profit
able, but throughout the region ira
versed by the new road, artesian water
has been secured where wells have been
sunk for it. And a hundred feet has
been the limit so far. Mrs. Bette
White has two wells four miles from
town at a depth of 90 feet, and Prof
W. c. Welborn has one at the same
depth about 20 miles from town
With springs in evidence in the low
lands, there is no reason why there
should not be artesian water along the
entire strip Of country bordering on
the new road, the people here all say.
Even if there is not artesian water over
the whole region. there is q sufficiency
of surface water that has been proved
Wells and windmills dot the entire
country and show that the water Is
there In many cases farmers have in
stalled gasoline engines and are grow
Ing fine young OIcnaroS Win pump
irrigation. They are going TO extend
their vork and plant fields of alfalfa,
corn and beans. They have proved
that these things will grow and they
are going to try it New men are
coming in daily and buying up this
land and preparing to sink new wells.
A Priests Efforts.
Father Hobein of the Scandinavian
church Of America, has secured an op-
ton on a large area for colonizing
members of his church. Not to disap-
point them, he has put down well and
erected q gasoline pump upon it. He
has already put in patch Of corn for
trial He is going to conduct expert
nlents before bringing his people into
the new country, but he is already
satisfied that he is on the right track;
that he has found the new Eden
Prof. WeIborn and associates, having
secured a favorable test well, are
preparing TO sink more and to put In an
irrigation system and sell off the land
TO settlers. Prof. Welborn is from
the Texas A & N. college and knows