New-York tribune., 1910-03-22
ARID LANDS BLOOM
4 SEEMING MIRACLE.
roymers Cause Waters 10 Cash
from TcraS Plains.

-7,-s,oD Tex. March .lThis state Is
-. srafuace hasin. The waters from
- ro,,fhern Rocky Mountains nnd from
~. -,nres uest of the pccos River now
-,~,,nv into Texas and thence % tho
,,.sf ~ Mexico. ON the surface are rivers
s.-b vfth their branches. furnish moist
-. far the contiguous country Under the
- or VARYING depths are incNhanstibie
.,.rrrr. only in recent years tarpod by
.,-,esirn wells for irrigation purposes.
pl-i,e have heen turned info fourishlnC
s,-v-s and market gardens and orchards
,,-..-p the cactus seemed tho or'y erowie
49,, could exist twenty years ago irfiEa-
80, sitches have made useful thousands
=, ur-es 80 the finest soils. Tho en'rrr
~ GENIUS 81 man have made tho oesefl
,,,ssnr, az tho rose but nature supplied
,hs moisture ~ was Hid0on. IL did nor
,.sr ~ DO. Nen ma cattle Rad died on
$50 ari6 lands for lack 80 water; hut
,,-aerreath tho surface was the mainspriug
AZ ufe 30 wealth
The-e used ~ - stories told ~ under
~-eura rivers They formed adventurous
s,su,res of fction. Remnants of the an
~, Nortezumas were SAID ~ dwell under
.he ri-ins ou the hanks ~ rushing. deep
Streams Temples were said 70 have heen
,t-,s rs historians say we've sacrificed I'm
ancient times. we've stih according to dc-
s,or roasted ms ulacatory offerings 20 the
rads of hearhen1om.
FuH Flowing Underground Rivers.
f,rse-r-ruud rivsrs in Texas are not fc-
.i.,ous There is hasin. in addition. that
seems to le esue .iallv ineNhaustihle in the
,,-fs -eriorr she ..ZtcnsiKe valleys uf the
10 r~srde and the pecos. The up-to-date
s-rrner q geftirg the benefit 10 the HID
sar moisture nul tfo u~id regions are bee
,-r wired dr the face of Tho Texas mar.
~re IIlrr E-tacado (Stakes il-inl used
~ ha looked upon as a dreary waste No
.ernlfosuco was attached 10 the faci that
~ rs easeu border tho rivers Pocos.
praFas. Red. Colorado. Sltiu. san An
t,rfo Ne.hes. Trinity. san Marcos ana
c-adsllre lad their birth. Thc plain acted
ss a sort ~ c'tration plant for The moist
ire sart down from the mountains, and
uraer rs surface. within easy reach, was
ths wstee that drives the waste places
away
los-y ranges west OF the Pecos River
r,sher tre moisture from the clouds and
send = through the state. over and under
rrsgrd There are the Guadalupe. the peak
rf.fhe name rising fn aen feet. thc Davis
and Crnar ranges trom $500 - S-" feet:
ue Los rH.sos orEan and Franklin
rare.- T-y are -.'oa feet al the highest
POINTS. and tfe valleys range from $500 to
Eha teaf above ssa level Their there is the
land lr tne north Connected with The water
shed toward -r- Mississippi.
prom rr- extreme western and northern
parts 0t t.r s-at, rrcre Is steady slope
trura fH. E.t ana at the Guf shore
tlsre ar, sfrer sas of marsh lands ,Xel
l,rt t.r rre cultivation. and it is tlere
whore rh-r. is much surfac, serpa-s frarl
tra underground basin before tae Gull g,ts
g. r0.
Surface Drainage Impossible.
Ir lIance 90 the topography ~ the
s'a-e -ae foregoing is seen al once. and
lr -firation has shown rhat rrc gar
WESTERN rrachrs ~ -he land. even beyond
tfe borders ~ Texas. seem 10 have
formation thar prohibited surface draiuaEe
-r. steppes or tr--less plains are n tae
northwest and beyond Them toward the
6aIf is thc frst evidence ~ the mountain
ofe1ng Before The skin II man brought
.r Satlor to the Pecos country il was arid
Tfr same condition prevailed in The valley
~ 'hs Kio Grande and tae lands 60 tas
-0ft 0r
-e early settlers could not read The
srHrr 90 tho springs met wiki iu t.e tree
Jess districts They looked upon Them as
af, offerings ~ nature T. relieve tr-
r'teruls, h-rreu country. They did lut
-easHr about b. The fiIst man t0 siuk au
srtes.a- ael solved me problem and added
RI Telas millions of acres az valuable tlIla-
t -rl III YVES equal to tac discovery 0f
Fields or deposits ~ other valuable
r.e-a
r.a-.aut th, state There are praIries
n.-rr Lal been supposed 20 have little
a-iI.-.ta-ai vaiue Thickets ~ 'chaparraI
we've booked upon as hopeless T.is ever
Er -r'NA in tangled masscs was u--
lrff. f0 He ca waru..- -lairst interference.
iat OF ha- changed Tae Texan uao says
r4t ..ar. Dos ua part og lis state th.t b.
N.t".t arr.la.tuIal value IS u. longer
rra 81. Tre lttle Iaul THAR cauuo, De-,
Is.a -l.s may ae q aogrs iHs farming
,'nn-...tr .u aa,f decade.
Faros Make Cattle Unproftabls.
Ire ..u rr.irlas lu tue southeast are ro
-.lr t.. ..maiu ot the cattlemau. L. t.e
exclusion rs al others Iie has lreu s.5ul.
t-tf..- oll Ae hands ale takea fo t.r
tfrr.ag t-fir Halge Increases 10 such ar
tsifH' -aaf cattle ralsiu- bsc1ufe- l..rl.
@ta -tr---rlar. ar oue Lmt "a Neltllr..