The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-09-10
WELL IRRIGATION AS AID
voCATED AT WILLARD. N. M,

which gives the plan by which thous.
ands of acres of land are Ia be irrigat.
such u plan or one similar in many re.
spects can be adopted by the farmers
Of Quay County. Let the farmers show
enough interest in the matter and the
citizens of Tucumcari will do all in
their power to bring about conditions
that will make the Quay farmer indie
pendent, and enhance the value of ev.
cry acre of land that eau be put under
water.
Enquiries are being made by non.
residents as to the exact character of
the Project that the Willard Irrigation
Company now have In hand. We will
reply to those inquiries in the following
s%uccinet manner
The Willard Irrigation Company was
Incorporated last spring, for $l,l70,0O0
for the purpose Of installing a NAM
moth central power plant to pump wat.
or from wells over the land lying ad
%jncent to willard. The plant will be
located at willard. II will be an elec.
tric transmission power plant. In brief,
the current will be transmitted by wire
from the central plant to the wells on
the farms which will have water rights
under the project. The power will be
generated by mammoth gas engines Of
the very latest construction. The first
unit of the plant, costing 1895, 900,
should be completed by next March. As
the plant, in its entirety, will be mod.
ern and up.to.date it will require every
day of six months to complete il. The
first unit will furnish power to pump
water on IL 900 acres.
To use a common term In irrigation
sections. a water right under this pro-
ject will cost $500 an acre with six
percent interest on deferred payments.
The first payment will be $3.50 per
acre. This payment must be made when
the land il mortgaged to the bond
holders. IL in n guarantee that the
payer has become a stakeholder in the
Fu'N pttNV wv 'ubl 'ut dnibuHt u iaHu
he has subscribed will receive just az
much water as he is willing to pay for
the power necessary to lift the water
from his well to his land. After the frst
payment Of $3.50 per acre there will
be a debit Of Sal so remaining. This
remainder must be paid in yearly install.
ments covering a period of eight years,
with interest AT six per cent, payable
semiannually. The first payment on the
above mentioned debit will be due De.
cember l. 1919.
A stock holder in the Willard Irri2s-
ton Company must dril his own well.
Owing to the lack Of rock formation in
the country surrounding Willard, the
cost Of a well 200 feet deep is estmat-
ed at 5000. One well will i~rrigate 100
acres. The first test well drilled un.
der the project was developed to $50
gallons u minute. II IL expected that
this well will develop a capacity of
400 gallons when subjected TO n high.
or AMI more strenuous test. This well
is located n mile north of Willard on
a farm owned o. l.. T.. Herndon, an
official of the irrigation company and
one of the most active champions of
irrigation in the valley. AS Mr.. Hern.
don came in possession Of this land re.
Gently. we will prof. all, designate its
location more definitely in the minds Of
Wiliardites who ar absent by stating
that II adjoins John r. Kelly's place
on the north. TIE Kelly place Is one
Il the land marks of the Wil;nrl coun
try, 50 far rs Americans are concern
ed.
III" individual r"otors nj each we'll
as well az all connected are a part Of
the irrigation plant and cost the farmer
nothing. He obligates himself in this
particular to the extent Of constructing
a house to cover the motor.
The Western Construction Co, Of
Wichita, Kansas, will put in the plant
sell the bonds, and in fact have every.
thing in working order before the Viii
lard Irrigation company ssumes charge.
ne construction company has given a
bond of s35O,0OO to the Willard Irriga.
tion Co., as a guarantee of the practi'
liability Of it's irrigation plan and the
thoroughness Of the mechanical appara'
tus used in the operation of the power
plant. This construction company built
n similar plant at Portales which Is now
in operation. Their work over in the