El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

n ALHART. Texas, Sept. 3O-Dal-
hart IS drilling for water and
they declare that hell can't
stop US" The driuers are down 500
feet and they are going some more.
The county OF DalIam is paying the
cost and w. J. Miller, the driner,r has
orders to keep on going until he is
told to quit Three thousand feet2
Well, we may begin to talk about tax
ing precautions against keeping out
the Chinese from a short route to Tex
as when we get down that far. but we
are not going 10 stop" said w. J.
Clark, postmaster and first settler in
Dalhart.
The county can't spend money to eN-
pertinent in well driling-the law does
not give the county that right,-but
the law does give the county the right
to establish poor farm and it does
not say how much money shall be
considered the limit in the matter OF
expenditures Here is where the cOun-
ty commissioners have taken the law
by the ears and are dragging it all
over the prairie and laughing at It.
The people unanimously wanted a deep
we want it; II there is oil or gas we
want ft, but what Is most important,
we want to see what is down below
US" they chimed as one man. woman
and child.
So, with the people behind them. the
Dallam county commissioners decided
to dig and they bought poor farm on
which to dig the well. Dallam county
has no paupers-that is one OF lts
boasts-'but we might have some
day" says the postmaster, so Dallam
county is sinking this deep well 70
give the people accurate Information
as to what is beneath them ana pro-
vide for the future when there may pc
need for a home for the INDECENT IL
IS always well TO provide Tor the ~
ture, they argue, especially II ST the
same time. you accomplish something
that will do a lot Of good now.
These Dalhart people look into the
future with prophetic. sparkling eyes
but they are also people o1 now
They struck good water al oyy Aeel-
that is the depth OF the Wells SUI
plying the city with Water-and they
went on through water Tor zoO 15e[
but 1t would not gush over me caslns
and they are going 1urther 4hey ar
now down 800 and as the mud ana
water Is forced out y lhe y4RE.- -lis I. q
has a lot Of grease on top W netner 70
is an indication Of oil in the soil oE
comes from the machinery they are
unprepared to say, but they would Just
as soon strike Oh as water.
Abundant Crops.
It IS not absolutely necessary for
Dalhart to get artesian water for as
farming region. with an annual rain
fall of "a inches, the people have al
ready proved that they can make good
crops Some crops that have been gath
cred here this year are as good as can
be found in Iowa and Illinois, and
many farmers from those regions are
settling here The land is leVel-tlaI
as a floOr-and OF sandy character
that viii produce anything-from
includes all the varieties OF farming
Dlants. and into the orchard class
Many farmers now have beautiful or
chards Of pears. plums and peaches
that have never known what Il Is 70
feel the effect Of artificial irrigation,
they have only had the moisture that
nature provides.
Government Experiment Farm.
The United States government has
an experiment farm here, where fruit
trees. Watermelons. cantalOupes, milo
maize, kaffir corn, locust and catalpa
trees and other things are being
grown. The farm is IN splendid shape,
but peculiar as it may SEEM many OF
the farmers hereabOuts have crops
that are better than the experiment
station. The station directors and Of
ficials. however, are devOting their en-
erEies to the propagation OF new
plants which may have a largely bene- /
fetal effect upon the future Of the
The locust and cataIpa trees are