El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-09

land having been determined. land val
ues have risen rapidly In the past three
years. In the Rio Grande valley, so
miles east, and the ella valley. zoo miles
rights, range from $50 to $50 per acre
water rights under these projects viii
cost approximately $50 per acre. Land
In the M1mbreS valley. having the same
agricultural value. is selling from 81 to
SIS per acre for ACCOMPLISHMENTS and
from so to SO per acre for patented
land Water rights under pumping
Tor irrigation, experience In the valley
has shown to cost not TO exceed $50 per
acre, and in many instances less The
advantages OF pumping, where each
individual owns his own pumping plant,
over the ordinary gravity system, have
been thoroughly demonstrated in Cali
fOrnia, where several hundred thousand
acres Of land are watered entirely with
pumps.
Not more than 10 percent of the
available 10, 600 acres OF irrigable land
is patented, the balance being held I'M
der the homestead or the desert claim
act This land has been located within
the last three years, and homestead and
desert proofs are being made by ac-
tual settlers: but thousands of acres are
on the market at the prices above stated.
many people being willing TO part with
their right for consideration of 81 to
SIS per acre. The 125, 600 acres of avail
able agricultural land has been pretty
well determined from wells that have
is not unlikely that future develop
ments viii add $4,000 or perhaps more
to the comm area, or what we as
sumo now to be not over an IS foot
The Lift in Pumping.
While there are many districts in
California in which water is pumped at
a depth OF l25 feet for ordinary farm
crops, the generally accepted belief here
Is that So feet is the limit Of CONNER
cial pumping. 1t viii probably be DEM
onstrated in the future that this lift
can be increased to 100 feet for the
general conditions in this valley com
pare favorably with conditions in Cali
f0rniaf
The soils Of the Mimbres valley are Of
the typical desert type, producing, when
wafer IS available for irrigation, al
IalIa, Mexican beans, forage crops Of
all kinds, melons, onions, tomatoes. all
garden vegetables and small fruits to-
gether with orchard fruits, including
pears, apples peaches, plums, in fact,
everything except citrus variety.
The climate is semi-arid, the rainfall
IN the valley proper averaging about
eight inches per year. The tempera-
IuTe reaches zero and then for day
only. me ground freezes occasionally
to a depth Of two or three inches, which
lasts but a few days. The maximum
summer temperature IS about 100. The
first frost occurs about the 10th Of
october The growing season is long
and vegetable growth is rapid. The
nights are cool and, with ali. tie cIi-
mate is as nearly ideal as can be found.
transportation Facilities.
Three railroads afford transporta-
ton facilities. insuring a market for
everything raised Some of the larg-
est copper mines in the United States
are within so miles Of peming. this be-
ing their natural supply point
There is general uniformity in the
irrigation pumping plants, the type
having been taken from the California
field. Webs are drilled with a boring
machine from $50 to 200 feet deep, cas-
ing installed IN these holes having a
perforated area matching the gravel
strata which furnish the water. Pits
are Dug large enough &c install pumps
OF the vertical centrifugal type, and
gasoline engines furnish the required
power.
Deming has an electric power plant,
and several miles Of transmission line
have been constructed with the inten-
ton OF determining the commercial pos
siDlllty OF electric power in pumping
water. Some 10 plants have been in
stalled close to Deming, and vertical
motors directly connected to the pump
shaft, are used 30 raise the water. Elec-
trio power sells for three cents per K
W. hour Power developed by gasoline
engines cost considerably less than
this, and it appears so far that gaso-
line engines give more satisfactory re-
suits.
Cost Of Installing Pump.
The cost of the complete installation /
varies somewhat according TO the lift /
and quantity of water desired. Plants /
that are irrigating from 100 to $50 |
acres and with ultimate capacity prob !
ably Of 400 acres cost from $500 TO |
$1,000 80 or 40 horse power engine I
costing from S1100 to $500. the best !
type of pump from $500 to $780, a well }
$500 to $500, and the casing from $500