Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-13
ARIZONA ARTES|AN
DISTRICT BEING
DEVELOPED
San Simon Valley Promises to
Produce as Much Artesian
Water rs Does Artesia Dis
trict Of This State.

san simon. Arix. Nov. I3.--Fror
present indications the San Simon
country Of Arizona win DO fully az
great an afteainn district as the Ar
tesla section OF New Mexico In Eddy
county. Several wells are down and
all are flowing freely. with the pros
poet OF more wells In the immediate
fft1rc.
A flow estimated q, goo gallons per
minute ~ the result Al the arteaian
well Of the Globe Water and Irrigation
Co. two miles northwest OF san 81
mon. after pertorating the casing. Tho
water IL soft and pure, and has a
temperature around 50 degrees r..
which is Ideal for irrigation purposes
The company. which IL composed OF
prominent Globe men. including r. r.
Towle. president Of the 0loce cham
Dor OF commerce.: San l.. Oibaon.
president OF the Gibson Copper Co
and others. IL well pleased with tho
result. and has let a contract Tor the
drilling OF three more deep wells.
This Ia the largest fiow OF the -four
arteslan wells tn the San Simon val
Icy Ia this vicinity and means much
for the future OF the valley. Larger
flows. however. ere hoped Cor and
confidently expected. for the reason
that bedrock has not yet been reach
cd IN any OF the wells. all OF the
flows being in sand. Gushers are
therefore not impossible en- sinking
wells 10 sufficient depth.
VIII Try Farming.
The Globe company viii engage ia
farming next spring, filling the soil
on an experimental farm OF about 200
arrcs. Everything will be tried out.
with q view OF uscerfnlning what crop
viii do ncsf on the scll anu with the
water on hand No doubt particular
attention wiz De paid To alfalfa ann
fruit. however. AZ these crops bid
fair 20 excel all others here. accord
Ing 10 present lndicatsuns
Preparatory 10 fhia farming. the
company will build suitable reser-
voif Of large capacity. renee the land.
lay out ditrhes. etc. The farming
VIII be under the management OF A.
I. lannon's. manager OF the Old DO
minion hotel OF Globe. who IL an en-
perienced Denmark farmer
And this y but the beginning pf
the Globe conrsnys plans with roo
fpecf 10 tho san Simon vallps Al
ready having rcsuita--h sufficient 1ow
81 good water on rich soil--the com.
llany Ia satisfied: faftner thnn ihag
the cumpany is composed fof mon
with lsaeans n'hof NOW that they ase
profit ahead. will spare no fscana 81
influence 10 accomplish prQffahle
farming results They make 40 secret
of the fact that q In their intention
10 engage 10 iarming and land bual-
ness on large scale A little later
on~--Then the time IL rlDe-the COM
pany viii probably furnish bank
here, 10 case none IL forthcoming 10
She meantime. TOR the furtherance OF
their plans and the benefit OF san
Simon aud the valley.
Another afieslan we'll. the fourth.
waa brought IN at san Simon this
week by T. g. Hodge on his land one
mile and one hair west 81 town. cioae
e The 8. r railroad right Of way. I'm.
III the tgols are removed and the well
"a cleaned out Il Ii impossible te esti.
mate the flow. hat II n certain 10
glish forth water. The well Is about
$50 feet deep, n Is 2 IL hole. re-
duced from start AZ the top OF
inches, and the well IL casod only
portion OF the way.