Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-06

rlohn r kollv. starr Cotrrspondontl
beming, y. ". MAY q III, ~
preston the wilderness was made to
blossom Ike tho rose" has been used
So much IA Auoricn mat IT has almost
become triio II was applied nrst To-
the Development ot the cuuntr, Dor
d"ting the Atlantic then to "a,
ptairi" states and finally e. those
sections Of Colorado where iuNuriant
vegetation responded tu the rush uf
Irrigation waters
Effects 1T Pumping Process.
However trite " may seem tu the
reader nevertheless. when accurately
applied, the expression has a force
'hat Is appealing IN its descriptive
ness 90 th' vast change which comes
&" - country when It's barronness has
been redeemed 10y the hand OF the
Hgri,ulturist
Therefore. when | say that th.
country about Doming. owing Ia the
magic influence 81 water. b. blossom.
ina Ike tn" rose. mean !, literally
ana not tiguratiVciN Will, / have
seen many roses Of many varieties
blooming on the beautiful lawns of
thus town. am not referring to
them. hav. ia mind the purple
fl"wcr which crowns m, many nun
drcds Of acres Of alfalfa which have
been sown here IN the past two wears.
The alfalfa flower. because II IN still
- stranger IN the country abou, Dem
ing. attracts more attention than the
roses beautiful as they are. which
Ia.
homes of this town
And this great change at Dcming
has been wrought In a few short years
hy tapping the seemingly inexhausti-
hl' ~uhtrrrnncan reservoir which un-
d'rlirs all this section.
Underground streams.
know II has been said ny skoptic-
her. ana q, other places where IN.
pumping process II used for iriiga-
ton that a. tn. quantity al tn. UNI
foreground FLOW cannot be- determined
there is likelihood of IL hcromnc
exhausted when many wells snail
have been drilled and put Ia opera
ton. The same argument can he ap.
Piled. only morn forcihlN. To- irriga-
ton by the graVit! system along the
Rio Grand". ths san Juan ana Other
rivers IN this territory and Colorado
which are set unbalanced becaus'
heir volume. during IN. Irritation
} period. depends on the amount ut th'
annual snowfall at their source
which of course T. uncertain az &
tho quantity FROM year 10 ear
\ surface stream m this aititud'
ana latitude necessarily loses much o
its volume hy evaporation from Wi
and wind The underground flow b
never affected In this manner. I.aS
Year. which was probably the d,s.s
Ia the history 81 New Mexico. m
\. = 4 = r. wclls at Willard. Tor
rance county. which are compare
lively shallow never lowered an incl
although the draft madc upon thea
was larger than az any other uu,
since they We're drillrd, az the rail-
road needed this water for rng'u
purposes from Abo CANYON on a.
vest To- the Pcuos river nu tho cas-
This reference to the willard W.
IL merely 10 lilustrat, that lu ~
IRENE aud continued druuth the ui
foreground stream l. murc drponda ni
than Ia. surface. | believe that eN,i
surface stream In Ia. Rocky noun
,nin regions viii. IN time. have u
flow So safcsuurded hS the supcry
sion 81 state OF national government
that It's water VIII be sufficient
abundant IN volume for all neccssar
irrigation purposes along It's c"urs
some Other Advantages.
bthor advantages to he derive
from pumping for irrigation are
FIRST. ~ each plant If individual
owner can irrirate when M pleas"
IN other words. when his crops me-
water The man who has land und'
ditch IN a community system. uo m"
ter whether II be subject To- the car,
get. a governmental project or pr
Na,. reclamation scheme. knows u
importance To tn" farmer OF h"ii
able To irrieate a. Will
second, the pumping process do
not contemplate an ISSUE Of bonds 4
one land except In peculiar and pa
,ipu,nr instances. II prcsupposes 81
dividuu,iy IN pumping and logicall
therefore. Ia irrigating. In 9th
words the man 81 moderate circut