Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-05

th" said claim F merely conjecture.
/ II has been shown however. that IN
the immediate vicinity J' Alamogordo
there b. water Boo gufuclcut quantities
90 irriRato b, pumping. and IL is csti-
mated that eventually probably 10000
acres or less 1911 H, $50 irrigated
therein. tntl .u examination ri the
valley has been made boz detail IL wilt
not hr known. even approximately.
how many acres may bc irrigated
/ therein.
Bcrnalillo~ albuquerque -Iicicn valley.
Pumping for irrigation ia that
valley 10 comparatively new. but ID
has been definitely ascertoincd that
within 20-mil, radius uf Alhuuuor-
/ quo there Is a territory OF 100 square
| miles which can Doe irrigated Dy
pumping at heads OF from 30 TO goo
[ feet Outside that radius there IL
| probably territory uf so square
miles now likcwis' susceptible Co r.
| rigaurn. 80 that in an in this valley
ih'r" b. IN area uf Approximately
100000 acres available tor irrigation
b> pumping.
Extending south from this valley
along the R,o Graudc. aud thence TO
aud short distance south NJ Socorro.
! b. a tract OF land ot probably $4,000
acres IN extent which can be- irrigated
| hN pumping 90 heads Of water similar
90 those just mentioned over al the
Rio Grandc valley. therefore. from
the vicinity Of H,rnahIlo 10 the north.
I! ,rn end OF thr Elephant Buttn rcscr-
/ voir. is conscr,ntyoly estimated 10
| contain an ARA of i2i 900 acres for
| irrigation by pumping
AS stated the estimated acreage
| Tor ih' Mimbros valley is 200 600. FOR
| tho Portalos valley lG5. 900. for IN
| Est1ncia valley i25. 900. FOR On" Ala.
mugordo valley 10000. and for the
| bcrnaiiilO- Albupucrqur- liolcn vale,
With IA" valley Co Socbrro Ia add
ton 10000 acres. or IN an. Gs5. 600
As stated a. the bopinning of tn
pumping section, tho figures are taxi
/ IN from statements OF others. and
do not want g. DO, understood a.
agreeing with them entirely, as AT this
tim" data ON this subject are SO limit
cd that "" cannot give definitely any
accurate estimate,
There are oth,i areas In tho ter.
ritory which viii eventually be- irrl-
gated by pumping, but witch have
not as yet been considered past the
suggestive period. and for the time
being the above estimate will not DE
increased To cover them.
small Water supplies.
The irrigation resources also IN
cludr hundreds ot small opportuni-
ties utilizing water supplies sufficient
only for from SO 90 zoe. REQ OF 500
acres There are hundreds of propo-
siu"ns where there is only a little
water available snd which 10 prop
crly stored can be- utilized an FURNISH
ing sufficient acreage To- maintain
farmer and his family. These small
projects are scattered withpu; any
definit" regularity nu over New Mex
leo and have been overlooked owing
to the large irrigation filings made
which do not cover many of the
smaller rivers or arroyos Every IT.
tie arroyo, spring or marsh affords
chances for one 90 two men To socure
a small irrigated farm a, very ioN
cost per acre and have an iudeprnd-
cni system of their own. Dry arroyos
viii afford a hehd 1T water " suh-sur.
face dams are constructed. catching
ana bringing % the surface the large
quantities of underfloWs that exist Ia
all Of our dry stream beds Mann
settlers overlook these small oppor-
tunities In their cnKerntsS to get un-
der q large system. These small pro.
Jects ar" more easily handled and
NOR" quickly built. do not depend
upon the bond market. DELAYS in con
structiun. and can Ice constructed by
the applicants themselves small
farm OF this Kind located In IN,
nrighhorhnod of IN" Mogollou mining
camps is worth more than farm oi
tire" times is area In the more
thicky populated sections. as the
owners can grt from ~ To- 50 dollars
a ton for alfalfa. To give an idea as
To tn" number OF 1llngs which have
been made for small projects and
their percentage of construction r.
compared with other larger PROPOSE.
tions We find that nf IN. I.0oo. 900
acres covered by applications only
1000 acres outlined by 1915 applca.
tons are filed tor 500 acres or less
OF th"s" % applications. embracing
an area Of l11t acres, have been
completed, and 10. having an area
of 2,lUl acres. have been one.fifth +
OF NOR" completed. II - safe "a say
that of the remainder 80 per cent are
IN the COURSE oi construction and .
because Uf latr n'iug have not as set
been reported a. this office ls a.
portion constructed. We believe that .
the acreage converted into farming
land Day the use Of these small indiyid.
uai projects viii run from 1;. 400 10 /
lo0. 600 acres
Artcsian Wells.
THE urtcsIau belt mn.t IL, Included I