El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

In Senate Document No. A. sd Congress- first session.
Page 224, we,find report of this same Mimbres Val
ley of which all so fond. After recitmg the
TACT that the Mmbres River heads in the Black Range
Id the northeastern part of Grant County, that during
the flood season its waters flow to point ten
twevemiles southeasterly of Demng, but that dur
ing the drier portions of the year the water disap
pears into IAN underground channel at point about
forty lessfrom tsssource the report proceeds as fol-
lows:
According to Mr.. L. Clapp Jr the civil engineer IN
charge the flow of the stream at Kings ranch (about
30 miles north of Deming) found to be ninety
cubic feet per second, by measurement taken March
a. 1891 about five weeks later 1t found to be the
same another visit In May it estimated to be
one-half and / believe that fair estimate of the
average discharge of the this point would be
ninety feet per second exclusive of flood waters
This would give annual discharge of nearly three
bilhon.cubic feet per year.
Continuing its observations the report states that
the river bottom proper at the point above designated
Is about nine hundred feet wde and that this bottom
is covered about month an average each year
Assuming that this holds good for twenty days.
there will be discharge ofover five billion cubic feet
to be added to the normal total given making little
in Of eight billion cubic feet as total annual
discharge of the surface flow
The report is further assfollows:
s'The indications for a large under-flow are ex-
ceptionally good The lower Mmbres is believed to
be underground river in that the surface
is only the surplus appearing after the underground
channel is sureharged.''
The report then goes to calculate the amount
of water which passes Kings ranch underground and
adds this to the amount of the floodwater and the
normal discharge of the stream, giving total from
all sources of nine sbion cubic feet or, to be
act, of PATIO acrefeet An acre-foot is the amount
of water which foot deep would
hold. In other words, the annual discharge of the
Mimbres River at point about thirty miles north of
Deming is computed by this report to cover patio
acres foot deep. This is part of the source of
the underflow at Deming and of the lower Mimbres
Valley The water sinks into sand and gravel strata
each year. and feeds into underfow, replenishing
it from year to year. And when the water comes in
the bed by Deming for any considerable length
OF time indication that the underground chan
mel or reservor is surcharged.
Soil The soil of the Mimbres Valley varies from
a heavy adobe to light sandy loam Actual chemical
analyses show that the soil of this wonderful valley
ten times rich nOurShng salts the best az
Ticutural lands of Illinois. It is a strong productive
soil, responding quickly to cultivation. John Humid
cuts from ton and half to two tons of alfalfa from
his field per per cutting, and he gets five full cut
tngs per Mr.. Humid farm is three miles east
of Deming. Hugh Ramsey, five miles south of Dem
ing raised eight tons of dry feedstuff to the acre last
seasen. California pink beans net the farmer from
$40 to $50 per per season 1t is nnetyday crop
Here is the data from E. d. Osborn's little truck
patch, typical of dozens in the Mimbres Valley:
Eight acres of land were grubbed, leveed ditched
and fenced rabbitproof The crop of this eight
was distributed as follows: One acre alfalfa three
acres BEANS one-eighth of tomatoes one acre
peas, one cane, acre Egyptian wheat and
popcorn, and the remainder put into Irish and
sweet potatoes, pumpkins and the like.
The following is ltemZed statement of the yield
Canned tomatoes Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
canned beans ..-........- .................. lOO
Beans ..-...-.............. .252O0
Feed .............e.. 10000
Total ....................... $4,000
Besides this produce. which was sold for cash,