El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-11

IN HERE is perhaps no other word
in the English language which
suggests so many tender
thoughts. which connotes so much that
men and women hold dear and sacred,
which stirs deeper or more healthful
emotions in the human heart, than the
word, home 1t is much to be regretted
that the opportunities for home-build-
ing in many parts Of the United States
are denied a large class Of people Dy
reason Of the fact land is high and the
field for productive employment nm
iied- And the news Of country Wnere
these depressing conditions do not pre-
vail, but where, on the other hand, there
is cheap land and unlimited Opportuni-
ties for productive employment, cannot
fail to be Of interest TO the thousands
Of hOme-hungry people IN other ana
more fully developed sections
The United States is nation OF
hOmebuilders. MilliOLs Of men Of this
country are searching ceaselessly for
spot where moderate investment viii
secure health, home ana cOHpe-
tence. Tired of the rush, worry and
nervous strain of business and prores-
siOnal life, many OF the present gener-
alton are turning to the farm as a place
of refuge. where health can be regaln6Q
and preserved and an independence as
sured It is to this class Of citizens, really
the most desirable class for any com
munity, that the Mimbres valley makes
its strongest appeal
History of Pumping.
Tt has not been many years ago
when the man who talked about pump
ing water for irrigation was considered
t. be in a state Of mild and harmless
Iunacy. Following, however, upon the
fsilure of artesian wells in certain sec
tiOns Of the United States, principally
in California, farmers commenced TO re-
sort to artificial means Of bringing wa
he
that the artesian well is the mother OF
the pumping plant. As the demand TOT
pumping machinery became more IN
sistent inven tors set themselves TO de-
wise less and less expensive and more
convenient means for lifting water out
Of the old artesian wells that had Ialleo'
until finally pumps engines and moIors
were devised that reduced the cost OF
pumping large quantities OF water 70 a
minimum.
As has been the case with many other
inventions devised to 1eet an unIorseen
exigency, the pumping plant was 1oun9
to be more practical, economic ana
generally satisfactory than the system
the failure of which made it necessary :
so that now there are TO be found many
men well verSed in irrigation VINO prefer
a good pumping plant to an arJeslaH
we'll From the installation OF pump
ing machinery in old artesian wells
which had failed. farmers began drill
ing wells where there was known to 10
TO prospect Of encOuntcrlng an aTIeslsl
flow, but where there was socalled
'underflow," OF water the natural level
Of which was 10, 20 or 100 feet beneath
the surface
The 1Iimbres Valley.
The Mimbres valley is just such an
LnderflOw district. The waters which
fall fin the mountains to the north OF
the valley find their way through
coarse sand and gravel strata beneath
what was once a desert, but which,
under the pumping systems which are
neing developed, are rapidly becoming
the garden spot of New Mexico. Aside
from conducting the water under the
entire valley, these sand and gravel
stra ia form a tremendous underground
reservoir, so large in extent that the
water level does not percepttbly raise
or lower as the seasOI-S are wet or dry
In many pumping districts in the Unit
ed States, this is not the case. The wa
ter rises In the wells during wet sea
sons and lowers during dry ones, so
that in installing the pumps, provision
las to be made to raise and lower them
To suit the varying level of the water,
thus necessitating a very expensive in
Etalation, Such installations, however,