The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1911-09-16

the Panhandle region uf Oklahoma aud
Texas The conclusion rcnchrd hv Prof
". VI. Cotttell, agricultural commissioner
for the Rock Island Lines. is that mil
lion acres Of land IN the company
lines alone. will soon be- reclaimed by
one ~ the other processes of water con
,crvntin heretofore mentioned
Among the storm water storage prop.
| usitiuus which we're investigated was
that known ~ the painrito scheme Ia
QUAY County. New Mexico. hy means
IT which between 2u,nuu aud 10000
acre, at aud oiuund rurumcari will hr
wntrrrd. Capital j. prepared to swing
ihi, project. which iu,"lvcs the rNpendi
turr of half million dollars tor con.
structipu work. aud will reclaim land
that j. now hcing hut poorly larmed
| NJ Logan. IN Union county. New Mex
leo. m" dry land farmers have formed
IN irrigation district that will conserve
| the waters uf l''c crock. % branch ni
the Canadian, for M, purpose of itti.
eating 3uuup acres uf fertile land. This
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back MP the water. of the Canadian
river NJ point where the gorge through
which ~ runs b. hut 10 feet wide ~ the
top, providing au ideal dam site with
90 reservoir back of II covering over 800.
uuu acre feet rhis j. tu cost - .OOO 600
aud II will bring about 'p,noo acres
under irrigation. The Canadian is one
at the uuttac'uhlo streams of the south.
west IN time, of flood. where the raii.
iund cfu~srs IL a, Logan. y. NJ. n has
been know 70 ro reach the height Of IS
feet. II run. IN gorge about l2i deep
~ that point. The harucs.iug Of this
stream not only will be- beneficial To the
land but will develop electrical energy
~ vet uucnlculatcd Engineers have
pronounced the project entirely feasible
NJ Alamogordo. y. VI. nn existing ir
ripatiou project j, ia process. uf enlarge
meni that will bring thousands Ut All
lirionnl acre, under irrigation and dou.
hle this new area hv pumping with rlrc.
irc power generated hv the harncs,rd
water
Tularosn. Y ", j. cndcavoring 90 rn.
large IT, irrigation system, which j.
relic of Mexican DAYS. aud to treble
IT., irrigation acreage hy pumping the
und"rflow of the disappearing Tularosa
river This river loses itself IN n basin
lined hv mountain ranges and the water
uf centuries j. stored here tor man y use.
~ Columhu,, y. NJ, ou the interim
tiounl boundary, th"r" was discovered
IN the making another big project the
pumping of the uudcrfluw uf the disap.
urnriug M,mhr". river. rp around Dem.
ing. forty miles north of Columbus. this
stream has been tapped fur some time,
hut the columbus people h"licN" that
they have found the lowest portion ot
the basin Just over the line in Old
McNiro there h. q chain of lakes, hr.
liryrd 20 hr the out cropping ut the dis
appearing Mimhrr.. ih" topography of
g the region 3, such that there j. drain.
age from mountain ranges un both sides
~ this hnsin aud these lakes are at the
4, hutt"m of the hnsIu Wells recently
sunk ~ Columhu, run frum 900 to
r suuu gallon, per minute" The soil is
, l"Nrrrdiugly FERTILE. the ruudii ions being
Il ,rmi.troriral aud +, :, believed that the
agricultural aud fuii dt,tri.t 10 be De
g ,rloI"d there Will rival Southern Cali.
f"fuia.
i ~ 'hc ar'r,iau hrlI. iuvos' gated the
II urvr,t l. that IN Morton county, Kan
!. .a. aud Raca rouuf,, Colorado. where
# flowing wells are guispg about loon
to 200 gallon, nu hour' Nh older dis
q trirt i, that ui Mead county, Kansas,
h, where there are about 2.uuo flowing
/, wells rhc arru under the Influence
b of water 'hrr" b, ~ b" 'rchlcd hy pump
e ing.
II. one uf M" reason, for the great
/, pumping development i. the cheapn"ss
D. 1T III" new fuel oil, commercially known
!, 20, dt,'illatr. o product of k"r"sen" that
j. used i"r running gn."liu" engines.
The cost - loss than uur. r.tourth that
, of gasoline,
Ir ~ numerous points IN ia" southwest
-. prospecting - ~ progress for water.
,e Dnllam county. rcNn,. hn, iust let a
, contract 10 drilrr who i, to % $500
~ feet IN search "f the rr"rinu- lquid The
h Legislature 1T oklahoma made an Hp
=, piupriniiun of ,iu.uuu tor water pros.
a r"rilug nud several we'll. are being
I sunk "a the Panhandle section of that
ir state IN ~" Panhandle uf Texas one
II pumping plant which deliver. %" gal.
N luus q minute i- rIrpuiing loo acres al
u hereford Thus - this development pro.
IA srrSsiug with the result that, IN n few
10 wears, there sill come an increase IN ug.
At rruliurul production ia the southwest
~ mat can NOW bee but family foreca-ted
4. A BUNCH OF LIVE ONES