El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-02

! removed, even this exceptional cOndf-
/ ton is easily overcome.
/ M Fortier warns intending pur-
! chaset regarding the purchase Of
l water rights. as follows:
The reason why water rights sell
/ below their value TO the farmers is
I largely due to the uncertainty regard
I ing titles. In very many cases water
I rights have never been defined and es-
/ tablished and a careful examination
I IS necessary before purchasing such
Water Rights settled.
The Mimbres valley IS a section in
which there is not and can be no liti-
Edllon regarding water rights. The in
divldUa1 farmer develops hrs water
right independently, and he relies
upon no company, corporation. or
Promoter, and he runs no risk Of hav-
ing his water taken away from him,
nor is he ever put to the expense OF
litigation TO establish the right which
ne has purchased He instals a pump
ing plant upon his own land. and
stands In the position Of prior ap-
propriator, whose right is indefeas-
ible- He can use the water when he
wants it, his turn is all the time. The
single farmer, without assOciating
himself with any organization, secures
q water supply from a natural source,
thus giving him an absolutely ideal
Concerning the intervals when the
water supply is shut off under the
ordinary water right Mr. FOrtier
I'm Utah. New Mexico. Arizona and
california, and TO some extent in
other states and territories, water is
delivered TO the user during short Pc
RODS Of time, with long intervals be-
tween when the supply. is enttEely
smut OFT At Riverside, Cal,
where the soil Is a clay loan, the usual
allotment is 80 inches (2T0 gallons per
m1inute) for As hours once month, or
30 inches for y hours once every six
weeks on 10 acre tract
Plenty OF Water.
There is great deaf OF difference
between farming where water is al
ways ready for service with a head Of
from 90 to $50 inches. and farming
where a small head is furnished every
week or two weeks or month or six
weeks lrrigatOrs appreciate this
Those unfamiliar with irrigation who
are contempl ating investing in irri-
gated lands are warned to inform
themselves Of the difference 1t makes. |
In the Mimbres valley the farmer has
at his disposal a head OF from 10 to
$50 inches any hour OF the day or
night he wants It, and every hour OF
the day or night throughout the
2 pumping season, if his necessities re-
Mr.. Fortier says concerning weeds:
Inc margins Of supply bitches on
most irrigated farms are the breeding
ground Of weeds. The seeds OF these
fall into the water and are widely
scattered by the irrigation stream"
rms is also g condition which the
Aambres valley irrigator does not have
to contend with There are no supply
bitches other than those on the farm
itself W eeds are thus easily kept in ]
control 1t is all but impossible to /
keep large irrigation system free
from weeds The careiessness OF one /
farmer on the ditch serves to punish !
the most industrious farmers using /
water from the same system
The person who intends Investing 9
money in irrigated or irrigable lands /
could not have a better guide than /
that prepared by the head OF the rec I
iiaIn2non service Of the United States
In Farmers Bulletin No. 263.