El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27

jack; c. J. Mayfield. h. p. engine. H.
/ II. Jacobs has ordered a % h. p. Wagner
motor and No. 3 American pump. Harry
Ringle has ordered a % h. D. Wagner
( horizontal motor belted to centrifugal
/ pump.
j. J. Carter has about completed the
. building OF a three-rOom and bath cot
1 tage on Gold avenue for Ben Larsen.
W. L. Barnes, travelling freight and
I passenger agent for the S. P, Is in Dem
ing on business. Mr.. Barnes says that
he never comes to Deming without not
ing new and substantial improvements
. What Deming IS doing in the way Of
pumping water for irrigation" says Mr.
Barnes, IS an example and inspiration
to the whole southwest"
Matheson Bell Of FOwleston, Tex, is
IN Deming on a prospecting trip
y. A. Kelly, plant supervisor of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph company, is in Deming on bust
ness.
J. 7. johnson, Of FL Paso, is here on
business.
j. B. 1Iaplethorp, of Detroit, Mich, is
in Deming looking for a location
c. c. Collins, of MOgollon, n. NJ. has
been visiting relatives in Deming for
two days.
Il. C. Bush has Just received new
40 horse power five passenger automo-
bile OF one of the very best makes. The
driver brought it over from Ell Paso in
five hours.
Mrs. J. J. Jeffers returned this morn
ing from Haywood Springs. where she
has been for several weeks, having fully
recovered while there from a severe at
tack of rheumatism.
Pumps New Well.
DR.. o. o. Osborne has pumped his new
irrigation well for the first time. Tt de-
veloped 500 gallons per minute from the
start. the full capacity of the pump.
This is the first demonstration Of the
socaIled "aiT tight well' in the Aimbres
valley. The well was put down by
Messrs. McAlath Bros, formerly of Vaca-
vile Calf, and has the advantage of
eliminating the expense Of screen or per.
forated casing. A Keystone No. 3, oper-
ated by a steam engine IS used in put
ting down these wells, and the tools are
a drop drill and sand bucket. The
method is as follows: The diameter Of
the Osborne well IS Il inches to the first
stratum Of water. As long as the hole
would stand up no casing was inserted
When the first water stratum was en-
countered, the u inch casing was low
cred and a sand bucket substituted for
the drill until the casing was put
through the first stratum of water bear
inc stuff. The u inch hole was carried
on down into the second water bearing
stratum. Here it was thought enough
water was obtained to furnish a No.
Uump. The water was encountered at
40 feet. but was merely seepage water
and was cssed of.
The first strong water bearing
stratum lies between IS and 70 feet
The 10 inch casing was put through
this stratum and into another at rs
feet. An inch casing was then cut
in a length sufficient to rest on the sec
ond stratum at 125 feet and extend
about two feet above the 65-foot stra
tum and this piece OF casing was
dropped into the u inch casing Fhe u
inch casing was then lacked up until the
bottom of It rested in the center Of the
S. foot stratum. A pit was then sunk
around the casing from the surface to a
depth of 81 feet, the casing was cut off
at this point. and the horizontal Byron
jackson pump installed at this depth
with the casing for a suction. and the
casing above was Joined onto the pump
as a discharge A run way was then
dug out from the pump at a so percent
grade as a driveway for the belt which
connects the engine with the pulley Of
the pump. DR.. Osborne gives the items
of expense connected with this plant as
follows: 7. TT. c. engine, % h. p. laid
down here 500; No. horizontal By
ronNsT8ckson pump delivered here, $3.50;
belt. AS; foundation for engine, 500;