El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-06
DEVELOPMENT
REEVESG0UNTY HAS
ADEVEL0PMENTERA
HermOsa, Nine Miles From
PecOs, Is Scene Of r.
rigation Activity.

Hermosa, Reeves County, Texas,
March 6.-SOme Of the biggest devel-
opment work now under way along
irrigation lines in the whole south
west is that undertaken and now ne
Ing pushed TO completion at this place,
which is locate in Reeves county.
about nine miles from Pecos. the
county seat. Water in great quantf-
ties has recently been located here.
Ihts water requires a lift of approx
mately so feet, but, owing to the char
acter Of the soil and the quantity OF
water, which is free OF sodium chic
ride, or common salt, II is believed
that in a few years the HermOsa dis
tr1ct will become one Of the great pro-
ducing shallow water irrigation dis
tricts. The lift is about the same as
in southern California and approx
mately the same as most of the terri
tory embraced in the Deming field. 1t
is much greater lift than in the
Pecos shallow water belt.
Geo. BOYD, representing a syndicate
of Chicago capitalists which pHr-
chased 5000 acres of land. adjoining
Hermosa, began work developing the
land. One thing and another delayed
the work. When the first well was
completed and machinery ready to be
installed 1T caved in close to the water
bearing gravel and crushed the casing
together, causing an abandonment OF
the we'll After the abandonment OF
ging by hand a well ITO feet deep and
four feet square. This well is now
practically completed and is the larg-
est well Of any kind in the southwest.
work viii start next week boarding
IN the entire WELL after which il viii
be cemented, and a machine then put
In, locating the machinery at the bot
tom Of the hole, just above the water
line, something entirely new and rad
ical in pumped water DEVELOPMENT
ha nau. ra.arH" e~-e
oline engine ever brought into Texas.
a 125 horsepower has been purchased
and has arrived at the scene of the
operations. Mr. Boyd also purchased
a traction engine which is now on the
ground and which is TO be used for
breaking up the land Five thousand
acres are TO be put under irrigation
and five different wells are TO be
pumped by the gasoline engine, and
later a small electric plant is to be
put in One hundred acres alone is to
be planted TO pears and fruits Most
Of the acreage is to be planted to al
falfa- The money for this big expert
ment is being supplied from Chicago
and the whole undertaking represents
the biggest individual thing OF its kind
in pumped water development this
side Of California
In addition TO what the Chicago
syndicate is doing. P. W. Helder, re-
Gently Of Evansville, Ind, and who is
also located a short distance from
HeFmosa, who has a small pumped
water plant has already planted a
small pear orchard and his trees are
now budding Last week he received
2OO0 grape vines from Fresno and will
plant the entire lot before the middle
OF March He also will plant 10 acres
In cantalOupes.
Among others who have located
near Hermosa and who have put in
pumped water plants IS DR.. Williams
from Louisiana. F. W. Johnson, Of
PecOS City, is so well pleased with the
outlook that he has started work
drilling a well and announces that he
viii put in an alfalfa and fruit farm
at Hermosa- Work began on his plant
last week.