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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17
DISTRICT NOM KNOWN 10
COVER VAST MWEAGF

COVER VAST N'itEAGE,
Wleh IN criginul experimental
wcns were Ant down near portalca
it was believed that tho shallow wiz
ter district WAS confined tu the area
Immediately surrounding tho town n
is now known and proven that this
shallow water district ls in reality O.
a. vast underground stream, running
through the strata Ht depths varying
from % 10 t2U tyyt for MANY miles
a. iH encountered first Immediately
south ni tho town OF Mylrosu ana cN-
tends boo Nid" arc through Portales
and well over into TcNas, although
demonstration m this latter section
east ui the New MrNiyu border has
not been extensive.
Tho water of the Portules district
as this whole section win now hC
knuWi is of exceptional purity and
is id,al FOR domestic use. This alone
is "a strong recommendation Tor the
district Tor home building
g. ~. Fuller. of the United states
reclamation service, who made very
thorough tests OF this district prior
Go tho establishment OF the central
pumping plant has made an cNhuus-
tive report nn the water supply,
Among other Things he says.
While tho sand hills north and
hNNiN iNtIk NNt thNllilFN ht ANF WIZ
les they Do not limit the underground
body of water Go this valley the wac
ter bearing formation being similar
south ana east into Texas.
"lt Is not improbable that the Bra
gus river and the Canadian river ln
tho north, had Js ts channel dt one
time the district east of Quay and
Roosevelt counties, and thus deposit
ted much at tho sand and gravel now
forming the river beds Boo this section
Whatever may he the sources con-
ftiuuting tu tho uudorfloW iu the
bortules valley those having dpn-
utc aud known value only may bee
considered ana the best known rcsor-
Nuirs Tor the cutOhmtnt ana storage
co wafer are sand hills CO.. dunes
con the north ana south of the
lurtalcs valley arc many square
mites OF such sand hills aHgrcEuting
nearly 2OnOOO acres This area
alone Would Contribute upon AN eYap-
ufutipn loss cot 80 per cent ot the to-
inl average annual precipitation (2n|
nearly ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17
A. Model of Modern Power Pro
duction Serving Ten Thous-
and Acres of Ideally Locat-
ed Irrigable Land.
MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY
FOUND IN CENTRAL PLANT
Economy in Operation and
Use of Water and Vast Saw
ing in Management and La
Dor Provided for the Farmer

= Tho central power plant Of the 4
, PurtUlrs Irrigation company is I
2 the last word IN modern power
, production, 4
. % was built by 'hc westinp- I
: house Electric a Manufacturing q
= company ana tho Westinghouse I
3 Machine company. at "a cost OF Z
$3.50. 900 4
tn" builders Of tho plant alone Z
3 remove IL ana the project ~
serve. from any question Of sta =
hiI,tA ana efficiency
Thurr could be- no better
, guaranty Of the Resources of the
, PoriHlvs valley thnn Bis found in Z
, the TACT that community of
people Of extremely limited
, means were willing 90 stake Z
, their Hll and 10 hond their future Z
, Tor the construction of such an
, enormous plant-and that cor
= porution 90 the standing Of the
, Westinghouse companies should 4
p undertake. It's construction and
. carry u out. taking. as Il Is an
. dersto0d, bonds of the project 4
, Itself ia part compensation FOR the 4
. plant I
= Tho portales people have now
= reached the point financially
. whore the way o. clear. They I
. have their plant ANA their water =
. supply ana their lands and the 4
. future with an rs promise Is bee 4
y fore them.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17

ACRE FEET Dl' WATER ANNUAL
if To the underground water source
or sufficient water "a supply three
acre feet of water Ia over 10000
acres of land Tho availability of
this water for an irrigation supply
in the various test wells, drilled az
my suggestion in several localities
ana from which flow AS great aH
three second feet has hcon obtained,
depending upon tho water plane with
boo radius OF i.000 feet ana after
practically CONTINUOUS operation over
sixty eight hours,
As regards the feasibility and
practicahility nj pumping for irriga-
tiun us contemplated. would say,
ths low heads against which YOU viii
be- required Go pump and the very
low cost of electrical power made
possible by the use ~ coal producer
gas plants, THE COST PER ACRE
FOOT or WATER rs LOWER
THAN ~ ANY pLANT DESIGNED
FOR a slMlLAR PURPOSE on
RECORD.
The duty Of wutcr provided Tor IN
The plant capacity three feet, iu add
dillon to tho natural precipitation
averaging tWenty-one inches So very
liberal ana I should anticipate an
h'ANhI use OF NOT 70 exceed 10 rect
thereby giving ~ large margin of Ca-
pacitN which mas be Ultimately em-
ploycd in Increasing of acreage"
with such report before them.
trosn one of the recognize1 under
ground water experts ~ the nation. II
IS small wonder that the puf'alos
pc pie had the confidence In their
water SUPPLY which cuabi ~ them 90
put through one of the largest irfi-
Cation projects in the west. the Dn-
cirucy eft which has now beer thor
oughly demonstrated.
d should Doe understood that the
loss head Go pump against the less
cou per acre foot az wntcr aud in
this the portllcH district has AN euor-
nous advantage over a large major
ty of the pumping projects of the
world The average lift b. approx
matyiy forty feet There are three
strata at water bearing gravel The
first is reached az from fifteen 60
nineteen feet, the second an from
forty 90 sixty trot ana the third az.
from eighty Go one hundred feet The
draw down OF these wells when AN.
dgr pumping ranges from five Ca
twenty i've feet ana the production
of tho wells ranges from 1000 to D.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17
Two Thousand Acre Yoakum
Farm Rapidly Being Devel-
oped Into a Model of Eff
oient Irrigation.
THREE BIG WELLS ARE
ALREADY IN OPERATION
Jumbo" Prize Well of the
District Now Being Pumped
ton, Producing 1000 Gal
Ions Every Minute.

. D rhouid not boz copciudrc that .
. The portales valley is dependent .
. entirely upon the central power .
= plant for development ~ its r. .
. rlgublo lands. Tho central plant y
y has capacity for reclamation ~ y
. 1900 ceres. .
. The total area which may be- .
y reclaimed by pumping In tho dis .
y trirt he estimated varloualy at .
. from 100000 o. zoe. 600 acres =
y There h room for several other =
. central plants and the bulk of .
= the reclamation win be- done Boy .
. individual plants. .
= Long before tho central plant .
y was proposed. gasoline engines y
y vcry boo use and before the gaso- y
y line engines. windmllls and stor- .
y age reservoirs were used .
= WIN the OH burning engines. .
. burning crude oIl, aud dIsulhto. .
= tine fuel problem for ne IudI o. y
y ual plant rs solved and o. number .
= of such plants are now being In .
. stalled. .
y win the development OF the =
= district these plants win poo as =
y uumcrous and ,nec'iyr Ass Iu any =
. pumping dlstrtt tu Ga, world =
q a q a q q a a q q a a - q IA 4,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17
POHTNIIsS THE PIONEER N
PUMPING non ItkiIfG ATtON

Irrigation hN means of pumping
water from underground flows has
spread rapidly over the west during
the rasi Two years Prior to that
time there had been pumping Tor &c.
mia some pumping from underground
lows Bnt tho fprinlps district In
Roosevelt county New Mexico. was
really one OF the pioneers of tho west
iu pumping for irrigation ON large
scale. 10 was one of tho first dis
tricts 10 realize the advantage, the
economy ana efficiency OF the central
power plant, aud one OF the few disc
triytr with energy ana nerve aud
vision tp get results
The PurtHlcs district contering
around the town OF portHles county
scat of Roosevelt county mad its lh-
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17

OO0 gallons of water per minute.
UNDER CAREFUL USE WITH
OILED or CEMENTED bitches
ONE OF THESE W WELLS WILL tli-
RtGATE FRHM l0O to 200 ACRES
OF ALFALFA An A COST RANG
lNG FROM Sl,50 Co So per acre foot
This rs probably the cheapest de-
pcndablr water supply for irrigation
tu be- found in the world whore
pumping b. necessary ami ~ b. Tar
cheaper than under the great MAJ
iurity of gravity irrigation systems
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-17

The central power plant Of the Por-
tales rruirct has attracted the attcu-
lion ana study uI irrigation engineers
and experts AN over tie nation 10 is
One of the very largest irrigation
pumping plants boz the world and one
OF the few community plants which
has proven successful largely because
OF the permaucnCy ot the water sup
ply ana the efficiency of the plant.
The Portulcs plant. housed iu a
great brick aud stone building just
outside the city limits OF Portnlcs,
consists OF $500 horse. power West
lugh,usr BitumIuuus Double Zone
Gas producers. 1850 horse power
HORIZONTAL Westinghouse Gas engine
direct connected 10 $500 X W. 3
phase 90 cycle, 600 volt Westinghouse
Generators. All the electrical equip
ntnt is standard Westinghouse CON
siruction throughout some 80 OF
this type Of power house were placed
in successful operation hy the West
inRhouse companies previous Ia the
construction OF the portllcs plant.
The power plant was guaranteed 90
deliver Drake horse power ON -
pounds of 1850 ", r. T.. coal per
hour \ thorough test run last year
demonstrated that they ran ON less
coal than guaranteed Full load on
me engines developed a k,lowutt hour
tor less than ONE CENT including
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
WESTERN NEWS.

A poolroom war is feared in San
Francisco as a result of the dynamit-
ing of three poolrooms by disgruntled
Chicago gamblers.
Philip O. Parmalee, known as the
most careful of the Wright aviators,
fell 400 feet in flight at North Yaki-
ma, Wash, and was instantly killed.
Mrs. Howard Topper Of Cameron,
Ida, was drowned with her two
young sons in pond on her own
homestead The elder brother at
tempted to rescue the younger and
the mother rushing to the aid of the
two boys was dragged under by
them.
motorman on a St Louis trolley
car became panic-stricken at a show
er of sparks from the trolley and al
lowed his car to collide with work
car. Many persons were hurt and
one woman seriously injured.
A young man from Los Angeles was
arrested in San Diego where for hf-
teen minutes he had ragged up and
down the streets quoting the gospel
ana declaring he was divinely com
missioned to preach.
An attempt was made to wreck the
interurban train en- route to Sacra.
mento from stockton
San Francisco is experiencing the
hottest weather fe,t there in three
years,
The oil district near Bakersfield is
ablaze as a result of fire starting
in the engine house of the Buick OIL
company's well,
Cyrus F. McNutt of Los Angeles
prominent lawyer in connection
with the Mcnamara case, has just
died after a short illness.
One passenger liner and several
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
Buffalo, n. Y, May 20.

Buffalo, ~ Y, May 20.
Hon A. p. Puio, Chairman of the
Committee on Banking and Currency
House of Representatives, Washing
ton, d. c.
Sir: The Fidelity Trust Company
of Buffalo, of which l am president is
in receipt of communication from
you requesting certain information in
connection with the pending congress
sonGl investigation of the social ed
Money Trust"
You ask, among other things, that
this company give you information
concerning transactions between it
and its customers, and that the rela-
tions of individuals and others with
the company be laid bare for your in
spection. l must decline to supply
this information or else I must recog-
nize your authority to ask for or de-
mand it.
The charter of this company was OBJ
tanned from the state of New York and
the banking laws of the state pre-
scribe our duties. We have nothing
to conceal, and the state banking de-
partment know of every loan and
every investment we have. Its exam
liners have complimenteG us time and
time again upon our clean and healthy
condition. We do a general banking
and trust company business, receive
deposits from individuals and corpor-
ations, and loan money to those whom
we consider worthy and responsible.
We accept and execute public and pri-
vate trusts, act as guardian, executor
and administrator, ana in all of these
matters we hold inviolate our fiduciary
relationship to our patrons in the
same way that lawyers are required
to guard the secrets of their clients.
Were we to do otherwise we would
have little business to transact, even
if we were worthy of it.
In country administered by politl-
clans in aid of rival political parties,
it may be asking too much in presi-
dental year that only orderly and
well-considered legislative action be
taken. But as a Democrat, I marvel
that a Democratic house of represen'
tatives should be so lacking in politi,
cal sagacity as to justify the policy of
the Republican party for an enlarge
ment and concentration at Washing
ton of the federal power. Mr.. Roose-
welt may be the nominee of his party.
If that shall be the case, Democrats
may attack him as fiercely as they
will. They may say that as president
he protected his corporate friends and
punished his corporate enemies; they
may point out that he never blazed
the way for tariff reduction, and that
his election for a third term would up
set all the presidents of the past; bu,
all these fade into insignificance COM
pared with the one great issue which
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
CAPTAIN GREENE
ARRIVES At LAST

San Francisco Call, June 4; - AS a
mark for Dan Cupids darts, Captain
William Woodus Greene, commander
of the liner Chiyo Maru and the hero
of { recent notable breach of prom
Use action, is in a class all by him
self The skipper left here swearing
that the darts of the little archer
would never as much as tickle his
hide again: He arrived here yester.
oay head over heels in love with a
pretty Oakland girl who confided to
her fellow passengers and to the re-
porters that she and the captain were
to be married very soon.
The young lady to whom the cap,
tain's engagement is announced is
Miss Ethel May Holcomb of Oakland.
The news was broken to her brother,
Harry l.. Holcomb, yesterday in Cap,
tain Greene's cabin after the liner
had locked
Miss Holcomb made the round trip
between here and Hongkong on the
Chiyo, The captain proposed and vas
accepted the day the ship arrived at
Yokohama on the outward voyage,
and at the different ports of call en-
tertained his pretty fiancee most roy,
ally.
Captain Greene was not bit
bridegroomy when asked about his,
engagement. lie was positively
cross. He almost denied it, but com
CONTINUED on Page ID
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12

had been seized on every Tip the
vessel had made recently. This was
strenuously objected TO by Heggerty,
who insisted that the actual number
of tins on each trip be stated, and in
ills he had his way.
The was considerable further
wrangling over testimony given 10y
Kcnney who said that a Chinese pc;
ty officer had told him that he had t.
nay money for his position, the init
nation being th7t these men took
chances on making IN what they pail
for their jobs by smuggling c9ntr'-
band. Pinned down, however Ken.
ncy could not say whether the Chi
nese paid an employment bureau or
what the amount was.
His statements generally are de
MED by the steamship officials, who
say that Kenney was given a three
months sentence for his offense, in
consideration of the testimony he
would give, and that he has deceived
District Attorney McNab.
In trying to eXtricate himself"
said Attorney Heggerty, this witness
is testifying to anything he thinks
viii help make his story to the Dis.
Il ct Attorney good.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
OPIUM
DEN ON SIBERIA

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.-Alone
with other luXuries and appointments
tor the comfort of her passengers
the steamer Siberia has an ium
room for the convenience of her Chi
nese-travelers. according to testimony
given yesterday by c. B. Kenney, for.
Terly third officer on the vessel and
who. was caught attempting to Snug.
gle the drug into this city
His statement came like a bomb.
shell to Attorney Charles Heggerty,
who is looking out for the interests
Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany and, incidentally, those OF Cap
tain A. Feeder, who is attempting -
escape paying a fine of several thou
sand dollars for the discovery of
opium on his vessel. The hearing
is taking place before Comm ssicner
Francis Krull.
Sees Chinese in Stupor.
The room thus used by the Chinese,
Kenney testified, was marked Hos
pital," but he stated that, as far AS
he knew, the only use to which it
was ever put was to accommodate
those who sought to break the monOt-
ony OF the voyage by an indulgence
in the pipe. He said that his atten.
ton first was called to the room by
the officer above him, who said:
IF you have never seen Chinese
smoking opium, look down through
this skylght'
Kenney stated that he looked and
saw seven or eight Chinese in var-
Gus stages of stupor from the effects
of the drug Later on, he said, he
found that the room was generally
known in that part of the vessel IS
the opium den. He further stated
that Captain Feeder must have knowl-
edge of the existence of the opium
room"
Big Seizures on Siberia.
Chief Boarding Officer Charles A.
Stevens was called rs a witness 10
testify from the records Of the Gus
tom House how much opium had been
discovered on the Siberia in the last
five voyages. The records, h said,
showed that 1915 fve-tael tins Of
opium had been taken On one voyage
as high as 500 tins were found. On
another 800 tins had been seized. The
total value was approximately S2G,.
1926.
United States District Attorney
McNab attempted to have the record
show that on an average of 2O5 tins
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
TRUST COMPANYS PRESIDENT
PROTESTS AGAINST CONGRESS
FRYING INTO ITS AFFAIRS

would have destroyed him and his
party and upon which all Democrats
could have agreed, namely, the usurpa-
ton by the federal government of the
powers constitutions .ly vested in the
re. pectiye states and the concentra-
ton of that power at Washington.
The New Nationalism of Theodore
Roosevelt promulgated At Osawatomie
startled the country 1t resulted in
the election of a Democratic houle for
the first time in many years ana in
the ection of Democratic governors
in all of the doubtful states. What
terrors will this vicious scheme Of
New Nationali,m now have for the
electorate of the country when the
very congressman who were elected on
that issue justify it all by assuming
to give to one of their committee the
outrageous and unconstitutional pow
er to inquire into the business rela-
tions of the citizens of the several
states with the banking institutions
created by those states?
If congress has the right to compel
banking institutions to disclose rela-
tions with their patrons under such
circumstances, what single power now
exercised by the several states re-
mains which cannot be taken from
them by the fiat of congress?
If congress has the power to in
quire into the relations of a state
bank or trust company with its pat,
rons it has the same power to invade
the states and compel disclosure Of
private transactions carried on by citi-
zens wholly within a sovereign state.
For more. than a year Democratic rep
resentatives struggled against pro,
posed constitutional amendment pre-
sented by a Republican United States
senator that recognized the possibility
of federal interference in the election
of United States senators In the sew
eral states, and having recently fallen
back from that intrenched position
they now forever 81 ence the voice
from Osawatomie by proclaiming that
federal power can supersede state au-
thority even in purely domestic af-
fairs.
In no sense of the term is this COM
pGny a national banking institution.
The activities of national banks are
regulated by national law, but trust
companies and state banks are only
subject to examination ana regulation
by the legislatures of the sovereign
states who created them; and as al
Democrat who hopes to vote for a.
Democratic president next autumn,
and as an official of a state banking
Institution, | consider it my duty toI
direct your attention and the atten-I
ton of similar institutions and the
millions with whom they transact
business to the scope and destructive
consequences of your proposed I'M
quiry. Respectful ly yours,
ROBERT l.. FRYER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12
LATEST NEws RuLLErIN.
News Originating on the Day {
Steamer SailedD

News Originating on the Day the
Steamer SailedD
Prominent Southern Pacific officials
ere gathering in New York presum.
ably to prepare an answer to the gov
cnments charge against the railroad
of stealing millions Of dollars worth
OF California oil lands.
Royal c. Taft, former governor Of
hhode Island, and one of the wealth
lest men of the state, just died a..
the age of ninety years.
The Panama-Paciic European Com.
mission has lately been given cor
dial reception by King Albert Of Bel.
Gum.
The wife Of Major Chase. L. s. A.
while in Washington, tainted in a
carriage, and before she came to wae
lobbed of $4,000 necklace and $50
in cash
. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, poet
and author, has just died in Newark.
y. j.
j 1t is reported that Richard Croker
wants to adopt Annette KelIerman.
tie Diving Venus" She visited him
at his castle for several weeks. and
! ut the races she was introduced as
my niece"
Revolutionary riots are sweeping
Belgium and the principal cities re.
semble armed camps. The worllmen
lost the elections and a general strike
is being called to oppose the COY
Crnment.
The dreadnought Arkansas, the lat.
est ship of the navy, had its bottom
ably ripped by striking rock in
Penobscot Bay, Maine. while on
tl-al cruise. The accident was sim
I'r to the Titanics, but the warsb,,
mas double Skin and was protect
cd.
AT last-a warning! An Oakland
mother tried to spank her unrul,
daughter and broke her hand and had
&c he taken to the hospital.
In England Bruce Ismay defended
the Titanic's course by saying that
Captain Smith was fully justified in
= going ahead fun speed as long as
weather conditions made it possible
to see way ahead.
Martial law is anticipated in Cuba.
Congress meets today to consider the
request made in a message from
President Gomez.
General Orozco has sanctioned an
attack on Mexico City by the rebel
leader Iapata, providing the latter
IS equipped to handle the situation.
Gompers has been named in the
barrow case as the man "higher,up."
Detective Franklin testifying said that
barrow had told him that Gompers
handled the money. Gompers denies
the whole matter.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12

WEYMOUTH, England, May 21.-At
the recent naval review here King
George, who by virtue Of his office
holus also the title of admiral in the
royal navy, appeared in the uniform
of that rank, 1t was on this occasion
that the king made his trip Of ten
minutes under water in a submarine.
Sir Charles Gust was in command OF
the fleet at the review.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-12

LONDON, May 21,-General Booth
of the Salvation array is to undergo
another operation on his eyes. AS a
result of cataract the general has
only a faint glimmer Of sight. He
manages to write but cannot read.
In undergoing the operation he takes
the risk of total blindness. If success.
full it may give him ten years of good
sight, The operation will be per
formed May %. General Booth Is
planning to visit the United States
and Canada during the summer.