Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-07-18

IurOdfN. 10 may De poor lhulhh. tI
many places but almost all over NeU
Mexico he ls fairly veil 20 DO. De- mod
erately Industrious. and Boz many
cases manages 10 get living from
Hand a. which a white man would
loEly look once and then curse 1e
Icausr n was 30 barren However J.,
has not been gaining AID Hs .lrre
.ment from leisure. nor set from Iu
aided effort The branch OF the Irri
IEatlon service which looks after hs
water supplies has been helping him
a good deal This help has grown
more and more with recent years,
until now % appears that those irri-
cation aud reclamation works carried
on on the Indian reservations. and
on the grants owned by the different
pueblos are better regulated, better
built. and fully as we'll cared for. as
Iany owned by the white man The
I indian ia New Mexico has found a
way 10 compete with his lighter fel-
low. and out on the barren plalua Of
western New Mexico, where sun and
sand and lava rock unite 10 form a
lsun-heated imitation OF eternal pun
ishment, he has driven the white
man from the field IN the raising Of
sheep and cattle. aided by Uncle Sam
The report OF General II r Rob
inson. OF Albuquerque, superintend-
ent Of irrigation for the Indian ser
vice for the district which comprises
NeH Mexico reads almost like fairy
tale Boz its story OF results accomplish
ed, projects undertaken, and OBJ
stacles overcome by the Indians
themselves. aided and guided by the
engineers OF the service
General Robnsons annual report
was issued few days ago. and is
repleto with interesting material
Foremost In the irrigation deyol-
opmont OF M" Indians lands during
the past year must be- placed the poi.
icy of driving wells In those portions
OF northwestern New Mexico com
prised In the Mok and Navajo rcsor
yatiOns. On these lands, sparscly
settled and more sparsely watored
and known as the Painted Desert,
there have been sunk number OF
wells. some dry, some flowing with
good water. which have enabled teh
NaFalOs TO Craze their flocks far
from the lands they formerly ranged
and which have increased the graz
ing area. that Is. the area OF suitable.
land not TOO Tar from water. about
100 per cent Because of this many
Navajo families have moved down
from the mesa where they formerly
lived and are now following their
sheep In the lands thus opened 10
the raising of stock Yet even with
this additional advantage of water
for their stock. the country Is hard
R tempting to the average rau.hcl
or settler
l', first rll was pat 900 fb' field
TWO years ago. aud was then rousid-
cred au experiment Not Ions clap
scd. however, before Do was cousid.
erred Godsend. though Do rs doubt
ul % tb, red brother called % that
d Was remarkably successful, but as
10 was found that considerable guam
Titles of water we're encountered al
depths comparatively shallow, a
MAILER and lighter rig was built ANA
puf 20 work in those localities where
o. seemed apt 10 produce results. This
last met with success. and two other
rigs we're placed in the field. \
Nfth has just been decided upon for
Us, boo the Pueblo villages and on the
Pueblo lands of the state. one OF the
heavy rigs has been az work a.
Keams canyon. Arizona. whore %
has already reached a depth of 1000
feet. and will pee kept going down
ward until water Is reached, or IL is
proved that the Dakota sandstone aud
shades encountered contain no water.
This work will be Of advantage to J
biologists. because o. water 's found. 4
n viii indicate thar additional wells |
around 'he lower end OF the Black .
Mesa will be- productive. and thus in /
.rcasc th, arabic area. but II no wa
cr is found will saw, expenditures
hesc
The other tb-e, RIGS have drilled
orty-tVo wells this year twenty
hree of them being good wells.
.lost of these producing wells deliver
$50 10 500 gallons a minute \ num-
.or of them have been equipped with
,iudwI's. tanks and frouchs 10 aid
b the facilities for watering stock.
md plans are arranged for oquippin-
% che producing wells iu this way
A man IS employed 10 attend 20
hese wells. oiling the mills when
eeded making such repairs as wear
demands. As The winds are rarely
90 high for safe operation. the mills
ro allowed 20 run an the time
The service has done much On the
.eyelopiu- OF existing springs. clean
ng and walllng them so that In many !
asses the flow has been doubled. An
Instance is the 'lshpi" spring on the .
Iopi reservation. where last year the
women frequently sat and waited Tor /
nough water 20 flow for them 20 !
coop % up In a cup or gourd This 1
ear this spring has been cleaned