Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-30
ARTESIAN WELLS TO
Be DRILLED ON
NAVAJO LANDS
Government Awards Contract
for Work to Gallup Man.
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has received notice from Washington.
that he was the successful bidder. and
vas awarded the contract for drilling
four wells for the government ON the
navajo reservation In the artcslau wa-
ior zone in Mckinley county which
v1s discovered a few years ago when
prospecting for oil was under way lu
the seven Lakes district
During the boom time of this field
about thlrty-fiye wells were dug. The
sEaiIowest one Of these was $50 feet
deem. and the deepest 1000 feet In
alt of the wells water bearing OH
strata were penetrated az various
depths from fifty TO 900 feet. At
900 feet the arteslan water was reach
ed. Today the water Is flowing In as
great quantities from these wells as
when they first started. At 1900
feet "a second water belt was reached
from which the greatest flow Of wa
ter came.
II has not yet been given out
whether the government win sink the
wells to the first or second artesian
water bolt. The water which is pro-
duced by the wells win bc ot The dis
posu of tho Indians on the rcscrva-
ton. or for any others who wish to
drive their herds into that section
when water is scarce elsewhere
The amount Of money expended in
lhe OH prospect i'm the Seven Lakes
region would be somewhat near $780,
0O0. This amount was entirely lost as
far as the oil prospect was concerned
bat the discovery of the artesian wa
ter has greatly Increased the value Of
tn land both for grazing and agricul-
Wal purposes. Sufficient water flows
from one Of the prospect wells to lrri-
gate more land than one person could
care for The land in that district
which is open for settlement Is rapidly
being taken up by homestoaders who
expect TO make use of the water fo,
irrigation.
Finds Rescue In Kimono.
Marcus w Bushman. civil cngi-
neer Of this place, awolSc Sunday
morning from sweet dream of
peace, only 10 find that during the
night while he had been comfortably
sleeping i'm his room al his hotel, "a
night prowler had entered his room
and stolen all of his clothing, besides
a gold watch and diamond ring which
were IN the pockets of the clothes.
After .ransacking every closet and
drawer In the room without finding
any serviceable garment IN which he
could appear on the street. Buslman
packed his head out of the bedroom
door and in the hall esped a red and
blue kimono prouuding from a Iaun-
dry sack In this garment ne appear
ed little later, calling up a local
clothing store and police headQuar-
ters at the same ring.
A well dressed and cultured appear
ing man who had registered at the ho-
tel as Herbert Black was one Of the
missing guests at the hotel the noxt
morning A description Of the man
was sent over the wire and he was
apprehended at Belen. He had on
three suits Of clothes and two over
coats. In the pockets of the mans
clothing We're found cards and marks
showing that they had come from
Gallup The laundry mark NJ. w 3.
was also found on the clothing. This
was evidence enough for the sheriff
there and he Immediately wired
Bushman to come and get his clothes
and the man.
Bushman left today for Belen, wear
ing deputy sheriffs star and will
bring back the man and house him
in tho county Jail
Coldest Winter in Ten Years.
For the first time in ten years here
the weather has been cold enough and
sufficient snow has been on the
ground to give the local people an OPP
portunity to go sleigh riding. Many
young men brought up in Gallup have
never enjoyed a coast down hill on a
hand sleigh. For the past week coast
ing has been the main pastime here.
The school children are out in a mass
every evening, and they are Joined by
the teaching force ard half Of the
stown-ups OF the town.
Wheeling in the lungs indicates
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