El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-15
Small Irrigation Plants.

IT HAS been commended for long time that farmers Of
west Texas subject drouth conditions were neglect
ing to insure their crops by storing water in small home
made reservoirs for use by irrigation IN time OF need
In many these could be made with relatively small
expense by dammng up arroyOs which carry water IN
i considerable quantity after rains
For years have been urged to DO this, either BY
combining by working individually In some few cases
the advice has been needed In the majority It has not
In consequence has remained for some of the oil eompa-
MES of western Texas to demonstrate to the farmers
what could be done in small scale water storage OIL
drilling required water Wells often are not available and
flowing streams could not be found linen The OIL
operators built dams constructed reservoirs and began
ipouudng water Just though they to it for
irrigation They are showing what be done and,
if the oil wells day to flow, the dams likely
viii remain for the benefit Of nearby farmers
Under permits that have been granted recently by the
state board water engineers the following reservoirs
available in Stephens county for the storage Of storm
and flood water:
Gulf Production CO.-overlow weir of concrete, four
feet high on natural dixie IN Sandy creek, tributary
Of the Brazos five miles northwest Of Breckenridge the
reservoir capacity being "a feet or little more than
! emf Production co-Overfow weir of concrete nine
feet high on a natural rock dixie in Gonzales creek a
tributary of the Brazos, two and onefourh miles south
Of Breckenridge the reservoir capacity being % acre
Sinclair Gulf Oil cO-COncrete dam 10 feet high
Caddo creek tributary of the Brazo IS miles southeast
of Breckenridge, the reservoir capacity being eight acre
Sinclair Gulf Pipe Line CO-COnc1ete dam, four feet
high across Caddo creek, tributary Of the Brazos
being s,5s6,ooo gallons.
T. 4 Snowden-EaTth dam 12 feet in height, across
Gonzales creek tributary Of the Brazos two and oneha
miles northeast Of Breckenridge, the reservoir capacity
being 25 acre feet OF e,05o,ooo gallons.
Magnolia Petroleum Co.-Concrete dam three and one
half feet in height, Gonzales creek, two miles
southeast Breckenridge, the reservoir capacity being
six acre feet of water, OF 956o00 gallons.
Gulf Production Co.-Earth I'll dam, 81 feet IN height
Cottonwood creek 20 miles southeast Of Breeken-
ridge the reservoir capacity being 100 acre feet of water
OF 423so,o0O gallons.
Some of these dams Of concrete, but others are
inexpensive earth fills and all Of them have rated storage
capacity sufficient provide water for considerable
acreage If filled by rains at ordinarily frequent intervals
They the Of getting away from SKY farming
If anybody needs convincing that FL Paso countys
few bad roads need fixing, bounce him around one
of them
When schooner goes down nowadays nobody has .
moments confusion about what kind Of schooner It IS
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As the world series draws near other leagues
distractng attention from the League of Nations.
Senators Borah and johnson, having taken strategic
position, are marrying the rear of the enemy. ID
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When change itself can give no more,
It's easy TO be true.
Charles sedley.