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toward tin* solution of the water problem by means of pumping. Messrs. C. It. Allaire and A. Tt. j5 Hilton of San Antonio Itavr recently diown that a well can lie sunk ami a centrifugal pump operated successfully and economically for the puriKise of irrigation on the bottom lands along the river- A company is now drilling .1 six-inch well a mile or two north of Sdcorro with the idea of pumping water for irrigation, and there is every prospect that this effort will be at least as successful as those at San Antonio. Max Kirchmanx ftohenunn colony enterprise includes the expenditure of a considerable Mini of money to secure water lor irrigation either by an artesian flow or by pumping or In both. It is very probable, therefore, that the fact will soon I b cotne established that there is .1 more reliable means of irrigation in the Rio Grande valley than the tub! fashioned means by ditches.
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The Socorro Chieftain
Socorro, New Mexico, US
Sat, Feb 03, 1906
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