Show HAMMOND DiTCH IN OPERATION Thrifty Mormon Settlement on The San Juan River New Mexico IMMENSE ACCOMPLISHMENT IIII l to tos s mill Inc rs I Special Correspondence l N M Iny 1 Ten miles south of ur Aztec on the Iho Sun river beautiful 11 strip of oC Now Mexico Is aa fertile land a UI can bo II found cound In thu hu west w t land Is nf or loamy Seven neter and very ery productive years ago ngo HI hop John U I and ft 1 number of oC other Mormons colonized on this land which Is a 11 mile broad and al nine miles long lOllI They rhe did not 1101 reap much of ot this worlds world Goods they tho lacked the Iho tum to ninke water Near Nearly ear crops In an nn country ly Iy nil all of the Mormons had to leave their homes and sock work 1 In order to 10 exist This condition of oC affairs became Intolerable and Bishop Tonney Tenne set hh his brain to work and con conceived a n plan to build a Ho lIe I formed a company ny known as tile the Ham Hammond mond Irrigation company ami con COil construction on the ditch WitS was commenced AN Ar UNRULY nIVEn The Tho ditch work wort was but theio thele was one onD treat obstruction nature had placed In tho way of or Retting wa wn tor enough 0 this plateau to t the tho necessary fall Call and this was liS Canon La TOO which flows a I great grel of water In rainy seasons com coin coinIng coming Ing down dOln the canyon at al groat velocity sweeping every thins before It and bringing don clown trees and rocks and emptying Into tl o Han Junn river There aro ato few fel obstructions that th I can CM cannot not be overcome In this western coun country country try by hy engineering skill ind the pluck energy and perseverance of oC such men menns menos ns os Tenney Ho called his hl company to together together gether and discussed e plans plan for tor under underground ground of oC this canyon an un undertaking which seems gigantic when the tho Immense country this canyon drains Is considered con The Tho canyon Is IsSO I ISO SO miles In length and has hns two con confluent fluent canyons that empty empt Into It the tho manco and To set get locthI cr I funds sufficient to complete tho un undertaking was the th next step and this being accomplished work worl was Willi Inaugurated rated the flume built and water was wn turned Into the great ditch on the 2nd LENGTH r OF DITCH The Ihl Mammond ditch Is miles long and covers acres of oC land as asfar far fal as us It II Is now no built and by b extend extending ing It four fOll miles further It will cover acres more This ditch Is SO 30 feet higher than tho old Model ditch which i washed away aWO There Thoro has been no n water on tho plateau for fo H 11 years tho I Iodel ditch before being washed away covering hut but a It small acreage of ot this vast tract There Thero are now 27 ranches under the ditch ranging from 20 0 to ICO 10 i whIch now that water Is 11 assured will turn this arid region rellon Into the garden gardenspot spot of the sunny San Juan Ham Hammond Hammond mond tho Mormon settlement will In Inn n few tew become a 11 thriving village in fact It ID h attracting outside atten aUen attention I tion now and several arc eon con building residences and moving in with their families A FLUME The bariel Hume under er tho Largo Is IsK K 3 Inches In diameter 21 feet G Inches 1 length and the water where It enters tho Huino lUll has hilS a II fall tull ot or feet The Theban barrel ban BO to Is a II very ver substantial lIal staves being three Inch Inches es rs k and securely Ironbound at Intervals The fhe work worl was done by b BIshop Tenney and his hla coworkers i fit a cost of oC a II saving of or 1200 Iad till work been done by b contract lUCU HICl SAN BAr JUAN JUAr Sun San Juan JUlin county Is 11 attracting more attention just now nOli than any nn other sec suc suction lion tion of oC New Mexico MIlco on account of or KB It rich agricultural and fruit lands lunds that ire r within tho reach of oC the poor man manThe manThe The land on tho south Bouth of the thc San SanJuan Juan river rhe Is conceded to bo be tho best l 10 the county count At l the present writing under r the Hammond ditch can bo DC so at 20 an nn acre acro which could coull not bo ho hUll had In other localities l Ir hB s than This plateau Is surrounded by high hills and II I fruits and vegetables reach Ih tr highest perfection Free from frosts rigid weather and BUOYS arc never nevor a n failure Tho apples les peaches apricots plums hurries and ond the tho fruits of oC are and command comman Meher hi hN prices in tho north and nl cast than limn grown In any other section of the Alfalfa will grow nu nuton ton to the acre und and hero hern It may bo that thero Is a Il ready rendy market and miro lIuro for nil all that cnn can ba pro 1110 produced winter cold for or 11 a n ton nn tho ranch but hul that was rather exceptional as nil HUlo was ral nd Seven and dollars Is III the tho prevail prevailing ing In price To fo tho smith for SO miles nn far Cur an 1111 Ilia tho continental divide IB III a avast vast range o where tho sheep cattle and homo Industry thriven This country If I dotted with Indian trading tm sorel where fruit can bo readily disposed of lie while 10 to tho north Is 11 Aztec tho growing county scat sMI ship shipment ment Is mado to 10 the railroad It ItIs ItIs Is taken to Durango and the mining camps around or thus guaranteeing a II perpetual market and future rUlure prosperity Grain and grasses cnn can bo grown to tl great ad till hero here AS TO The rhe climate Is nil all that cnn can bo desired it lb 1 a 1 veritable sanitarium altitude o b I feet teet and the place Is III known us Tho Thu Sunny Bunny San Juan Th SIn San Juan Junn river which through tho ditch which Irrigates tho Ule fluids Is III tho purest water to be found Cound In III New Mexico It has Its In the hills of ot Colorado us well as all DIM lIil molted melted snows Its mountains Thero arc uro no mills to empty their concentrates from tho water Is pure and nud wholesome A SANITARIUM No ro pulmonary troubles have ever eer been known to originate there mid 1111 tho thu climate acts as al a Ii stay to chronic diseases such OH Ur asthma bronchitis consumption and throat troubles TO Hammond Is a n new country com comparatively speaking and now that It has hils water Its broad acres will not remain long The Tho who Is looking over San Juan Junn count should not miss s tho opportunity of oC I visiting Hammond while land Is II yet et cheap Even a small tract of ot rich and nud productive land sot set out to fruit garden truck patches poultry and dairy dalr products bees beeH and 1111 honey honeywill will support a It largo lallo family fal l and yield a handsome Income The people already settled at nt Ham Hammond Hammond mond are nrc Industrious ant and hospitable and will welcome home seekers with open arms If Ie ono one does not wish to tobit buy bit lands already under cultivation thero In Is plenty pI I yet rei loft for far homestead teall or 01 desert dl erl entry that will era oro IoU It lie llo covered by tho Hammond ditch which li II considered the best Irrigation In 11 Ban Juan JUlin county Thi Ih consummation of oC tho grunt Irrl Irrigating gating Is to the Indomitable Will and nud ness of or John Johll big 1 Frank 0 O Townsend th Han Juan who tided tIt 1 the tho 1111 for Cor tho workers while in con to III Major George Har Harrows rows who encouraged thu bishop and Ills his coworkers with hla hie pen 1011 t |