Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-05-30
NEW MEXICO.
Peep Into the Valley of 'hc Rlo
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nENEfIrs uf llIRlGATIOS.

,t,- pondcnco ~ ,hc Wort worth Gazette.
Nlbprdcrpue, y. NJ, May "l.-Any
Snau ~ i'Rle age to day can r,.ncmber
. time when It VIA generally believed
HAT California aud Colorado wou,d never
4 be- able to produce anything tut silver
kodsull, nnd that all tho men ngnerd
IN mining IN those states wuulG nave 20
BE- led 10y other portions ~ the ,un,ty
e bat California To day exports mo-, whca,
i &han any other state IN the Cnru while
i her ituits, fresh and CAnucd, ar known
&fnund the world, aud ColOfhi, ir not
snurh bchInd her older SISTER uu the Ia.
4 ,n, Already she II not only r-lieus
4An,rg, but has Tor shipment luroad "a
arsr annual surplus of when. which
3auas With the lest n the m.o ketB ~
he world. While her POTATOES, ". ,ch are
Ilnsurpaes nov supply q" whole
J u,hwest. And there IL nothlry IN tie
Natural conditions To prevent Il eNprt
+ enre ~ these two statea from l,IGg fn.
&beAtrd IN New Mexico, 10 the Z, tent ut
east Il feeding her own people the r".
8neuts ~ climate aud soil are er."ntiuliy
3hc same the difference, wh.te any
Rl-'s briug ~ favor ~ Now Mexico.
3, 3,he climate Is mildcr than that Il Colo.
eadu. aud ~ compared with thn' u Cali
,rLia Is superior N oil essential respects
] % the growing ~ every produo, except
! lhe semi tropical fruits, while thn power
IL the euIl II practically uulmii,'N
Tie two great etHtes named. y rn ~ u
Rendition ~ nature, were Rs barren aud
Snpruduc,Ive as any other .o ton ~
Sshat "" call the 'hr,d region, and nll
3he munitirence - their present ,.roduc.
] vcuess ~ due entirely t. Irrigkj On. II
S,ertnn portrunsui the desert eau - thus
Snadc t. biossOm na the rosc, vii, not tie
3ame means applied 30 other .rctiuus
Slrodurc the same resulta! W.T. then.
6NilI assume To set u limit 10 thr count
css millions ~ bush"ls ~ grulrs aud
Srul,s which general and IN ,hgrnt
j stem - irrigation wall some ne pro.
slurr upon the how barren plaiua ~ the
great Southwest, or To- the sum winch
Products will annually "a Ill 10 thr Scalth
<d tue nation? ifihc man who causes
wo blades ~ grats to grow whore but
pnc grew before IL u public bcr factor,
.by what name shall We chara terlIo u
4yr'"m which shall cause the fooi supply
pi a nation To- grow upon the and on
9~hlch only cactus aHd sage bru u have
grown before?
As an illustration of what irrigation
Fan accomplish Tor an oiherwis, barren
zreelun, It ~ only necessary to loon ~ the
kaIlry ~ the Rtu Grandc Fol nearly
.hree centuries this valley has bee known
rs ,h" garden ~ New Mexico. Ling bc
fore the tirst American Immigrant ret
foot upon It's soil this country IS cello.
{brat ii among the Spanish nRtly"1 of the
4tarutory for the fertility 81 It's l"rds aud
$bcau'y ~ its climate, It's lusclos fruits
hnd Its unsurpassed vegetable, were
Earned INTO nIl the nelghborlng ccuLcts
shllr It's genial and sunny clim,,s caus.
ed II 10 Do sought az u winter resort by
The Nralthlrr c,hsses who came mere IN
$arec numbers from hundreds ui miles
around, to EMO. the bright s.,rs aud
8hnld atmosphere which here constitute
he tul" throughout the winter seas n .
lhc example which was thus 81, by
our Spanish predecessors has br'n ~se'
ly followed 10y ia" Americans, and the
roniur,s aud benefits Of the delightful
water climate OF thus lovely Va rey are
bow known aud enjoyed by peop from
not only every section Of New Mexico,
du, from many portions of the country
Rbiuid, Who come here 10 escape the
rlgofs II the winter IN the easter states.
iIy such persona the winter season OF tins
dls,rlct ~ hardly considered wInter ut
pill, The sun shines every day, me air,
slough warm, IL dry aud brac *, aud
The time when one may not NJ, out of
Fioors on the sunny side Of the house are
tie exceptions and not the rule But ui
what value would be it's equabl, climate,
is cloudess skies and i,s p-rpcl lal sun
shIne, II irrigation had not recla med the
siesert aud made tue crstwhlu barren
lands oi the valley to bring forth their
abundancc2
All other conditions may be- perfect
yet without vegetation country IA not
habltabl", aud hence II is that regions oi
The southwest with soil and climate sur.
pascal 10y no section Of the x 'ubc and
&equalled by no division of the A Amerlcau
*oontineGt, must remain uninhRblted and
unlnhabItable till the genius, the snsrgy
and the progress OF modern times, shall
brlng he fruct,fying waters witch will
make her the homes OF milllu1s, and
what IA now the "arid regions" wlll then
become the storehouse OF the nation.
MeXiro's Reveaues.
The bureau of American Republics has
information from the City Of Mexico re.
Rafd'ng ihe revision OF the Mexican sys