Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-01
AN IRRIGATION EXPERT.
Col. R. j. Hinton Talks to the New
Mexican of Southwestern
Enterprises.
Lands for HomeAin New Mckee
Arid Land Policy and the Late
Irrigation Convention.

: knows is an irrigation enthusiast. He
equally enthusiastic concerning the pros
poets of New Mexico. After the conven
tion at Los Angeles he made a tri
through California, and to-day he said t.
the New MEXICAN:
: 1.-The present price of land in Cali
fornia gives New Mexico its opportunity
There is no reason to expect that tn
Californians will reduce their prices; and
if the large holders of land in New Mexic,
offer small farms at low figures for tn
next three years they can stop the bulk o
the large western migration in New Mex
leo. Now that silver is disposed of tt
the satisfaction of Wall street there is M
reason to
REFUSE NEW MEx1oo's ADMISSION.
1t will be state by the end of tht
present congress. Herein is the oppor
tunity. With California land at 800 te
5000 per acre, the price is prohibitive
Your land titles here are being rapidly
confirmed This will make available TO,
settlement several million acres of the
best land on earth. If the owners will
sell at low price for a short period SO
As to allow the settler, who is the actual
improver, to make profit there will be
very few homeseekers pass the gates of
New Mexico"
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS-.
Speaking of the irrigation congress, he
said: Il found myself the only represen-
tative of New Mexico, until ran across
Mr.. d. P. Heintzelman, of Silver City, to
whom transferred Mr.. Harroun's proxy.
He proved himself extremely useful.
"The congress itself was most re-
markable body of men. Everybody in
the way of an irrigator was there except
the Mulberry Sellers and the politicians.
The talk of the cession of the public
lands subsidized. That is dead. The SEN
timent of the convention was always for
a comprehensive national policy, and to
that end the admission of New Mexico to
statehood
WAS STRONGLY ENDORSED,
in order that she might be more in touch
with the surrounding states in the adj
ministration of her water rights.
81 laid before the convention the reso-
lutions and memorial of the Las Vegas
convention, and they had quite an in
tiuence in shaping its decisions, especially
as to pastoral lands. 1t decided that
pastoral lands should be reserved for the
present from sale or permanent disposal.
The net results of leasing the same for
range purposes should be used for devel-
oping possible water supply, to the end
that stock farms and homes may be Great
ed thereon instead of cattle ranges as at
present.
'There we're SIP delegates, 200 of whom
were from California. Illinois, Tennessee
and Oklahoma and their delegates we're
immensely interested in
THE QUESTION OF WATER
Prof. Porter, of the chair
of hydraulic engineering of Vanderbilt
University, said, that the control of rivers
and the management of water in the
humid as we'll as arid region was neces-
eary condition of the new agriculture
that is to make the earth fit abode for
man.
! "One of the most interesting features
was the presence of Count Conmindsky,
of Russia, who is retaining in one body
100000 acres
on the Dnieper. He gave lot of in
formation as to the great amount of land
being reclaimed in his country.
'The French agricultural department
had two very able delegates, M. Nj. PHILIPPE
and La Febre. The Mexican delegate.
Senior Arboles, became great favorite.
He spoke idiomatic English. Speaking
of an enterprise, that has rather risky |
reputation he told the convention of a |
Jew who sold house to Christian on |
condition that he might have the oppor-
tunity of hanging up his cloak in the hall |
way. He made practice of waking the
Christian at very announcement hours to |
hang up his cloak and the Christian sold !
the place back for half what he paid for
it. Il think, said Mr.. Arboles, President
Diaz will hang up his cloak very much to
the inconvenience of these gentlemen
"There was strong feeling in the con-
vention in favor of rigid scrutiny of
plans and supervision of the works of |
and holding their engineers
and owners
TO STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY"
The colonel reviewed the status of the
Wright District law of California, but at
100 great length for publication. He
expressed strong admiration for that
statute, however.
"The appointment of the state and
commissions to report to the
lext congress is
GOOD THING.
Albuquerque should make a vigorous
fort to have the congress meet there.
Personally, 1 favor that city. The con-
ention will be held somewhere on the
rontal range of the Rockies, and it
hould be in New Mexico. It would open
he eyes of irrigationists to New Mex
co.'s advantages. This idea ought to
70 taken up at once and vigorously
'ressed."
Col. Hinton left on this mornings east
ound train. He talks good deal of a
arge enterprise soon to be inaugurated
q the Rio Grande valley.