Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-06-27
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
Will Be of Immense Benetit-Start in
and Make 1t a Success-Eyery
Portion of New Mexico Should
Make an Exhibit.

Make an Exhibit.
The Fourth National Irrigation con-
gross meets in the city of Albuquerque
on the 18th of September next. 1t will
be national gathering and there will be
present regularly accredited delegates
appointed by their respective governors
from the following states and territories:
Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho,
Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Missouri,
Illinois, Georgia, Oklahoma and New
Mexico, as also delegates from the re-
public of Mexico and the dominion OF
Canada.
In addition to these there will be the
members of the federal irrigation COM
mission, representing the land depart
ment and other bureaus of the depart
mept of the interior, members of terri
torial and state irrigation commissions,
members of the national committee OF
the irrigation congress and delegates
from many of the cities and towns in the
seventeen western states and territories,
dependent on irrigation, besides repre-
sentatives and delegates from many COM
mercial bodies such as boards of trade
and chambers of commerce from cities
and from engineering and irrigation So
cieties and companies.
The people of New Mexico, one and all,
should make strong effort to have
creditable and full exhibits of the great
and varied resources of New Mexico at
this congress, in order to impress upon the
many hundreds of delegates and thous-
ands of visitors that will be present, the
fact that New Mexico is one OF the richest
sections Of this great country, and moth
ing here is needed but capital, properly
applied, and intelligent work in order to
give good homes to thousands of fami-
lies, to increase the population of New
Mexico ten fold in five years, to produce
everything necessary for the consump-
ton of it's people and many things for
export and to make this prosperous
happy, and up-to-date section of country
Every county, every city, every town
every precinct in this sunny territory
should make special effort to be rep.
resented at the congress and to have al
exhibit, especially of its agriculture
products, in evidence at the congress.
As showing the widespread interest
taken in this subject by the western
press the following extracts are given:
EVERY orr1zEN SHOULD HELP.
Every citizen of New Mexico should &c
to work and Keep constantly at work to
make the coming irrigation congress {
greater success, and give the visitors who
will come from the states much more
pleasant time than any are anticipating
-Deming Headlight.
TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST.
All of New Mexico is taking an active
interest in the congress, Albuquerque es.
pecially so. and the citizens of the terri
tory will extend hospitable greeting tc
the delegates and unite in making theil
iourn pleasant one to an extent never
before urpassed in the history of the con
gress. 1t need hardly be adaed that Colo
RADIO should be represented by a strong
delegation.-Denver News.
WORD TO THE FARMERS OF MORA.
The farmers, horticulturists and fruit
raisers of the rich Mora valley must be al
albuquerque with an exhibit at the Att
national irrigation congress. The More
valley is an old settled portion of New
Mexico and produces some of the best
cereals and some of the finest fruits ir
the southwest. The prominent men oil
that section must get up and get together
and secure the proper kind of exhibit fol
the congress. They will help themselves
and help the territory by doing so.-Lat
Vegas Optic.
MAKE THE START.
It is time for systematic work to begin
There should be meeting called to meet
at Socorro not later than June 29 to cleo
delegates and appoint committees to at
tend to collecting an exhibit. Citizens
of Socorro county, If we are to derive any
benefit from this meeting, we must be NJ
and doing.-Who will make the start?-
San Marcial Bee.
WORD To THE PEOPLE OF COLFAX.
The fourth national irrigation congress
meets at Albuquerque September 1d
This will be the most important meeting
ever held in New Mexico and it is highl!
important that Oolfax county should b.
fully represented in its products and re
sources. We are as far advanced in irri
cation and its advantages as any othe
county and We should show our enter
prise and progress by exhibits of the re
suits of intelligent and successfully di
rected irrigation at this congress. w
produce grains, grasses, vegetables AM
fruits in quantity and quality equal t.
any locality. By all means then let US b
heard from in the best possible name
on this occasion.-Raton Range.
AID THE CONGRESS.
At the inter-territorial fair at Albu
querque there will be delegates from
nearly every state and territory west o
the Allegheny mountains in ATTENDANCE
upon the irrigation congress which az
sembles at that time. They will be com
posed of intelligent citizens, who will be
come active immigration agents for tn
Pecos valley if we will but show then
what we are doing here in an agriculture
way. Let our farmers lend their aid il
this matter, and we will have an exhibi
that will win the admiration Of all people
Roswell Record.
THE MAXWELL GRANT SHOULD MAKE Al
EXHIBIT.
The management of the Maxwell Lam,
Grant company should make an elaborat
exhibit at the fourth national irrigation
congress at Albuquerque. That compan.
owns some of the best lands in the terri
tory, and the proper kind of an exhibi
at that congress will aid it materially il
securing settlers for it's vast domain
Las Vegas Optic,
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN.
Much interest is being manifested il
the coming event--the national irrigation
congress-which meets in Albuquerqn
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