Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-10-15

sired 90 have that congress 10 assist
Mexico 10 providing means whereby they
could get the Rator that rightly belong
"a 10 them By prof right, that flowed
down tho Rio Gfande and bad been used
By M6ri6Rn 6ilizsha hundreds % years
before New MfiO66e colorado wotss ot-
tlodld ~ clsihed thha ms people had
prior w3t6F fleht5 toefwJ hundred and.
dfty tlf86AandS ftRH 6cland beIowsM
Ra6oAt0qBAagaJs MID their landewas
woFthle8 noNysi6ott hesaater had been
taken 6utedfqhe Rio Ganib By our beo-
piS AbovSE1Pas Tsxm.ssT 10 robut this
argument ae claimed THAI the snow, the
springs and the rains we're on Uncle
Same domain, and nightly belonged to
the peoplesof the United -statsa The
Rio Grande IL one continued sand roser-
voir end the depth 10 unknown. The cat
tleon our thousand bills have browsedall
Of the ehrubbeKy and eaten the grass to
the ground and therdiis nothing to hold
the water baca and it rushes INTO the
canons and H. lost in the sand reservoir
0 fthS Rio1arando inR few miles travel.
At least this is my way OF looking at the
matter.
Our next congress will be held 10
Phoenix, Arizona, in December. One Of
the most exciting subjects that came
before the congress was tue place where
We would hold the next congress. Wis
consin said n We would hold our next
congress a tsfsip state It would give
each delegate alidke 10 take home with
him. But the hottest contest was be-
tween Phenix, s~skSl1ona, and Lincoln,
Nebraska : Phanidw got u by hard
work. The v6ts Ntood:- Phoenix GO;
Lincoln a. This 1A3anta Be r. r. Co.
gave a ise6 excuislon to the delegates to
the grand old citgaiof Santa Fs. Your
correspondent Wiss one OF many that
took in the sightb OF that place. One
Of the wonders datsat thriving city IL a.
reservoir dam bsibg built by hydraulic
pressure. They aoEUe the water through
apipe against aBraRethiIl andit digs aud
UNDERTAKES tlROtdllRnd all che dirt and
rock ruhsthFouEfRiaal2 inch pipe onto
the dam. i1t n ~jw6AdSrful the amount
Of dirt and gravel that is moved ia q
short time There was uothing left I'M
done by Santa bFs'R eyed citizens to
make our visit Interesting and pleasant.
They flledBBs up BitA fruit, and then
gave us mOreip 9Baketq TO take away. 1.
would liteto saBRaers about Santa Fe.
and heE people,Ybuh Fill hsYe to pass her
reluctantly byd3 AAA p. m. we bid her
good byei and Esaahed Albuquerque at
8 p. m. When we arrived there, there
was one Of the most magnificent fire
works processionb going through the
streets that as over been my pleasure
to witness. Tiers were two trains wait
ing for us. On9ito take part Of the del
egates to the PeeobNaIlsy, and the other
to take those thlvWahted To 60 to Pho-
nix. I went to Phoenix. We saw
nothing extraordinary until we came to
the Canon Djablo. A trussel bridge
spans il, It is about 500 feet across the
canon, and yopgIide over Q chasm 222
feet deep. II made my flesh crawl to
look down f5omr the car window into
such a wonderful split IN the lime for
nation, The ieopptry is fiat on both
sides Of the geHgeos and you would not
know the caPqFRh %as there, a hundred
yards away -9niejtber side OF it. The
next place Of importance was Prescott.
I cannot pass hs5 by without saying
something about her wide awake citi-
zens. We were met at the depot by the
leading citizens of that beautiful place,
put into carriages and driven all through
the city. TheYrsg = a gay class OF people
and have fine stepping horses aud beau
tiful residences. Every place looked
new. There. are no flies on the people
OF Prescott. was dark when we
pulled out fot :Ph5enIx,
Now we are II Phoenix. It is too
early p get uVrhHt the time has arrived,
daylight is breaking aud q few OF. us are
up. Looking around, and across the
street from our car we read a sign:
~"Fprnished rooms to leEp We looked
over the fence and under the trees and
counted fourteen cots. Each cot had a
person sleeping oohlat.l 1t looked cosy
and refreshing9oAn invitation arrived
to take breakfast at the Palace Hotel, q
fine, handsomeoh 6teI. The city was
handsomely decorated, the music began
to play and the citizens to gather aud
bid us welcome Later we were all
seated in the nice electric street cars
and run al thEo4gh the beautiful city
OF P~hoenix,in thsRsastS Salt River valley.
Ny pen cannot describe the handsome
buildings, the Bedftiful gardens, the
graceful shade trees, the broad fields
OF alfalfa, the ct lazy stock grazing
on them, tho miles OF fruit orchards,
and broad fields n, nut culture, the
sweet smelling howsrs on every hand;all
made perfect by irrigation. On one side
Of a ditch you viii SEA land in It's ma
tural state, andfon the other where
water has been-apphed, is a perfect
garden Of beauty The land before
the water is put on il does not look az il
IL would Hupposhie lizard Nothing
grows on H. ButgAe s0Oa rs the water
touches ii q wonderful change takes
place, and the desert begins TO bloom.
There are thousands and thousands OF
acres in the Salt River Valleys Of just
the same kind Of land. An it wants is
water. w were told by men living in