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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-05

to dams being built wholly within the
United States because it interferes
with navig alton wheo the City OF Juar-
eZ mai ntaips a dam across the same riv-
err at that point. The fact is the whOle
con ten ton is IN SCRABBLE and 1hinly
yelled sub;erfuge on the part Of our
government to intimidate a privs &c en-
terprise, which, acc3 ding to the con-
tentIon of thOs5 having the ear OF the
departments a. Ell Paso, is mimi al to
their interests, and aS Such it diSguSsS
one interested in the welfare CT his
country. Under the decision of the at
torney-general in this case the state OF
Colorado and the territory OF New
Mexico become a conduit tn "ough
which the waters gathered on our
mountains and plains may run to
aliens. but which our own citizens dare
not use AS stated above, the decision
| cannot be enforced because it is not in
accordance with the law, but it serves
| to warn US OF q danger that is lowering
over the prosperity of this territory
| and of Colorado to those enterprises
now resting upon the basis of irriga
ton from the water of this river and
it's tributaries. which is all the more
real because its chief features would be
the subject of laws made especially to
fit the case. That danger is this:
| There is resting in the state depart
| menu at w aSnlnglOn GDe urdtG OF IL pro-
| posed treaty between the United S 5ates
and Mexico, which is now being con-
sidered by the two governments, in
| which it is proposed to insert a clause
| forbiddiug any diversion Of the waters
of the Rio Grande or any of it's tribu
taries in the United States. If this
treaty is sub nitted and ratified it will
| become a law that no such diversion
| can be IN ade. Against the ratification
of treaty embracing such PROPOSE
ton Colorado and New Mexico must
stand as unit and defeat t if possible.
| Our representative ia Was aington,
Hon. II. B. Ferguson, is bending every
energy in it's opposition. He has at
| last secured a promise of a hearing be-
| fore the treaty shall be submitted to
| the senate, bat we must organize and
go to his aid, if not now, a. least before
| the senate considers the MEASURE, or
| leave to him alone certainly the fate of
| New Mexico, because, in my opinion,
her doom is sealed when such treaty
is ratified, and largely the interests OF
Colorado. Will the powerful senator
jal influence of our northern neighbor
come TO our assistance in this time of
| danger to the prosperity of both COM
J mon wealths? The Mexican govern
ment is pushing hard aud state de-
partment none TO closely allied to our
| Interests, is yielding TO its claims
| There is none too much time in which
| to act. w. a. HAWKINS.
From the Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, N. NJ, May u, 1897.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-05
Attorney w. A. Hawkins Sends an OPP
en- Letter to the Press of Colorado
and New Mexico Concerning the
Elephant Butte Reservoir.
FULL HISTORY OF THIS ENTERPRISE
The Light of Investigation Thrown Upon a
Subject of International Import, in
Which the United States, Mex
leo and England
Interested.

To the Press of New Mexico and Colorado:
SILVER CITY, N. M, May 10, 1897
have concluded to ask you to lay be-
fore the people of New Mexico and
Colorado statement of the facts COL
necteo with, aud the objects Of toe re
cent reported decision OF Attorney
General Mckenna, adverse to the
construction or the dam and irrigation
system now being erec,ed in the Me
sills valley, N. M, by The Rio Grande
Dam & Irrigation company, corpora
ton organized under Lne laws of New
Mexico by citizens OF New Mexico ana
Texas, and not at all the raw-nead and
bloody bones British corporation
which has come among us to assist by
its capital in the Development of the
resources of our country, as the depart
mental reports and Associated Press
kilograms inspired thereby, announce
with such apparen horror. Such a re-
port is entirely untrue, its unJruth is
known to Its propag ators, is built upoa
q very slight foundation that of there
being English stockholders in this
company aud with a malicious purpose
presently explained.
All this fuss and feathers" about
this enterprise which has been agItut-
ing the press for some time, mas us Or
igln with a small coterie of
1uLSI t,tcu pSToOuo TSSluluS III Eli
Paso and of Mexican CITIZENS
residing in Juarez, Mexico.
These gentlemen are trying to induce
the United States TO construct al inter
national dam at Ell Pa5o for the benefit
of FL PasO and Juarez, Mexico, and
have conceived the opinion that the
dam being constructed by the New
Mexico company is threat to the
enterprise, coatending that the i'm
mense flood water OF the Rio Grande
will not afford sufficient water for two
reservoirs. Some of these gentlemen
are inspired by patriotic desire 10 as
sist the development of FL Paso and
Immediate vicinity, while others OF
them have their inspiration in the hope
of prospective benefits 10 accrue 10
them Individually by virtue OF their
having acquired at bankrupt prices
real estate which they hope will be
benefited by their scheme.
The agl tat.On for the construction of
the International dam commenced 1T
Ell Paso 'and'J uarez many years ago
and has been kept up very persist =ntly.
The old scheme Was to induce congress
to make an appropriation outright for
such PURPOSE, and President Cleveland
wss as One time persuaded to, and did,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-05
FACTS SUBMITTED.

During the past few months so many
Intentionally misleading statements
have been circulated regarding the OBJ
jects of the Rio Grande Dam & Irriga-
ton Co. and the Rio Grande Irrigation
& Land Co. Limited, statements
prophesying that the building OF the
Elephant Butte dam will ruin Ell Paso,
that, at the request of a number of our
subscribers, we are publishing with
today's issue, for the information OF
the public special supplement, giving
in full q reprint of Mr.. w. A. Haw-
kius' late open letter to the press, DIR.
Nathan E. Boyd's letter, the summing
up and decision of Judge Bantz, in the
action against the Rio Grande Dam q
Irrigation Co.. also excerpts from the
articles of incorporation OF the much
libelled English company, formed in
England to finance the Rio Grande
Dam &.Irrigation Co.
AS our readers are aware we have,
all along, considered it our duty to
treat fairly the Elephant Butte enter
prise, believing that in so doing it
would best serve the true interest oil
the valley in general and Ell Paso in
particular.
Ell Paso is, and must remain, the me.
tropolis of southern New Mexico and
western Texas, and as the Rio Grande
Dam & Irrigation Co. will be able tC
supply water for the irrigation of the
valley ABOVE as well as BELOW L
Paso, thereby bringing much larger
area under irrigation and cultivation
than could be supplied by single dan
at Ell Paso. Hence we lay the subject
before our readers relative to the Ele
plant Butte enterprise together with
their claim of Offering the greatest
good to the community at large and
thus promote the welfare of Ell Paso
Mr.. Hawkins and DIR. BOyd's letters
and the summing up and decision Of
Judge Bantz, reprinted in this supple.
ment, will afford readers a full and
complete source of Information relative
to this important subject, and should
satisfy one and all that the recent at
tempt to interfere with the successful
carrying out of the objects of tie Ele-
plant Butte enterprise was most il
advised.
DR.. Boyd's plans for the irrigation,
colonization and development of the
valley and mesa deserve the good
. will of the whole community. By
permittiugDr. Boyd and his associates to
carry out the objects of the companies
he has been the means of forming fer
the development OF Rio Grande irriga-
ton and subsidiary Industries, this will
guarantee to FL Paso source of SOUND
and permanent progress.
A large influx of capital, bringing
with it an intelligent, superior, well-to-
do class of citizens, will soon force our
splendid local agricultural. mineral
and pastoral resources into wide spread
notoriety; and once the tide of invest
ment and colonization has been direct
ed our way, our ''wine will need no
bush," and our future prosperity will
be secured. All this and more the Ele-
nhant Rutfa dam assumes
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La Poudre. where wells which when
dug found water at d depth of forty and
fifty feet, now have water within from
five to ten feet of the surface. OF
course, in the case of the Rio Grande,
when this basin is filled to within a
short distance of the surface, irriga-
ton will practically cease, and the vol
ume of water which passes down the
river will be proportiOnately increased.
''Observations in other parts of the
world are to the same purpose. When
the Ganges canal was constructed, h.
G. Mckinney says the whole available
cold season supply was taken from the
river: yet, at a distance of only a few
miles the discharge in the river was
found to be very considerable. and
further on it increased to such an ex-
tent that the supply taken by the cana al
was very little missed. In the canals
taken from the Ticino river, in Italy,
for irrigation, the volume of water is
very great, and yet the return water to
the river is so extensive that the loss is
not large enough to be perceptible,
though the soil is very light and
porous.
BENEFICIAL RESULTS.
s'The results of careful Investigations
on this question of seepage show that
there is a real increase in the volume
VI tuo SGrednS, dS IHSy pass GuIOuS Ii
the irrigated sections; that there is no
such increase as they pass through the
unirrigated Sc, tions-on the contrary,
there is an actual loss, even wheE the
drainage of large area enters, and
| that the increase is more as the irri-
gated area is greater. Only where the
lands are already saturated is the rain
fall sufficient to cause seepage from the
outlying lands to reach the river. This
fact has an important bearing upon
| the question involved in the irrigation
of the Rio Grande valley, as it will be
necessary for it to completely fill the
great basin mentioned before it will
perceptibly Increase the water in the
river flowing through the irrigated
section. Ultimately the returns from
seepage will make the lower portions
of river valleys more certain of water,
| and cause a greater regularity of flow.
| If the results of this investigation ap-
ply to the Rio Grande, then any injury
| must be largely compensated by the re-
| turn and the greater regularity of flow
produced in the river.
''In the absence of any determination
of the definite flow aud of the seepage
of the Rio Grande 1 can of course give
no absolute opinion on the subject OF
| the in jury to Mexico. The conclusions
| given on the question of seepage have
been reached by experiments in other
! localities. | can see no reason why the
same results should not follow the in.
vesuigat ions of the conditions of the
| Rio Grande valley; and if they do,
| think the opinion will be justified that
Mexico has no serious cause of com
plant. From the Denver Repubil.
! can, Denver, Colorado. July 4, 1897.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-05
A CELEBRATED CASE
The Injunction in the Elephant Butte Dam
Case Dissolved by Judge Bantz


The Importance of this case will be-
come apparent when we understand
that the contention OF the government
was that not only is it illegal to divert
water for irrigation from nav ga BILE
rivers, but that it was also illegal to
divert water from any tributary of a
navigable river, if thereby the naviga-
bic capacity of the river should be i'm
paired. 1t was upon this latter ground
that all reservoir sites upon all tribu-
taries of the Rio Grande. throughout
New Mexico and Colorado were sus-
pended by the interior department.
Moreover the region known as "arid"
covers four-tenths of the United States.
and as the rainfall is very small, the
cultivation of lands depends through
out that section almost holly upon the
use of the water of rivers and their
tributaries. The great and extensive
interests involved in this cause will
justify, we think, the publication in
null, as the questions are comparatively
few.
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HE Must AWAIT BLANCo.
weyIer Not Allowed 20 Leave Cuba
His Einal Decd. of nexlItry.

HAVANA. Oct. 2s.-L5eut Gen Weyler
ezuhaFke6 or ghe stea uer Nortsarrnt
shortly after O'Clock this afternoon, bat
under Instructions from Madrid the vessel
VII no. sail Gntil AFTER the arrival ~ Mar
snal Bianco. the new govsrnor-gensral o.
Cuba
NEW YORK. oct . s-A Gispaten 70 me
Herald from Havana says Herald cor
respondent n Havana province unacr date
= 9ct3osT =. writes that tae SpsrlEa
soldiers. since t1e rev ministry has ~arre
into power. are committing many deeds
ot cruelty. As ar sxampls be cites
case he witnessed il tae mountains near
Fl Carmen. whsre several families who
rad led from fha town 20 seek foo3 had
conEreEaseG. A hut where lived Jose Con
zsles and his family. was attacked by
small body u Spanish tr35pz The hus-
aa1d vas lied ard dragged by tae neck un-
III unconscious aa8 .hen macaeged- Two
sons were also torture8 70 6eata IRE wife
ana TWO daughters were then killed. On
tns sane dag a HOSPITAL established ~
Juan Deigzdo's command. vas raldsa ard
al The inmates Esacheted and burned with
tne house Wherever a Cu5aa = found
whether un3sT arms or n5E - e killed.
Ire Cuban leaders are strong tr their
assertion taat they Elll never sccept anv
fern of aatobony. Many - tae soldiers
ara tired q ne var ard NoGi4 Ike 20 So
peace ou. a. tae sane tine trey are loyal
. Jeelr leaders and VII aghs az long as
advised 20 Do -. Pevle9 Dlaz. Esra u sn&El
force attacked Arte-14ss or AoaGay u.gA.
h4t was rep1lse1 Hy me garrison.
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its ruthless hand the leader OF one OF the
hosts. On the very eve Of climax OF
human passions. ambitions and party pre-
jUdice the grim reaper has provided an
auti-clmax 50 much greater than the one
which IS still 10 come that men of all
parties have forgotten their anger IN grief
az she blow which has fallen with such
slddeuness. Last night noisy shouting
thronEs crushed into halls and streets 20
hear the speeches. that, In a great part.
were Allied with personality and bitterness;
rockets fared and fires burned, men ar
sued and urged. and al signs bore witness
that the campaign was at It's height. Bat
when today dawned al vas changed. Men
Vere loath 20 believe that one who had
been 80 much IN the public eye II the last
few weeks was m more and for the time
being the complexion OF the political situ-
alton was forgotten IN genuine grief
Those who last night bitterly denounced
the nau. who said. = stand for the real
Democracy. the Democracy Of Thomas JET
fer7on." today recalled many touching
kindly acts IN the life Of the dead man
which showed his nature. and Joined n
the words which came naturally 20 the
lips Of all: An honest man Is dead"
He FULFILLED His Pledge.
In his great Cooper Union speech. so-
ceptsng the nomination for mayor. less
than month age he said.
'Tll make this race z f. costs ne ny Efe
This IS & cau 20 duty and as a good ci'i-
zen I have no right 20 disregard n on ac-
count OF mere personal moderation
Today She cheers % tie workers have
suddenly changed % s3Sas for true 70 his
words. Henry George the apostle Of the
rights % man died as o. wished 10 aie-
In harness. Sighting f'r the causc-tosard
the close q the greatest municipal politi-
cal contest rhe world has ever seer.
TIE eud VS. peaceful and ne died with
cBt pain. This man Z miEhty brain and
undaunted courage was physically fran
and the strain ot ar exciting campaign
requiring speech making az points many
mile apart night after night. was more
than nature could stand. Re kept it up
20 the end ard only a few hours before
the dread messenger cried halt. Henry
Cecrgs had addressed enthusiastic audi
en.aa IN LhEea u tna t-Hns ~ t.a box
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waters between Cape Beaia and FlsStery.
Steadily she pushed onward The propeller
thgnning out uelodiouE afterbeat 20 the
rhythmic motion os the waves. Many of
the passengers had been OF the ship for
weeks. ard with the familiar shores il
s.eht ,hsy FELT that they were indeed home
again.
Scarcely had the treasure ship entered
the straits than she plunged into thick
bank q FOG. which soon drove the pas
s-nxers f~osa the deck As night drew oa.
tas fox increased and heavy tide sea
ward srapeaea The progress q the ship.
-~akfnz an early arrival at Seattle au I'm
rossi6.lsty. Tne SIKH q Capt william
Ktasrs- was called Into reqz4s,tion. and
be stood On the bridge until his saip was
safely ia her berrh in Seattle haraor.
wgth mis- voyses ere Po-tian4 completes
her rs-ora with Capt. Rlsst5u. he veteran
,ra-.asr under Ehose G. csluaat she has be-
come tee RIOS. famous vessel fy,ag the
Arer.-aa aar u g few days sss wiu
san ssr saa Fra-c.s-o for delivery 20 Der
Gamer r.3uIv Resented and the golden
halo wash has been her glory as the
bearer sf Kl7a5.ke-s treasures from s..
81 -Aael 20 seat.le nll bee ne q memory.
Ike every z-aste- u5o becanes attached
- s.s sElp. Cspr. k.8st-n VIII sep from
her elar-ter deck a.. = a feeling q regret.
Bur wl.a the g7owiaz demands o. Alaska
ard tas development ot the rl-h mines q
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Without miners. but with more than
$1,000 in gold dust and certificates of de-
posi;. the treasure ship Portland entered
the harbor az yesterday morning. Her
wait az Fort Get There for the steamer
?. B. Weare, from the upper Yukon. had
been in vain. the famous river boat re-
mainea at some unknown point UP
stream. even after the ice Jam az the
mouth OF the river had given away tenn
porarily. The treasure expected BY the
North American Transportation Trad
ing Company ant the Alaska Commercial
Company. and the fortunes OF many sue
oessfal miners who had expected 70 reach
civilization. amounting TO millions OF dol
lars. we're necessarily left behind
On her voyage from Dutch harbor 10 Sc
attic, distance of 1.7eo miles, the Port
land broke all her previous records, max
ing the run in seven days and a half.
When the vessel at o'clock Thursday az
ternoon swung from Unalga pass into the
Pacific she Ieaped forward at a twelve
knot pace. under a steady breeze from the
northwest over a smooth sea The treas
ure ship was high out OF the water, bu,
held up steadily. and the rapidly receding
shores OF the Aleutians. which gradually
sank under the twilight. indicated that the
voyage was 10 be record-brsaker.
The next morning the sea was rolling
high and the wind. which had shifted 70
the southeast, threatened 10 hold the Port
land back. but she kept UP a speed OF
eleven knots. For three days the weather
remained unchanged. the wind blowing
strong and the waves running high. On
Tuesday night IL blew great guns, and the
passengers were badly shaken up Wednes-
cay there was a head wind. but II came
too late to delay the Portland. and the
next morning. with beautifully clear
weather and the ocean as smooth as he
Sound. the ship was in sight Of the jagged
shores Of Vancouver island
Early in the afternoon the Portland
passed Tatoosh. and her bow parted the
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Tacoma Renews Her Protest.

TACOMA. Oct. 2s.-At meeting OF me
citizens KlondIke committee today the
following telegram was ordered sent 10
Secretary OF War Alger:
Tacoma. wash. oct. @-Hon. X. - -
= Wa thank YOU for your early response
10 our dispatch Of October p: We favor
a military post at ST. Michael, but earnest
Iv renew protest against military tese1 -
,,srfnnent h would be impossible 10 oo-
iaIn permits within any reasonable l.s utlle,
a rase~vatlon would practically suspend
business other than through the po%..af =. Z.
r1ruoratf0us now in occupancy. N eHect
har~snp out all other citizens from occu-
pancr and trade. and reflect upon the
Judgment Of the administration when
flllIv understood IN al It's bearing
..-r ss'OMA CITIZENS kLONDlkE
.Ry george Browne. Secretary"
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HENRY GEORGE.

thoroughly alarmed. called her son from an
adjoining room. Mr.. George was now un-
conscious. A call was sent 20 a physician,
but all efforts to revive h.m failed. With
out recognition OF those around him. he
passed peacefully away at i;45 O'Clock.
The Death Certificate.
Or. Kelly. Henry Georges family physl-
clan, received a message at his home at
oclock this morning that Mr.. George
was dying He Immediately dressed and
went 10 the hotel. There he found Dir.
beyond help. The physician could do
nothing. and he and the family waited
the end. Mr. Georges death vas painless.
II the death certificate Or. Kelly said:
II hereby certify that I attended the
deceased frcm September. iSSS 20 October.
1897. that I last saw hsm alive on O-to-
ber g 1887. al 5 o'elock In the morning.
belief the cause % his death is hereunder
written:
Chief cause. apopIexy (eerehraD; con
trihutIEg cause. asphyxia. duration OF dis
ease. one-haif hour.
Dr. Kelly met Mr.. George In 1857 n Dub
lin. when the latter was then on his men,
orable visit 10 Ireland, Every body was
then afraid 70 see George for fear Of ar
rest hlg Dr.. Kelly s. eeted him on mis- ar
rival and was 50 pleased with him taat
they became fast friends. He did all he
could fer MT. George while he was n
Paris.
HIS strong, Aggressive Fight.
After his nomination for mayor BY the
JeTersonlau Democrats. month ago Mr.
George MADE an extremely active canvass.
FL gave 20 the campaign its most sensa-
tioual incidents "a attacks on Richard
Croker and Senator Plate. whom ne threat
ened 20 prosecute for various crimes. such
as blackmail upon city contractors and
asplrants for office. should he be elected
mayor Ills candidacy gave 20 The coming
election its s-estest element cf uncertain
~ for according - expert politicians. Il
was practically Impossible 20 estimate how
much - Brysn's vote q last year would
50 70 George instead q Van WICK. Mrs.
George accompanied her husband On most
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l3ckaag q TIE Tnk5n VII hrlag untold
wealth from shs rorth
4 sDan part a the Portlard's treasure
about s. So hrsuzhs out O. tass anal voy-
aSs. Is god ausz- Ths rsst - tae ws2itA
Is q pa9s- ard nsarly al of 81 IS TIE prop
erty @ the company.
At Du,sa Eareo- ne Portland changed
mates. George CarrS reg-R.nn ng 70 ass -
Ca9z. Water Il. Ferguson a. Marsn's ship
ya-d. HIS place vas taksa ey Edwin F.
stan1ard. who had conc aorth OF the
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THE PORTLAND HONE
FROM THE NORTH.
Trip of the Famous YES
sci a Record Breaker.
SPEEDY RUN TO SEATTLE.
Enyeloped by a Golden Halo She
VIII Return TO Her Owner.
SPEEDY Run TO SEATTLE.

Next Year New and Comm cd tous
Steamship VIII Take Her Place
as the Bearer of Millions From
Fort Get There-Promotien for
Capt. William hidston. Her Com
mander-A Little More Than $780,
600 Brought by the Last Boat
Journey From the straits Through
an Almost Impenetrable Fo. Bank
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uutinon. soldier. in india.

LONDON. Oct "a special from BON
bag says thaE ne second battalion. Royal
Irisn revraznt. VAS wstadrawa from S2-
zanz % Rayal PlEd because tAe zsea
salEes ard refused 20 70 fgrrher. Deala1s
f-5u Col Lawrence Do nos agree Mia
statements from hea1qIar<ers Ard Gen
Tsarman ElgEs' excuse thzt tse regimen.
wzs saturated wl-a malaria vas 1lsrroved
~ q rs5icas sxAEatrasl5a wa3ca soowe9
thzt $ Per esz- ct &c 2ea Sers s1.-s
sAa..hY.