Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-09-29

knowledge of law, but also of water an
it working application, but, more tha
all those peculiar phases of human ma
ture that opportunity to make IN one
with little work are liable to develop il
people who have been both upright AM
judicious until tried with temptation.
IL is all right to discuss methods to hay
the state or the nation build water works
but both are apt to be slow, the latte
quite certain to be. And there are many
places where they cannot now do ii
though there are fine possibilities begging
for'capital. The instant the state made
move --up,swould.ggo.; thefri hts. .of-way
water rights and reservoir sites, and the
great American juryman stands ever
ready to cinch the commonwealth in be.
half of some neighbor. But for the desert
land law there would have been little or
no building of water works for the last
ten years. The settler on that cannot ex-
ist or prove up with water, and conse-
quently has to buy it. This often enables
a company to 60 ahead on safe basis i.
But for this law the rich and beautiful
Salt River valley around Phoenix, A. T :,
would be desert today of the worst pc
and many another of the best settlements
of the west has been built in the same
way. In spite of the politicians talk of
monopoly, the landowner has no COM
plant in these sections, for those who in
vest in such delicate goods as water, are
In too much haste to realize. Instead of
oppression, the water right is too often
sold for less than it cost to bring the
water to the land. More companies are
ruined in this way than get unduly rich in
the other. Under almost all of them,
land can be bought today for less than the
cases at ruinous figure below cost
But the desert land law fails to reach
thousand cases where people now want
water very much. The district system
will not do it unless there is in some way a
revenue can be secured, independent of the
settlement of the tract and Independent
of annual payments for the use of the
water. The fund that in California has
been SO sure to cover this gap can do it
elsewhere. 1t must come out of the en-
hanced value of the land. When land
owners recognize that fact they will find
4 way to build some water works. Until
they do, they can wait on capital until
they blow away with lovely climate.
Few people get fat sucking ozone.
Water is far better. There is scarcely |
section where irrigation is needed at all |
where the land owners cannot we'll afford |
to give one-haf the land for water on the I
other half. If they would form a com
pany and deed this half to the company
to take effect only when so many thou
ma Mt thay
land owners company just as we'll as if
some one hand united the land and water
first and then decided them the land and
water with some of the stock. Such
land fund to mortgage along with the
works would often ensure the raising of
The money.
In other cases 1t might be given as a
bonus to one who will raise the money
and see that the works are built with it.
If the principal is once recognized the
way will be found. Bot ALAG, it is 80 much
more comfortable to sit and suck ozone
md say that capital must come, 1t wants
interest, it ls looking for good things, it
must come and make US rich without our
ioing anything or taking any risk. In
'he meantime, We keep our lunge in good
condition to enjoy the ozone, let us
,lamor for the state or nation or pros
oerity or something to make Us rich
taking any chances ourselves or
loing any work.
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
H. A. Wright of Lincoln, read a paper
N "Artifcial RAINFALL" being slightly
Idvanced ideas on old theories regarding
ainmaking. A. L. Kellogg of Colorado, [
alled up the matter effeoting permanent
and the adoption of the con-
titution and bylaws. On motion the
hartman appointed a committee COM
'osed of A. L. Kellogg of Colorado, @. B.
Booth of California, and Ewood Mead of
Wyoming to prepare plans for effecting
uch an association.