Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-08
The TERRITORIAL PRESS.
H NEW REGENT

THE NEW REGENT.
Las Cruces Republican,
The Republican is pleased to note the
appointment of Colonel r. e. Twitchell
as regent of the agricultural college.
The selection is an admirable one. The
colonel is a man from the crown Of his
head to the soles of his feet, full Of
pluck, energy and good judgment. He
is a valuable acquisition.
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ONE VAST SANITARIUM.
(Raton Gazette.)
The entire Territory of New Mexico
is a sanitarium; to it belong the sun, the
mountain air, the balmy air, and hun
dreds Of mineral springs, which, COM
bined, invigorate and restore the in
valid and prolong life. The analyses of
many of it's springs compare favorably
with the famous springs of the world,
to which Americans annually flock in
great numbers, not realizing that New
Mexico has their exact duplicates, and
many well-known health resorts, with
the advantage Of every altitude desired,
re-enforced by a matchless climate.
RIO GRANDE WATER.
CLas Cruces Farm and Orchard.)
F. H. Newell, who is in charge Of the
government irrigation department at
Washington, recently paid us a visit.
He had inspected the Rio Grande from
its headwaters down to Las Cruces, and
had come to the conclusion that the
scarcity of water in the river this year
was due to the excessive winds prevail
ing in Colorado, which had blown away
the snow instead of allowing it to melt
and come down to the river. Mr.. Newell
is of the opinion that the irrigation
bitches in Colorado do not injuriously
affect the flow of the river in New
Mexico, as may be seen by the large
amount of water in the river neal Els
pamela, after it enters this territory
Last year we We're at Espanola, and ar
old resident there told us he could see
no difference in the flow of water there
now as compared with what it was be-
fore any irrigation existed in Colorado
Mr.. Newell is not prepared to absolute.
ly deny hat the many bitches in the
northern part of the territory may moi
cause some shortage Of water in the
lower portion of the valley. He is rath.
err inclined to agree with us that it Is
an open question as to how much water
If any,, there would be to-day in Ell Past
if all the bitches above We're closed
ample, there seems to be some evidence
that water taken out Of the river above
does not lessen the flow at any consid.
cradle distance below. This theory Is
ers. AS Mr.. Newell says, the average
man Is apt to look upon a river as 6
water pipe, which will fail to discharge
water at it's outlet, if you exhaust the
ever. be remembered that the river Il
being continually supplied by seepagt
all along it's course, and that when thi:
seepage fails the river goes dry. Irriga.
ton bitches do not lessen this seepage
on the contrary, they tend to increase
1t. History proves that the river has
been dry In the lower part of the terri,
tory long before any irrigation ditche.
existed along its course. Mr.. Newell l.
of the opinion that the only remedy /.
to build a succession Of reservoirs alone
the river, from which the water can b.
taken out by means Of well-constructet
high-level canals, and so secure a con.
tinuous supply of water at all seasons.