Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-27
CONVENTION.
Ell PAso HERALD TAKES occA.
SION TO COMMEND THE RE-
CENT GATHERING.
Herald Wants 70 Have Delegates
from Pass City Admitted Next
Time. at Least by invitation.

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One or the best things the territory
of New Mexico has done for a long
time was Tho holding Of the recent
irrigation convention Ill Albuquerque.
The attendance was not very large,
but much interest was at all times
manifested In the proceedings, aud
those who attended were worthy rep
resentatiyes III the ~tcrritory's best
| citizenship.
A perusal OF the addresses delivered
at the convention, al printed In the
Albuquerque papers. shows that they
were almost without exception OF a
very high order. They were not only
informing upon the general aspects
Of the irrigation problem. but they
we're adapted SO close 70 the problems
Of this particular locality that they
take a new interest and value on that
account. They were made, for the
most part, by men who have taken
leading parts In the actual work OF
experimenting ~nA investigating under
conditions precisely similar TO those
every farmer In the territory must en-
counter.
The convention seems 10 have been
run In a business way from the start.
There was no unseemly %wrangling
owe rules and Offices, but the meeting
went ahead to do what II got together
TO do. Even the resolutions which
such an organization always adopts
as n means OF concentrating public
thought. rather than with any idea 81
exercising direct influence on Iegisla.
ton or government poilcy-called for
but little discussion, and nj important
differences OF opinion. The prime oh.
jects OF the meeting, TO disseminate
correct Information and stimulate
popular interest concerning the re.
clamation problem. were successfully
and creditably achieved, and the pro.
moters OF the convention have every
reason to feel proud Of their work.
II IL to be hoped that the addresses
at Albuquerque will be printed In a
book and widely distributed. They
deserve It, and New Mexico would
gain by Il.
The convention was perpetuated
through q permanent organization,
which every citizen Of the territory Is
invited to Join. II is the intention to
hold annual conventions and 10 have
noted authorities make addresses on
subjects Of live local interest. The
whole scheme seems cmlnently prac.
ticai. and Ia bound 10 result In better
understanding Of the larger problems
on the part OF the people and q wider
application In practical farming Of the
results Of the costly experiments that
the national land and state govern
ments are conducting.
Notwithstanding the certainty that
the following suggestion will be mis-.
understood and m~isappiied in some
quarters. the Herald ventures 10 ex.
press the hope that ri Paso delegates
without 4 vote. II that Is the wish
OF the majority-may be present ut
the next territorial irrigation convcn.
tion by invitation. There Is no com.
munity In the territory that is more
deepyi interested in the reclamation
OF tho arid lands Of this region than
10 III Psso. and there can be no rea.
son why we can moi all get together
In this matter. We are all In the same
boat-or would be II there were any
water 10 be hadr-El Paso Herald.
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