Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-16
new MEXICO IS SlIGHTEO
The Reclamation Service is Too
Slew 10 Inau,HIaiing RoIk iR
This TGUIIOy,
Otlt6lTt BODty As6sy

The statehood bile careff a o. bo
determined uy e. caucus or republican
members to ho % pr0nNIy Thurs.
day evening a special r,so limiting
debate aud pruEmug Tor fote I8 sA-
pcc,yd as q result OF the cahcus
Government irrigation Nyorko.
| prosr.ss bls been made ln mo ira.
cation work OF tho soyorniaont anu n
rpNDvtu lu the puuucauon Issued by
I tny arU.psIgal survey, wnNH points
out Ono NEG. s.IIy uI Ercb. dAuU0u ana
conservatism Iu ll, uEionabu oI tHo
reclamation wulU 90 SAYS tHa. ui tuo
|.wuUm projects lauuuHt reported
u IH"I. which Included tutsU ON lut
lrnrt0. river iu su'aIa. ~ one SALT
uN.r u Arizona. ou mua utlI m
uHutu5 Uu sweet Natgr ugog 900
Wyoming aud ln lhc Gunn8ou river
900 Colorado. tHo Nevada ana Arizona
projects have been found feasible auu
construction 900 tU. .u.uCaUu. WlfaH
mas progressed Jn q reasonable cNfgut.
iu. Montana project however. has
presented unexpected puuneorug Jl-
u.u.u,s as we'll as complications co..
arlI1g water rights go the progress
| .H.lg is slow 90 was found necessary
.u modify the nrst plans boz or. co Co
achieve carly results Iho Wyoming
project as uut outlined vaa found
mpra.ugaU.u a better reservoir s.re
uan that uu tno sweet Wn.gr river
Ils H..u discovered on MD North
I Platte. s1 tuIt % large System 0I de-.
! tDiUpm,ut may UC worked out there
u thg future. Grave euglneprug d,I.
uultes are encountered ln. thc Colo.
/ .ldu project The amount uI aria
lands thereby rocIamabiO is less. too
than anticipated.
Approaching Emo Of the Session
Tho present session of congress VIII
probably terminate on April 2s. hc.
.ordus 20 tuo opinion OF the senators
aud representative. The rpubucau
! DalDrs of Che senate anticipate hold.
/ uE "a meeting oT tho steering com.
| mltteo some time during tho early
| part J next wgok 90 arrange "a gon.
,rai program tor the remaining days
To-. lHo session. NO caH tor tho meet
.ug OF the committee as yet been
issued, however,
Delegate Rodoy on the Warpsth.
Delegate %. S. hogoy .B not only
becoming inpatient at the fa.ure %
/ ,uc department of tbe interior to taHe
up an irrigation PROJECT .u Now Mex.
Ico. Hut Is expressing himself forciHIy
upon the subject 500 tho officials of
| thc reclamation service. For two
years tho delegate has ..Du visiting
/ che department at different intervals,
has written scores OF letters and sub.
mittod "a great buIE of data on this
very subject 1ut lHua Oar has been
given hut ltuo moro than smooth
uIk Nevada has ul.g $4,000 luhaU
fHn'H y,t tho rarI1W1. ION service
uss started work ou q fI 200 600 pro-
.IeJ. 8Ud Iu Arizona. similar under
taking IH under way while lr Colo
RADIO aui Hunlaul are equally ioftu
nate Yet the RIO raudo valley
With is 100000 inhabitants aud set
/ tIoi whom tho English came to james
town. iH su. waiting, al that bas
7 been done being a preliminary sur
|yCy and investigation Delegate R0
doy claims that tho department of
|tHo interior had before the passage oi
tho reclamation act more data about
the Rio Urando valley than t had
about any other section OF The arid
vest the data having been collected
during many years OF lab0r by Major
| P0wCu when no was az the head o,
| tae United states geologic survey
Mr EOdoy hnds tBlB neglect OF Nov
/ Mexico especially calling because ho
had taken such an active part in tho
draining and tho passage Of the rcc.a
nation act During tho winters Of
1902 aud l.Ja be- attended three times
every week from B %. go. 20 l2 b. m
the sessions OF the committee on irri
cation Iu senator Warrans room "a
the north end of me capitol. and care
fully reviewed aud discussed every
word limo aud sentence OF the rcclA
nation uiil hualy helping to f0rmu
late ont OF the hnoen 90 twenty pro-
posed measures tho uct as % stand.
today F0r two months me delegate
has worked unceas'nF'y on tho u1oi
1f ibe house for tHg passage 0f tb,
900 Dp0n that ground alone. caHfiur
aside me other important c1usldlra
u0na New MCNeU s4OuId receive
some attention. ana Delegate R0Iey
has made up hIa mind 20 use hla ut
most persuasion to nave thD depar
mont ~ tHr u..uur uoFin 90 rocIama
zion work Iu Now MoEic9 .n earnest