The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-30

ihe Winntug W. % tre nfiifs at tfi
five civilized Indian tribes ,ne Usage
allotment and the settlement with ,the
kickapoos have brought q large number
Of Indians 20 Washington in thc past
rev months. Many had come east Tor
the FIRST time. and their observations
have formed thehasls ~ mary stories
that are floating around Washington.
one OF the Reds who Ind been brought
up on the banas of the tunble little
washita river and had grown % adore
this stream as the real thing. TOOK rln
20 Chesapeake beach tie was greatly
Impressed with what he had seen. and
he poured out his admiration So senator
Long Of Kansas. % the following terse
words. Heap. hemp water Big water
Washita--" and ne pointed 90 "a ny on
the window. "washiri bsh he sabi
ia tones Of deep disgust Another OF the
ludians who had loafed around Musls0-
gee and whose idea of great nial were
tApihed by the powerful physical devel-
opment Of Lawyer nn zeverly Of Mus
couee. paid visit 70 the White House
one day Go. Cecll Lyon of Sherman.
Tex, met the Indian later on Pcnusyl-
Nania avenue ana recognized in him an
Old Indian Territory acquaintance He
iold Lyons he had been up to the white
House and had seen the president eAnd
what do YOU think Of hims" asked
Lyons enthusiastically "pont like
said the Indian. Thought he wits bis
iine man like Bin zc,e"
The upper and the lover Rio Grande
iiver countries got mixed up in "a tug
Of war a. this session Of congress over
the ratification of the treaty between the
tnited States and Mexico FOR division
of the waters Of the Rio Graude some
gears ago the big irrigation projects
in Colorado took 50 much water out ol
tfe RIO Grande river that tho Afexicans
around Jaurez, Mex could not irrig1t,
their ands. and $4,000 acres Il is claim.
rd. have eyer Stree been "a desert waste
Claims AGAINST this government 10 ih,
cNtent Of approximately Si0.00o000 wer,
nied hy MeSicln citizens which claim
the Mexican government Is now willini
10 wipe outn return for enough wate
nui ol The river 90 irigatc those lands q
treaty 90 that effect WAS negotiated am,
it proposed 90 give Mexico annually CO..
neo acre feet of water upon the comoie
iica q the Enge dam El paso. Tex
as waots ttat Enpie dam, and that i
why Repfesentative smith who repYe
sents the Ei paso district Ia congress
has seeu nutting up such "a hard ngh
to get The geaty ratified. The Unite,
States viii not Dee able 10 deliver thi
amount of water 20 Mexico without thi
dam ane hence tfe ratification wom,
insure the speedy construction of thi
piece Of s7.2oo ooo masonry New Mex
ico has stalSed an Of her hopes for ag
riculturh development on this project
a would reclaim 100000 acres OF he
deser. Land, and that is why the peopl
~ New Mexico have sent almost a
many teegrams "a congress on the sub
leet Of the MeNican treaty as they di
on statehood. However far down th
valley OF the RIO Grande river "a
Brownsville. Texas thc Frisco railwa.
and B. T. Yoikum have opened q veri
table new valley Of the Nile that de-
pends largely upon irrigation from th
Rio Graude, ana this section fears tha
the diversion of enough water ont o
The Rio Gande 10 irrgaie 25OO0 acre
on tte Mexlcnn slice viii deprive q o
Sufficient water 10 maze The Brownsvll
section blossom IKE The rose. So thl
section Joined forces with senator Teue
or Colorado in herce but losing ngh
against ue treaty