The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-20

| Geovernor George Curry and his
party of Irrigation Congress Boomers
from Albuquerque arrived il Roswell
on the belated train at three O'Clock
this morning and spent today as the
guests of the city. Tonight at 1870
/ they will conduct mass meeting at
the court house, for the purpose of
arousing interest in the coming Ma
| tional Irrigation Congress at AIbl1-
querque, and it is hoped that every
citizen who has the advancement and
progress of the West at heart will be
in attendance.
In the Governors party are Col
Twitchell, of Las Vegas, one of the
leading lawyers of New Mexico, Col
w. S. Hopewell, president of the San
ia Fe Central railroad, c. NJ. Foraker
H. B. Hening, representing the Albu-
querque Journal, VIM. F. Brogan of
the Albuquerque Citizen, Clark NJ.
Carr and DIR. c. E. Lukens, of AIbu-
querque.
The distinguished visitors were ta-
ken on an automobile ride today, es-
corted by committee of leading cit
liens. The@Military Institute was one
of the places visited, and all showed
much interest in this, the largest mil
itary educational institution in the
Southwest.
The meeting at the courthouse to-
night will be full of interest to those
interested in public affairs. Governor
Curry, Col. .Twitcher and Col. Hope
well will he the principal speakers.
The junket will leave on the train
tonight or tomorrow morning for
Carlsbad, where one day will be spent
boosting the Irrigation Congress.
As Captain w. c. Reid remarked
yesterday upon receiving a telegram
announcing the coming of this com
mittee from Albuquerque, it is posi-
BILE that if the people make a strong
effort the entire delegation to the
National Irrigation Congress could be
induced to spend one day in the Pc
cos Valley. A special train could be
dITdnSeU- IO uOuDl, Will d very ION
rate of fare, to leave Albuquerque a
seven O'Clock in the evening and ar
rive at Roswell early the next morn
ing, and after spending a day in the
valley return the next evening, there
by losing but one day out of the en-
tire meeting at Albuquerque. This
would be an immense benefit to the
valley for the reason that the delega-
ton would consist of the very best
men in the United States and fore
most in land and irrigation matters,
and would be an advertisement of the
valley that could be obtained in no
other way and worth many times the
cost The Pecos Valley affords the
greatest SHOW ground to practical sci
entific irrigationists in the United
States. In this valley we have irriga-
tion by the flood waters as illustrated
under the Hondo project; by irriga
ton of both flood waters and the per
ennial stream as illustrated in the
as Illustrated throughout the valley
from Roswell to Lakewood; by spring
rivers as illustrated in the vicinity of
Roswell and By pumping as illustrat
ed more or less throughout the entire
valley. In addition to this the dele
cation would pass through the most
thorough and practical illustration of
dry farming to be found in the United
States in passing through Roosevelt
county. Next to having the irrigation
congress at Roswell is the import
ance of having the entire congress
spend one day in this vicinity.
CHAIRS AND ROCKERS OF ALL