Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-13
Ell Paso is Ready to Help
Make the Congress.
CEi Paso HoraldA

btF
Albuquerauat has our eongratula-
lions upon winning Of the next con
%vention OF the National Irrigation con
gress. FL Paao did nothing To help
her get It, but she will try to atone
for this years neglect By helping mex.
year TO make the great national cor
Vention a conspicuous success. Albu-
querque's success In this means a big
boost for New Mexico, and what helps
New Mexico helps IA Paso. 1t would
be ungratefm for El Paso to fail
in energetic support-it would be most
%lamentably short siebied as a business
policy.
The convention at Sacramento APP
pears to have resulted in a rout for
the enemies of 1he national reclama-
ton service. One OF them has been
u. IL. Anderson. editor of the lrriga-
ton Age. at Boise. IN the stronghold
OF an element that has always opposed
the strict and equitable enforcement
OF the national land laws. forestry
laws. aud other m~easpres designed for
the commonly good. Anderson was.
year he was rcpIac cdfby Bs,A, Fowler
Of Phoenix. Yllp ha& .been ". leader ian
the Salt river proJeat and has been
an efficient aidatotfhe reclamation
service in thik tf~etnxpdeus nndertak-
Ing.
The big talk ofrF Yuma Imperial
crowd. who were g4ing 20 have the
recia NATION service aboiished' and all
The work undone. haSihg called 2 sep
arate convention fdn thct purpose.
seems 10 have dwindlcd down to tho
Ineffective protest ofaa small number
OF disappointed mon who failed In
their effort TO use the reclamation ser
vice to recoup losses on sp unfortu-
nate venture.
The reclamation service Is going TO
be continually on trial before the
and before congress. II will.
ite enemies al the time. personal
and political. II Is spending large
sums OF money, ana a parcel Of men
would like tO have a finger In it,
distribution for political or personal
gain are denied the privilege. II IL
being run honestly and efficiently. anu
that II the last thing some get-rich-
individuals aud hot-stun ven.
doris In public office are after.
Dealings of the people of Arizona
New Mexico and Tey~- @ rer'"-
service have been highly salts
factory. We have found the Officers
fair and efficient. read 10 help az
legitimate movements and imperVi"n
10 Improper s~uggestions from any
Inf NufuHtfA~HfN E'aNifi "Hnf
adopted have had the enthnst-
astlce and u~nrescrvei approval Of tn"
great majority Of the INTERESTED per-
n Is not strange that there
be- some dissatisfied ones. for
that IL an incident 60 every cempro-
however iust and equitable ana
the successful carving GU 81 one or
ihase great reclamation projects m
volvea.a Ions series Of compromise
pui " hehooves "a IN TEXAS and the
territories 20 ~stands~hy our friends
have heen istrslpaoial IN carry
ont or i~naururatnfg irftTation pro
tscts IN this region that viii cost some
40 600 Oa0 aud that never could have
boon carried out by private enterpriss
Lot MS take Carcs that no obstacle
thrown In the waN Of tho success
prosecution ~ The work Or this.
,i~~nnrtmeut. u 10 planning along the
rl9ht lines. IL work viii endure. and
ihuSe WHO embarra~ssit~ constructive
rffar,s ~rs tnrting their own interests
oven when thev imnTine thev pc act
in hehalf of fhose not directly
hS approved -nrot.cts aud
Of future deprivation and In
Jury.