Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-30

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leo cities" He then referred TO the
Arkansas valley of Colorado and It's
vast sugar beet industries, which the
santa Fe has beer so largely instru-
mental in developing. pointing out the
fact that the lands in this section OF
the Rio Grange valley are far supe-
rior to those of the Arkansas valley
for h culture Of the sugar beet.
Then the speaker proceeded to give
some figures which caused the club
directors to sit up and listen care
fully. There are. he said. some $500
to $500 acres Of land directly tribu-
tary TO Rocky Ford. Colo, devoted to
the culture Of uga beets which bring
an annua revenue Il the growers OF
100000, and TO the community of not
less than 100000 a year,
six hundred thousand dollars Is an
interest of 8 per cen on a very large
amount of capital" said Colonel
Twitchell, "and that capital lies here
in the imemdiate vicinity OF Albu-
querque undeveloped. All that Is nee
essary to it's development is an intel
ligent farming community. Here you
have everything that Colorado has and
some things that Colorado has not.
for you have the labor, which Colo
RADIO has to import and which Colo
RADIO imports from your immediate
district. The soil, the land, the wa
ter, the labor, everything you have
here except organization. which is
necessary to interest the people and
the capital engaged in developing this
kind of business"
New Mexico, he said. had not kept
up with the standard set by the home
builders of today. 1t had remained
for people from other states to teach
us how to improve our opportuni-
ties and it was time for us to AXE
a hand i'm the business ourselves.
The place TO start this. he said, vas
at the irrigation congress. where are
to be met the very interests and the
very people who are engaged in de-
v~eloping sue as are lying
idle here. The representatives Of
capital, of great farming movements,
Of manufacturers, of farming ma
chinery and all the collateral enter
prises We're TO be found at the annual
irrigation congress. There could be no
more ideal opportunity for successful
presentation Of New MeXico's claims.
II know concluded the speaker. "be-
cause / have attended eight or ten
Of these congresses"
Colonel .Twitchell then outlined to
the directors a comprehensive scheme
Of advertising New Mexico at the con-
gress. which met with the hearty APP
proval OF the directors. The Las
Vegas Commercial club. he said. had
appropriated a large amount of
money for the purpose, the Rio
Grande Water Users association of
Las Cruces. and the Pecos valley dis
tricts had given assurance of hearty
cooperation, and it was desired to
have just such cooperation from Al
buquerque. The plan as outlined by
Colonel Twitchell Is to arrange for a
large collection of the best photo
graphs to be obtained of scenes in and
around Albuquerque and up and down
the Rio Grande valley, representing
farming results in New Mexico under
irrigation. He then urged the neces-
sity OF large representation at the
congress not only from Albuquerque,
but from every section of the terri
tory. Occupying, as New Mexico does,
a position of dependence on the ma
tional government. 1t becomes more
than necessary TO urge our claims for
recognition and the returns from com
plete representation at the irrigation
congress would be enormous when the
small expense is considered. In addi-
ton To the representation and the pho
tographs. proper souvenirs would be
arranged for. and every effort made
to keep New Mexico before the con-
gress. With all this will go New
Mexico's representation in the allegor-
zeal parade. an idea suggested to the
executive committee of the congress
by Colonel Twitchell. which will rep
resent irrigation from its inception
down to the present day. and IN which
New Mexico viii naturally play a
prominent part.
The Mex Congress.
The speaker hen turned to the
question Of the next congress. He
pointed out that Las Vegas was third
in the race n year ago, and that at
that time promises of hearty support
We're given To New Mexico for the
congress in 1908. He had no doubt Of
.A%lbuquerque's ability To entertain the
congress if Albuquerque chose to go
after it, and he had great hopes of
the success OF such an effort. He
spoke plainly Of the cos which he
believed would be ron $4,000 to
100000. depending on the scale pom
which the entertainment features were
arranged. There would be powerful
rivals. he said. and the effort woul
have to be prompt and vigorous II II
were TO prove successful. From
eleven hundred to twelve hundred
delegates. he thought. would be the
probably nhmber likely to attend a
congress held here. where but
line of railroad is available. He then
outlined the basis OF representation,
and several gentlemen expressed "A de-
sire to attend the coming congress
delegates from this city and
~. There seems no doubt that New
Mexico will be fully represented AT
M congress. whether the territory
decides Ia go after the next congress
not.
Colonel Twitchell then returned Ia
a discussion Of the vast resources ~
ing idle at Albuquerque's door. The
area Of tillable land, he said, between
Albuquerque and SautO Domingo, was
five times as great as the wonderful
~ productive Riverside district Of Sal
exclusive Of the Indian lands,
much larger han the farming
tributary 60 Roswell. He
a plan for h bringing of
this land under cultivation which
attracted the closest attention from
the club directors and which will un-
doubtedly be acted on in the very near
All that VAS needed for the ]
immcdiaet establishment Of a beet SUI
gar factory here. he said, was a guar
antee Of five thousand acres Of land
nIanted in sugar beets. or this he was
absolutely sure. and he said further
that he was IN a position TO guaran-
lee the fullest co-0nprafion of the i