Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-19
CONGRESS BIGGEST EVER
BROUGHT TO THE
SOUTHWEST
opinion Of A. b. Renehdn Of
Santa Fe---Big ADVERTISE
ment for Territory.
NEW MEXICO SURPRISES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

A. d. keAehaf1.s prominent i,ttor-
ney OF Santa Fe, and an enthusiastic
believer In advertising the inexhaust-
ible resources of New Mexico, says
that the meeting of the National Ir-
rigation congress, which will be held
in this city next October, Is the big
gest thing ever brought to the south
west. Mr.. Renehan, who was In the
city yesterday on legal business, at
tended meeting of the board of
control of the congress yesterday af-
ternoon and made a brief address
before the meeting.
After the meeting. Mr.. Renehan
said
"The coming of the irrigation con-
gress to Albuquerque is a master
stroke for the development of the
territory. New Mexico has been for
known quantity in our national re-
sources, and its ability to produce ag-
riculturai wealth has been so little
appreciated, largely because of the
modesty of our people, that the COM
ing OF the congress Is In effect a
throwing open of the doors and an
invitation to the country at large,
and especially the arid west, to come
in and see what we have and what
"And what will we be able to
show them? Fruit. that the boast
ed products OF California not only
cannot surpass, but cannot equal for
and though we have no lemon or or
chard groves or other semi-tropic
fruits yet In apples peaches, plums,
pears, raspberries and Strawberries
we are inferior to none, In rye,
barley, oats and wheat, for height
and head, not even the fields of Ore
gon, Idaho or the Dakotas can bid
us take off our hats. In vegetables,
for size, our farms produce mons
ters. They are the best and the
largest that the world knows. All
these virtues we have kept to our
selves until now, and II Is only re-
Gently that we have learned how un-
just II is to ourselves to hide our
light under a bushel.'
Preference of Irrigated Lands.
when the excellence of our farms
and orchards is made known, as IL
will be made known through the
delegates and visitors to the irriga-
ton congress. coupled with the fact
that irrigated rather than temporal
lands have brought them forth, irri-
gated lands TO the far sea viii have
the preference. First, because OF
the certainty OF the crop; secondly,
because of the abundance of the yield
which irrigation secures.
when the limited extent OF irri-
gable farm lands is appreciated IT
behooYes the knowing public to seize
the opportunity to have some OF
them before the supply is exhausted.
New Mexico not only opens its doors
10 farmers of less favored states, but
also opens its arms in welcome and
holds out promise to them, not of a
bare living, but of superabundance.
Condition of Country.
"The RIO Grande valley. from a
short distance above Albuquerque
down to a short distance below Las
Cruces, including the marvellous Me-
silla neighborhood, is one continuous
garden plot. The Peeos valley, wat
cred as II is by antural streams and
artesian wells. blooms in possibly
greater beauty. San Juan county,
with La Plata, Las Anlmas and the
San Juan rivers, has in a very few
years been rescued from a desert and
become a great orchard. The Taos
valley Is yeined with more streams of
llfe-gIving fluid, than any other COM
munity within our borders. although
the streams are not as large as
those in San Juan county. Irrigation
Is not extensively practlced there