Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-25

dc project or, after sinking into the
ground as many of these streams do.
would through underground passages.
ada to the supply of the Artcsian WE'LL;
here, which AVE becn sunk at groa,
expense. There may be a good eNpIa-
nation of this, but ii there is, the
people want to know what il is.
For the range interests the rains
could not have come at a more use
lnl time. As is well pointed out in
Professor Wooten's recent
on The Range Problem in New Mex
leo,' the ranges in this vicinity. as in
many other parts of the territory.
nave greatly suffered from overstock-
ing. In long, dry periods, such as the
recent one, his abuse of one of our
greatest natural resources is most
keenly felt. The cattle and sheen men
nave had to suffer for the ~greediness
OF their predecessors. The rains have
rough relief to them, much more on
me owned and leased ranges, where
care and judgment have been used i'm
the running of stock, and where The
grass reVives quicker, thar I'm the omen
country west of the Pecos, where the
grass has been so tramped out that
there is little left for the moisture to
work upon
Sad Condition of Once Great Rnnue
A prominent Roswell man, now en-
gagged in the cattle business east of
the river, recently returned from a
camping trip to the White mountains.
lie was deeply impressed with the sad
condition OF the range country be
tween the Pecos ana the mountains.
over which seven or eight years ago.
he a cattle, and which he statesc.
Vas, at that time, as fine grazing
and as he ever saw. 1t is not beyond
yet in spite of thousands Z
acres of snake weed, pig weed and |
russian thistle, but soon will be unless ;
are taken to protect it. Such /
Observations by keen, practical men |
re making many converts to the gov
policy of range control. They j
that, in theory, some effective >
is absolutely essential for the e
reservation of what has long been u
stlll Is, u main industry, the cat u
e and sheep business. If they felt u
$ certain about the effectiveness OF l'
he government practice in the control az
the range problem as they do about Sd
re s~oundness of the theory, they W
ould be enthusiastic converts to the ~
'Nernment policy, in spite of the pre- al
ace OF years. But as yet they do not O.
that the national in IN
administration of the range on the ~
reserves, has gotten at the mat vi
r in a way hat holds out nope for IN
'ective control of the larger areas nj
tside the reserves. They know what ity
put out in pamphlets and forest 70
serve regulations in regard to canal Ild
ances for the big man and the little po
IN the privileges of homesteading we
the reserves, the cutting Of nee we
AIRY timber, etc, but they see that. ceI
fact, the big boss with a Washing ga
putin one way or another. gets POI
choicest reserve privileges. while TN
smaller man whose political lin ma
ehce Is not temporarily needed. is
ned down; that the poor squattcr 4
o mas worked for years on $50 mo-
es or unsurveyed land subsequently hou
.uded within a reserve, has his met
1lng reduced on the say-so of = Min
ng supervisor, pretty ignorant of pre-
Il codnitions; that pennyless ma turc
; are made to pay for each DAD New
Nofthiess fallen timber. which they lfsC
sell for a dollar, after hauling ally
thlfty miles over rough mountain be ,
Is These and other things make undI
n Wlthho their support which. hay,
account of the evidence of their the
eyes, they would otherwise give the
Pinchot and his department. Of Il
Sc are, doubtless, little things and of $.
e practical men are. perhaps. pre- Japa
,ed n narrow in their point of of Il
, but without their upuor no Jap
range policy can be really sym
tive, They are encouraged to be caste
= from the purport of recent press whit
itches however that now that the ever
ed necessity o. using the forestry pate
rtlnent as more or less of a polit- Germ
bureau Is past, some of these the c
rs will be remcdied and that Mr.. ering
hot, whom they all respcct. VIII after
lowed to carry out his ideas ir- ture.
'ctlVc of temporary considera- the
of party eXDcdicncy. At any ious
their minds are open-thcv want how
convinced and they are looking feelin
lrd to the session of the Irrigation by tn
ress at albuquerque as an oppor- tleshi
y to hear the government side of nese
.aso, and of themselves present viii
heir opinions about the situa- ment
Der.