Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-30
THE ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM WILL
RECLAIM 100000 ACRES NOW
PRODUCING ALMOST NOTHING
EnuIe Reservoir Soon to Harne SIS Waters of Rio Grande, Will
Be Of Far Greater Magnitude Than Assuan Dam of Nile in
Egypt; Construction of Dam viii Wipe Out Five Settlements
and Inundate 1870 Square Miles OF I Territory in New Mexico.

tHAA aAH - TtAiHt ~ AtAA ~ AE ANaAhAtft
between this eonntry and old Mexico.
Hy its terms the United states gives
IA farmers along the Mexican bank
III the river as much water as they
used prior to the construction Of the
irrigation work affecting the Rio
Gtende in its course through colo
RADIO
The htst appropriations Of water
are for fSe.0oe acres or this $4,000
neres lie in Old Mexico. and the re-
mainder in New Mexico and Texas
The United states Reclamation Ser
vice promises water for no more than
ls0 00a acres. but local Water
Users Association expects hat there
VIII be enough Tor fully 100000 acres.
OF this area. 10000 acres he in
INcw Mexico 5000 acres in Texas,
and $4,000 IN old Mexico. Rr =
treaty between that Republic and the
Tinted states la settlement of claims
on q OF prior rights 70 the
waters 81 the Rio Grande, the tnitcd
states agrees Ia deliver at the border,
for these $1,000 acres. 10000 acre.
ieet q year For his. congress has
appropriated directly from the treas
ury the sum OF 81. 100000 The rest
~ the lands tI5a 600 acresl pas the
government for the project n ten
annual lnstaumsnts BY the terms ef
the reclamation ACT no person may
nave water for more than $50 acres
hut he must pay the annual Install
ments for an the lind ne may own.
This means that a person Who may
own more than iso acres viii have 70
sell b..
In regard 70 the interests Of the
water users under the Rio Grande
protect who will eventually have 20
pas the major part O tie eest of
construction 81 ne sam the time re-
CURED in lis construction - = very
important item II has been eonserv-
%ttixels estimated that the value 81 the
Enele reservoir 10 them vii oe eqaai
Ia the net profit on the use Of l0e.-
0eA acres ~ land now producing
nothins which the reservoir @Hh
make il possible 10 cultivate. Even
though the whole of this land would
not be immediately ptf In cultivation
ths time when il viii be all in cults,
Walton would he brought one wear
nearer bs each year sawed 10 CON
stravtlng the dam The net profit on
THIS land in alfalfa alene az present
prices. would be at least SIS pei acre
OF 500. eco per annum on the whols
acreage In orchard the profit would
-. taana sEuaa1 This ananuuf
The history al the Rio Grande Val
lev : the history Of New Mexico Re
iore the advent 81 the spaniards uu-
der Marco de MIA ia 1899. this terri
tory had been The home for untold
generations ~ sedentary tribes 81 In
dtans as well a. nomadie predatory
tribes. Many ruined pueblos and
houses 1T stone in the shelves ~ tht
rock, cliffs attest 30 this period %
settlement. Following Mia. snt
guided hs him. Francisco Nasaue
Coronado came to this eountry iu
1850 ana used the valley of the RIO
Grsnde rs a base for hls explorations
into what IS nnm Arizona Texas aud
kaneas. the Grand canyon ~ the
colorado. one al the wonders 90 the
wofid haxlus heen discovered iu one
81 these expeditions FROM this time
on She HISTORY IS This valley IS one
at conquest and revolt the Indians
not being entirely overcome until n
close 81 tae seventeenth century
neneefoFvard New Mexico grew IA
Importance rev towns being estab.
his cd in the rio Gisnde valley
where The eolouists learned 10 make.
use af the crude but often extensive.
%iriisaton wotes Thar had been eststh-
lsaed probably centuries oetore hv
t8e aaflsfnai infahitan ts. Early in.
the nineteenth ntu a ccnsidershl D
trs o. srtne un Nlth the ssrtlements
-c4g tas American frontier notably
kasA.kla Illinois and FianklinI
f1f Independence iu Missouri This
Ras tac h~esiuuing or Tho overland
commefe over che famous santa r.
urai q WAS .n fact tbe cause ct it-
* the tfaH being abandoned
when fha ~snta 70 Rauwav entered
the teffftort. tn 1850 Iu ISse Neu
MeNiea was transferred from Tie -,y-
ere gntv 81 us Mexico 90 tn. United
Stats ana e. 1859 fh- territorial gov
efnnent es o~teanlled la f>6s the.
western haE became h territory a
ArHona and 10 fss5. Che northern
sfrp was aureved to Colorado. leag-
be tas territory oil New Mexico as 10.
nos - eth ar aret of ~ ESQ square.
mi.