Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-08

Europe and foreign countries ana for-
eign capitals in search of health and
pleasure. they know but little and
realize but little of the vast posi-
hilities of New Mexico and Arizona
and the glorious west. Our new state
offers as great variety of climate as
any other state I'm the union The
SUBMITS of our mountains are
crowned with snow; from the fertile
bosom of her valleys gush perennial
springs; her desert sands, under the
almost miraculous influence of irri-
cation. are made 10 quickly blossom
as the rose and produce to q degree
elsewhere unknown. our new state,
bathed in sunshine, swept by cool
winds from the mountains; endowed
by nature with untold mineral wealth:
watered by several great river sys-
TENS, whose waters when properly
conserved viii make our vast valleys
one of the richest of the states in
agricultural and horticultural wealth;
with our citizens everywhere occu-
pied and our people everywhere pros
porous; our new state hopefully faces
the dawn, confident that the future
that awaits 1t will justify the hopes of
its friends and in no wise disappoint
the expectations Of those whose con-
fidence and support have made pos
sible this glad day
New Mexico covers an area of
122.469 square miles, greater than
that of any other of all the states save
Texas, California and Montana 1t
holds within its borders 1S,347,4 400
acres OF land, a very large part OF
which is either watered by ever run
ming streams or subject to the meth
DDS of irrigation. We have accom-
plished astounding results in the days
gone by in agriculture and horticul-
ture, in cattle grazing and in sheep
raising, but We have only scratched
the surface, for it would be bold
man who would stand in this presence
today and attempt to prophesy as to
what the future holds for this great
state. Our possibilities in this line
lie in the direction of irrigation, and
only strong and vigorous representa-
ton in the American congress can
bring to pass the results that lie al
most within our grasp. OF our vast
territory not more than seven mil
lions of acres are in farms and not
more than half that number are really
improved, and yet sufficient has been
demonstrated by irrigation to show
the tremendous range of possibilities
held by future years. The irrigation
works in the Pecos valley are the
largest in the United States; they have
turned deserts into gardens; they have
created untold millions of wealth from
a country which was formerly an un-
productive waste, large parts being
fit only for stock ranges and other
parts adapted only to the growth OF .
cactus and sage. In San Juan county |
Irrigation canals have been construct
ed by the hundred and in Animas and |
La Plata products in orchards worth |
where sheep and cattle alone |
formerly held possession, have been |
realized. ana the apples, the peaches
and the pears of the Pecos and San |
Juan have been prize winners in the |
worlds fairs and have made New
Mexico justly celebrated throughout |
the country as the unequaied fruit |
state of the union In the
Rio Grande valley and its tributaries
many irrigation systems have been
aoie priilitlVe' some
,as ~ noeuihs ohiy 10 be
.hant e 9e,oii'iiic pasis' IN
-, i"S peeh accomplished
,,oat eS. .',o',ein i,,es 10 satisfy the
49, 80 , ',ia' ne" MeNieo VIII
.,a,o pe "n,o"s 'ie very rlrsi
~, s ,,'. "'.s anu horticular-
',,s, s''"' ~ s,aesi Which was the
~ ~ p'oloTe irrisauoh' ana which
ha noo1a,,, ~ 7iea,eS' peneilclary OF
,.o..s,'' '''l'''',oii po'icy OF thls ana the
= ,'eoeu'ns doi'iiistration. VIII, when
''0se 9ss''"'s are luiiy developed by
~ '''''ona' soNerniheht' move Tor
'oiu oy ieaps ana pouhos ana make
- Wy Wonuer oi the west.
WINE we nave received some as
iS'""oo iiohi ,i'e government we viii
"" "e auie 10 receive more assist
ne WIN Two senators VINO UNDER
''au 'ne "orhihss OF the government,
nu wv members Oh the mousse VINO
iah'iiiar with leslsiatloh' we need
~ io"sei nc oessars LOT What Is JUST
OUTS put we may wen demand our
.'il ana just proportion of the bene-
i's ~ ne ueriNeu irom All the proper
oneies OF the government.
- es'iildteu that the drainage
=" % tHe recos river WITHIN TINS
'ate Is susceptible OF lrrigating thir-
cen Hlllilon acres OF land, or ESQ per
"a M -. 50