Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-13
BELIEVES NEW MEXICO HAS
BIG AGRICULTURAL FUTURE
Colonel K. {. TwtcheN, Prince of Publicity Agents, Gives New
State Some Good Advertising in Pueblo Where He Is on Bus
mess Connected With the National Irrigation Congress of
Which He Is First Vice President.

IN the recent issue Of the Pueblo
Chieftian, OF Pueblo. Colo. Is pub
Ilshed a lengthy interview by Col. r.
-. Iwltchell, in which he gloWingly
ueplcls the future of New Mexico.
1oI. IWltchel Is first vice-president of
tile National Irrigation Congress ard
" - pueblo comforting with the Off
GERS n members Of the executive
committee. Being better posted on
the past history OF New Mexico than
perhaps n man in the territory. and
having the facilities 1T hand for judg-
ing the future Of the state to be, the
interview ~ wei worth reproducing
N the Morning journal and is given
herewith in fun.
In eli its history, New Mexico has
never had so much attention as ut
the present time. The early admis-
sion Of the territory as o state, the
great LAND hunger epidemic which
seems to be prevalent IN the middle
ana estern states, the knowledge that
IN New Mexico there are thousands OF
acres Of land which may be taken up
under the homestead laws Of the ma
ton, ana the great amount of pub-
llcity given to the possibilities for
the homeseeker ana the homemaker
IN the west ana southwest. have pro-
Nokcd an enormous inquiry from all
portions of the country.
New Mexico statehood.
YES, New Mexico Is looking for
ward to g great era of prosperity. OF
course, locally, the subject just now
uppermost in the minds of the peo-
pic Is making tho constitution for the
state. and for the next twelve
months we will have about as much
IN New Mexico as is ordinar- :
IL nIIntfaI tA "a ls4E--. 80 2
md growing southwest. We are not :
in politicians. we could loan :
colorado a Tow to great advantage, =
ust now most of them are candidates ;
or the senate. A desire to represent =
ne new state in the upper house of !
ne national congress Is not confined
o the members Of the dominant
arty-the republican-in New Mex c
90. There are q great many demo- e
rate who believe they have better n
han a fighting chance. a
Even in the west there seems to r.
G a great lack Of information ms to n
ne prospects of the new state along a
srieultural lines. The amount of r.
ater which may be made available al
" irrigation purposes, through stor-
&c, Is but poorly appreciated even b.
nong our WI people, The truth is ne
le great majority knows nothing ii
surface and torrential flows, eli
though they witness every wear the ~
ing TO waste Of enough water to dr
ladruple the present irrigated area ia
New Mexico. SO
THE continuation Of the Sangre dc an
lristo range Of mountains from fa
s~outhward into New Mexico wa
rrics their elevation, practically Oh
diminished, down through tho cls
storm portions or Colfax, Mora, and WI
n Miguel counties, and the eastern gr
OF Taos county, and end in wi
e Glotieta and Santa Fe ranges. fal
is range is a great watershed. It's rel
rupt n proctpitous slopes make n ari
noff OF probably more than one
" OF the heavy, dashing rains, and
least one-fourth of the lighter pir
ms and SHOWS, while the forests Of in
le, spruce and aspen and other lux inc
ent vegetation evidence about the an
ne annual precipitation as occurs snf
ng the same range up here in Colo ina
10. The many streams flowing out Cif
these mountains towards the east bee
| southeast are the head-waters Of am
canadian u Pecos rivers. These tioi
AIMS on reaching the more level me.
Ieys below the foothills, except 7
swollen by waters from melting tati
VS. or heavy rains, are usually as tior
and placid as a meadow brook. MOI
At such times, 10 the unreflective dry
uniformed, they would seem to pre-,
in o territory OF scant water sup the
and the appellation given them 90
rivers never fail to excite a smile 100
n the eastern tourist. incl
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