Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-22

this radical program at Pueblo next
week, are as follows.
The government has no authority
10 take away the waters Of the Rio
Grande river in Colorado and give
them to New Mexico and Texas. de-
/ priving the residents Of the san Luis
valley of water that is absolutely
necessary for the reclamation of this
district.
by permitting the residents OF the
san Luis valley TO use water from the
Rio Grande tor irrigation purposes,
the supply needed TO irrigate the 160.-
/ 900 acres in New Mexico and Texas
would not be materially reduced. as
much of it would be recovered
through the eepage.
The 1000. 600 acre feet Of water to
be appropriated by the Engle project
is a far greater amount than is nee
essary for the irrigation of the land
in question. Competent engineers
have estimated that $4,000 acre feet
would be sufficient. including the So
900 acre feet allotted by treaty 10
Mexico,
Engineers have estimated that the
IS. 00e. 0o0 dam proposed for Engle
viii not last more than eighty years.
as II will be rendered useless in that
time by silt and debris 1t is assert
ed that such an expenditure would be
iniudicious in the extreme.
The delegates unhesitatingiy de-
nuunced the action Of the reclamation
service in barring reservoir sites in the
San Luis valley.
THE Colorado-Kaugas decision was
cited and ii was urged that the action
was unjust and Illegal. The delegates
We're @ unit in declaring themselves
against any attempt To take away
Colorado water-and water badly
needed in this state-to give it Ia New
Mexico ana Texas.
Arrangements were made to pre-
vent the resolutions as adopted from
being lost in committee as Pueblo. 4
minority report viii be brought ia If
necessary 10 get the resolution before
the congress. Clyde e. Dawson was
appointed a committee 90 one 10 make
preliminary arrangements "a this end.
THE resolution also contained al
recommendation that <i|,00O.090 per
annum be set a side from the rec
la matiou fund to provide for surveys
of the WATERWAYS IN the various states.
THE deIeeation that Will lead the
fight at Pueblo is composed of r. Oh
Henry. T. VI. Patterson, q. s. Thomas.
Robert Gauss George Creel. r. g.
Cloudy. u. y. SteVens Hugh oNeil.
J. r.. Andrews. Thomas NJ. Hunter.
J. f. McCune. T.. W. eLach. james
N. Kelly. Claude w. Fairchild. Geo.
G. Anderson. g.. w. Comstock. Lafay-
cite NJ Hughes. Thomas I. Wilkinson.
T. y. Griffith, r.. b. Gibson. T. W.
iayccX. Robert r. McDoble. James
j. Armstrong. H.. w. Clark. S. J.i
Thomas. George t.. Prince a. u. Wall. (
j. ortiz
Against Whole Project.
The quotations are from the Den
News Of saturday last. The News
does not mince words in its articles.
declaring that the Colorado delegation
will protest and work against the
roposed Engle dam project and con-
the action of reclamation service
in preventing grants for res
srVoir sites in the san Luis valley.
The very heading of the article in the
News shows what our delegation will
up against at Pueblo. 1t saws "Ir-
'%igation congress delegates will force
protest to Engle dam project at Pu-
bio meeting and condemn govern
ncnt plans
Our Next Move.
Facing 4 terrific combat for the
protection OF the interests of this
ALLEY. FL Paso and the Mesilla val
~ will be seriously neglectful OF their