The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
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case of Arizona, and as far as from
metropolis TO Portland, Me, In the q
OF New Mexico.
one-Two-Hundredth Reclaimablc.
The largest reservoir in the Wo1|1
now boing built in southern New Mo-
by tho reclamation service. This il o.
formed by tho great Elephant DuSta q.
set In q deep and narrow gorge OF
Rio Grande. l20 miles north OF ~ ~
l1h0 feet long on top. and the reS0r<
behind It Will be forty-six miles long
200 feet deep at the lower end, hold
enough water to flood 100000 acre
land q foot deep.
The waters OF the Rio Grands are
ing diverted TO irrigate and make fcr
10000 acres OF desert waste In N
Mexico. In Arizona IL being coIpIe
the great Roosevelt dam, 2SO feet h|
1850 feet long and storing over twcu
five square miles OF w9ter--enoueh
flood 1.2Si. 900 acres a foot deep. Thta
regulate the flow Of Salt river. WI
water wehn needed for irrigJ iioIs-
! thus he diverted 10 distributing car
moistening 13O. 900 ncrcs. Other irrI
tion projects will reclaim $4,000 acre
Arjzonas arid lands. The director OF
reclamation service classes the en-
areas Of these proposed states as 4
| land and tells me that probably not ~
than one-two- hundredth OF the area
| each can over be-rcclaimed.
over 5000 ostriches are now in the 4
J River valley Of Arizona. These cofuI
more than fourfifths OF all such birt|
the United States. and the climate
feed of the valley is found To bc b
adapted TO their growth than those sof
other region in America. TbeIr q
| foodtis alfalfa. an acre Of which VIII 4
port Ave adult birds. About 2000 r1
are being hatche6 out per season. a
| ord cqualing any reported from 81
| Africa. These birds are plucked a
eight months. with an average yiel1
each picking Of one pound OF feat
| per full-grown bird. and the fea&f
bring s25 per pound. The annual
| OF the enterprise Is about so per bir
| One OF the seven wonders OF the
world. the Grand Canyon OF the q
! RADIO. Is q treasure which Arizona ha,
| display The wonderful george IS A
and a quarter deep. and nearby are
| seven M"qui cities. while in the cent?
| the territory lies Zuni. the largest prlc
Oldest Town, House and Ruins.
Arizona prides herself on having
Oldest town In the United States. Tue
Ancient parchments discovered IN
old mission OF san Xavier. near
town. are claimed to establish the
that Tucson was settled about 1856.
! that Marcos de Mia, after exploring
zona in 1888. made such glowing re
| on lHs country TO CtlarleS I-3QCCo
] TO Ferdinand and Isabella-that A
monarch sent out the colony, WHOSE
| scendants were found at Tucson by 4
| sionaries more than n century later. /.
| find enlisted Tucson In a contruv|
| with New Mexicos capital. Santa
whose claim TO being the oldest town
! this continent has long been disputed
I ST. Augustine, Fla
THE oldest house IN the worldn is'
| of the sights OF ancient Santa Fe. vi
| will be the capital Of the state OF ]
| Mexico. 1t also contains the most
| Client American church, San Miguel, [
about 1905. but destroyed by Indiana
Tebuilt IN 17f0.
Tho "Adoba Palace" OF Santa Fe
! built IA 1853 and has since been cont
| ously sne c;dcia1 residence of the q
tory's chief executives. Spanish. Mex!
| and American. IN 81: Lew Wallace. y
| governor OF New SfeEico. wrote
| Hur"
TO be found In either Arizona or
along the Colorado river and the
Grande. which were built centuries be
| Columbus; and approaching them In
| tIquity ore the mysterious adobe e
| pounds. whose walls, lebyrinths, subte,
mean chambers and battIements '
| lately dug out OF an Arizona desert I
| rounding the ruin of Casa Grandot
believed TO have been the temple OF
chief priest OF sect Of sun worsh1l
once lnhabitating this region.
Thus our youngest states VIII din
to the world the oldest habitations Sta
| ing within the union