Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1911-12-08
Underground WATERS
or NEW MEXICO
1ress Delivered Today by
Hard E. Holt at Nation
ii Irrigation Congress
MING BOOST ED

President, Fellow Delegates and

NJ. President, Fellow Delegates and
friends:
now that AZ we are one Of the
|16I possible twin babies In the
1|1<e<hood of states, you will be
T|11 to know little something
about your baby sister. who had.
at Her birth, more coal than Penn
sy|vHnia. more lumber than Maine,
MORE agricultural land than five
st><es In New England. more min
era| wealth than any other state
and fewer mortgages on the homes
Of her happy, prosperous, progress
I've people than any other state in
the union.
Since the last meeting of this
Rrcaf deliberative body in the city
Of Can" to the present meeting
Ia fhe matchless metropolis of Il
WIII the empire builders Of the
Mighty Southwest have induced the
ConRress Of the United States to
add two more stars to the proudest
banner of civilization, there to
remain until Gabriel's trumpet shall
summon the human race to a land
almost as fair as the one to which |
shall direct the attention of this
congress.
A budding historian Of the twen-
tieth century has recently declared
that one Of the smiling valleys of
Ncw Mexico was the original Gar
den of Eden" and that of-shoots Of
the original apple tree are still
bearing fruit. Partial proof of this
was established in my mind this
year, when | saw apple trees
springing from the parent root full
three centuries old and still bearing
fruit.
New Mexico is surely fulfilling
the scriptural prophecy: And the
desert shall be made to rejoice and
blossom as the rose" Isaiah might
have been speaking of our region
when he referred to roses, for no.
where under the canopy of heaven
do flowers grow more luxuriantly
than in the great Southwest.
DO you know that ! have wished
thousand times since moving from
my native state Of Michigan to the
Sunshine State" that all the intel
ligent people of our country were
properly informed concerning the
real condition of things. II they
were, we would never again be
delineated by the clever cartoonist
that maker of public opinion, as
the booted bad man with chaps and
guns, but the kindlier pen would
picture civilization equal to the
best, with all the frontier cruelties
and hardships forever gone.
New Mexico should be given cre-
dit for erecting the first church in
America and it was on her soil that
the first permanent settlement OF
white men was established. Our
history has been a struggle for pol
itical rights which are now ours to
enjoy with the sister states Oh ou'
grand republic.
With national resources developed
and a knowledge of our matches
climate, we are sure to be one OF
the wealthiest, most independent
and generally prosperous of the sis
terhood Of states.
For some reason. AZ yet unex
plained by science, rainfall
in the north and the east ha
been gradually lessening for th'
past decade, and farmers, who TO
wears have harvested abundan
crops. have been forced, agains
their will, perhaps, to agree with
statement recently made by tn
Review Of Reviews, that shrewd
hard.headed farmers are turninI
their attention to western farms
Naturally they want TO improv
water as well as land conditions, |
other words they want to be thei
own rain makers. In order TO d
this, they must come to the state
- ,.,;gat;on "a practiced.