Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-12-08
.DEM|NG EDITOR
TALKS IRRIGATION
Tells Congress at Chicago
About Pumping In
New Mexico
.p|NCHoT ON WATER POWER
Only Relia BILE Get Rich Scheme
Without a Penalty
Attached"

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Chicago H., Dec. S.-Gifford Pin
ckot, president of the Conservation AS
sociation, addressed the delegates TO
the National Irrigation Congress here
today.
Norman Z. Webster, Jr, of New
York, was scheduled to talk on "Irriga-
tion Accounting" T. L. Taylor, pro.
fessor of civil engineering of the Uni
versity of Texas, had for his subject
Pumping for Irrigation: while Pres
ident Widtsoe of the Utah Agricultu-
raj College was TO explain the "Rela-
ition Between Irrigation and Dry Farm.
ing"
Speakers announced for the after.
noon session were, Willard f. Holt
New Mexico; E. J. Watson, commits
sioner of agriculture, commerce and
labor. South Carolina Dwight B.
Heard, Arizona, and Horace G. Clark,
Colorado.
Deming Editor Boosts New Mexico.
Chicago, Dec. Subscribing irriga-
ton as the only reliable get-rich-quick
scheme without penalty attached .
Willard E. Holt president of the New
Mexico advisory board of the national
irrigation Congress, and editor of Dem
ing Graphic, today described obstacles
which New Mexico has overcome in
the states large irrigation projects.
Intelligent farmers are coming to
the irrigation idea as the only reliable
get-ridh-quick scheTe," said Holt,
With the back-to-the-soil movement
there comes land hunger and water
thirst that can be supplied only by
states like New Mexico. Few people
realize that we have four million acres
OF land with an available water sup
ply. This estimate includes the larg.
est irrigation project in the work. now
being constructed at Elephant Butte.
New Mexico has successfully prac-
ticed irrigation since the sixteenth
century, so that we claim nothing new
but improved method.
aside from the area that has been
reclaimed by using the rivers and
streams. we have almost a half mil.
lion acres of the richest soil that Is
or may be irrigated by underground
waters, pumped from depths of thirty
five to one hundred feet OF this area.
not more than five per cent has been
cultivated but that five per cen. has
demonstrated the absolute guarantee
OF wealth for the man who pins his
falth upon the magic of the pump.
AT Roswell, in the great Pecos
valley, hundreds of artesian wells tao
the underground waters and in addi-
tion many pumps are in use.
"A single pumping proposition near
Roswell includes 10000 acres with
twenty-elght miles of electric trans
mission lines connecting the motor.
driven pumps"
Mr. Holt concluded his address by
describing number of the more i'm.
portant projects in detail, and telling
now the pump had been made one OF
the great factors in profitable farm de.
Velopments in New Mexico.
Pinchot on Water Power,
Cnlcago, ILL.,, Dec. SIN an address
Defore the national irrigation congress
mere today, Clifford Pinchot devoted
himself chiefly to Alaska and the con.
servation problems there. He praised
the work of Secretary of the Interior
f1sher and said the administration was
certain to defeat any effort to 1nonop.
oilze the valuable coal lands.
Speaking of water power and Tho
Ilotives OF the irrigation congress. Mr.
Plnchot declared that when Won pain
control of the water problem in anv
country. you have solved all the phys,c.
al problems of that country"
Water Power Makes World Go
| Round.
water power is the thing that
makes the world go round" said Mr..
Pinchot, "and with the bill that will
surely be passed this session of con-
gress conserving power and obtain.
ing just recompense for the people for
the power hitherto given gratis to
great interests, lies the solution"
James R. Garfield, former secretary
of the interior, addressed the Con.
gress briefly on drainage and :rriga.
ton differences and advised harmony.
If not coalition, between the two
causes.
Attack on Conservation.
Albert E. Bartlett said:
"The governments present conserva.
ton policy is destructive to progress
and development not only to the west
but to the whole nation"
He said: TT is at variance with
every scientific and economic fact.
True conservation is to put to the
proper use and development, the natu.
raj resources, at the present time
withont waiting for the consent OF our
greatsIfand-children and their sue.
ceedinG generations"