Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-17
TO DEMONSTRATE
|. VALUE OF O|TCHES
Reclamation Service and Rail.
road Unite to Show Value
of Wet bitches in South and
East.

Chicago 49,. Juno ito dcmon-
stratc that wet duch,s through the
swamp land areas OF thu south and
cHsi ar, of e. great economic import
nucD as are th, dry bitches created
| hy the goNcrnm"pt 10 lead water 20
laird lands boo tho Irrigated west. tho
iuanag,m,nt Of toe Illinois Central
IHud tho Ylzoo a Mississippi valley
Railroad conn. Mics. cooperating win
; an, government is To- orcrai, through
NJ, south q train. l,ayips h,r, Junu
/ -. To- oc known as tho R,cumat on
| Special. carrying lecturers represent
| INK th" United states reclamation soi-
| NCc aud the geological surN b. tho
tour hring ia, initial campaign tais
wear ot The Illinois Central 10 arouse
! ho interest Of tine south 90 rs r,,la-
nation possibilities
e. j Blanchard. si8tistioiau of tho
reclamation service. and NJ c. Leigh
ton chief hydrupr1ph,r Of IA, gcu-
! logical survey, win accompany OFF,
cl.ls oi IN" ROAD during the tour Mr.
! Blanchard VII ten ui the work done
! 0y the government m Tho west. VhIc
Nh Leighton win tell the southern
rr~ ot the Agricultural ben hts 90 Do,
| derived through the mor'rcment 90
swamp areas ana ALSO of the import
laucc Co the national health cd such
Dies elupmrut.
Tho touy. during Whi.a lectures
Hll DO delivered al siXty-oue towns
ana cities. has been designed - give
impetus 10 movement launched PEE
Gently 10y tho National Irrigation COM
gross Tor swamp land impr,v mcuts.
statistic of the government show
There aro - up0. o0o acres OF such
lands capable Of drainag, and un, "i
the undertakings Of the irrigation
congress. which meets here this year.
wiz hc to obtain such legislation as
viii make possible sw,inp reclp o.-
tion rs the government
The railway campaign lvii continue
I, from towns IN southern Illinois to tho
cur of Mexico, taxing iu. besides o.
limos kentucky, Tennessee Missis-
sippi Alaoama. Louisiana and Arkan-
sas. Thousands OF booklets telling
OF M. reclamation movement as II
relates 10 swamp lands have been pre-
parcd ana win DE distributed by the
railways
The train is to oompris, O baggage
car one coach and business car.
Tho coach VIII Dee employed for mcot-
inrs bv the government Lecturers.
Two storcopticon outfits, viii be taken.
a smaller one 90 be used in the coach
and the other Tor bigger hulis The
tour VIII end at Fulton Ky. on juno
80 Besldos many smaller places. the
train win reach such points "a cairo,
III, Memphis. CoVington ana jack
son Tenn Birmingham. Ala, jack
son. Nicksbnrs and Na,chez Mise
and Ncw orleans aud Baton Rouge.
La special effort IN Ia be made
to interest farmers. merchants and
manufacturers ana Arrangements arc
"a De made Tor largely attended gath
orings az tho more important points
Reclamation In the south can bosi
he furthcrcd under plans prepared
! financed and executed by the govern
| mcnt. Just as our aria lands in the
west are Developed" said W l. PARK
vice president aud general manager
~ the Illinois central. Amy project
lands IL 50 tremondogs as 10 seem al
10 reclaim our vast areas Of swamp
FIRST glance almost 10 he utopian but
such Is not the condition al ali SWAMI
lands are more readily transformed
into farms, as the reclamation work
constitutes simpler engineering un.
! deriaking than h the placing OF water
on arid lands. u is easier e. lead
water away from swamp lands. from
an engineering point of view, than
II h TO reclaim any other lands which
for physical reasons are impossible OF
cultivation.
| II believe that now IL the time 10
become energetic In this work. Va
Ihavr The National irrigation congress
There To work with and this organiza.