Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-08-29
WONDERFUL STATE
OF NEW MEXICO
HAS BRILLIANT
PROSPECTS
H. M. Cottrell, Agricultural
Commissioner for Rock ISL
and, Says Half Has not Been
Said of Resources.
URGES SETTLEMENT OF
WATER RIGHT FIGHTS


After huyug toured to, month
100 private car. automobile uu mIros
and u carriages that pau %. Now
Mexico adjacent ru the lines oi the
Rocb island amd ~ paso aud south.
western railroads in New Mexico II
NJ CutIrcll agricultural commissioner.
ton thv Rore island lines with mead
quarters iu Chicago. aI.tyct in Alhu
quurqu, rhis morning ana viii leave
for ST louis this evening Nh Cot
trll cam, to New Mexico Tor the
purpose oi Investigating agricultural
Iussihllitip- iu New Mexico fot the.
kogh Island system That Do, is cn.
iuu-.Jst. over tu, prospects Tor the
Development OF New Mexico is put,
Ting 20 mildly MI Courcll who ISL
practical farmer a. we'll as high
Us trained technical man has been In
the agricultural investigating business
the best part q. his iiic ilo is not
g man easily to cnthuse over any
fhing Bur M Corrcll today ad.
mitied hat New Mexico was sur
prise lo him. thar too much cannot
Dee #did ol The agricultural possibilities
OF thc new state.
"Ncv N,Ni,o be- wonderful state.
said Nh Cotrrl q hay, myrsti-
g1t'd conditions loo thirtt-tnrcc states
Boo tn, union and nud That New Mex
ico soil 3. richer than that of any
other state known CO. me For thous-
Huds OF years mountain streams have
h,cu carrying water down from the
hills. the water carving with It pot
ash and other ike elements This
with th, small rainfall. has caused
the land Co become yer, rich. io that
at the present time : estimate that
thor, ls enough potash in one foot Of
NoW Mexico suil to grow TWO hundred
crops without wearing uut the land
with th, potash ana other ncces-
surs elements la thr land n Is fertile
and rich ana via grow anything An
10 needs De- O. llttl, water You pcupl,
u' Nrw Mexico should drop The slu-
gam "rho Land OF the Red Apple.
uud adopt one saving "Ihc Fruit
with tun Flavor pr The Apple win
the Flavor For it ls am actual fact
that N,v MoNico fruit has the flavor
and the quality of tho soil is rcspun-
siblr for o.
During th, thirty da,s have.
travelled over the country ronuugu-
uus Geo our lines in Ncw Mexico.
have Investigated the land crops
Vcll4 water COURSES ana other equal
N important resources. You people
of N,W Mexico DO not know what
you have. Uut the people of th,
cuuntr, viii know it and know 1t
soon
.Ehc usnt New M,Ni,o has uiadr fut
statehood ana the uncertainty as 10
whether or not you would be- admitted
at this session has been the greatest
thing YOU could have wished for lu
advertising All you people of New
Mexico need now is to get together
aud pull together stop the WateI
rights hght IN the water rights
should bc cleared up In New McXicC
tudnl. millions at dollars would be- ai
once Invested in reclamation projects
Eastern capital viii not invest la laW
suits Just as am indication uf what
may bo expected In This connection
! can su5 that on 'hr Roch ISLAND Ia
New McNIyu know personally of
s20O0.uou which is waiting th, none,
raised aud uu houd to begin iruga-
tion project. u. puIckly as water rights
dt'hrulti,s are settled n Nuu can
pui pcopI' ou irrigated land you viii
get tanners with brains aud with
wuurN D. uni Nnu viii got hum,-r,h
rle nHu 1901. broke ANA uuu cannot
hrll themselves CO. community uult
after years oft band struggle
NI NuIuyN said rpda, that iupr.
Hr. million. OF acres of wud u Sew