The Washington herald., 1911-02-10
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
Wealth of New Mexico.


New Mexico has millions of acres Of I'M
occupied lands. and many of these acres
would be remarkably fertile if water were
supplied. according to Vernon L. Sullivan.
engineer Of New Mexico. who was seen
at the New Willard recently.
Several large Cary-act projects are
soon to be filed on in New Mexico.
Under the provisions of the law, LOCO, 900
acres are to be set aside for deyeIopment
and irrigation by private capital. The
inoicatlons are that the major portion of
THIS acreage will be segregated within a
comparatively short time and later opened
Tor settlement. From what available
ua'a we nave regarding the water supply
'i new Mexico. it is apparent that there
are more than 1000 900 acre-feet Of vater
moving out Of New Mexico annnaI,v in
aooi'ion 10 many thousand acre-feet lost
Seepaee and evaporation before reach
ing the streams. 1t is evident. there
iofe' tndt eventually We can irrigate
"u"u1 -'ooV,VU acres of land; that is
"hen we are able to conserve all of our
water supply and also learn how to ham
ole soil and crops in the most scientific
manner.
In ADDITION to the use of water for irri-
sation. it has been and will be used for
'he developing of power. From the avail
aDie records of water supply and from,
the pronles OF rivers It Is calculated that
approximately 10000 horsepower can be
generated from the waters of New Mexico
Dore they are used for irrigation. In
many piaces the fall Of the river is so
great tnat a given flow Of water will gen.
crate enough power to pump several times
us own volume from the underf1ow. thus
increasing our supply for irrigation"
A Peculiar Sect.
JACOB c. Bender. of Benton Harbo,.
Mich. who is at the Riggs, speaking of
the lsraelite colony at his home said.
ignoring a law that recognized neither
love nor marriage. forty members of the
lsraelite colony We're married at the SCOTS
headquarters recently A local iustice or
the peace, Gentle, as the colonists coll
outsiders. tied the knots.
The lsraelite colony was established -.
Denton Harbor about eight years ago."
.oh'ihued Mr.. Bender. by Benjamin and
Mary Purnell, and there had been only
one wedding at the colony, which num-
pers several hundred. until the recent
marriages. According to the popular in
terpretation, PurnelI's faith failed m r.c.
osnize the little god of love. Teacbins-
the immortality Of the physical BODY. the
israel'e doctrine, at least until very re-
Gently. failed to admit that true bappiness.
-, oouio come only through happy wedIock
ne coiony has continued to grow and
@ u i' mas seen MS admonition gradually
.Spahn: .S troubles have occasionally beset
.lie leaaer' and not a few who, in joining,
gave their all as reward for eyerIa stinp
life on this globe, wearied of life or W.
colony and resorted to the courts for 70
uresS. But throughout it all the marriage
edlct OF Purnell has never caused him anv
trouble. any
Recently one of the prominent nenn-
pers or the sect fell in love with a prettv
member of the opposite sex. His love
knew no checking. and without the girl
wen NE Forever was not appealing
In the end he married his sweetheart
and thereby created a stir. His stem was
iolowed by twenty others of the sect.
Inc managers saw that they were NOW
eriess, and they say that this is the
nftieth year of creation and is known as
Jupilee year. which the colony decided
10 celebrate with wedding jubilee
Find Of Old Document..
Joseph X. Hernandez. of San Antonio.
lex- who was seen at the New E,bbitt
last night, had an interesting tale about
the finding of old documents.
The discovery by a newly elected
county clerk at Bay City, Tex, of ancient
and historically important documents
mas hxed attention on the fact that in the
county and city archives of San Antonio
and in the possession of the Catholic
~hurch are yellow papers written by the
franciscan mOnkS-records of the sly
leenth and seventeenth centuries, that to
The historian would be a priceless boon.
This clerk, in Strengthening out his
'ffice.' continued Mr.. Hernandez. came
across the certified returns of the cleo
ION In Texas for and against secession
rom tne Union; a muster roll of COM
'anies that Joined the Confederate army:
an inventory of the Matagorda County.
property of Stephen F. Austin, the great
;oionzer of Texas, and also case of
papers a hundred and fifty years earlier
han those and concerning affairs of the
earliest days of Texas. 1t is evident they
contain matter of intense historical in
crest. but no county clerk within the
memory of the oldest official has ever
lad the hardihood TO disturb or inves-
iSate theSe OLD. muSty, and storm
'eaten papers. II is possible that the
election returns on the vote for secession
will be turned over to the State Histori-
al Society"
Canadian Reciprocity.
Representative ID. r. Anthony; jr, of
-eavenworth, Hans. when seen at the
'horeham last night, said that he is
gainst the Canadian treaty on principle,
ut that in all he probability would vote
or it, complying with the wishes Of the
resident
"Our farmers and millers are against the
realty claiming every dollar that ,,noa