El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-08
DECLARES IRRIGATION IS FAST DEVEL-
OPINGCOUNTRY; LIVEST0GklLSOHEL
In Annual Report He Calls Attention to the Increased
Mining Operation Substantial Growth Of Farm
ing, General Betterment of Business and
the Growth of State Institutions,
and Education

Washington, D. c., Dec S.-The an
nual report Of W. j. Mills, governor OF
New Mexico. to the Secretary of the
interior on conditions in the territory
Of New Mexico for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1911, was made public
today In part he says;
General Statement.
Taken as whole, the conditions IN
the territory have improved mate
rally during the last year. The only
railway. save spurs and sidings, that
has been constructed durlug lhe pas
u months is the building Of a double
track on the line OF the 9lchlsoh, @
peka & Santa Fe railroad between Al
buquerqUe and Gallup
Irrigation enterprises have proceeded
vigorously during the past year,
considerable number OF Weils from
which water is being pumped Iof IT.
riga1iOn have been sunk near leminS,
and company near lndL point las
very recently been formed for the pur-
pose of sinking wells on large area
Of land Tt has been demonstrated
that water for irrigation purposes can
be pumped from shallow Wels az a
profit In various parts OF the terri
forv- particularly in those portions
where truck farming can be carried
on. There is much land in the terri
tory which viii finally be cultivated
with water supplied in tilis ma nner-
In the rich Estancia valley in torrance
county experiments have been Ahaue
10 ascertain whether or not water Catt
be pumped for irrigation purpoS 7S' but
sufffcie0+ work has not as ye- been
done to determine how .nIc1 ianu n
this valley will be finally susceptible
TO irrigation in this manner
Elephant Butte Project.
The construction Of the Elephanl
Butte dam. which IS being Guilt by the
national government mas il1Is
stantial progress during IIe IaSt 60 go
although as vet no aclual work on ire
dam proper has been done atll j.!
formed that the preliminary Vote ~
nearly completed and t9a- me @csest-
work on the construction OF TIE -, " u
viii begin In earnest WlJaln q SIiotc
time The carrying 0t TINS "cIA -
conpIetion is Of the utmost import
all 80 s+i il. Projects in Colfax county
have been carried on extensively allu
several are now in progress OF pens
built In this county lanos IN -
7af~T borHOod Of Lake ChareILe were
eeg-erafed to the state Tor carey
act "profect This project VIII lrrlSaSs
about 10000 acres and IS lle ~
Carey act project row uhueI Wy
tho +errftorV. although SeFeIal lllL
ri 7ra1s and CORPORATIONS have maue
anDlfcat ton for land under ms acL
The Garfield enterprise neel SS
Vegas. which VIII irrlgate anoul ~
GOO acres of land IS Delns dctiN -
nl1shed. and il is confidently expected
fhat IN the coming spring consider
able quantity Of land Will. ne ltt
under III san Aarl- -l------.
is being done upOn one u lfSli 49,
cation enterprises, and II IS pclleNsy
fbat it win be pushed to 2 successIui
Bir Private Undertaking.
Ona Of the largest irrigation enter
prises in the world is IN san Juan
county. I refer to what Is knoWn -
the Turley High Line canal Mnlcli,
when completed, viii irrigate l,25O,OO0
acres. This enterprise can be built an
q comparativeIy small cost considering
the amount of land 10 be RECLAIMED. "A
rornDanv COMPOSED Of St Louis caDl-2t-
ie+s has bought considerable land near
Pelen in the Rio Grande valley, when
81 is proposed to irrlgate either from lle
Rio Gr8nde or from wells. mere II
every indication that this project VIII /
NC TerriforiaI business Good.
In general business in the entlre !
territory was somewhat bettef lIlSll I
during the year which ended June 80
1910 but I do not look for any mate
rial Improvement in business condi-
lions until there is CHANGE ~ the /
better in the country az IeISs. ING
railroads are reducing the -orceS hsel [
for maintenance and the running OF /
their trains, and this mas materially /
injured the territory. AT lhe same 1
not been materially injured, for eX-
auninations show that the deposits in /
our banks. both state and n&-ional, are /
larger than they were a year ago
Although business has generGily /
been dull and the troubles in Mexico /
cut off much of the market operation /
fn our coal camps, work in th7l1 las 4
been actively pushed during the wear. I
Several new openings are being made !
on the coal measures near Ration, and !
steps have been taken TO reorSarize /
company which formerly dld bust 4
ness there
Building Good Roads.
The good roads commission of the 4
territory has done much work during !
the last year. One of the most beau
tifuI pieces of road engineering in the /
territory is the La Bajada hill, on the
line of the Canine Real between Santa
Re and Albuquerque. The beauties Of
this road are generally commented on