Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-09
ELEPHANT BUTTE
DAM DEDICATION
PLANS OUTLINED
President Wilson to Be Asked
10 Visit Big Irrigation Pro-
ject After Attending Cali
fOrnia ExpoSitlonS,
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lsrsetsl olsrAtes 70 MORNING JoussALi
Santa Fe, July S.-President VIII
son will visit New Mexico early next
year, il the plans of the committee
of ten appointed at Las Cruces t.
prepare for the formal opening of
the Engle Dam reclamation project.
are adopted This committee pro-
poses an exhibition next year OF the
products of the Mosilla and FL Paso
valleys at FL Paso to attract home
seekers on their way TO or from the
california exp0siticns and 10 advertise
the lands under ine Elephant Butte
project, which Will next year store
It's first water. As next to the PAN
gineering work undertaken by the
Emitted states in recent years. il is
deemed fitting that after President
Wilson has dedicated the Panama
canal and passed up to the Pacific
coast and TO the expostions on a war
ship, that he will open the exhibition
at III paso and also dedicate the dam
at Elephant Butte. on his way back to
Washineton Now is the time for
HbiHfliffA ii' iihlA anu OAiitI NlNdT
ucts for the exhibition and to draw
the worlds attention to the stupen
dous irrigation project. Edward c.
Wade. Jr.. assistant United states at
torney and member Of the committee
of ten, therefore addressed the fol-
lowing letter today to r. +. Bassett.
immigration secretary Of the Iile-
phant Butte Water Users associa-
ton.
Mr. X. L. Bassett. immigration Secre-
tary. Elephant Butte Water Users
Association. Las Cruces, \. NJ.
Dear Mr.. Bassett You will recol-
lect that the last time was in Las
Cruces | talked over with you the
matter of the proposed celebrqtion to
be held in El Paso. Tex, to eommem-
crate the building and completion of
the Elephant Butte dam.
1t seems TO me that the time is now
ripe for active work to commence
looking to the proper celebration Of
the completion Of the irrigation prof
ect in question.
This celebration, in my opinion,
should be held some time during the
coming year While 1t may be true
that the project will not be- fully com
pleted at the time mentioned, ii
should be held during 1915 owing to
the fact that the San Francisco and
san Diego expositions Will be open
on the Pacific coast. This means that
there viii be an extraordinary amount
OF travel next year. No doubt many
of the people going from the east to
the Pacific coast will be homeseekers
and an intelligent effort should now
be commenced to induce these home
seekers to visit sl Paso and the Mesilla
valley, either on their way to the
coast or on the way home
To do this we should commence the
advertisement of the proposed expo
sition and celebration at once In
this connection | cali your attention
to joint resolution No. s, Of the New
Mexico legislature Of 1913, approved
March 10, 1913, wherein the legisla-
ture formally gave its sanction to the
proposed exposition and among other
things, invited the president of the
United States to participate in the
opening ceremonies.
| congratulate you on the great
work YOU are doing for the Mesilla
valley in the matter of bringing set
tiers to the valley and suggest to
You that you join in the effort to
make the exposition under discussion |
a success.
You can do a great work by de-
inn tn
articles in eastern magazines and |
newspapers to the Elephant Butte |
dam, its completion next year and the |
proposed suspicious event. BY this |
means you should not only be able |
to keep up your good work in the |
matter of immigration, but you should |
be able to bring many hundreds of
settlers to the valley during the year
1915.
There is no doubt of the fact that |
celebration will be had to mark the |
completion of the Rio Grande prof. |
ect, but it does seem to me that we
should not wait until the completion
before starting work along the lines
suggested above We now have Il
golden opportunity to advertise the
project from one end of the land to
The other without great expense. !,
Many ways of doing this readily sug-
gest themselves to your mind, have
no doubt
In the near future steps should be
taken to send a delegation to Wash
ington to invite the president of the
United States to participate in the
ceremonies incident to the opening of
the project and the exposition and to
press the golden button which Will
send thef waters of the Rio Grande
coursng through the distributing
canals.
There are many other things that
should be done and 1t is time that
work be commenced
Sincerely yours,
EDWARD G. WADE, Jr
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