El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-27
LIT TIE
INTERVIEWS

] AAoL important CONCESSION
n has been granted" said L
- Clapp, president Of the Ele-
/ plant Butte Water Users association
/ commission to the association as re-
/ suit Of the visit Of the water users
/ committee to Washington Hereafter
/ no matters affecting the administra-
I water will be acted on by the commits
{ sion until after presentation to the
/ association and approval by It
! The recognition OF the contention of
I the association in this particular is Of
great significance. not only to this
project, but il may be of far reaching
I effect in determining future policies in
! the operation and maintenance depart
Z ment Of the reclamation service The
service may have designed and built
great engineering works with skill and
Z ability but the testimony is almost uni
Tersal. from the reclamation projects.
that when the delivery Of water and the
human problem of dealing with the
] farmers in the management Of irriea-
ton systems have been undertaken
3 many mistakes have been made and on
nearly all of the projects dissatisfac-
ton and in many instances serious
friction has resulted
Whenever a strong and caDabiv
managed water users association has
been developed there is no doubt but
that the best results can be obtained
such an association and the local Off
Gals Of the service in all administrative
matters, rather than by a nolicv of die
tatorial control by officials actuated bv
the bureaucratic idea.
Heretofore under the I,easbura, INIT
OF the Rio Grande project contracts
have been offered to the community
bitches, late in the season with no
opportunity for proper discussion; a
meeting OF minds over their provisions
was not possible and the ALTERNATIVES
or signing or having the water shut
on, was forced on the farmers. These
contracts have at times contained pro-
visions unwise and iIl-consfdered Ioral
laws and beneficial customs have been
Ignored and extravagant methods OF
administration have burdened the
farmers with unnecessary expenses.
me recognition Of these conditions bv
commission and the introduction of
such reforms as viii remedy them will
tend to bring about that cooperatio
between the officials of the service and
me farmers on the projects which is
aDsolutely essential to their best de-
Telopment"
Joe Sitters. who was killed by
Mexican bandits at Pilares, was
one Of the best trailers I have
ever known" said Capt. John r
Hughes, former Texas ranger captain.
brought Joe to Ysleta and enlisted
MN IN my ranger company in 1893
MS ability in trailing criminals was
wonderful He played a leading part
IN the trailing and capturing some Of
pand Of train robbers who were led
by John Flint about 1890 or 1891. The
train was robbed at Samuels siding
S On lne u n * 5 A and Sitters fol-
lowed up the men responsible for it
killing some and taking others prison.
ers."
The regular session Of the S4th leg
islature, which adjourned March 90
passed a number Of important acts ar
IecJlng municipalities" said cirv attor-
ney Joseph NJ Nealson. One of the
more important - that providing that
Ilre escapes shall be put on schools of
al xmas. dormitOries, hotels lodging
houses. theaters and otEer places 81
punilc amusement, including all halls
Tor public gatherings other than nri ,
Fate. residences, factories. warehouses.
-, Ol Two OF more stories, and i'm
poses upon public officials the duty
OF enforcing the law. Another ACT
makes II misdemeanor for railways .
10 Wiltully obstruct streets. railway !
crossings or any public highways for /
more than five minutes
incorporated cities owning their /
own Waterworks are empowered to 1
condemn private properly for the Law
Of water.
- "a eANN III Wv luAhE IOE the taxing
OF sldeshoWs, meageries and similar /
SHOWS, is provision which gives the
right to the state to collect 500 from /
chambers Of commerce or similar or
CARNATIONS under whose auspices car
niyaI shows, amusements or enter
tainments are held for a period OF 30
days out Of a year"
The paved road from Fl Paso to An
thony IS disgrace to FL Paso county"
said F. G. Billings. THE road is in
very bad condition and in marked /
contrast to the good highway that is
encountered in New Mexico. Some
thing certainly should be done to i'm
prove the highways of the county, es-
pecially the one in question"
Everyone should appreciate the |
good that the baby sanitarium in !
Cloudcroft represents for the people /
OF the southwest as well as our own /
direct community" said Mrs Horace
W. Broaddus- Every person in Cloud
croft can attest to the benefit Of 7
Cloudcroft climate for sick babies and
has witnessed wonderful changes in
a short time, from a pale. desperately