The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1915-05-22
NEw MExICo Ar sAN DIEGO
Exposition Commission Secretary
viii Serve interests of the State
During the Fair.

The San Diego Union of Saturday
has the following:
That the educational work to be
accomplished through the Panama
California exposition, while no more
than its promoters expected, is a
genuine and tangible thing, is at
tested every day.
Owing to the rapidly increasing
demand for information, one of the
state buildings on the grounds has
found it necessary to broaden the
scope of its work, and to shift its
headquarters from the capital Of the
state to its building on the Via de
Los Estados.
The New Mexico board of exposi-
ton managers has appointed one of
its members, Guy A. Reed, an attor-
ney of Carlsbad, ~ NJ, secretary
treasurer of the board. Reed com
pleted the transfer of the head
quarters yesterday, and will be a
resident of San Diego for the re-
mainder of the exposition year.
When seen at his desk yesterday
morning, Reed said he will devote
all Of his time for the next eight
months to disseminating informa-
ton regarding the Sunshine state,
and do his part towards removing
the very erroneous impression that
New Mexico is a bowling wilderness,
given over to Indians cactus, coy
otes, and Gila monsters.
"One feature of the work on which
/ shall lay especial stress" he said,
'is the agricultural side of my states
claim to notice. hundreds of
thousands of acres of tillable land
waiting the hand of the farmer or.
the man living in a crowded tene-
ment in a big city, and signing for
a home of his own.
ut is only beginning to be known
and the work in this building is
helping immensely in that direction
how boundless are the opportuni-
ties in New Mexico for the eXpan-
sion of agriculture, from the ranch
of few acres for the man of small
means, to the colonization projects
of capitalists.
"This, to some may sound like
recklessly enthusiastic talk said
Reed, but not to one who realizes
the extent to which irrigation has
been developed in my state. Besides
the great many privately owned pro-
jects, with their millions of gallons
OF water gathered in storage reser-
voirs by means Of diversion dams
and pumping wells mot to mention
the artesian wells in the Pecos Val
ley-there are the enormous Carls-
bad and Elephant Butte projects
constructed and controlled by the
federal government,
"The first named has 10000 acre
feet of water stored in one lake and
10000 acre feet in another; the sec
ond has capacity of irrigatine
10000 acres. You will see what a
fine chance the homesteader has
for fruit dairying, livestock, and
in the more broken country sheer
herding.
"Then, there's the mineral wealth
of the state, but that's another sto-
ry, as kipling says, and it's a bis
one
Reed will lecture daily morning
and afternoon, on his favorite topic
in addition to the other lectures
and number of new cOlored slides
and motion picture films have beer
made, TO illustrate his talks.
During the past month the secre
tary of the Union County Exposi
ton Commission, has received AM
answered about forty inquiries from
people all over the union and sew
eral from Canada, desiring infor
nation about the country. Thes
injuries are a direct result of IN
splendid advertising the country
receiving at San Diego. They ar
made by people of means who de
sire TO move to and invest m tn
country Results are what count
and isn't lhis pretty good stun
A dead ore is a dead one. Join tn
live bunch and BE a BOOSTER. I
Harry Mcclellan, popular ranch