Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-22
Judge Monroe Believes
Feed Rio Grande - ~

H. possible II would Ice found that they
stood al about the same level.
Now. Ne know that the countir- uf Cam
cran and IIidalgo need All the water when
the river j. AT it, lowest stage. suppose
my theory l. not correct. that the water
from these lakes and old river beds does
not and IN Keeping mp the flow of the river.
then what does It! Can amy man believe
that the Concho and San Juan on the Mex
lean side and the Peco~ and Devils rivers
furnish the quantity ~ water III the river
al il normal stage! These are practically
the only running streams feeding 1t. Look
at your map and see where all these iribu-
tarie~ enter the Rio Grunde. See the dis
tance above IL. Take into account the
Immen~r amount oi water taken from the
river for irrigation at Laredo. Eagle Pass.
along the Pcco-. Take INTO account the
water used for man and beast. fake into
account the ab~orbtlon and evaporation.
Take all these facts INTO account for the
hundreds of miles before any of the waters
Of said streams reach n. can il be- pos
~ible. can amy man imagine. that these
small streams. for They are small when III
their lowest stage. will keep mp the flow Of
the Rio Grandc at it, lowest ~tagcP Never.
Then the water must come from somewhere
besides these streams. and il can only
come from the lakes and old river beds.
Am right, II not. will some man 1T ~,
right!
But one may ask. where IL the alarm!
II the government doc~ nothing these con
dition~ will not change. But suppose the
government does what some engineers sue
gc~t and what wa~ argued ~ congress ~
the house aud before committee Ia both
house and senate. that i+, II the flood ga
tiers III the Peco~ and Devil uivrr~ are al
ycrtcd from the Rio Grandc il will prevent
the changing of the boundary line Under
stand. that l. the purpose and object of tn,
government. In fact. that i the only pur
pose il can have The government owns
no land IN this state. and thus. r. 4 gov
eminent. II l. not interested III irrigation
i'll this state. unless III ease Of calamity
and certainly We will have one here If il
Is ever undertaken 10 ~irrigate I'll the land
alnn. tii~ river. on both side. which ar
subject in irrigation. Should that hc lone
and II l. only 4 question Of time when II
viii w done. and then these lower coun-
ties must and viii IT, the greatest sufferer
suppose the flood water oi the leco
and Devils rivers are diverted from III
Rio Grande a. proposed, will thu fix un
chanqeably the boundary line Ye~. pos
-ihly -. a. FAR down ~ the flood water
~ sand rivcr~ extend. But how far dow
~ They extrnda Remchcr. these tloo"
waters come only once Il year and son,
times once in two. and then all the lake.
land old river beds are empty. or about 80
and hv the time these are filled, even aboy,
Starr county. all these flood waters mr.
stored and never reach ". Every old
resident here. ~ have been tor thirty
two wears know TIM 10 he true. n
doubt. MANY remember when y large por
ton of RI Pa~o. far above the two river
mentioned. was washed away. John Clos
ner then had a pumping plant on the river
and wa~ warned IL prepare for that flood
and about fifteen days later h. asked the
friend who had warned HIM about that
flood. stating he had seen no rise in the
river. - II j. with the floods Of the
Pecos and Devils rivers. over 500 miles
above rs.
The floods Of these rivers do Us no harm