The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-04

IIlN ELEPHANT RtXIE JUBILEE.
r. EDUCATION and formei opeh-
ing Of inc Eiephant Butte IT.
tIgatlon pFo1ect in 1918 will
mark the complstion ~ the most im-
portsns dsYalopmsnt IN the industrial
history % New Mexico. Il l. an
eseA. Ahicn should Be rnads not emily
a state iublles but an Interstate event
aud ona which viii attract natienal
ana International attention. The SEN
tlmensal reasons for such a celebra-
ton alone arr SUFFICIENT 10 justify ~
whsls the pracileei ndveszislng value
Of me event. in attracting attention
70 sais huge profess. . 70 the re-
sources Of thit state IN lsriEable land,
VIII 10 practlcaily without limit.
Tho Elephant lutte Is one OF tha
sresters and. IN a numhor Of its feat
y the greatest irrigation project
on earth. In one way and another
lis construction has been under way
for o shan a quarter o. a century.
n ssts up the most efficient form Of
modern irrigation. IN the place Of a
~prlaaisive system used through four
centuries OF recorded history and for
no man may know how many eentur-
ice before the record began to be set
down. Il IA the states greatest IN
duEtriAl forward stride. II Ia proper
that the event Of lis completion
should be observed by the state In
the form Of an official celebration. !,
is an event which the state OF New
Mexico can well AFFORD o. celebrate.
The s~ussestion made by Col. W. s
Hopeweli o. this city that our Iegia-
lature provide for tho celebra-
ton and invite the state OF
Texas. through Hs legislature. ID
joIn with us In the expense
and the program. Il a sound snsges-
= siuD and ous,whsch~heuad be adopted
with enthusiasm. That the Interna-
sionai Irrlsailon congress-, which will
meet this year In Sacramento. should
be asked to meet IN 1915 AZ Elephant
Butte and on the occasion % the for
NAL dedication Of the project, IL one
which may ne taken up n disposed
OF later. Disposlng OF the legislative
feature. the formal adoption OF the
celebration as a state event. Is first
in order. This celebration should BE-
on a scale proportionate to the big
lines n the enterprise. Il should be
designed 30 as 70 attract attention Of
the whole country. IL the state OF
Texas. for any reason. should not
care to participate officially. New
Mexico stan can afford TO CARR
through the project alone.
The advertising secured by thu
proposed jubilee for the lands undel
the project and for the state as
whole will be many times in valu'
the money cost. under any reason
able appropriation which the lesisla
ture may make.
The people living under the pro
sect have been considering this oh
for some time. II has eyei
been proposed that the project b.
renamed on this occasion. Why re
name II? The name "Elephan
Butte" IL picturesque n is es,ah
lished and widely known. The re
clsmation service undertook TO re
name this project the "Rio Grand
Of New Mexico" Il would not stick
People insisted on usins the old nam
Elephant Butte" The people OF In
lower valley can anord 10 let mi
name alone. There 10 probably n
doubt that they will approve the sus
gcstion thai the state take over IN
conduct Of the dedication ceremonies
The state can well anord TO do 81
for this giant enterprise viii be o
invaluable benefit 10 the state, direct
" and Indirectly. and TO every aer
Of irrisabio land within our border
wherever Il may be located.