The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-18

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voIR. THE DISTRIBUTION OF
THE WATERS THERErNpER
AND THE DRAINAGE OF THE p
VALLEY BELOW ELEPHANT
BUTTE. OF the balance %! 80 per
cont of the total proceeds, whi,h
upon final sale should amount Co
a. least $4,000. 0O0 more. 'Ncius-
i've OF an costs. - per cent shall b
- 10 the public school uind ot
Now Mexico. ana ~. remaining
% per rent shall he distf uuted
~ the Legislature may provide
etwcen IN, state educational m
stitutIons. the road fund lad the
DRAINAGE ,oF COURSE THE (
EWING ~ NECESSARY, OF
ThE RIO GRANDE IN NEW
NENICO ABOVE THE ELE-
PLANT RUTTE REsEHvOIR"
Tnis < a provision which should
appea' very strongly I" thnt small
portion of the citizens Of New Mexico
Who live OUTSIDE ot the city of ~
pasu. Texas. and the Mesilia valley
immediately tributary thereto, Our
remaining 1000 600 acres OF The
public domain viii be given g. us,
the whole state. bv q bcnotoicnt gov
crumcnt. a. represented hy United
states senator Fan OF ~ paso. aud
sold 81 the proceeds OF th. sale the
;irst so per cent shall ne applied upon
,m.nt lf the cost of the Elephant
truotod and in operation aud from
winch the greatest benefits e. be de-
q go to the city of III pasn Texas
IN. remainine 30 per cent, shall be
div,dcd. first Is per cent Ia the school
mnd-a truly generous div vision Of the
| Spuils between all OF the children of
| New Mexico and senator FAIRS homo
city Of ~ Paso. Texas-ane the re
naming - per cent shall he split
| three ways by the legislature between
roads. state Institutions and DRAIN
AGE Or THE REST OBJ THE Rlp
GRANDE ALLEY ABOVE THE
| ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM. In other
words. OuR -. 000. 600 acres OF pablo
domain are To- Toe sold for the purpose
of paving tor tn. Elephan, Butt"
project. a load which the and own
crs hereunder cheeriully ana joyfullv
assumed whcn our government per-
m,t.d Them to do SO. including "a
VET, considerable portion of holdings
u, citizens OF ~ Paso. Texas, while
one-third of one-half of the remain
der. Of a possible si.7f0.o0o shall be-
com" available for DRAINAGE OF
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
ABOVE ELEPHANT Butte cor
COURSE THE LIVING ~ NECEs-
SAHy Senator FAN Ia a hUmor,st.
IA million and "a quarter Nould go q
t,orn " .s,~ ~ Is thcpNssyMg IL nss-
e~ssary" of the Rio Grande betwcef
white Rock Canyon md Elephnn
Butte. wouldn't IL? II would - about
from here to Paiarlto. IN "A dry season
Furthermore. although IN" Ian
guag. Is not quite clear. one gather
that the sij.ooo GOO 10 ne repaid ot
IN. cost OF the Elephant Butte pro
ic.t will be paid FIRST
In other words the cream OF IN
+. -. 000. 0OO acres-that TO he old hrsi
would be sold to pay Tor ia. Ei.phan
Butte project. ard IL any sucker nap
pencd to want to put the rest on gu
ltn> ron. ". would hav. = ,hancc %
uhdil = Tor our d%rainag. work d
Iuu,.third of one-half II the tul enc
uf Hts particular Texas pudding.
W .pmmend this provision oi soma
tur Fans measure 90 the enthusiast
citizenship of New M"Ni'o whic'
looks "a him 49, the uns"ltish an
tloyal aud personally dislntrf,-tod rep
re%soutative of al the p""p.c ana nI
IA. sections OF this great state
), one might wait with interest to
\, the opinion of United state senate
oiT ~ Catron OF santa Pc uluu mi
, provision Of IN. measure thsi
f. wen" au, probability that senate
, Dufrou Knows 1t has been introduced
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