The evening herald., 1918-05-01

The gloom'Y Is not as dang g'ruus la
tn, s'nck'r. but he Is often moro
agg1a .itiug aud he .s away mot'
ignorant
The new, column, TODAY announce
that the chamber of commerce has
Call,G Rio Grand valley drainage
conference. To Nc hold n Nhuguorlur
NAV l6. State officials. mcluding tho
governor. the stat" orE.nr"r and M,
land commissioner have been invited.
as have government rvr,ama'ion sor-
vice men. officials of Sandryal Bc~-
naluo. Valcnr.a and Sucorro cuuntics
ano an those directly inter tod -
diHiraRc Prominent drainage experts
viii give this conference their views
AS tv how best to solve our drliuag"
problem.
Tn's is tho most important Undue
tfiai conference that has ever been
hCi TN Nlhuquctgur tts rcsu,'s may
bo made tho mus, far reaching pnt
the most important ~ any similar
gathering ever held iu the southwest
TA's conference may mean the dif-
fcrt nee between half a million unprp-
ductivc acres and halta million highly
productive acres II may mean m"
difference between little. slow grow.
inr city, 'ud.n fnSt-srowing. s,lbs'an-
tial high powered biE C"tv 90 Alhu-
uucrque
Al ,lfoqe Interested iu drainage 1rN
invited - attcrd n AL those WV.
have vital. personal Interest," ~ stake
attend this conference. .t VIII hc touut
nc0'svor' 90 hold IT. ln the open air;
because very man and woman iu Al
buguerquc ana the central l;io Graude
valley. Who has a dollars worth ~
property or who hopes ever tu hav'
ary In th's valley ha- hs ur her dol
lars at stake In this meeting
We cannot over rs' Innate the i'm
pDrtancc 1f drnina We cannot uycf-
es,inat" the necessity of ~prcd' wise
a-ti' iiy.
Thc attitude uf "rcrl man In uus
community should. and must hc 20 EN-
CuLraE" diaiuaEc. W. may differ "a
tu rttthods but wc must unite IN the
effort, overcome an our differences
and get sulidly behind the most prac-
t' . plan Action means prosperity.
DELAY means heavy. ruinous loss
CJvlro pr,ntip. nsstSsin - thN
archdukc. Fcrdiulud. the event whiru
opened the Rabes aud let lonsc the war
hounds ON tho world d cd yesterday
IN n fortress near Prague .of tupcr.
cu'osls. Prohahl5 hc q Cd palnlcs,lg
Probably he vas cared Tor In comrurt
- death approached,
Lii'rn 'ly millions ~ men and WON.
en and little children have Il ed hur
rihlN In fearful torture. thout =
breath of mfurt Hs a result ui
l'rlyI,p'A act
rrrzip win get ouI, passing mcr
tun In history Tn" aa.assJn's bullet
~a' only the opening gun. Had ht
not tired u Humc other instrument
would have bean found hy the supcr
demons OF ruthlos,n'ss for their hol,
iSh undertaking His crime had ~
hut hecn forgotten and was only re
called by hsi delth. hy a world torn
asuiUcr by the terrible schemes %.
corruett ard plundc~ which were
rcldS tn .ho nut irto action when hi
shot opened the way. lie merely putt
81 the string which raised tho cur
tain on a Germany which mono ~ u'
knew; Germany which has horrific,
th" world. Germany vhl,h IN,
Worlc has dccrscd must he wiped Oh,
prinaip could not rest under inius
tloc, real or farcicd. The world ranno
roSt Under an injustice morr tcrribl'
than any other IN the history ut IN,
world,
FIin1ip shot 90 wipc out an individ
na' representative Of autocracy, Tn
wolId il shooting to-day 20 wlpc uu
autoCracy Itself
Horhaps IN tho great cutit of Wtl
mat" justice this poor rrinzip WI
have been found 10 have I"rtormc
= service Tor mankind
Twelve million rorsunF 30 the Tulto
states have bought bonds ~ the yhr
llh,rty iasN', Twelve millions ~ 20
have enrolled IN the army ~ 10y
Americans
Ot tho twelve millions how man
ht,o bought az the cost ot actual sac
rifcc? We cannot tell hut we kuo,
from our know edge uf Dur own com