The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-05
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
The Prelude 10 Business
Visiting the University,
Victory in the Air
~ ESOLrTIONS adopted by the
< directors of the Chamber of
Commerce vest erduv. en-

TX directors of the Chamber of
~ Commerce yesterday, en-
dorsing the drainage program
plans of the State Engineer, have
the right ring. They sound like
the prelude to business.
The resolutions are printed in
the Herald today. They call for
organized action TO secure for the
drainage pro- ann the active CO.
operation of every county in the
Central Rio Grandc valley. Com
mcrcial and civic organizations
will be asked 10 join in the move.
mcni. Every business and land in
tereSt will be invited to partici-
pate.
The important thing now is To
keep the movement moving. II
has been given the right start IN
the right direction. If followed up
pcrsiStcn,ly il will win.
Every one of us can help IN this
movement. Instead of finding fault
with minor details of the under
taking, and pOking AT the plans to
find defects, we can give IL back
ing, support, constant agitation of
favorable nature. The first thing
we know we will all bc pulling to-
gethcr. The next thing we know
the drainage of this valley will be-
come a certainty of the immediate
future.
Read the resolutions adopted by
the Chamber of Commerce, and
get into sympathy with them
These nre visiting days for tho
University OF New McNtco. l,st"r-
day the members OF the kiwanis
club paid visit OF inspection To the
campus Today the members OF the
Rotary club were guests thorc. Thus
q large number OF Albuquerque huS' 10
n,ss mon have been given "a 'irst hand
course OF instruction IN what the uni
Vcrsity is doing, of the progress II has
achieved. and OF WIZ IL ~ prepared
to do. Not few Of the men VINO
visited the university Yesterday ana
today we've there for the first time
II ~ safe to predict that they viii 70
again.
To-day a total of III young men
have entered the student army train
ing corps OF the state university Tht
means that the enrolment Of yount
men in the military department alon,
Will exceed 900 when the uniNcrsitS
opens on October T. These with th'
regular student attendance of mel
and women will mean some 500 stu
dents on the hill this year.
Having accomplished this enroll
mcnt the University Of Sew McNic,
VIII never lcse ground. itS grown
from this time on ~ fairly certain
II we viii get acquainted with th'
university, with It's work, IT'S usctul
ness 10 New Mexico and us value t'
Nlhuqucrquc, we are ho"nd To hr
come active champions oi its ad
yancemcnt and we viii he able To nc
Complish much 10 hasten its grown
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News OF continued allied progress
IN mighty good II II the best new >
paper reading the American peopl
have had for many months, ana
grows better every day.
The best news of all, in many re
spcCts, Is IN httlc dispatch tron
laris today which tells OF the dIop
ping OF nearly forty tons OF eNplo
siVes on tho towns OF lirancourt AM
Ninzy.I. .e-Chaieau on August 20.
total OF las allied airplanes pariici
rated In the dropping. SIX cnem
nirplanes were shot down.
The significance of this is the ap
parent growth OF the strength OF th
allied air service. The German al
forces are being beaten. Just as III
German land forces are hoinR be"tc
down below \ superior att force
long sustained. means the speed
breaking of what Is lett OF the Gel
man morale.
Irt us have no expressions OF maud
i'm pitv FOR the inhabitants OF IN
towns being bombed. Germany ma
no pity for London or for Paris who
,hc held command OF the air