The evening herald., 1918-03-11

from To- teDt OWING 90 lu,gI de.
mands, Cedut brush is piled in. and
suun the sili deposits aid iu cffrctu.
ally changing the channel
In more important ietties. the nil
ings are 80 feet long siX inches iu
diameter at the smaller end and Is
inches at the larger end These are
driven down with pile drivers til they
stand only about five feet above the
water surface such double rows of
pile Ictties. lashcd together with wire
ana containing wire mesh or cloth and
cedar brush. are sometimes five or six
hundred feet long. In thus "rcorgUn-
izing the river banks, many thou~-
aujs of acres may hc saved 10 cuit-
walton.
II through this jetty work of prop.
rrlv coufinins ana safeguarding the
channel, the water line in the valley
can bc reduced only ten inches Il
will reclaim for agricultural and hor-
tical purposes. sufficiently large
acreage. as 10 justify an II costs. to
"roorgnnizo the river banks
How To Drain Valley.
one large main drainage ditch
should start. far north up he river
aud extent its winding course 90 the
south for many miles. II should hc
probably five feet deep. Smaller
bitches emptying into 4 az intervals
from either side, would drain the
tributary area, while IN many places
farmers would drair their immediate
holdings into these laterals by 'uling.
say four inches In diameter.
The Rio Grande river In this VII
cinity has fan OF only five feet 10
the mile. SO the main drainage ditch
TO be OF the most service and redeem
the largest possible area should not
have a fan OF over three feet to the
mile. With such fall. the relative
capacity for drainage. as compared
to the Rio Grandc river would 30
nearly double.
Abolish Many Nccquias.
Another economic feature uf far
reaching importance In rcdceming the
valley as whole with one compre-
hcusive plain. would be the saving
ot much choice land now made use
less by numerous. ancient accquias,
or uitches, owned by individuals or
small companies These were origi-
nally constructed In primitive. hap
hazard way. Thcy are from three TO
ten miles IN length Sometimes thoy
parallel each other for considerable
distances aud the land between them
may vary IN wi1th from few feet
to few hundred yards.
II cannot bc irrigated 10y either
ditch, hccause they carry their allut-
ment uf water for acreage to points
fJr her south Il is estimated that
an additional several thousand acres
of choice lands could thus he restored
to agriculture by one general rec
Hmation and irrigation scheme, which
would serve the valley as "a Whole
Cost and Returns.
Il depends largely upon the system
finally adopted are 90 what the pro
rated cost per acre, tor this impor-
tant constructive work may hc. The
estimates may be- snt, t. run from
fl5 20 s25 per acre These prices are
remarkably low. when compared with
any large reclamation projects in
America Local geographical and
geological conditions, make these
prices. FOR reclamation s"ryic" pos
sihlc The payments would extend
over number ut years and would
scarcely hc noticeable to the FARM
/ crs. once they are owners of amply
irrigated farms, and diligently cult
waite them.
Truck gardening and int, use farm
inE would yield from sl0o 10 si90
per acre per year Alfalfa and fruits.
when their maximum yield Is reached,
would net the farmer or hurtiCultt.
rist. say from $40 Ia 5000 per acre
per year
Vision and Organization.
To bring about new order OF
things, and TO realize THIS "cousum-
mutiun su devoutly "a bc wished and
worked FOR, vision and organization
are necessary. The people of this
city aud this county. cannot attain
such things 10y simply desiring them,
aud lauEuidly wishing for them. They
must develop a broader vision Must
decide that the thing is worth while
| and then perfect an organization that
will never stop until the go',. IL
I reached,
Next to railroad connections with
/ the great san Juan hahln, tHc lctH' %
nation of possibly 100000 acres, al
| told, directly tributary 10 Albuquerque
| is paramount In Importance, and
would go much towards the rapid
| growth and sustained development OF
the city olon glll lines of human en-
| dGuVor.
GovcrnmcIt Md Ncclcd.
| state Engineer French ANA Col w
| $ Hopcwcll are now IN Washington
| To ASK the government to aid this
| most important work by setting aside
- small porto NOT the federal lands
! i'm this state, to bc sold FOR the pur'
! pose of creating funG to be used
| iu this way This plan would not
! eos, the government any money, and
/ u has many milhu,, acres ot land In
| Sew Mexico.
~ the county commissioners, the
! city commissioner the chamber ol
! commerce, and the politicians of thi'
! county ana state were tu get toseth.
or aud go after this with a dctermin'
alton tu win. II could be successfully
! accomplished VIII they perm. pea
! F..t