The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-06-14

speech TO ,As eeussntlon YESTERDAY a..
This district" continued Captain
Carr. 'compfIscs the land lying south
Of fnt cItS. beginning about two mIir7
nfem N. business csn,sr q me ne
storh yards ana fupe south on both
sides 81 b santa fe railroad. The
nfftanc involved Amounts 20 a little
c4ef TIRES Thousand acres and the
hummer Of T. about thirty. The
iitir- 70 these landa al run from 1of-
cfument homesteada q thefe are
NO holdings les thar fuenty ncrfH.
and the average n over eighty acres
WI consider this should he M
"a the easiest and quickest drainage
districts TO organise and " should he
nn Hfti ono The only dinadNnniaEe
y due TO the fact that the area d
comparatively small and the land 20
and Nli neccasltaie a little longer
outlet w order 10 secure the necessary
fan"
The greater part Of the meeting hls
mornlna was elson over 10 a compre-
henalse discussion b, drainage experts
, u the ~xeef situation IN the middle
valley ~ has been aacrrtained by
extensive invcstigniion through he
past few YEAR, and 20 technical IN
NNNm.NNUH MNMNN 81 WNMNNNMM' NNN'"t
Water may be the NE na well ~
the gufnr % v county" said Oeorne
Nsei. 81 he stats engineers depart
msut. IN hts address this morning.
AR. Nrel discussed tho probable
auonnt 81 water used for IRRIGATION
from The Rio orande and the amounts
lost ihronrh evaporation and plant
although tl,ere Is no record Of
hos much AWNWU - aam.I Hruna a..
w for Irrigation the fact that the .
are from 90 10 20 canals diVeftlna
water from the river would indicate
that there arr about Goo.ooo acre feet
diverted zach year. W. do know
how much water T. lost In ne mindle
valley a. the station az the head Of
the valley and tho ioct keep perfect
record % the mcun which paassa
through. There are go. 0oo acre feHf
Of water lost each year FROM the
rlxer"
Nj. NeeI pointed out that the en-
tire country would be flooded within
a = a from the water were u not
for the plant uses n evaporation
There N enough water Loaf each year
70 produce fine crops throughout the
entire valley" Mr.. Nccl continued.
One Of the intercaiinr features Of
Mr.. Neefs address was the drawing Of
= diagram which showed how drain
worked In all types Of land re-
rariiess Of whether u was higher this
the river or lower ArcordinE 10 him.
" arch viii dmin about thrce-qunr.
tiers OF a mile on either side % ". Hs
niHo explained how the bitches can
BE- dug hy machinery.
Soure~ of Ss-pagc shown.
According 20 Dean W. Uioodrood
there are four Eourrss Of water sssp.
age the largest heing the direct sep
az from tho river ITSELF The most
largest h from over irrigation. Tho
RIO Grande valley IL troubled mostly
hy the former. Mr. H~iooirood show
- maps 81 ihe water table 81 a nnm.
her 81 nect.ii na Of the valley which
have been tested nv the engineers dur.
lnr N na~f few wears.
What propic Think of Drainage.
a number Of persons attending the
convention rave fonr-minute talks on
the subject Of what their local naaple
thought Of drainage ~ y Robinson.
81 the indian ~eryicc. pointed out that
twenty percent Of the lnnis under
question we're Indian lnnds and mt.
mated that u was ~ 20 inform the
government OF tho fact mat drainng.
was about 10 start In the valley and
that the government would DO expect.
81 20 defrny the Expense 81 Ne Indian
lnndn. THIS matter WIS taken un
some time NO. Mr. Hohinson stated
and tho depr rtmcnt ~ that time re-
piled that when the drainage % the
valley was started. u would b. ready
10 co-operhts."
An Counties Interested.
Of Socorro county are most an-
xlous that the drainage project be-
rushed through 10 "a auccefsfui termi.
nation. said George Hicklss Of that
county.
What had been accomplished ~
drninnEc in many Of the valleys uf
Colorado wns ne subject OF the four
minute tain OF = Msmz who hos
spent a number Of years there
'-The people Of Boruaiiilo count are
highly IN mVof Of drainage. declared
W ~ Ellison county agent for Naien-
cin county II dnin. Ne viii get our
heEEnr lam into use aud not onli raise
the value of real estate. but VIII raise
banner croTH'