The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-03-17
: oLLowfNo Il a portion OF a lst-
' ter receiscd from Mr.. Herbert

OLLOwINo Il a portion OF a ist-
ter naceIscd from Mr.. Herbert
.. naFermnn. member OF the
RIO Drando drainage commission. re-
fardinF the present status o. drain
agc Investigation IN this valley and
the present phn Of tho q. = recia.
milton service toward tbs drainoge OF
the central Rio umnde valley. AR.
Hlirrr1unn. who writes from Colorado
springs. and who has taken an active
and effective Interest In drainage FOR
the central Rio Crandc valley. has
been urging the passage Of a SOL.
der settlement commission for NeH
MeNlco. This was accomplished IN
the paeaagc % house hill No. 4of. az
Santa 20 last week. Mr.. Hafermun
reruuntn = conversation ~ Denver
reclamation service. IN charge Of In
eeetimtlon work In n west and con-
tinuca.
Mr.. Walter Il closely In ouch with
the New Mexico situation a. regards
irrlrafion and drainage and snid that
the government operations In the Mr-
nilin valley were apparently proving
VEN successful. although II was too
early 90 tell the fun effect Of tho
drainage work now being carricd on
there They are operating ten
drednln and should have the work
completed within one OF two years.
while the fall 10 tho river there b.
very gradual they believe that they
have found a method Of overcoming
that difficulty by constrrctinE Ions
open bitches nearly parallel to or ~
siinht nnrluH from the river az grades
less than the NeniE fall OF the river.
Win enough 81 such bitches overlap
ping one another. a. "a we're. they
think thfy can drain y o mpafutiNe-
ly flnf areas even pretty close TO tho
river. he thinks this method. while
expensive would even with Tho main
tainencc cost nccessitated proNc less
costly han dyking aud pumpfns
a sskcd him what he Thought tho
general policy Of tho government
would b. IN connection with Rio
Orandc drainage. lie aid that Their
plans outside OF such as We = direct
~ associated with the proper prcscr-
walton Of the government rights re-
lutinE 20 the Elephant Butte project.
were dependent upon the passage %
the Lane soldier Settlement biii which
appropriated ti0O. o60. 900 for rccia-
nation, irrigation and duinare pun.
poses ln cooperation with the various
states and for the purpose Of provid-
Ina homes and occupations Tor ~
turning soldiers. This hni aa you
know. failed % passage. but Mr..
Wnifsr. thinks that % piu surely pos
az D neat session of conEresa n
moreover thinks. though why ! don't
quite gather. that there will be an
extra session ~ Aprii neat perhaps.
o. before june a. latest H. T. ~
the opinion that tho-r uiatc~ whlch
have mt provided mean for effective
cooperation with the federal author.
itir< - ~ 10 ~ prepared A. ~pon n
Tie htlt docs pas "a work with he
government Nv very likely 10 git
uttlc consideration wiicu or ~ such
cooperation hsSomcs nc,t-sars. Ills
idea is that tho federal uuthoriuoH
under the mcnsuro proposed, 81 under
any measure likely to pass. would not
operate anywhere Independently OF
the states but that thorough coopsra-
ton and participation By tho states
would be an essential preliminary 20
the undertaking ana prosecution Of
work along these lines Ito seemed
% BE- anxious that New Mexico should.
~ some other states have done. now
enact legislation along the lines in-
dicated in tho circular OF tho interior
department on the subject dated Do
ccmbor 2, lant.
mir. Walter indicated that under
the hill as planned there would BE-
one million dollars available for work
IN New Mexico which. In his opinion.
would not be anywhere near Hufflr-
irnt 20 take fare OF "a comprohonsiyo
drainage system Of thn whole valley
bat only Of selected areas Of o.
have thought an along tina IL o.
rather foolish 10 talk nov OF trying
% plan and carry out O. comprchcnH.
I've drainage system Of the whole val.
ley from White Rock canyon 20 tho
Texas border with or Slthout govern