El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-01
WILL PUSH HIGH
LINE CANAL WORK
Upper Valley Man Is En-
ployed To Secure Data
and Present 1t.

. Il. II. Brook. county agent OF Doua
Ana county, n. n, has been engaged
lv the hieh line canal committee Of
the Rio Grande project 10 represent
the Elephant Butte and FL Paso
Water Users associations. the cham
her OF commerce and the city OF FL
Paso. 20 prepare and submit TO the
United tSates reclamation commission
At Washington. the high line canal
and soldier settlement proposition as
applied to the Rio Grande valley
announcement OF his appointment
70 the position was officially an
nounced Saturday by George, r. lie
.Earon. chairman Of the high line
canal committee.
Mr.. Brook has been actively IN
touch with Washington for the past
several months in regard 90 the Sol-
der settlement act commonly known
rs the lane bill. and recently re-
turned from Santa Re, where he Sc
cured the passage Of joint memorial
by the state legislature urging con-
gress to act at once on this BILL or
one OF similar character.
Takes = Furlough.
In an interview today Mr.. Brook
said. Il do not intend by this ap-
pointment to sever my connection
with the affairs OF Doua Ana county
Il have been granted four months
furlough so that ] can give my entire
time TO compiling the data and in
formation necessary 20 present
proposition complete In every celall
10 the reclamation commission Dur
inc the past two years. the farm
a. E-en Ha q
county have solved number OF the
fundamental underlying economic
problems that have been onstructins
the progress OF this potentially great
farming community
~The construction Of the high lire
canal and the taking over by the gov
eminent OF the lands to be watered by
this canal together with the IDLE land
already under the ditch system and
conversion OF all this land into farms
and homes with equipment VIII bring
about the prosperity and successIa l
DEVELOPMENTS so long expected from
the construction OF the Elephant
Butte dam
Fitting Climax To Big Work.
aThis work. II successful, viii be q
fitting climax 10 the two years or
effort and struggle that the farm
bureau has made towards orihsiI7
about prosperity for the Iesiila val
7 desire my friends 90 know that
Z will constantly keep in touch with
the movements that have been started
Ev the farm bureau and that my IN
rerests. financial and otherwise, are
permanently identified with Dona Ana
Without going into the advantages
OF the high line canal ana solqlsl
settlement from the standpoint OF II
Taso. I am certain that this Is the
greatest opportunity for rapid ana
permanent development ever pre-
scented to any city am com -el--
that. II the final surveys by Il q
Hill support his preliminary repor :
there viii be no difficulty "a landln=
the high line canal proposluon-
Believes l. :. VIII Help
Il know that the reclamation COM
mission is DESTROYS OF doing anything
in its power towards making the RIO
Crande project a success Ever since
he Lane bill was proposed. y nas
bcen the avowed and reiterated policy
Of the interior department that tne
projects already started should pc
completed and put on successI Z .
basis before any new work sncull
be done. For this reason Y there are
no engineering complications, am
very optimistic and confident as 20
the possibilities Of getting this move
unent through