El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-21
CARL SBAD WATER USER 81
ANSWER THEIR OWN PRAYER

EFFORTS are being made bring about extension OF
l. the Carlsbad irrigation project to take IN large
acreage above the level of the present distributing canals
even more significant fact that the United States
reclamation service which planned and executed the original
proec Is being urged by the Carlsbad land owners to take
hold Of the extension and incorporate the new acreage IN
the Carlsbad project under its supervision.
This movement is significant especially because for
many years there bitter hostility IN Carlsbad and VI
cnity against the reclamation service Almost from the
beginning Of or the project, the officials Of the gov
eminent had to face active and continuous opposition from
many land and business and professional men OF
Carlsbad and the ueghborhood mere was always eeush
support for the project and cooperation with the Teeama-
to justify pushing the work to completion but
the protesting element did everything they could to inter
fse would have wrecked the whole plan they could
Even after the project completed, the reclamation
service blamed for crop failures poor SOIL incapable
tIage, rain, drouth, Ill temper, shortage Of labor high
price Of fertilizer railroad freight DISCRIMINATION, cnurch
debts late frost woy apples and crawsh IN the canal
banks Anybody who got out Of bed with headache
blamed the reclamation service Just in the middle ages
the devil had take the blame for everything that went
skewy-
The climax came when the acost review board" made
its report and Prof T. O. Taylor Of the university Of Texas
sent forth his famous prayer, "God help the poor
water Of the Carlsbad project"
Almost at once those who had worked up the agitation
began to realize that they had gone too far They had
failure, condemned by some who were supposed to be
benecares and the situation declared to have gone
beyond human help, the Almighty invoked to save
the poor farmers from the reclamation service Of
no prospective investor would know figure the risk
Land began to busy themselves TO cOunteract the
destructive effect Of too much anti propaganda.
Years passed. and troubles grew less Recently the land
Of the aHLins irrigation district" many Of whom
also water under the original project adopted
resolutions which sent to the secretary Of the interior
the director and the local representatives. Of the Tecsma
ton service the press congressman and others. Significant
paragraphs from the resolutions follow here; this is the
by the water Of the Carlsbad project to Prof
TayloT's prayer:
whereas the members OF the Hi-Idne irrigation dis
boundaries brought irrigation at
the earliest possible moment, with the minimum OF
peusei and
Whereas considerable portion Of the land owners in
said Hi-ine irrigation district also land
der the Carlsbad project and sach have had
opportunity efficient
which the said Carlsbad project has been con
structed and the economical and Efficient in
which said Carlsbad project is being operated; ard
Whereas II IS matter Of common knowledge among
THE VALUE or THE CROPS Produced UNDER THE
CARLSBAD PROJECT ID URING THE YEAR 1913
Slst1AAL1 EXCEEDS TIE ENTIRE COST OF CON-
STRuCTION OF THE ENTIRE PRoJECTs and
Whereas the members said Hi-Line irrigation dis
trIet realize and firmly believe that the necessary
BE more efficiently ana economically done by the United
states reclamation great Organization
composed OF the best construction and irrigation engi
nees IN the United states headed by that eminent engi
eer and executive Hon Arthur P Davis than b. private
works,
Therefore be T. resolved by the individual land owners
under the H-Lne irrigation district, mass meeting
assembled that do earnestly solicit request
cooperation Of the United States reclamation service
CARLSBAD project the securing OF funds for it's
tlon ana in having 1t constructed operated BY
Aaae -nlleQ states reclamation service.
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