The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-04

New Mexlco had the sole woman
delcGute at The rfrent convention 81
the western svtes Reclamation as
ISOLATION N salt Lake city. "A a re-
aun This stale received considerable.
publicity fum the salt Lake news
unners. The following story Was car-
RED iu the salt Lake Tribune, accom Z
panied hy q one ooiumn cut 81 Miss
Efiig Vera Hart
Yes. / am mere Ia work for tile In
trrcnfa OF the peeoa valley homeErrnd-
era. ~ho for p number of yearH have
nuns on 10 tnaiF dry acres, hoping
thnt the government would fuifill ltn
promises as 10 irrigation pfojects. All
THAI ihis fertile land pesda - water
10 MAKE Il ons OF the garden spots OF
the earth" Dos
rhih was the explanation OF her
prenl nee Ia Salt Lake. given last night
by Miss Effie Vera Hart. who IL the
sole waman delegate attending the
Wenfcrn States Reclamation congress
and who ~ SECRETARY % fh~ Nigh line
IRRIGATION disfi ict o. the ppcOs valley
with Headquarters az Carlsbad, ~ M-
HeinF a homeaender i~iefeclf, Miss
Hart knows the sltunfion ~ the Local
nv from which nhe comes from the
ground upf't nv "a were. For the
| paat ten Years" MiHa Hart sail, "set-
| tiers have anticipated That ESSENTIALLY
a large aesflon 81 land would be taken
into the Carlsbad irrigation project,
which Us being father,sf BY the gov
ernmont. There w y tract OF 81. Ooa
acres, which u irrigated. could be
made TO produce bumper crops of al
faifa and the upland ERyption cotton.
the most desirable variety nov on the
market.
since the war there has been n
constant stream Of settlers coming
I lsN Gle IAANIlLI .AaNNa .waNA
men. 90 the widows and orphans OF
soldiers. These people, OF course, had
very llitl. money To start with and
now they nave less. They get a living.
not from the soil which the govern
ment provided them. but By doing
anything they can get TO do. They
generally work for the farmers who
are 80 fortunate a. to have water on
their land.
Some or them have given np tho
struggle and moved elsewhere; o5hers
have died. The land In New Mexico
II very fertile. bat nothing can b.
raisod without water. and the rainfall
Is always nn uncertain quantity. The
climate IN m OF the best In the world.
md with these thousands OF fertile
tcrta Under irrigation, Il could be
turnod into n splendid proposition for
'x-serylce men. Much Of this land
= owned By the state OF New Mexico,
and ! have reason TO believe That thu
tate would be Wiling TO enter a fifty.
ifty agreement with the government
~ which the settlement OF land would
ic made attractive and profitable Il
iless ex-Fervice men.
Another feature to be considered
q that originally all this Pocos vale,
rountry' was given oves 70 cattle rails.
ing, but now that people have come
la and settled hero II IL 70 cut up tina
g no longer pays ~ a grazing coun.
Try. Uuleas IL can be irrigated and
armed. all this vast area Il an eco.
uofnic loss.
II seems 20 me that farming In THU
district could be carried on very sue,
,cssfullN n farms were limited IN
acreage to 100 acres o. less. Scientifi,
l%ntensiu" Methods applied To snal
ARMS would make this a rich country.
As b Is nov. many OF the farms IN
der cultivation arc too large in area
and the expense OF running them and
getting labor Is out OF proportion tc
the returns"
Born in Missouri and educated a
the University OF Arkansas. Miss Har
admits that she has had the 'Ro Yves
fever ms she expressed IL. since sh'
was a little girl and listened to storiel
OF the west toll by her father, VIII,
was associated with Jim Bozemar
in the early DAYS in Montana. Aboui