Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-15
$40 DUKE CITY MEN
AND WOMEN AT DINNER
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building, the help in getting the
mills here; the cooperation which
brought the Santa Fe shops here
and the ciVC price which was re-
sponsible for the Y. M. G. A.. which
was erected at great cost.
New demands of development
are facing Albuquerque" Mr.. Wood
declared, land it is only with and
through community cooperation
and service that these can be met.
Let us bury all use of energy of
the tearing down type and use it
all in building" he urged.
Advertising Duke City.
Albuquerque has one great and
glorious product to sell TO the
world" declared II. B. Hening in
his talk on advertising Albuquer-
que land that is climate. We have
the product and of the twenty-six
millions of families in the United
States there are at least three mil
lions which have need of this eli.
mate TO assist them in curing tu-
berculosis and kindred diseases.
1--WE have this many prospects
and continued systematic advertis-
ing, such as was started in the first
campaign of the Chamber of Com
merce last Sunday will obtain re-
suits and long before 1880 we will
have a city of at least 10000 hap
by prosperous citizens and boost
ers."
Mr.. Henlng claimed that such
campaign, to be effective, would
cost at least $4,000 for the first
year and pointed out how the first
assault last Sunday and the COM
ing Sunday will reach more than
ten millions of newspaper readers.
Previous to Mr.. Hening's esti-
mate, President Robert T.. Putney
had stated that the directors hoped
to be able to use at least $4,000 In
advertising the city this year.
Drainage Necessary.
Drainage should be the subject
for a discussion or an address at
every meeting held between White
Rock canyon and San Marcial"
Capt. w. C. Reid exclaimed in
opening his address on the subject
at the dinner last night.
"Our irrigation system is a
primitive one and IS expensive to
operate," he claimed, 'and unless
II is changed and we have drain
age, this valley will be a dismal
swamp within the next fifteen
years"
Captain Reid pointed out the
fact that in the middle valley there
are 10000 acres Of land which
should be farming land, but that
of this amount only 10000 is &C
tually used and much OF TINS only
produces, without drainage, about
half a crop which cuts the cult
waited productiveness down TO w.
600 acres. He also pointed out
the fact that, properly drained. one
acre of valley land is as productive
as two acres of the best land in the
middle west farm belt.
you many be glad to know that
today plans were made for crew
of men to start accommodating data
to enable us to act under the NC
Nary bill" he stated and III con-
Gliding alleged tina. drainage as
proposed was not too expensive as
il would only cost about sac an
acre for a complete system, IN
Guiding a storage dam and the
closing of the present ditch mouths
and that this sum could be paid
through n 40-year period Land
now worth from nothing up to $40
an acre would be worth a mimi
mum of $3.50 an acre following
drainage he commended.
AlbuQuerque's Future.
Courage, vision, cooperation
determination on the part OF Al
bujuerqueans are all that is nee
essary for Albuquerque to become
n city OF great size and import
ance, according to Carl G. Magee.
who spoke of the future of the
city.
1--WE have these four requisites"
Mr.. Magee cfasn.e6, so why
should we present-day Albuquer-
queans speak of a city OF flfty
thousand inhabitants? With prop
er cooperation and successful de-
yelopment of many projects now
under way, / can easily see a city
of 10000 within the next few
years
"The future of Albuquerque is
with its citizens" he declared,
And as a city it will become
only what it's citizens want 1t to
become"
The statement was backed up
by a review of the development
of such cities as Denver ana
Kansas City. "They became just
what their citizens wanted them
to become for there was no other
reason why they should have
experienced their great develop
ment," he added.
In closing, Mr.. Magee urged the
closest cooperation with the
chamber of commerce in its
plans for future development. Fol
lowing the regular speeches, there
were number Of short address
es given by other chamber offic-
ials and boosters of chamber ac-
tivities.
Entertainment during the even
ing was furnished by Uncle"
Maurice Klein's entertainers who
sang a number of solos and sew
erai quartette numbers. Those
who sang were Grace Stortz,
Hortense Switzer, Maurice Klein
and Frank Darrow. The accom-
panists were Louis 3. Thompson
and Mrs. Frank Darrow. The Sc
lections, which were sprinkled