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One Of the impcdiments in certain
instances to harmonious, unanimous
effort In acquiring the ends sought
through water adjustment liz due to
bitterness engendered by past water
controversies among ditch owners
Many prevailing differences between
neighlOrs IL due to water disputes, all
of which proves the necessity for more
water.
The necessity for immediate action
is due to the fnct that New Mexico
has already begun preparations to
store water. Three large reservoir
sites have been surveyed. one east OF
Antonito, with capacity of two hun
'dred and fifty Thousand acre-fcct of
water. one south OF Antonito with
capacity of one hundred and
thirty thousand acre-fcet of water
and large one Mt Ticrra
Amarillo. New Mexico. While there
is more or less lethargy among the
people of the san Luis Valley. powerful
elements In the Rio Grande valley In
New Mexico are awake and pressing
their claims. But for the timely in
tcrfcrenr of Senator Phipps at the
closing days OF the last session OF
Congress. an appropriation Of 100000
would have been passed to aid the pro-
ject east OF AntonitO.
At the first session Of the Inter
state Rivers Compact Commission the
abolishmcnt Of the Elephant Butte En-
barge will he asked for and a peti.
ton will no doubt be granted. I'm
the State OF New Mexico will
file her applications for storage per
mits and II the San Luis Valley Is to
filings should br entered OF even date
with those of New Mexico. Whatever
awnrd is made by the Interstate
Rivers Compact Commission will he
final after 1t is approved by the lcgis-
latures of the states involved and by
the government and here the San Luis
Valleys opportunity will have passed
1t has been suggested by some that II
this climax could have been cvn,led
for time the people might have been
In better condition to meet 1t but those
Of such opinion ARE dccciving them
selves. The condition Of the farmer
will not improve materially until he
gets water with which to improve his
condition or has secured drainage as
the case requires.
The greatest disbursement in
sight to the culture OF sugar iects
which Is now at the apex OF its cx-
Irrimental state is the lack Of late
water to bring the crop to maturity.
The independent prosperous farmer IL
not deeply Interested In further settle
,nent Of the San Luis Valley and he
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
Continued from Page One,

tiOn should become Immediately active
to eounteract the opposition to the us..
OF the water defense fund for prclimin-
ary reservoir work. The United s,,tos
government financed the pioneer work
Tor valley drainage canal, the ditch
owners and users and the non -sgricul-
tural and professional affiliations OF
the valley have contributed and will
continue to contribute funds, and since
the development of water storage
and drainage will add millions to the
taxable wealth and income OF the val
ley 1t is simple equity that the state
should add the very moderate amount
required In this paving Of the way to
hettcr conditions. The tmuacdiate field
Of action for the water users protec-
tive association Is limitiess.
The newspapers are mot expected
to handle the legal features of the sit
uatiOn nor perform the engineering
work, nor raise the funds. hut It is
within their function to disseminate
news and reliable information and to
correct misinformation. Tho@e OF us
older in the work know how they have
been bridled In the pusl Thirty years
ago | fores.iw this very condition that
prevails today, yet I was discouraged
in the advancing truths AZ to what
the country lacked to establish dcvel-
opmene through fear OF being ciss...d
as knocker. Men Of that time were.
interested In the immediate current
though had they gone to work then
upon the project they are working upon
today, the san Luis Valley would have
been in a high state Of development
before the signing OF the treaty with
Mexico which developed tiAe Ecphnnt
Butte dam. The thousands II home
seekers who came and iavcstcd in
water-lOggcd alkali lands or lands
lacking II good water supply for irri-
gation and went into bankruptcy
through inability to raise crojs would
now bc living here In prosperity. These
broad acres Of grease wood and sage
surrounding the little City q Aln,nOsa
on every side would today he covered
hy prosperous homes.
Ar 4 proof Of what am saying.
have hut to point to the lands lying
under the Farmers' Union Water sys-
TEN In the vicinity Of Monte Vista
where drainage has been applied where
needed, and where irrigation has been
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
Immediate Action Of Water
Users Association Necessary

applied by storage OF water. Excen<
within very limited area. n short
dozen or fifteen years ago tbat Iory,.
area that is now covered by beautiful
MONIES WAS picture of struggling h,l-
manity without comforts or conven-
fences, and In many eases without
reasonable necessities OF life. II there
Is n farmer today In that area who is
not prosperous 1t is not because the
lands have not produced. In fact the
immense yields Of crops drove more
than one farmer prosperity mad to his
final detrimUnt.
In 1883, thirty-six years ago I rode
on horseback from Fort Garland past
the San Luis Lake to the MedanO
Ranch. across the valley to the vicin-
Iity where Center now stands. thence
down the Gunbarrcl district to Monte
Vista. Those days 1t was almost n
barren waste. dotted here and there
with an occasional settlers cabin. Since
then almost every acre has been fenced
and placed under cultivation. hut today
where the country IL not drained or ir-
rigated from storage. as the case re-
quired. the country is waste or the resi-
dents are struggling for an existence
Such talk would have been akin to
treason thirty years ago and no pub
Usher had the temcrity to publish the
truth.
since the State Of New Mexico has
now laid her claim to the waters Of the
Rio Grande and its tributaries and has
made her surveys for storage sites, Il
situation IL forced upon us and the
truth must be told.
The late depression in everything
agricultural and the crop failures from
lack Of water have discouraged farmers
to mn extent that they feel a degree
of hclpleSsness In the matter Of H.
nancing their requirements for addi-
tionaI water. Again. the United States
government is expected to construct
these dams and the drainage canal.
Here's another source Of doubt among
the people. though without foundation.
What they have learned of government
reclamation projects il that they have
been enormously expensive and that
the cost is more than the land will bear
and the natural conclusions are that
the government operations ARE very
expensive when compared with like
work done BY private capital. From
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12
lack Of Information the public has not

lack Of Information the public has not
taken into consideration the tact that
all the projects undertaken by the
government were projects that private
capital would not undertake for the
reason that 1t could not figure out that
they were bankable propositions. In
other words. the expense promised tO
be more than the land would hear.
In arriving at these conclusions the
people do not compare the proposed
San Luis valley project with those
performed up to this time by the rec.
lamation service. These projects have
cost from forty to one hundred dollars
lcr acre upon lands served. and be-
sides. the land reclaimed were raw des-
crt lands, unfcnccd. unbroken. without
ditcheS and without improvements of
any kind. Here conditions are entirely
different These are matters of turn
Ing water upon cultivated farms The
waters from the reservoirs will he
turned into the rivers and the points
of diversion are already with head
.ntcs. The bitches md laternls are
already serving the lands: the farms
ARE fenced and the homes already built
and established.
At the time Frcirick Newell chief
of the reclamation service. visited the
proposed Concjos site and estimated
that one hundred Thousand acre feet
Of watcr could bc impsinded at q cost
OF from six dollars to seven dollars
and fifty cents per acre-foot. with an
extreme limit Of ten dollars. This
estimate agreed almost identically with
one previously made by John Ulrich Of
Denver one OF the best known western
construction engineers. One acrc-foot
Of water will irrigate three acres Of
the drycst land one time. Assuming
that the expense would reach the ex-
trcme estimate Of ten dollars per
ncrc-fnt and the users had twenty
years in which I" pay for 1t. the ex-
Isnsc would hr fifty cents per acre
per annum. plus the small rate OF in
tcrest that the government would
charGe--thc interest rate not to exceed
the interest rate paid by the govern
mcnt upon Its bonds.
There are but comparatively few
acres NJ land In the Sun Luis Valley
now heing irrigated by exclusive river
rights that will not producc sufficient
increase. In two or three years tn Inay
their proportions of the entire cost Of
const ruction for storage water. A sit
uation most greatly tn be desired will
prevail when "ncr the constant strike
for water among users IL eliminated.
which will maintain when once there is
enough available water for all. Petty
litigation and much turmoil will bc oh
waited: the cause Of more contention
than results from any other one source
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-12-12

Dorcas Ladies' will hold a Bazaar.
Food and Rummage Sale Dec. 20 at j.
ID. HanneGan's office. Opposite Grand
hotel.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-11
sENTIMrENTo DE BIENEsTAR

Ese sentimiento de cansancio y dis
gusto causado por Ell NAL funcionamiento
del hfgado y las digestiones dificiles,
puede hacerse desparecer de un modo
sorprendentemente rapido usando Herbine.
Desde las primeras dosis Sc sienten sus
bene6cos efectos que purifcan y regu-
larizan el systema. Limpia el estomago,
hace desaparecer las bills y esparce por el
cuerpo ese sentimiento de bienestar y
algeria que es siempre companero de la
buena salud. De venta en- las farmacias v
droguerfas.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-08-11
uN1vERs1DAD DE PUERTO RICO
Rio Piedras, P. r.

Por la presente Sc notifica a todos
los estudiantes oficiales los as
pirantes los diferentes cursos que
Ia matricula empezara ell dia de
septiembre y las classes el dia Is del
mismo mes, Y no una semana mas tar
de como Sc habia anunciado previa-
mente.
Todos los aspirantes a nueva matri-
cula en- cualquiera de los cursos que
Sc sigIen en- las Facultades estableci-
das en- Rio Piedras deberan enviar
sus solicitudes, al Secretario Archive-
70 de la Universidad, Embellishments.
Toda solicitud debe venir acompafia-
da. por una certifcacion legalizada de
las asignaturas aprobadas en- escuelas
secundarias oficia1es particulares.
Todos los aspirantes que quieran cur
sar asignaturas para Ell "Certifcado
Rural deberan enviar tambien Ell
acta de nacimiento del Registro Ci-
vii debidamente legalizada.
EsCUELA SECUNDARIA. ProBa-
blemente solo Sc admitiran en- la Es-
cuea Secundaria de la Universidad
aauel'os estudiantes residences en-
Rio Piedras que estan va matricula
dos.
Toda solicitud debe indicar clara
mente ell curse que Sc desea seguir v
Ia DIRECTION POSTAL del solici-
tante. Advt.
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iiOIGA DE LA ISLAil
. ES lid. AMANTE DEL BOXEO

Estamos trabajando activamente
para montar el ''Jack Dempsey Spor-
ting Club" y recibimos cualquier do
native que I'd. quiera hacer o ms
cribase como socio, solo lie cuesta
$500 la entrada y un peso mensual.
va recibinos ell certificado de in-
corporation y solo falta tener cier-
tos fondos y cierto n1mero de socios
para abrir el Club. Recibimos como
donativo desde cts. hasta un mi
Hon de dollars.
Dirija todo az 'Jack Dempsey
Physical & Sporting Club, San Jo-
sc 81 co Andres Ojeda,
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PIANOS AL[MANfS

Acabados de recibir. los meio-
res y mas baratos: para precios
y demas informes dirijase a la
mueblerfa de Jose Sierra, Luna
II, donde puede verIos, o a Fr.
Schomburg, Luna 80. bajos,
SAN JUAN, p. r.
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Sc VENDE GRAVA

Puesto en- cualquier sitio de San
Juan o Santurce tres dollars vein-
ticinco centavos metro.
So Dirfjase a Arturo Ouintero Jr.
Bayanl6n. Telefono 7-Apartado 275
, 1924-10-08

only 1925. The Chicago Tribune poll
taken in Chicago shows La Toilette
leading Coolidge.
Twelve states are yet to be heard
from in this newspapers nationwide
poll. They are Alabama, Arizona,
Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maine,
Mississippi, New Mexico, North Car
DINA, North Dakota, South Carolina
and Vermont.
OF these twelve, Maine, Vermont
and Delaware will likely show Cool
idge m~ajorities. Alabama, Florida,
Kentucky, Mississippi, and North
and South Carolina are solid South
states and likely will show Davis ma
jorities. North Dakota is in the very
heart of La Toilette states-which
leaves only two, New Mexico and
Arizona. where sentiment is unknown.
Following is the vote by state up
to October /.
, 1924-10-08
LAST WE:EkOF VOTING IN THIS
: NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Polls Close Saturday Evening, October IL. More
Than 300, 900 Ballots Cast in Sc States.
Coolidge is in Lead

This is the last call for votes in
the Enterprise nationwide presiden-
tial poll. Voting will cease Satur-
day evening, October IL. Take ad-
vantage of this opportunity to show
your fellow voters in other states
throughout the nation whom we,
here in Wyoming, want elected Pres
ident next month. Mark an X be-
fore the name of your choice on the
sample ballot printed below, then
mail or bring it to this office before
Saturday. 1t will be forwarded to
New York City, where the Publishers
Autocaster Service is tabulating the
& national vote for this newspaper.
This poll is verifying the judge
4ment of those who wager on elections.
It shows that those with an idea that
the final naming of President will be
in Congress have a good bet. Wall
Street reports many such bets.
The fourth week Of voting with re-
turns received from SO states shows
Coolidge holding his lead in the num-
Der of popular votes. 303,043 votes
have been cast, as follows: Cool
idge, 1929; La Toilette, 9O,43s;
Davis, 86,377.
The trend of voting gives majori-
ties to Coolidge in 10 states; nine to
La Toilette, and nine to Davis. Elec-
torial votes from these states would
give 245 to Coolidge; 1874 are divided
between La Toilette and Davis. How
ever, leaders in all parties frankly
admit that there are many states in
which Coolidge registers a slight pop
ular vote lead, that are absolutely in
the doubtful column.
Ohio, for instance. is so close that
it can swing either way. Likewise
Oklahoma, Iowa, Colorado and New
Jersey.
This newspapers poll shows Davis
much stronger than does many other
straw votes being taken, namely, The
Literary Digest and the Hearst News
papers, polls.
The Literary Digest poll up I'M
til Sept: 16, with thirteen states heard
from, gave Coolidge 162,473; Davis,
42,611, and La Toilette, 63,524-the
total vote cast at that time being
272,209.
The Hearst Poll up to Oct. LIST.
showed Coolidge, 98,s55; La Toilette,
98,43O; Davis, 1851. Coolidge's
lead over La Toilette in eighteen of
the largest cities in the nation was
, 1924-10-08

the various gateways. This record
was not broken in 1924. The larg-
est number of visitors entering in a
single day this year was 1850 on July
%. On each of II days, over 1000
people entered the park, and at the
height of the season each day from
5000 to $4,000 were enjoying the
park, using hotel or permanent camp
service, OF camping out in the big
public camping grounds and using
their own equipment and supplies. It
is estimated that $4,000 motorists
camped out in the public camping
grounds.
Fishing was excellent all season
and owe $4,000 trout were caught.
Nearly all park visitors were FORUM
ate in seeing big game animals in
their native haunts. Bears were par
ticularfy numerous in all sections of
the park and gave boundless pleasure
to travellers along the road.
, 1924-10-08

season of 1928. OF the total 7,349
persons arrived prior to the official
opening which occurred on June 20.
The increase of $500, or nearly five
per cent, over last seasons total ira
vel is regarded by park officials as
an excellent showing, taking into con-
sideration the facts that cool weather
prevailed in the eastern and middle
western states during most of the
summer; that inFthe far western
states exceptionally dry weather con-
ditions detrimentally affected general
business and farm conditions; that
hoof and mouth disease in Califor-
mia, which state always sends thou
sands to Yellowstone each year, re-
tarded travel from this great Paci-
fc Coast section; and finally that Eu-
, 1924-10-08

ropean steamship rates were reduced
to such a figure as to induce travel
to Europe that would ordinarily have
come to the national parks including
Yellowstone.
1t is reasonable to predict that
practically all of these travel dis
couraging influences will be absent
next year, and that Yellowstone Ma
tional Park travel will exceed 100000
individuals. Government authorities
in charge of the park, the public util-
tiles of the park, the railroads reach
ing its various entrances, and gate
way cities and towns are preparing
already for travel such as the yell
lowstone region has never before ex-
perienced.
OF the total travel this year 41,054
persons came by rail, 10O,186 by au-
tomobile, 225 by motorcycle, and L.
500 on horseback and on foot, and
preseason unclassihed 1924.
9 The rail travel of 41,O54 persons
compared with last years figure of
44,806. The 100,1s6 automobile Wis
itors came in 30,689 cars. Last year
there were 1924 automobile visitors
in 27,359 cars. 10 GoflIs r'-
The Cody gateway, or eastern en-
trance proved the most popular for
automobile tourists. $3.50 cars, car
rying 1926 persons arrived there
during the season, compared with
1883 cars with 31,508 persons at the
West Yellowstone Gateway, or west
ern entrance; $3.50 cars with 26,553
persons at the northern entrance,
holder of this record last year, and
2,871 cars with 9,76s persons at the
southern entrance.
The western was the most patron
lied rail entrance. Twenty thousand
four hundred and nine visitors arrived
there by rail; compared with 13,439
at the Gardiner Gateway, $500 at
the eastern entrance and POT at the
southern.
The automobile travel totals in
clude 1,173 cars and 2,317 visitors
who entered the park more than once
during the season.
Visitors to the Park came from ev-
cry state in the Union, from Alaska.
the Philippines, Hawaii and the Canal
Zone, and from twenty three foreign
countries including England and sew
en- other countries of the British EN-
pire.
Illionis again leads the list Of rail
visitors, $500 residents Of this state
having been classified; New York Is
second with 3,7S3 visitors coming by
rail. Ohio third with 3,115, and
Pennsylvania fourth with zoos. One
fourth of all the visitors coming to
the park by train came from Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Montana leads the list of states
sending travellers TO the park in their
own cars, having 1865 of her citi-
zens registering at the gates during
the summer. The second largest
number of motorists, s,787, came
from California. In rail visitors Cal
ifornia ranks sixth. us II did last year.
There we're 1923 makes Of cars in
the Park and FIVE makes of motorcy-
cles.
The lnrgest number Of visitors en-
tering the park in n single day in
Yellowstone history was on August
z, 1923, when 1850 visitors entered
, 1924-10-08

CODY CHAPTER DeMoLAY
Meets second and fourth Wednesday
Of each month. Master coun-. s.
selor, Jack Darrah; Senior f2SY
Counselor. Art Oeland; Scribe e15
James Patchell; Treasurer, SpD>
Lawrence Walters.
, 1924-10-08

Go Easy Here
He; "Have you ever been on a
petting party?"
She: II most certainly have not"
All of which sounds very proper
until We take this opportunity of tell
ing you that HIS name was Not.
The Millennium
Customer (entering garage): 81
would like to see a frst-class second
hand car."
Prop. (smiling) $50 would I, bro
Their"
Got Her Number
Hubby: THAT Mrs. Snupkins Is an
awful egotist."
Wife: "What makes you think so?"
Hubby: "She pulled her hand away
quickly in shaking hands when l did
MT have any intentions Of squeezing
t."
Just Like Humans
She; "why do leaves turn red In
, 1924-10-08
PIANO
AT A BIG DISCOUNT

A piano of fine quality left on our
hands in public warehouse will bssold
at once. No reasonable offer Of price
and terms refused. Write today for
full information to The Knight
Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo.
, 1924-10-08

the Fall?"
He: "They are blushing, remem-
boring how green they were in the
Spring"
Going Some
Mother: "Did that young man put
his arms around you last night?"
Daughter: Eyes, mother, three
times"
Mother: what long
arms"
Blond Bess Opines
If women we're wiser, they would
MT complain when their husbands 20
to a ball, game. No man can go to
the dogs while he is eating peanuts
and roofing for n more nj to win
the game.
Boy, Oh, Boy
Soph: "Some kids kicked a football
through the window and hit Gladys
right in the ribs"
Other Soph: "Did it hurt her?"
Soph: "No, but It burned near bust
ed three of my fingers"
Ed Purdy's Philos
"Comes the time and now here
when woman's petticoat is neither
seen nor heard"
, 1924-10-08
1924 SETS new RECORD
FOR TRAVEL IN PARK
CODY IS MOST
BY AUTOMO
BILE TOURISTS.

Yellowstone Park. Wyo., Oct. g.
Again, during the season Of 1924, all
Yellowstone National Park travel re-
cords were broken, according to Off
cial statistics compilation Of which
has just been completed.
The total travel was 144,158 per-
sons compared with 1882 in the
, 1924-10-08

The Hearst Poll up to Oct. 1st-
showed Coolidge, 1885,; La Toilette,
98,430; Davis, 1851. Coolidge's
lead yer La Toilette in eighteen of
the largest cities in the nation was
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-28
Playing Both Sides


to
style which displayed all
an honest schooboy
Quoting which Mr.
Ku in
commenting
Herald
evil institution If
the
he
citizens who
anything about thereby
: . Khan well
If the discussion proposition paragraph
printed in newspaper
political nsnceri
Chairman
Herald dubs Mr. Facing Both
ability
& andi
lodging Maine only
he him explains that
S n to get the votes of both sides
political morality worthy of Maehiaye at his best
We be
Maine who desires votes
We think that
he will the question before election
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE,
Clayton E. Secretary
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-28
Canadian Road Hearing

The hearing on the Canadian road
from Eustis to Woburn will be heard
next week by a committee appointed
by the Court, consisting OF Joseph F.
Gould OF Bangor. Alfred X. Ames of
Machias and Albert H. Shaw OF Bath.
The committee will meet at DAYS
Hall, August 10Th. at o'clock in the
forenoon and after organizing will
probably adjourn to view the route.
1t is expected that a large number
will accompany the committee on this
trip. They will return to Eustis the
night OF the 2Sth and the public hear
ing will be held at Days Hall. Fri
day. August 10Th, at go in the fore
noon. 1t will not he necessary for
those who do not intend to accompany
the committee on the trip over the
route to attend the hearing until the
morning OF the 29th as that is the
time fixed for the parties interested to
be heard