Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-09-19

on the Lariat ditch may any day
rob Monte Vista OF water supply
and of her vaunted verdant lawns
and gardens. Royce Upton as the
main speaker of the day gave
very able discussion of the aues-
tion OF a water system for Monte
Vista before the MONDAY luncheon
of business men Monday.
The Monday luncheon had an at
tendance of fifty and n fine lunch
con and an instructive and enter.
tanning session under the chairman
ship of w. II. Barley were enjoyed.
In his discussion of the water
works proposition for Monte Vista
| Mr.. Upton gave five outstanding
reasons why the town should con-
slider plan in the near future and
supported those reasons with Illus
trations from his wide experience
as an irrigation and drainage en-
gineer. Mr.. Upton is considered
one of the ablest men in his line in
the valley and no stronger argument
for the need OF looking to the future
water supply has ever been offered
the business men of the town than
that presented at Mondays meet
ing
Mr.. Tipton's reasons for the es-
tablishment of waterworks sys-
TEN We're as follows:
CD Fire protection.-wiu Ies-
sen the hazard forty to sixty per
cent.
tel Improvement of sanitary
conditions and relief OF overburden-
ed sewers
go Appearance of the town as
TO lawns and gardens.
tb An attraction to industries
II town affords adequate and suffi-
Client water supply.
g., Inadequncy of present sup
ply II run off Rio Grande decreases
and more artesian wells are tapped
in valley.
Mr.. Upton explained how the use
OF full prioritics for bocts and po-
tatoes would increase the percent
age OF dry ditch hazards ON the
Larlat ditch. lie said tho day OF
high cycle run In the ditch had
passed and that We may expect a
low run Tor several years. He fur
thuT explained how the number OF
wells In the valley In 1881 was
5000 and the present number was
between four and live thousand and
illustrated The decreases In pres
sure with tho wel OF th. Monte
Vista Milling Company which when
drilled had o pressure OF 900 gal
Ions per minute and now Eustains
pressure ot 20 gallons per minute.
iie says as roFeNolFH are built on
tho upper Rio Gr.ndo the pressure
on tho aglesian strata viii decrease
which together with the Increased
number OF wells drilled win mean
domestic wells IN Monte Vista viii
become pump wells.
Mr. TIpton stated that Monte
Vista had a1 fine arteTian water as
could ht found In the state and that
considering the available supply OF
artoainn water tho construction of
city plan, would be cheap In COM
parison to the cost OF such service
to other cities.
W II. Mitchell was tho flrs,
speaker presented and his subject
was. the Rio Grande County Fair.
which will be- held In Del Nortc be-
ginning Thuraday and continuing
three days. Mr. Mitchell urged
Monte vlsiana 10 realize that this
was their Rion 0rande County Fair
aud that Il WIS thcir duty 20 sup
port &c by going TO Del Norte and
helping to make the event ono OF
the biggest IN the valley Ho said
that a good attendance from Monte
Vista would go a long way toward
removing tho stigma OF an un-
friendly spirit from our town. Io
declared other towns Of tho valley
had come to regard ua as uncordiai
and selfish and that IL was our duty
10 got away from that attitude and
show proper cooperative spirit.
Story telling was quito In order
Monday and tho chairman took his
turn al some clever auipH and thcn
called on @. y. Mann TO sivc them
= few which he did In y capable
manner also expressing his opinion
that Monte Vista was attracting out
sidess By our business Interests and
that visitors were sivias - . repu.
tatioa Of bsiss . regular business
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