El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Fifteenth Year, No. 196, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 18, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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El Paso, Texas.
fgltb his wife had In his ability to be
came the victor. Oven now, after he
has forsaken her and married another,
she hopes he wilt best his antagonist.
fflMATIONAL DAM.
The fact that tbe government is at
ths mercy of a syndicate of gold speoa
lattog bankers, together with the ex-
traordinary doll times, should teaoh
every Amerloan citizen that there is
something radically wrong. No maa
should forget the panic of 73 when the
gold speculators robbed the ooantry of
millions and many enterprises were
ruined.
The Project as it was Presented to the
United States Conpss.
the
The recent Democratic silver con'
ventlon at Port Worth, among other
other things, resolved that gold and
ellver jointly measured the value of
property and (he volume of tank paper
and exohange from 1792 to 1873, and
that stiver ought to be restored to the
place it oooupled as a part of the metal
money of the country before the pas-
sage of the aot of congress of that year
for its demonetization and that tbe
passage of that aot effected clandes-
tinely In the judgement of this mase
meeting, was the greatest crime ever
perpetrated in this ooantry by an aot
of legislation.
That that aot, b7 stiiking down one
half of the standard moDey of redemp-
tion, has caused tbe destruction of
thousands of millions of dollars of the
value of property, paralyzed all indus-
tries except money leading, has arrest-
An Object Lesson in Irrigation for the People
of both Mexico and the United States, and
a Most Valuable Factor for the Growth and
may occasion trouble beyond
r°mVh ot, (iiI»lomac.v to settle."
I Ime has verified in a great degree
these prognostications as will appear
subsequently. The "accessions to the
populations" have been rapidly made.
A new and different citizenship has
j been attracted here and added to those
residing in the valley at the time
when these official reports were sub-
mitted. Energetic and progressive
Americans have since made their
homes and invested their capi-
tal here, while substantial and
material development by the Mexi-
cans Is also observable. Our
people along the border are thrown
in daily contact with the people of
Mexico. Notwithstanding our cove-
nants of amity, it has been not only,
difficult but at times impossible to
Prosperity of'El Paso and her Sister City on BS&ffiSFiK! Stf
the Mexican Side.
The grandest project in this section
of the country, that would bring with
it the most magnificent results, is,
without doubt, the proposed Interna-
tional dam across the Rio Grande at
a point three miles above the city of
El Paso.
Already the scheme has enlisted In
the work a corps of the United States
geological survey, by reason of
its two international features—the res-
toration of water to Mexicans who
have enjoyed for over three centuries
water rights, of which they are today
deprived, and the settlement of a
changeable botradry, which is daily
the source of International troubles and
despite the efforts of good men In
either country to maintain friendly re-
lations. Depredations, reprisals, blood
ed enterprise has filled tbe country annojances'
with tramp, and beggar, who cannot | ^'rohcS ° r Tl,“grand vl
ob.ain employment, caused an amount jsu])s ju the realization of
of bankrnptoy greater than ever ex
lsted in this country before, made ag-
ricultural and meohanioal employ
meats unprofitable, and mast end, if
versls’ed In, in general bankruptcy
and lulu.
SET THE PACE.
It has been saggeated that the pro
posed oarnival to be held In El Paso la
the early part of next November will vicinity for <»vor tiVive hundred'years.
this line piece of engineering.
In the first place the limited flow#
of water In the Itio Grande, after Its
flood season in the spring of each year,
is too small to permit of the use of its
waters in the State of Colorado and
in the Territory of New Mexico, for
irrigating purposes, to Hie extent re-
quired by the new canals and irriga-
tion enterprises established there
within the past year or two, without
depriving Mexico ar.d Texas of the
water rights they have enjoyed in this
provo so snocossfall from a business
point of view that it will bs the gen-
eral desire to continue the event re
galarly ev«ry year. It is hardly doubt
full but such will be tbe oase. This
The appropriation, therefore, of such
waters by citizens of the United States
to the dertriment of Mexicans here,
where the river becomes the interna-
tional boundary, is a direct injustice to
our foreign neighbors and presents the
faot should be borne prominently lu 'dilemma: Shall we refuse the use of
this water to Colorado and New Mex-
the minds of tbose.oltizens who have
the undertaking in their charge to the
end that they may leave no opportun-
ity slip which would lend oolor, charm
and enthusiasm to ths occasion The
amusement cu suoh occasions often
depends; npon tbe precise, enusud,
and unexpected situations, with varied
extremes audaciously iatermingled,
and calculated to bewilder the ont-
looker and participant. All will great
ly enjoy an occasion that by its fun
ico, or shall we grant it, and other-
wise provide for the restoration of
the prior rights of Mexico and Texas to
the flow of the stream.
Upon Investigation we learn that
Colorado and New Mexico can re-
claim over a million acres of arid
lands by the use of tbe waters of the
Rio Grande, and that Mexico only ir-
rigates, and has for over three hun-
dred years been irrigating, only about
fifty thousand acres. This vast dif-
ference of territory to be benefited by
the water of the river naturally makes
tion on the subject to bo controlled by .shed, and retaliations have occaslonal-
the future judgment and discretion *.v marked and marred the history of
of Congress, after international con- tllP8e border people. General Stanley,
sultatlon. and methods for concert of <'<>nmiand1ug the Department of Texas,
action shall have been considered and official report, dated September
devised. It is not expected that the *889 (see Report of General Scho-
remedies suggested for a solution of to Secretary of War, 1889, page
the troubles indicated can be fen-!1"?/? 8a3’s:
dered operative, without the ptelimi-1 , ar relations with our Mexican
nary negotiation provided for shall neighbors upon the long line of the
be followed by appropriate and neces-1Grande have been kindly, although
sary legislation to carry them Into ^ are a &()°d deal excited over what
effect. A mutual understanding and ', *v violation of their rlpa-
co-operation by and between the re- r*an rights, through our people taking
spect! ve governments concerned will Jl“th®water°t the Rio Grande for the
be a necessary antecedent, and any1 !5A,Pi, ®an ^uis Valley,
practical results are contingent on P:, LierT£s tI],e Ido Grande a dry,
the event that after full conference i Is
shall be had. and full investigation i byAhe Stute
shall be made, it shall be regarded Sf nn nSuL,5lVherG
expedient and of such importance as >(1v f ,,, * T P
to warrant future authoritative and eonseouent ruin toTheSnhnhltnntifftfi
conjoint execution by the two emm- X" uin PrnmiiL vSiw
tries Accordingly the fourth section . . 0 Brandt \ alley, must be found
”f ;L mn nroJiAeV' ' In storage reservoirs, so easy of eon-
Tl at thfprSiit 1s renupHtcfl m ^ttOctlon, one In the canon opposite
eommimtaite I,,' Cmgm* L r,Ju ,^'Vrth ShPiw-““
of said negotiation, together with his The ulo G£nde Is quite a long
,'^PUiPPw.t|k,,n th®re?“’,*at„th0 ear' stream, being with its meanders some
hast practicable opportunity. 2,000 miles in length. It rises in Col-
1 l10_ committee are of the opinion orado and is supplied from a number
that the issues Involved are of such Qf tributaries in that States and north-
moment the complications so em-iern New Mexico, the rain-fall and
barrassing, the national and interna- mdti of the 8Il0w and iee> There
t onal interests so important and the nre frequently vast accumulations of
situation one of such gravity as to snow and ice in the deep canons of
suggest Ihe wisdom and propriety of (that region during the long winters,
the two Republics conferring and .if the snow-fall be great and its melt-
reasoning together, and inaugurating w accompanied by rains in the spring,
all suitable and possible measures for the river becomes a raging torrent
tbe conservation of that harmony and (from about the first of Am-Il until July,
prosperity of their respective citizens, carrying enormous quantities of water
and that amicable and orderly admin- through its entire length. Much of
istration of their respective govern-1 his time it is wholly unused and unnec-
ments so greatly to be desired, and yet essary for irrigating purposes in either
so seriously menaced by the existence (Colorado or upper New Mexico, and
of the causes stated in the preamble, j its flow Is not only vastly more than
These difficulties will, it may be as-j is required for such purposes lower
sumed, grow more serious and critical down the stream, but because of its
Official Paper of the City and County.
The oarnival Is tbe thing.
It Is neoessary that subscriptions to
the oarnival fand should be liberal.
Enthusiasm Is oontaglous and all are
talking of the oarnival to be held next
November.
The self constituted “sound money"
leaders in Texas have found them-
selves without any followers.
The republios of Central America
are jealously watohing eaoh other in
the consolidation projects now being
negotiated among themselves.
Ignorance Is the mother and vanity
the father of assumption. And the
poor man who believes in the single
gold standard Is lacking in knowledge.
The Denver & Rio Grande railway is
preparing to baiid south of Santa Fe
and everybody Is wondering where it is
going to be built to and what it all
means.
Oobbett has lily treated admirers of
the ring who gave him the pleasing
sobriquet of "Gentleman Jim.” Be-
fore be went to New York and mixed
lathe company of actresses and adven-
turers who know but too well how to
pander to the teduotlve senses of the
flesh,he never negleoted hie wife and
wm so devoted to her that he would go
nowhere unless she accompanied him.
It is said that when befaoed Sullivan
in New Orleans and won theohampion
ship the result was dao largely to th
oatea and oeums it to enter fully into
the spirit of the event. The matter
is in the hands of gentlemen who ap-
preciate the ohanoe they have to dls
play their icgenlns qualities for get-
ting up the proper thing. They will
undoubtedly bring honor upon them
selves, glorify the town and set the
pace for (he next oarnival In ’96.
DOES CANAIGRE PAY?
There has been a great deal said in
the west of late years of tbe great op-
portunities afforded farmers In the
semi aiid regions to cultivate and
raise cana'gre on lands that heretofore
were comparatively of no valne on ac-
count of the lack of water. It was
supposed from all that has been writ-
ten that the oaltivator of oanalgre on
what was heretofore oonslderod worth-
less land would, in the new order of
thingB, have an equal show to raise as
valuable a crop as his more fortunate
brother who owned land subject to
Irrigation. Some enterprising men
having been impressed with what they
considered a good opportunity to go
Into a paying business, erected small
bat not lne tpensive plants to prepara
and dry the oanaigre root for
tbe market. But experience has
taught that the roet of gathering,
hauling to tbe preparing plant,
there to go through several pro-
cesses, afterwards to be sacked, trans-
ported and handled by the commission
houses, brings the amouut expended
more often equal than less to the
market price which ranges from 936 00
to 940.00 per ton.
A great deal of oanaigre is now being
shipped to Europe in a raw state from
ports In South America and In nearly
every instance the plant is gathered in
the immediate vlotnity whloh eaves ths
shipper the cost of railway transpor-
tation whloh mast be borne by the
shipper here who enters the same
market. Btowever tbe industry Is
only in Its infanoy end farther ex-
perience will undoubtedly lead to a
oheaper mode of preparing the product
and when this has oooorred farmers
will enter Into its cultivation on an
extense eoale. \
far the most just to all concerned.
Happily the flood waters of the Rio
Grande in the spring time of each
year afford an easy, solution of the
problem involved. The enormous quan-
tity of water that flows at that time,
and is now wasted, can be stored In
reservoirs and be utilized throughout
the year. This is a plain remedy. Now
further investigation would require us
to show where, in what manner, and
at what expense this water can be
stored for such purposes.
It is certainly preferable, and less
expensive, to find one grand reservoir
for this purpose than to locate several
in different localities.
The plan on this page is a reduced
copy of that made by the engineers of
the United States geological survey,
and describes a storage reservoir of
minimum capacity of thirty-nine
the longer the correctives are delayed.; temporary superabundance, becomes
and it would seem to be the part of .really destructive. In such cases it
prudence to anticipate and provide J goes on unused to the Gulf, carrying
against their consequeces as far as as waste that which If it could be con-
it is possible to be done. j served for the seasons later on would
The Republic of Mexico is our near be precious indeed to the people along
neighbor, separated from us, in part,jits course. If the snow-fall In the
by the Rio Grande river for a distance, mountains above be light, and Its melt-
of some 1200 miles. With its twelve mil-. ing unaccompanied by rains, the wa-
lions of people, with its developing ter from the snow is In a great de-
resources and wonderful possibilities,, gree evaporated and the floods are less
with its invitation to and reception 1 enormous.
of American capital, with its great | The middle third of this river, say
trunk-line railroads practically exten- from Albuquerque, N. Mex., to Presidio
sions of ours, with its varied fields for del Norte, Mexico, a distance of about
our commerce and constant demand 500 miles, has no Important living con-
for our products, with all its multi- fluents and passes through an extreme-
piled relations to us, it is a neighbor j ly arid belt, where the evaporation
with whom we shall always have to,from a water surface is many times
deal, and whom it is both our duty the rain-fall annually; and In usually,
and policy to treat and cultivate In a dry seasons Its history for the past
neighborly way. There are many i forty years shows that it failed to
Mexicans who are citizens of the carry a current for short periods dur-
Unlted States, enjoying all the jlng August or September on an average
Immunities of such. They are to be of about once in seven years. At and
found all along on our side of the Rio
Grande. The treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo in its 8th and 9th articles
made especial provision for such citi-
zenship.
In a report relating to troubles on
below Presidio del Norte it has living
confluents from Mexico and Texas
which maintain a constant flow to
the Gulf of Mexico. Midway in this
arid belt are the two large valleys
of the river—Mesilla in New Mexico,
square miles covered by water of an
average depth of 21.6 feet.
The following report made to con-
gress in 1800 explains Itself as well
us the proposed international dam;
REPORT:
(To accompany bill H. R. 3924.)
The Select Committee on Irrigation
of Arid Lands in the United States, to
whom was referred House bill No.
3924, entitled “A bill concerning the
Irrigation of arid lands in the valley
of the Rio Grande River, the construc-
tion of a dam across said river at or
near El Paso, Texas, for the storage
of its waste wasters, and for other pur-
poses,’ have considered the same and
respectfully report it to the House,
with the recommendation that it do
pass.
The reasons which commend this
bill to legislative attention, the con-
ditions which have given rise to Its
introduction, and the necessities
which have brought about its consid-
eration are substantially formulated
in the preamble. (See copy of bill
hereto attached.) The statements
therein made have been affirmatively
established. The Investigation of the
committee has been aided by the
presence and testimony of gentlemen
who are fully conversant with the
facts, and have had ample opportunity
for an actual observation of their ex-
istence; besides documentary and his-
toric evidence bearing upon the situa-
tion, has been available, from which
additional information, believed to be
reliable and accurate, has been ob-
tained.
It will be observed that the measure
proposed is inceptive and initiatory
In its character, contemplating in Its
terms no present final or conclusive
legislation, carrying no appropriation,
but reserving any ultimate proposi-
the Rio Grande, transmitted to the and El Paso in Texas and Mexico—
House of Representatives by the Sec- j where agricultural pursuits have been
retary of War In 1878 (see Ex. Doe. I maintained almost since prehistoric
No. 84, Forty-fifth Congress, second times certainly, and of record for more
session), Colonel Hatch says: i than two centuries, essentially depend-
ms °„f szrvss a’Sffs
Z^h Sectl ud dtteD. of differ:,evowth of crops,
ent nations, they are one in race and ^eai! above El Paso, lex.,
religion, and bound by the closest ties! *,ie J?1,0. Grande, or rather the rald-
of Interest and blood; their customs, fallowing the deepest
habits, and traditions are the same, i channel (treaty 18.>3), or the cen-
and there is hardly a family on the 1^annel," etc., (con-
one side but. is related by ties of i ion 1884), becomes the intfirna-
blood or marriage with those on the! «onal /,$tes
other; hence, when you touch one i ^la®£fca aaf t\ie ^public of Mer-
you touch all, and when one is liurt i j.1? ' *?ut t01’ t ie last forty years the
all feel it * * * One (trouble) rive1^ has been 80 continuously cliaug-
which must be looked for sooner or .f 10111 one 8i<|° of jbe val"
later is in connection with the water loy to the othei' more or 1088 with each
taken from the Rio Grande for irri-
gation. As soon as the attempt is
made- to largely extend cultivation in
this valley (there will not be enough
water for all, and both sides have an
equal right), from this troubles are
certain to arise sooner or later, which
may involve the two countries se-
riously.”
In the report of the Board of Offi-
cers (see Ex. Doc. No. 93, Forty-fifth
Congress, second session) March 16,
.1878, is to be found the following
Statement:
“The Rio Grande, at this season of
the year even an insignificant stream,
its channel often shifting and always
erratic, but during the heats of sum-
mer sometimes dry, affords, by being
directed into acequias <m either bank,
a scant and variable supply of water
to the people of both nationalities, but
is utterly Insufficient to Irrigate this
extensive valley, where the yearly
rainfall measures but a few iuebes.
As time progresses and the country
is opened by accessions to Its popula-
recurring flood, in many cases It be-
ing unknown whether caused by avul-
sion or gradual erosion and deposit,
that It is frequently Impossible to de-
termine to which country the land on
either bank of the rivet- belongs in
different localities and to great ex-
tents In area.
These floods have sometimes be-
come devastating torrents, inundating
the whole valleys for miles, cutting
new channels and sweeping everything
before them. In 1842, in the El Paso
Valley, the river changed its bed for a
distance of 30 miles, and in some
places 7 miles laterally. Hundreds of
smaller changes have been made since.
In 1884 it began moving back from
the Mexican side at this point, and
In a few months carried away 15 miles
of the Southern Pacific railroad, and
threw a single body of over 5,000
acres of land on the south side of the
river, although it Is still claimed to
be within the domain of Texns. This
land was just above the Mexican town
of San Ygnaeio, and as the river left
the town for miles, Its people were
tious, sure to come—for It Is a most compelled to take a canal from the
fertile region and gloriously rewards^river where It Is entirely in Texas,
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