El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Fifteenth Year, No. 178, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 28, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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from the permanent annlhllstioa cf
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THE LANHAM BILL
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Delivered tu the city, per week .........tt cent* at that tlcot:
Payable every Saturday to carrier.
DAILY—BY MAIL.
• Invariably In Advanoe.
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AUpapers diicontiuued at the expiration
of the time paid for.
OUR CIRCULATION.
The bill raferred to In the article on
the International dam, which will be
kept before oor readers, is a* follows,
and was iutrodaotd in congress by Mr.
Lash itn, who represented this district
A bill concerning the irrigation of
arid lands in the valley of the Rio
Ora tide River, the construction of a
dam across said river at or near El
Paso. Texas, for the storage of its
waste waters, and for other pur-
poses.*’
Whereas, the Rio Grande River is
the boundary liue betwoeu the United
' ” ' and
The Project as it wes Presented te the
United States Congress.
An Object Lesson in Irrigation for the People
the labor spent in lrrlgutlon-the ques-
tion must grow in importance, and
may occasion trouble beyond the
reach of diplomacy to settle.”
* luie has verified in a great degree
lliese prognostications as tvlll appear
subsequently. The “accessions to the
populations” have been rapidly made,
A new and different citizenship has
been attracted here and added to those
residing iu the valley at the time
When these oflieial reports were sub-
mitted. Energetic ami 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
iu daily contact with the people of
of both Mexico and the United States, and | Notwiti,Sim„u,« „„r 0™.
„ ij ^ thoroucrhly tliio ; Stiltos illiil Mcxk*o,
*CTOlmnX by carrier* la j whereas. by means of irrigating
thVfmsVu delivered daily- by
the following towns at the hour named on
the day of publication--
ditches and canals taking the water
. rv I9ra 1 from said river and other causes, the
sa™V ciVy"3-»01) m usual supply of water therefrom has
X.X. . Inants of amity, it has been not only
a Most Valuable Factor for the Growth and,difficult but at times impossible to
Prosperity of El Paso and her Sister City on EStSS
the Mexican Side. J»
j either country to maintain friendly re-
’ i<l rinuH.iilnttnnn nAn«i,i<. In KE,.1
it reaches the The grandest project In this section
iordsbtirg..
iss "Si, ba: «zssz
lations. Depredations, reprisals, blood
the following places:
; £■,fc ^"7ae“ riLS <*"* ->»« »*"««* <*
fiSk rrrEShcixdBg,1itswftfty««
Tuoson................ Carlisle--------------CUft0 : floods iu said river have been such as ’ geological survey. by reason of
In Texas.
Saif Elizarlo!
Por avt8Nocharge'forP0.tage
change the channel thereof, pro- its two international features—the res-
rxe for Postage. ! tracts of land belonging to the people; water rights, of which they are today
of the United States on the Mexican deprived, and the settlement of a
side of the river and Mexican lands changeable bouudry, which is daily
on the American side, thus produc-, the source of international troubles and
ing a confusion of boundary, a dig- annoyances.
turbanee of private and public titles j it would not be out of place here to
- '.....*- as well as provoking eon- give a concise rebersal of the grand re-
No::-Mail able Edition.
tion ou the subject to be controlled by *lwd, and retaliations have occasional-
tbe future judgment and discretion Uv marked and marred the history of
of Congress, after international con- «»«»« border people. General Stanley,
sultation. and methods for concert of connuamlingtbe Department of Texas,
action shall have been considered and »» Ms official Wport, dated September
devised. It is not expected that the 1889 (See Report of General Seho-
remedles suggested for a solution of Secretory of W ar, 1889, page
the troubles indicated can be ren-! ..7u_8ay8i.
dered operative, without the prellmi-! ^Lotions with our Mexican
nnrr iwurntinfimi nmvidcd for shall k i.kois upon the long line of the
!IS ">")■ the violation of thalr rlpt-
^ '™ antowiWnt. and any SJKftS ft S J&.7&
t OllllU^t III Oil J 1 f r(w, Who niioaUftn la
“"”£5t lands.
o^ehrot“anda^pda»anSt^Ufa«di»ap jfiicts of jurisdiction between the two suits expected in the realization of
'governments, offering facilities for this line piece of engineering.
PThc!Tiu«e has been a osh-prick organ rince
^UnIf or m^rates TrJneces.ary for the «atl»- preventing the collection of rev
action of the advertiser and the success of j,y the respective countries; and
The^M*shasneenao!!i»-raia,«.w.«- smuggling, promoting the evasion and j in the first place the limited flow
l&86' .wanna it the satis - nievont irisr the collection of revenues of water in the Rio Grande, after its
* flood season in the spring of each year.
ih« newspaper. t «hosepublished on this ] Whereas these conditions are a i8 too small to permit of the use of Its
No discount*, pXCQV. A _ j__ .womltn.* nwmcu*o tA thn hoenmnA* fliwl :%» «l.n Otnfa nf 0olOrU(lO HlUl
r^esheSt are allowed to anybody. standing numaee to tHe Hannon
The advertising agent can pay our rate and prosperity of the citizens of said
standing menace to the harmony awl waters in the State of
court- iu the Territory of New Mexico, for
r^flttoVlmself0 Yor*ln^ncc: he buy* * tries and the amicable and orderly ad irrigating purposes, to the extent re-
£!r?f,ninmo'9tnchoi.foroncyear. for US:; ministration of their respective gov- qniretl by the new canals and irriga-
ifhe retails each Inch at $4i a year his profit ernments: Therefore; ’tion enterprises established there
- We sell at the same ngure j j>t, jt ena0{lHi pv the Senate and within the past year or two, without
___ House of Representatives of *tlie depriving Mexico and Texas of the
3 Mo* s More Mo* l Yer United States of America in Congress water rights they have enjoyed in this
1* 100 par cent,
everybody.
Mo. ;
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SPACE
Inches.
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Net.
13 50
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32 40
40 50
4* 25
48 60
Net.; Set, j Nat, 'assembled. That the President of the vicinity for over three hundred years.
24 « 33 55* 4i (S’ Caitwl States lie. and he is hereby, ait- q->iie appropriation, therefore, of such
« 60 3s 75 60 thorized to negotiate with the proper waters by citizens of the United States
SawSinSlS authorities of the Republic of Mexico, t0 the dertrimeut of Mexicans here,
m oo 118 io 14? 00 to the eud that these conditions may where the river becomes the interna-
86 40 121 50 i5t 20 be improved and the proper correctives tional boundary, is a direct injustice to
54 00 96 00 155 Of' 168 W
RS 05 103 20 145 10 180 60
applied.
I Sec, A
'our foreign neighbors and presents the
S-5 is00155 85 199«i 1 • - That he 5s fm-ther empow- dilemma: Shall we refuse the use of
66 15 X17 60,165 :« 205 80 jereil to negotiate in the premises for th}s water to Colorado and New Mex-
72 is 128 40|i8o 55 224 TO jthe construction of an international (c:0 or siian we grant it. and other-
S 2|!S »In «0 !tlam teKMM the Rio Grande River in wise provide for the restoration of
® te'158 40-222 75 *77 20 the vicinity of El Paso. Texas, at such the prior rights of Mexico and Texas to
94 wjttS 00;236 25 m t» j point as may be determined upon by tlie timv Gf the stream.
■ *niw &!»»«» so engineers to lie appointed, r investigation we learn that
i» *194 40 273 35 540 20 that puri>ose by the respective gov-! rol/mulo and New
---—- ernments. with the object of storing (.[ajm QVer a
practical results are
lied for 500 miles. The question is
ttie event that alter Jutl conference ((1K> uui| must lie settled by the State
itlHl full iim*Stlgati<>n riimaaHooni- nod
shall be had.
shall bo made, it shall be regarded
expedient and of such importance as
Department, and thus far there has
been no call for military force. The
remedy for this water famine and
to warrant future authoritative and consequent ruin to the inhabitants of
the Rio Grande Valley, must be found
in storage reservoirs, so easy of con-
eonstnietion, one in the canon opposite
Taos, and the other in the canon near
Mexico
million acres
can re-
of arid
.. ;.*t 1 jsa s hy iuv:r.te
Tb* os* month r»t* for *mw» froia the The torrential flow thereof, and affonl-
tueh to one eoinmn of ll inch** t» ax*a «o uHg a jicrnianeut reservoir for the ncc-
a.«» the per Inch rate deoreaaea for Increa*- j
Rio Grande, and that Mexico only ir-
$5.00 to SA25. but for t he came
mg a iwruiaueui reservoir w rifrates. and has for over three hun-
essary water supply of the citizens ^ ’ rg lwn irrigatin}?, only about
sjnehei are toUmtmw, and , of the two countries who reside iu
years
fifty thousand
acres. This vast dif-
’ rate is 3384 per cent of the month
one
The 2 times rate Is *3 per cent of the month
^The 3 times rate it 53 per cent of the month
,%Ine 1 week rate Is 60 per cent of the month <
tion of their respective rights to the
(use thereof for irrigation and other b } boni of the alternn.
as well as the maintenance 1 ...........
the water of the river naturally makes
incline to the opinion that to
purposes,
of a nuiform and steady flow of water
iu the channel of the stream below ,
said dam, and the direction of its i
tire, the restoration of rights, is by
far the most just to all concerned.
Happily the flood waters of the Rio
Grande in the spring time of each
*te fcurrent in such a manner as to la-IjAA. sin oUv solution of the
The 2 weeks rate UTS per o«at of the month sure pefmauency of the channel in snL‘v<«i Vho enormous ouan-
nte.
The 3 weeks rate Is 93 per cent of the mcath
rate.
said river as far as the same may be
done.
problem involved. The enormous quan-
of water that flows at that time,
The 3 mouths rate is 3tlme* the m ..nth rate, j That he is further empowered ^ no" "asted- fan l>r stored in
jtity
ami i» uuh
reservoii*s and be utilized throughout
■Ti»S3tttE?Shte-«t. »o«u. ™a“,i«ol U*e X«r. This Is a plain ramclp. Now
-««*»•» 'SS tte 'u“S"'nX5?!XlTina,S“r,,1.n"d
less 25 per cent dieeonnt. ,.<• 7<_______—to show where. In wliat mannei, aim
Thev^a-ti.uuTime* the month jfSto Sji^ISdetoSfnette’’flt wliat expense this water can be
Iom36;^rceutdiscount. ,« snail oe to adjust auu uticiunue tue ,,.i KUCi. purposes
Speciod potitloB—Fifty per cent extra. respective water rights of the citizens ^ 1 5 , 1 , - ,
“ETo^d;’ advertisements charged M two- < f t}je two countries in and to said It is certainly preferable, and less
reservoir, to mark and define the cor-, expensive, to find one grand reservoir
I tec* bed or channel of said river, to f°r this purpose than to locate several
» 5Ttro‘ft? touSSueSfl’w !.« *ft I ‘"tU?ftS !r?itaV ta a mlueod
oents for eocb subsequent insertion. Con- avulsions aforesaid, and report their copy of that made b> the engineets of
tracts for moo lines to be taken in 3 mon’hs. a jj,] finding thereon to their re-1 the United States geological surtey.
third* of daily rates.
Professional cards $5.00per month,
Metal.base cuU only accepted,
Re*dln*-Matter Rate*.
conjoint execution by the two coun-
tries. Accordingly live fourth section
of the bill provides:
“That the President is requested to
communicate to Congress the ' result nnd north oFui Paso’’
of said negotiation, together with ids, The Rio Grande is quite a long
recommendation thereon, at the ear- stream, being with its meanders some
best practicable opportunity.” 2,000 tubes iu length. It rises in Col-
Thc committee are of the opinion orado and is supplied from a number
that the issues involved are of such (,f tributaries in that States and north-
moment. the complications so em- ern jfinv Mexico, the rain-fall and
barrassiug. the national and interna- melting of the snow and ice. There
tional interests so important, and the are frequently vast accumulations of
situation one of such gravity as to 8umv and ice in the deep canons of
suggest the 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 hjK accompanied by rains in the spring,
all suitable and possible measures for the river becomes a raging torrent
the conservation of that harmony and from about the first of April 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- this time it is wholly unused and unnee-
ments so greatly to lie 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 iu the preamble, its flow is not only vastly more than
These difficulties will, it may be as- is required for such purposes lower
sumed. grow more serious and critical down the stream, but because of its
the longer the correctives are delayed, temporary superabundance, becomes
and it would seem to lie the part of really destructive. In such eases it
prudence to anticipate and provide goes on unused to the Gulf, carrying
against their eonsequeces ns fur as as waste that which if it could he con-
it is possible to be done. j served for the sensons 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 seme 1200 miles. ’With its twelve rail- ing unaccompanied by rains, the wa-
llops of people, with its developing ter from the snow is in a great de-
resources and wonderful possibilities, gree evaporated ami the floods are loss
with its invitation to and reception enormous,
of American capital, with its great J The middle third of this river, say
trunk-line railroads practically exten- from Albuquerque, N. Mox., to Presidio
sions of ours, with its varied fields for del Norte, Mexico, a distance of about
our commerce and constant demand 500 miles, lias no important living con-
for our products, with all its multi- fluents and passes through an extreme-
plied relations to us, it is a neighbor 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,forty years shows that It failed to
Mexicans who are citizens of the ‘ carry a current for short periods dur-
United States, enjoying all the ing August or September on an average
iumumities of such. They are to be of about once In seven years. At and
found all along on our side of the Rio!below Presidio del Norte it has living
Grande. The treaty of Guadalupe
Ilidalgo in its 8th and 0th articles
confluents from Mexico and Texas
which maintain a constant flow to
m*de*a"t[5ctnt* pier line each iMartioB^U*- i Ki*e<7tiVeniwents?~lie^ mar alsoand describes a storage reservoir of
El Pa*o,Texa».
Official Paper at tta City and County,
CARLISLE ON SILVER.
negotiate concerning any additional! a minimum capacity of thirty-nine
■authority of said commission touching square miles covered by water of an
other matters of an international char- average deptli of 21.0 feet.
!aeter between the two countries, the) The following report made to con-
length of its existence, and further de- gress in 1890 explains itself as well
tinition of its duties. {as the proposed international dam:
Sec. 4. That the President is re- REPORT: , .
quested to communicate to Congress (Te acromp.inv bill H.
the result of said negotiations, together
Mr. Carlisle, the prts&nt secretary of j with his recommendation thereon, at
the treasury, once used the following
language In a speech before the house
of representatives:
“I know that the world’a stook of
precious metals is none too large, and
I see no reason to apprehend that it
will ever bsoome so. Mankind wl i be
fortunate, Indeed, If the annual pro-
duction of both gold and silver coin
shall keep pace with industry. Ac-
cording to my view of the subject-, ths
conspiracy which seems to have been
formed here and In Enrope to destroy,
by legislation or otherwise, from three-
sevenths to one-half of the metallic
money of the world Is the most gigantic
crime of this or any other aga. The
consummation of each a scheme would
ultimately entail more misery upon
the human raoe than all the wars, pee -
tilenoes and famines that ever oooutred
in the history of the world. The abso-
lute and instantaneous destruction cf
half the entire movable proparty of
the world, Including honse®, ship?,
railroads and all other appllaooes for
carrying on commerce, while It would
be felt more sensibly at the moment,
would not prodaoe anything like the
prolonged distress and disorganization
the earliest practicable opportunity.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ON WHEELS.
R. 3924.1
The Select Committee on Irrigation
of Arid Lands in the United Stales, to
whom was referred House l»iil No.
3924. entitled “A bill concerning the
irrigation of arid lands in the valley
of the Itio Grande River, the construc-
tion of a dam across said river at or
near El Paso, Texas, for the storage
made especial provision for such cltl- the Gulf of Mexico. Midway in this
zenshlp. arid belt are the two large valleys
In a report relating to troubles on of the river—-Mcsilla In New Mexico,
the Rio Grande, transmitted to the and El Paso in Texas and Mexico-
House of Representatives by the Sec-, where agricultural pursuits have been
rotary of War in 1878 (see Ex. Doc. '■ maintained almost since prehistoric
No. 84, Forty-fifth Congress, second times certainly, and of record for more
session), Colonel Hatch says: |tbnu two centuries, essentially depend-
“The people are one ami Ilia .amo'™1. “ ‘fi"'1™'
on tlio two sides of the river: nl-',n11 Ul,t M,u-
the growth of crops.
though subjects and citizens of differ-j' „ , ,
ent nations, they are one in race and* *s(’ar an<l -i”*' above El Paso, Tex,,
religion, and bound by the closest, ties |^e Grande, or rather “the mld-
of interest and blood; their customs, jof tjmt river, following the deepest
Mrs. Lament is about to make her
debut as a cyclist, it is said.
. r „ ... . _ „m \r«ot, of its waste wasters, and for other pur-
ington by appearing on the streets ou a reSSt^to'lhS'^oSS?
bicycle. J wltli the recommendation that it do
Henri Rochefort has followed the ex-
An Ancient Epicure.
Aulus Verus, a Roman noble, gave a
supper one night to a dozen of his
oronies that made a hole of $250,000 in
of aooltty that mu*t inevitably result bis bank account
ample of Zola and Jules Claretie and
taken to a bicycle.
The swiftest lady cyclists at Newport
are Miss Virginia Fair, the California
heiress, and Mrs. Henry Clews, wife of
the Wall street financier.
Lady Jenue does nearly all her shop-
ping on a bicycle, while the widow of
the late Lord Randolph Churchill is to
be seen awheel in Paris almost every
day.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease rides a bicycle
dressed in a flashy Syrian costume, in-
cluding large trousers. ‘‘Bicycle rid-
ing,’* she says, “is the next thing to
having wings. ” All the Lease family,
including the husband and four chil-
dren, are now riding bicycles.
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 iieen 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; liesidos documentary nnd his-
toric evidence bearing upon the situa-
tion, lias been available, from which
additional information, believed to bo
reliable and accurate, has been ob
tallied.
It will lie 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 proposl-
liabits, and traditions are the same. * channel' (treaty 18.i3), or “the ceu-
and there is hardly a family ou the ,er «f th® channel," etc., (con-
one side but is related by ties of ',eI1*)n! J), becomes the interna-
blood or marriage with those on the j’1'11 * boundary of the United states
other; hence, when you touch one ^ America and the Republic of Mex-
you touch ali, and when one is hurt <;0- ’l’f ,or '*ie last forty years the
all feel it * * * One (trouble-! rivor ,11|M been So continuously chnng-
wliicli must be looked for sooner or jnK Hs bed trmn one side of the val-
later is in connection with the water,le*'to ,the °*hi'r' »lore 01‘ U'«* wHU each
taken from the Rio Grande for irri-1 recu,’rlntf flood, in many cases it ne-
gation. As soon as the attempt ""known whethor eauso, b.v av' -
mnde to In reel v evten.l enltiv-.itinn <„ 8,HU 01 gradual erosion and deposit,
^ ■* *" frequently impossible to de-
wnter for'all, and l ’ tlS °£
equal right), from this troubles mv! f ‘n r. ,i * ami U» great ex-
certain to arise sooner or later, which
l*iaj .1 !lnV0^Ve 1*1<> two couuh’los se- J These floods ’have sometimes bo-
notisij. _ , „ come devastating torrents, inundating
Jhe ropqrt of the Boat’d of Offl- Whole valleys for miles, cutting
cers (sec Lx. Doc. No. 93, 1'orty-llfth | new channels and sweeping everything
Congress, secninl session) March 10,jjM,fore them. In 1842, in the El Paso
I' M , is to be found tlie following j Valley, the river changed its bed for a
statcnii'nt: i distance of 80 miles, and in some
1 he Rio Grande, at this season of 7 miles laterally. Hundreds of
the year even an insignificant stream, smaller changes have been made since.
its channel often shifting and always
erratic, but during the beats of sum-
mer sometimes dry, affords, by being
directed into neequias on 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 Hut a few Inches.
As time progresses nnd the country
Is opened by accessions to its populu-
ln 1881 it began moving back from
the Mexican side at this point, nnd
in n 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
lie within the domain of Texas. This
land was Just above the Mexican town
of San Ygnacio, nnd ns the river left
the town for miles, its people were
tions, sure to come—for it Is a most compelled to Hike a canal from the
fertile region und gloriously rewards river where It is entirely In Texas,
mtm
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