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Show 1880 TO 1912 529 ment reclamation service, and the delivery of a limited amount of water from the Rio Grande to lands lying within the valley of the Rio Grande, in the vicinity of Ciudad Juarez, in the state of Chihuahua. The determination on the part of the United States Reclamation Service to construct the Elephant Butte project, and the determination of the issues involved in the suit of the government against a private corporation seeking to build a dam and reservoir at the same point, entailed a great loss upon private foreign capital enlisted in the enterprise and for which the general government has failed to make any reparation whatever. In the course of two years following his appointment, Governor Otero, ably assisted by the attorney general of the territory,‘**, and aided by several legislative movement is mainly promoted by individuals residing in the city of El Paso, and Ciudad Juarez, on the opposite bank of the river, who own and control large bodies of land sought to be irrigated by this international dam, hence it is intended to prevent the storage of the waters of the Rio Grande in New Mexleo, in order that they may flow unobstructed to this international dam. Now, It is certain that the construction of this international dam will not benefit a Single citizen of the entire Territory of New Mexico. being below the southern boundary of said Territory, The dam, if constructed, the waters impounded by said internatior.al dam would flow back upon and submerge some of the cultivated land of New Mexico. Therefore, the construction of the international dam can not in any way benefit the people of the Territory of New Mexico, but on the contrary it would be decidedly injurious. It is a fact, however, that during the winter months of each year large quantities of water flow unused to any great extent by the people along this river, and I am fully satisfied that sufficient water flows down the Rio Grande during the winter months and the flood waters of the stream, to fill many large reservoirs in New Mexico, a8 well as the international dam, if constructed, at El Paso, consequently there appears to be no good reason why people of the Territory of New Mexico Should not be allowed to provide for their own prosperity by the construction of reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley, notwithstanding the erection of the international dam, but I must earnestly protest against the execution of a treaty which shall deprive the people of New Mexico of the right of imPounding the waters which belong to them alone, but at the same time award the right of impounding the water by others, and especially citizens of a forgn country.’’—Letter of Governor M. A. Otero, September 27, 1897, to John rman, secretary of state. He re> Edward Leland Bartlett was a native of the state of Maine. Celved his education in the common schools and at Bowdoin college in that His parents removed to the state of Kansas when General Bartlett was State, quite young. He studied law and was admitted to the practice in Kansas where he became quite a prominent Ness circles of the state. He figure in the social, professional, and busi- removed to New Mexico shortly after the oY the railways, and with his wife made Santa Fé his home. advent He filled the office “F adjutant general of New Mexico for several years; held many offices of Phe and trust; was solicitor general under Governor L. Bradford Prince, and Few men of recent years living in torney general under Governor Otero. €xico enjoyed the social popularity accorded to General and Mrs. Bartey ett. The latter founded the Woman’s Board of Trade of Santa Fé, was a |