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Show LEADING 528 FACTS MEXICAN OF NEW HISTORY by New Mexico’s executive had great force and in a large measure prevented the construction of the dam at that point, resulting afterward, in the adoption of the Elephant Butte project by the govern- on to the sea, on the ground the and the United Territory of New fact that the and citizens are now of Mexico using themselves nearly have, all the water I am 1st ( im ty. Of A a ce? o. apes Sf? tke Lt "Go cs rt Le Ce s 13 . A- (400 2 aw. A of e : a eg: cle cL : 2. fl 8 : Lai Se reliably cai ie systems of the citizens of Mexico on the Concho River have been very erate? increased within the last few years and subsequent to the time when the ik canal systems had been built on the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Cons the This is also true, I am informed, of every other stream which lies within Republic of Mexico and which is confluent of the Rio Grande. |. ‘nterest am of the opinion that the desire for this treaty originated 1m _ be ' oown to has become part of, a movement for the erection of what is ‘international dam,’ to be located near the city of El Paso, _ this information I have received I am impressed with the thought tha ee ee ee * <* Ae ee ey ier ee ee wer pecoetct f Cay hor co CA- ma ~ 3214 Le J Car “le ee 4etls2y 7%. a eney 4 ke : 7ca cfttn, leare C Os Cf... pers j-t o7 Z ufCre “Cisse gut ont” CAL PE, St. 7) OL 4 ous (obre, 3 td- Cette 9 hee K ace-simi ile . of a = Be a a 1 Letter from Col. Theodore Roosevelt sonnel of Roosevelt’s Rough Riders . relative Pet oe eee ee ‘i Poe Chose tecrcoi- flare bt 2 ow di- informed, of the Concho ee EOE ey (Lhe, and ‘Lb sh arnct Ors y Moreover ood Ca. “ff LLw =, fe ee ee ee 8-8 ALY tse a ay Morte ed ye eee ee ore Coe age tedr oe «vo Og Pepe " |“ ee eer A for irrigation 1P spe flows northward through the northern States of Mexico and empties ae the Rio Grande, and which, it has long been understood in this country, ye largest confluent of the Rio Grande and contributes most to its navigable ¢ ' ; It is a fact well known in this country that the irrigation plants acter. ‘‘T of, or as an from eu Pe PMC Mexico Mexico is depleting the navigable extent of this river, especially in view fe verted, 6 ¢ Oo; ¥ States, and from, ge that the use of these waters flle 7 - to Per- her a me a al, ick.sek Peele ee ‘ Rr Be le Be Shaf AP aM - er ere es rn Py to the boundary line between Mexico through Sins 24 nae S a} men eae os ee Pe eer yee oeee | eeee ee Be to flow for c Mexico. shall be allowed 1 ALGt : eae | de. Rial ergs Grande [Lo ffi tery = 4 Li og ‘<T desire to call your attention to the lack of good faith of those who aré setting up the rights of the Mexican Government to demand that the waters 0 the Rio | SAL LE eA (olouck ritory of New Mexico. ‘<T believe it to be a fact susceptible of abundant proof that the Rio Grande the Territory of New 1/1 / ian fae ea people settling upon said lands now embraced in the and that there is nothing in the treaties ceding said that gives the Republic of Mexico any claim or right the Rio Grande flowing within the limits of the Ter- mouth of said stream, is not affected in any way by the waters flowing throug a] oe A obtained also the waters of the streams within the limits of said Territory, for River is not a navigable stream for a distance of 1,000 miles below the city of El Paso; that the waters of the Rio Grande flowing through the Territory of New Mexico never reach any navigable portion of said stream during the On the contrary, I believe it to be a fact that said waters cropping season. River, cease to exist between the city of El Paso and the mouth of the Concho about 200 miles below, almost every year during the summer season, and I sub_ near mit the navigable portion of said river, which, I understand, exists NWov- /2 HAL and by virtue of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden purchase tt benefit of the New Mexico, United States the waters of ee and prosperity of that Territory, in that it would prevent the erection of dams and reservoirs for the storage of waters for irrigation and other purposes, not only as to the waters of the Rio Grande, but also as to the waters of the Pecos, and I submit that when the United States obtained the lands embraced in said Territory under the use and Territory of lands to the whatever in HILL. * Pear * a ee? eee Biel. a Sie Sa storage of water, which is essential to the further development SAGAMORE Lt aa!’ and yet, during the time the flood waters are passing and during the winter months sufficient water passes by unused to irrigate every foot of irrigable If these waters could be stored in reserland in the valleys along said stream. voirs, sufficient water could be obtained to guarantee a permanent supply of water during the cropping season of each year and every year, and thus furnish homes and fields for cultivation of crops for a largely increased population. To concede the claim of the Republic of Mexico to the use of the waters of the the of destructive ‘be would Mexico New of Rio Grande within the Territory rights of the people of the Territory, for the reason that it would prevent the |