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E PASO HERALD Monday, March 27, 1911. 9 NEWYOEK A m rv twi cxLaunwwe ifll S IMV g I 1 UCOMDTrYES ? I JH X BOSTON BOSTON Norfolk $45.25 EACH Party of 10 or more $41.20 EACH Party of 25 or more QUICKEST ROUTE BEST , SERVICE Binmg CITY WATER USEflS BPPfl TO LEASE POiE Adopt Resolutions Favoring Development by Reclama tion Service Only. The power possibilities of the Ele phant Butte dam will he developed by me reclamation serace, ramer tuiti by a private power company wnicn has been in process of organization for some time. This was definitely decided hy the board of governors of the Ele- phant Butte Water Users' association and the El Paso Valley Water Users' association at the joint meeting held Saturday In the grill room of the Sheldon. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the reading of a proposal to lease the power rights of the Ele- phant Butte dam for a period of 50 years to a company to he known as , the Rio Grande Power company, which 1 proposed to uilize the power generated i COULDN'T CUT SL Efin ThYY k f irriation Project and was in fact al I 1 1 1 f I4 A 1 f ! ready engaged in the preliminary part V A UM.Mtfn.JLS of this work. This it was held would . il t -j m 11 TTTU i. lpSWlCU JjclUy XCiiS WUet, Happened "When She De cided to Take Advice of Her Friends. Ipswich, S. D. Mrs. Henry Royle, of this place, says: "I suffered for near ly 10 3rears, with womanly trouble. The doctors could not help me, but Cardui has made me well and strong. Before I commenced to take Cardui, I could not stand on my feet. "I was so weak T could not cut a slice of bread. Now, I can stand all day, and I can do most of my work. I think Cardui is the best medicine in the world. I have been feeling fine ever since I began to take it. 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Heart Dis ease, Xiung Trou ble, Liver Com plaint and Con stipation. Female internal rouble, inflama tion or acute pains INSTANT LY CORED. Of fice 105 N. CaznpbelL. Bell Pnone 2310 EHlCHESTEFf SPILLS lU?;-. TM S1AMKD KSAXS. A l4!ex AftJt Tnir .vrvprtet for . CbJ-ck-tcr'.4eJHal Jtrsad Pllla in Bed tad Gold ncalUcS boxes, staJed vita Blae Rlbbcn. Xa.ii.ti bo ot&er. Mr efywr v , DIASO? BRANS PILLS, for si years knows as Best, Safest. Always Reliable JOilirasrSE&iWifai V f OUBLE AiLY Train Service 1Q;30 a. m. 8 p. in. gar Standard Sleeper Tourist Oars Observation Oar on Evening Train I Oil Burning Locomotives THROUGH STftHDIRD SLEEPER CHICAGO 10:30 a. m. If We Are Not the Best Route Will Gladly Tell You Which is the Best TICKET OFFICE ST. REQ18 HOTEL at the dam and elsewhere in the pro ject to operate an electric railway, and supply power to consumers in general. It was the intention of this tentative company to contract for the erection of a power plant at the dam site and arrange for the utilization of the power as soon as possible. To do this it was proposed to issue $155,000 worth of stock at $1 per share, each land owner to be entitled to purchase as many shares as he owned acres of land. Burses Submits Proposal. The proposal was read by Richard F. Burges, who then submitted it in writing to the meeting and spoke in I favor of it. Felix Martinez and H. B. Holt also spoke in favor of the pro posal. The opposition to the proposal was led by J. A. Smith, Lr. Clapp, of Hatch, N. M., and Z. I. Cobb. Those in favor of the leasing proposal claimed that the plan of organizing a power company as DroDosed would bP cnndu- cive to a full and a more economical development of the power from the dam. The opposition or "insurrectos" as they were good naturedy called, held that the reclamation service was the one to develop this power in con nection with the construction of the !be more advantageous than to have the reclamation service build the 'J'Utter piam, lor wnicn the govern-1 lament has already allowed money, for me same reasons mat it was more advantageous to have the service build the dam itself rather than a private corporation. Plan Is Opposed. Following the discussion, J. A. Smith proposed a set of resolutions saying that the plan was not practi cable nor desirable, because the con trol of any portion of a reclamation service project by a private corpora tion was not in accord with the spir it of the reclamation act. The resolu- Richard F. Burges said: "I will state frankly that I do not understand what is mean hy the first paragraph of the Cobb resolutions which are printed in fulllin this morning's paper, which paragraph Is as follows: 'Because the control of any portion of a reclama tion project by a private corporation is not in accord with the spirit of the reclamation act.' "The water users association is in technical legal sense 'a private corpor ation and certainly it will ultimately control the reclamation project, sub ject always to the supervision of the gov ernment. It is not proposed in the plan submitted by me to the water users association to organize 'a private cor poration' in any other or different sense from that in which the water users as sociation is 'a private corporation. What is proposed is that the two water users associations jointly organize, from their own membership solely a railway and power corporation, wnich as a public service corporation will d subject to the control of the laws of the state of Texas and the laws of New Mexico regulating such corporations in precisely the same way that the water users associations are now subject to snch laws. "It is not proposed to depart or de viate in any manner whatsoever from the provisions of the reclamation act or the regulations of the interior de partment or the reclamation service and indeed it would not be possible to do so, since the lease must proceed from the secretary of the Interior and must meet the requirements of the rec lamation service, hefore it can he made. It is not to be supposed for one instant that the government will "build an elec tric railway in this valley or that it will spend any considerable sum of money in making any application of the power to he derived from the pro ject as a by-product of the use of the water for irrigation. There Is a wise proverb which says, 'That heaven helps those who help themselves.' I am disposed to believe that we shall find the government in the same cate gory m this respect, and certainly we can do no damage by formulating our plans and submitting them to. the proper representatives of the govern ment for their approval. Between the careful scrutiny of the agents of the government and our own citizens, we ought to be able to work out a plan tions also set forth that the proposal would be in violation of the letter of the law and that it might give the op ponents of the Elephant Butte project in Colorado an opportunity to impede the progress of the project A letter was read from W. M. Reed, district engineer of the reclamation service in i which he gave his construction of tho 1 disposition of the moneys to be de- power privileges. Discussion Becomes Spirited. The discussion of the proposed plan of leasing the water power was heated at times during the meeting which continued until after four oclock Satur- I day afternoon. The vote on the pro posal was not recorded, as it was taken viva voce, but it is said to have . been strongly against the proposed leasing plan. j The Proposal. The suggested plan for financing and developing electrio power under the Rio Grande Irrigation project, and for the utilization of the same was sub mitted in writing as follow: "In the belief that it, is now expedi ent for the water users under the Rio Grande irrigation project to take steps i to cooperate with the department of the interior and the reclamation serv 4 ice to secure the maximum develop ment of electrical power, incident to , the use of the water from the Ele f phant Butte dam for irrigation pur poses, and that it is desirable that such development should proceed step by step, with the construction of the dam, I to the end that the fullest develop j ment may be secured and that the ! power shall be utilized as soon as i available, and especially with a view I to the earliest practicable construc 1 tion and operation of an electric rail j way tip and down the valley, the fol lowing tentative plan of procedure is suggested. "1. The water users composing the Elephant Butte "Water Users' association and those composing the El Paso "Val- 1 ley Water Users' association should organize themselves into one corpora tion, which may be designated for convenience, the EUo Grande Power company. - "a. This corporation shall have 155, 000 shares of stock (based on the acreage proposed to be watered) of the par value of $1 per share. "b. Each water user in either asso ciation shall he entitled to subscribe for as many shares of stock in the Rio Grande Power company as he has acreage of irrigable land signed up and accepted for water rights under the Rio Grande irrigation project. Fifty Year Lease. "2. The Rio Grande Power company should enter into a lease with the secretary of the interior, whose action will be approved by the two Water Users' associations, by which the Rio Grande Power company would take over the power and power privilege under the Rio Grande project for a period of 50 years at an annual rental to be agreed upon be tween the parties. "3. The Rio Grande Power company should enter Into a contract with the proper parties to engineer, develop and construct the necessary power plant at the dam, and elsewhere if practi cable, transmission lines to conduct the power where needed for use, and an interurban railway to be operated from the power thus developed, such railroad to be of such length and be constructed between such points in New Mexico and Texas as the Rio Grande Power company may find to be feasible. It is obvious that money for such development must he borrow ed by the Rio Grande Power company, but investigation has developed the fact that sufficient funds can be bor rowed for that purpose by the Issu ance of securities in the form of 40 year bonds of the Rio Grande Power company, such bonds to he secured by all the assets of the Rio Grande Pow er company, including the power plant, transmission lines., electric rail way, etc, as well as the leasehold in terest in the power developed and to be developed from such project. It is probable that such securities can he placed to the best advantage by mak ing sale of same through a construc tion company with whom contract is made to construct the desired work Investigation has led to the belief that this can be done. "4. It is suggested that a contract could be made between the Rio Grande Power company and a constructing j Company, by which the construction j company would agree to construct such I power plant, transmission lines and,1 electric railway, on a percentage basis, j payment to he made in cash, or at the option of the Rio Grande Power com- Zach Cobb said: "Postmaster Smith introduced those resolutions. It is honor enough for me to be a follower on tfco right side of this tremendous question. "The whole thing reminds me of the American tramp out at Yuma who had Indians jumping in the river pulling drift logs out He gave them half of the logs that they themselves rescued. "The Cincinnati gentleman, who quietly looked the ground over out here last August, who engineered this bill through congress, who claims to be a friend of the president, etc., and who is now here pushing the Burges plan, would be willing to give us half of our power if we adopt this scheme, when we already own it all, and al ways will own it all, if we just adopt the advice given by Roosevelt at Las Cruces,' who said: "Don't under any circumstances allow the control of this water power with Its vast potentiali ties to go out of your control. Don't let eastern or foreign corporations gain control of It.' "The difference between the water users' association and the proposed power company is apparent. The stock in the former, by special provision of law, is appurtenent to the land. You can only own 1G0 shares. That stock cannot be controled by a monopoly. It belongs to the people forever. "The power 'company would soon be owned by special interests, either by buying up the stock, or freezing it out when the proposed railroad failed to pay interest "Letf us build the electric road with out losing our birth right I will do nate $1000. It will be worth that to my land. But don't surrender the power. The government will develop it for us as a part of the project It will make the valley immensely rich. It should be held sacred forever." to utilize this power and develop this valley without selling or mortgaging our 'birthright' to anybody. The means to do this is found in the amendment to the law which was passed at the re cent short session of congress at our request "Thewater users now have the oppor tunity to themselves own and utilize the power and' to build an electric rail way through this valley. The question is, will they avail themselves of their opportunity?" nt pany, in the aforementioned bond. It is probable that if payment were made in bonds they would have to be dis counted to some extent." Tae Resolutions. ' The resolutions which were passed read: "Whereas, a plan has been submitted to a joint meeting of the board of gov- contained in an act of congress ap ernors of the El Paso Water Users' as- j Proved February 24, 1911, providing sociation and the directors of the file- i for Jease of power and power priv phant Butte Water Users' assb- ! leSes under the Rio Grande project: ciation proposing that the water users ' 'And the money derived from such nrcranWa a nnTPop rmm,tT v.;n - t leases Shall be Covered into thfi rpplft. 50 year lease of the water power rights of the Rio Grande reclamation, project, under the provisions of section five of 'An act providing for the withdrawal from public entry of lands needed for townslfe purposes, in connection with irrigation projects under the reclama- tion act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes,' approved April 16, 1906, as amended by an act approved Feb. 24, 1911. and nronosine- that said nnwAr right if the lease should be obtained by the proposed corporation, together with the improvements planned to be made, he bonded for the purpose of building an electric railro.Tri thrnnch a nnrHon . ' . r--r -- ,,... of the valley, etc. "Be it resolved: by said joint body Irom tne leases of power or ' power that said plan is not practicable or de- i PrIvile&es would have to be placed to sirable for the following reasons: , e credit of the project from which de- "1. Because the control of any por- I rived, without regard to whethcr'here tion of a reclamation project by a pr"i- ) "vYas or "tvas not anv indebtedness to, vate corporation Is not in accord with j the government on account of the con the spirit of the reclamation act struction cliarge or otherwise, and "2. Because the proposed control of i when the P"Ject is turned over to the the power of the Rio Grande project by a private corporation would be in ! violation of the letter of the law. Sec tion 5 of the preamble does not author ize, and would not permit, the secre tary of the Interior to lease said pow er rights, as proposed, for the reason that a general lease cannot be given. He can only lease 'any surplus pbwei or power privilege. The character and amount of this surplus power is in definite and It would be impossible to fix a fair rental value upon the same. "3. Because the plan endangers, and might seriously impede, the progress of j our project, as advantage of such ac tion might be taken by owners of lands in Colorado. The government has, in our interest denied them the use of water that they claim Colorado was entitled to. The government will con tinue to protect us so long as we use water -only for irrigation, and for such power as is developed while the water Is being actually used for irrigation, but the government will not give us water not needed for irrigation, and take the same away from Colorado, to create power. "4. The water users now own, sub ject only to their debt to the govern ment, the entire project prospective power right as well as prospective ir rigation system. If preserved in their ownership, the power will famish Im mense revenue to the land owners of this valley. "5. Because we have perfect confi dence in the administration of the re clamation service, and we believe, from past experience, that It will fully de velop the' power incident to the project . and Indicate to us the most profitable' use of the same." 'lT Engineer Reed'stE The following letterff-omW. M. iA"vv.TX Don't deny yourself meal time. When that midmorning hunger ap proaches, satisfy it with Uneeda Biscuit These biscuit are little nuggets of nutrition. Each crisp soda cracker contains energy for xniriy minutes more work. Many business men eat the morning. So do school recess. They're more nutritive bread. You can eat them dry or with milk. Uneeda Biscuit) are always crisp and delightful. JmZrs (NeeerMoIdi -10 hulk) JMPMZT Reed, district engineer of the reclama tion service, to Felix Martinez, secre tary of the El Paso Water Users' asso ciation, was read at the meeting: "I am requested by one of the members of your board of governors to give the construction placed by the reclamation service upon the following language 1 maion fund and be'placed to the cred- it of the project from which such pow er is derived; which involves also a construction of the following query submitted to your association: ""Does the reclamation service hold that the power which may be developed as a by-product of the tse of water ;"r friKanon wiu be tne property of tnf, wa-ter Users association?' While I have no authority to state lltXL construction wouia De placed hy the department of the interior or the I reclamation service upon the language "-"ed. if it should become my duty ta ! construe such language, my constrtic- .... . : I tion "-vould be that the funds derived ! u,Viiers os- e iana to De Irrigated, as prvIded by section six of the reclama- Lm arct, tne power and newer nriv- ileges, and the right to any revenue therefrom, would necessarilv rn .vith the project To my mind te language j of the act precludes any other con- ; construction. The monov thus derived cot:!d no- be diverted or usod else- ! where without a special act of con- gress so provided. I "It seems to me that the only con- J struction of which the act is suscepti- ble is that all of the benefits arising from the lease of power or power prv- i lieges must necessarily inure to the ! benefit of the ultimate users of water' under the project, at whose cost tho works are constructed.' Says Power Will Be Used. Engineer J. A. French of the recla mation service, appeared before the meeting and told the directors that the reclamation service was proceeding with plans for the development of the power possibilities of the dam and that this feature would be taken care of the same as the irrigation. The ipower plant site will he selected by the engineers and the electrical possi bilities handled by O. H. Ensign, chief electrical engineer of the service, and, his assistants. A resolution was also introduced by J. A. Smith approving of tlje congres sional legislation which was passed permitting the power from the dam to oe leased for a long term of years. ADS BY PHOXE. You can easily sell It Call Bell 115, ,Auto 1115, tell the girl what it is and The Herald will sell it No bother, no formality. Try Herald Want Ads food till ' them at ten in children at than t T m ill tHP Ttl HI 'Qtliirp. - -mm mm-r u I w v vr 9 jls package 5 NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY? ENG-IJLND WANTS TO ARBITRATE FOR US Parliament Seems to Think That We Have a War on With Mexico. London, Eng., March 27. The" group ,in the house of commons, who have persistently heckled the government regarding ambassador Bryce's connec tion with the American-Canadian reci procity negotiations, are now trying to involve the British diplomat in the Mexican situation. Today these mem bers invited the foreign t office to in struct Mr. Bryce to urge on presi dent Taft the desirability of submit- tln1 l4fftrlon nnactinn" -fn arhl. tration. l Secretary Grey's reply was: "I do not know to what question you are nilurHne- Tho TvinHnn: of th TTnltrt o- - - - -- States and the Mexican governments. according to my most recent informa tion, are quite friendly." TRANSFER FORT BLISS SUIT TO FEDERAL COURT The suit of R. Y. Anderson against Col. A. L. Sharpe. in which the title of the United States military reservation nt Fort Bliss, Tex., is involved was transferred from the 34th district court of the state of Texas to the United States district court, Saturday after noon. MET BY LOCAL SHSINERS. Fred A. Hines. imperial potentate of) the bhnners or rsortn America, accom- ; panied bv Fred Henderson, both of Los Angeles, Calif., passed throuah El Paso Saturday on the Golden State Limited, en route to Chicago and New York to visit the shrines in those cities. A large delegation from the local shrine was at the station to greet them. 1- Russell Yoorhees, a banker, and member of the Voorhees company, financial advertising house, of Xew York arrived in El Paso Saturday from California, and is at the St. "Resjis. v-narles J1: fnuth. traveling manager or the American Dealers Steam Packing company, of Palmj-ra., N. Y., is also in El Paso, and reports business in this city and vicinity flourishing. Try Herald Want Ads. HOTEL ST. DENIS BROADWAY and 11th ST. HEW YORK CITY WkKIa easy acctsa of every Doint of In terest. Half blcck from Wanamaker'a. PyjSi?"!6 vriJIc ofShoppIny District. NOTED FOR: Excill ? ;?,- comfortable appointments, courteous service and homelike surroundings. (tarns $1.10 ir iay art s With privilege of Bath $1 .50 per day and up EUROPEAN PLAN Tafefe ri'Hte Irarttwt - SOe WM.TAYLOft A SON, I so. lYmnt S IS M FAIRBASfKS TELLS OF WAR IN JUAREZ Gives Impressions of Visit to Border City During Exciting Period.- Former vice- president Charles W. Fairbanks, who has returned to his home in Indlanapoli3, InL, after & visit in the -west, -which, included El Paso, has Iven. some of his impressions of our little insurrection, to m Indiana polis paper. Telling of the ifeadcan, trouble he says: "On the -way to California I stopped At El Paso, Tex., -which is just acros rthe border Irom the Mexican town of Juarez, -where the insurrectos are ac tive. An El Paso friend told me that whenever -word -was received that there -was to be a fight between the Mexican federal troops and the insur rectos people on the American side -would hurry in automobiles to the bor der and seek places of advantage from which to -witness the fight. Some of them took to the valleys -while others sought places on the high bluffs, all in search of the most desirable point tfrom -which to vie-w the fight. It was like -a holiday, they told me. ""With an El Paso friend I went over into Juarez. In the middle of the town I saw many soldiers on the roofs of buildings. Around the edge of the roofs -were sand bags piled high toTr breast-works for the soldiers. On some of the buildings the side walls were built several feet above the roof, and port holes had been made In these walls so that the soldiers on the roof could shoot through them. It was rather novel to see the Mexican sol diers take up their position in the middle of the town. In our country the soldiers would be at the outskirts to keep the enemy from entering. The Mexican troops were certainly in a safe position and free from danger of Setting hurt. "There seemed to be an impression amonir the people along the border that the Mexican government was dis posed favorably to consider some of the grievances which are said to exist among the Mexican people." $3,000,000 AND OVfeR PAID TO TEXAS POLICY HOLDERS. Fop 14 years vre have paid losses Is Texa without contest or frlctlox. Do not believe that losses caamet fee settlert Tvitli promptness. A few well known Insurers who have hal experience are: I .vir. inneia ocotc ana jar. .tmnter jj I Wilson, of Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. J. H. McDonougn and ttiQ Trinity C. O. Co., of Dallas. Texas. Mr J. J. Culbertson and Mr. S. W. Wilbur, of Paris. Texas. Industrial C O. Co. and Mr. W. A. Sherman, of Houston. Texas. Mr. E. D. Glover and Austin Oil and Mfg. Co., of Austin, Texas. Mr. E. D. Woodhull. of Hillsboro, Texas. We place everyihiajc in the InsHrasce line and represent your interest la case of los. ' SA3II13LS. CORNWALL STRVEXS, S4 William St New York.