Show ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM DEDICATED Ceremony Attended by Delegates to Irrigation Jl and Dr Dry Farm Fann Congresses Elephant Butte N. N M. M L Oct 1 10 The The Elephant Butte Butle dam lam completed recently recent recent- nl- nl ly h at t a n cost of and intended to Impound tho the largest ost artificially re retained re- re tamed hod body of ot water In the tho world was dedicated here hero toda today b by A. A A. A Jones o of New Mexico personal representative o of President Wilson Three hundred and rift fifty delegates to tho the International congress congre s and International Dr Dry Farm congress witnessed tho the ded ded- It U is now keenly realized that the tho theland theland land the tho coal the tho petroleum tho the timber tim tim- bar ber and the tho vast net possibilities for the generation of ot electrical power have havo no value niue separate and apart from the hu human mi- l I man beings fI who can put them Into use said ald Mr Ir Jones in his speech at Rt I tho a spillway of oC tho the great reat Irrigation I project of or the tho lower Rio Grande In order to lO secure the tho population and to build up tho the communities Itis it itis is 16 essential that such conditions be brought about n as will mako make living In Inthe Inthe inthe the west not onI only endurable but hut InvitIng ing Tho first e essential Is human food and in III this arid country countr it can bo be obtained with ct certainty and abundance abundance abundance dance through tho the Irrigation of or land It would seem therefore that the tho funds uncle to be bo derived derl from tho the land and power resources resource In tho the west could bo be devoted to tono no o better purpose than that of at aidIng aidin aid aid- in Ing and assisting Irrigation For some time the tho Interior department department department depart depart- ment has r realized the tho Inadequacy of tho the present provisions pro for tho the completion completion completion comple comple- tion o of Irrigation projects In the tho course of oC construction In tho framing of or legislation which has hRs been suggested to Con Congress Kress for its Hs consideration the completion of or existing projects and tho the possible construction of ot new now projects project has hM always been kept in mind In suggested legislation for tor the disposition tion of ot tho the coal coul lands tho the oil lands and for the tho utilization o of water power pow pow- er or provision pro was made for tho the proceeds proceeds proceeds pro pro- to become primarily a part of or tho the reclamation re fund but those proposed measures havo have not been enacted and If It enacted considerable time will elapse before anly large accretions from sources can bo be expected It in Ii apparent therefore that an appeal al must bo ma made o to Congress for substantial al aid which shall become available a without great groat dela delay And while wo we rejoice in tho the fact tact that the dam is built that Is great stride In inthe tho the progress of or the enterprise has boon been made madeo wo we should consider It large largely an encouragement to carr carry on the tho good work solve tho the new ntH problems problems lems an and bring to realization tho vision which inspired the project nr Dry Farm Congress Op Opens Open n El Paso Puo Texas Oct 1 19 Dry l.-Dry I-Dr I Dry farmIng farming farm farm- Ing In Is tho the most hl highly hl organized of or all agricultural methods and develops e the I best hest citizenship in tho the rural districts W. W M. M 1 Jardine of or Manhattan Kan Ran and president of or the International Dr Dry l' l Farming congress said In his annual address f at the opening session of oC the tho eleventh ele congress here toda today The Tho irrigation farmer who ignores the d dry farmers' farmers method metho o of summer fallow tallow and conservation of ot moisture Is sure to fail President Jardine added The United States State department of ot agriculture is tho peer of ot all e educational educational uca- uca agencies in gathering r and de developing do- do o. o reliable and accurate crop and farm information but its system o of disseminating this thin Information to the farmers is very weak John Fields of ot Oklahoma City said nid in an ui address Tho The transmission of or this carefully gathered agricultural Information to the tho farmer coupled with tho the need for tor rural schools equally well equipped as those in the towns are tho two great farm problems of o today toda Ho lie said the rural school If It it was waa properly financed and con conducted could be made a n great medium for the tho teachIng teaching teaching teach teach- ing of at agricultural methods for Investigations Investigations In es had shown that 42 per por cent of nf the farmers dl did not read an any of ot the bulletins issued b by the a agricultural department do- do through Its branches and ex experiment ex cx- stations |