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Show I RIO GRADE VALLEY Ii MUST BE DRAINED ' LAS CRUCES N- M- Ma' 25. Af- . 1 I ter spending approximately $10,000,000 j In the construction of a great concrete H I dam, canals and other irrigation works H i in the Rio Grande valley, the United jy Slates reclamation service has dlscov- H ered that it must expend additional a money to drain the very land which it In had planned to irrigate. For centur- H les Mexicans have been irrigating Q from the Rio Grande in these valleys. B Water was plentiful at certain seasons & and much more than was necessary in vas used for growing crops. The re- Ssult was the water table was raised until the land became water logged and an extensive system of drainage ditches must be dug to draw off this surplus water to prevent the root and WH fruit crops from rotting. |