HIE IRRIGATIOX AGE. 



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been sustained and the case remanded back to the lower court with 

 the instruction that an official investigation be made as to the points 

 covered by the injunction. The decision therefore opens the way for 

 the two governments to now take up the consideration of the pending 

 treaty: and before very long it is to be hoped that this great question 

 will be finally settled. 



Advocates of the dam in the river above El Paso have claimed 

 that the Rio Grande contained water sufficient for several reservoirs 

 of the size proposed. Every reader of the AGE will remember that 

 the last winter was a pretty severe one all over the United States. 

 In fact, it was a record-breaker: and all will remember reading about 

 the'enormous snows in Colorado, when trains became snow-bound and 



RIVER AFTER SPRING FLOODS. 



were lost to the outside world for days at a time. The Rio Grande 

 has its source in that same state of Colorado, and one would naturally 

 suppose that this year above all others there would be an abundance 

 of water in the river. Permit me to show you that this is not the 

 case, as the two photographs speak for themselves. One of the 

 photos shows the river at the time of the usual spring-flood: the 

 other shows the condition of the river as it is today, (May 25th), with 

 not a drop of water in it, and no water in any of the canals or ditches 

 here. Does this look like there would be enough water for several 

 reservoirs'? Our annual spring-floods have come and gone this year, 

 and the farmers in the valley, on both the American and Mexican 

 sides, have had from one to two irrigations: and today, with no water 



