THE CONQUEST OF ARID AMERICA 



cms. The growth of the white population has been slow, 

 but will increase rapidly with the development of irriga- 

 tion and the settlement of vexatious problems which 

 have long surrounded the land grants and water appro- 

 priations. 



New Mexico is one of the American communities 

 whose greatness is of the future. Well endowed with 

 raw materials, it awaits the impulse to be imparted by 

 a new century and the pressure of an outreaching civ- 

 ilization. 



