Imperial Valley press., 1909-10-23
coLoRADo's NEW WAY
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which might come back through any one of the numerous sloughs or channels above Laguna Arcos. The three managed to get the Lucy y down to the river without mishap, and they tied up at the north shore of the lagoon.
 The boat party returned early Mon day morning and reported that it was impossible to get the boats through to the Colorado. They had struck im- penetrable jungles of mesquite and arrowweed and spent the night in mud that was waist deep, but they had learned enough to be convinced that virtually all of the water coming into the Pescador and the Hardy was coming from the Colorado by way Of Bee river.
 The return trip down the Pescador was not lacking in interest. At many points the current was very swift, the course was crooked and narrow and obstructed by trees and drift, and it was a feat to pilot the Lucy B through the rapids. In rapid compared Oy Pilot Robinson to the tail-race of Sheol," the steering gear parted and the outfit crashed broadside into q drift jam Some tall hustling with lines and poles averted total wreck, and the Lucy B continued her voy- age with a jury tiller" and the loss only of the cooks stovepipe, few loose oars and some of her top ham per.
 Monday night was spent at Sierra Mayo, cn the Hardy, and on Tuesday the lucy B sailed up the Hardy into Volcano Lake and down New River to the starting point, where the c. D. Cos. auto was awaiting the rt urn of the expedition.
 The explorers learned definitely that the Colorado has left iTs bed and is coming into the delta by way of Bee River and a shallow, broad overpour at the head of the Pesca- dor. leaving a lagoon of still water in the old channel from that point down to the mouth of the Hardy.
 There is a fall of ten feet in Bee River about three miles from the Col orado. The next flood may cut Bee River back to the main channel but a part of the ,ten-foo fall will be ,l,. Itr hn of tho h1 llx at the junction, leaving but few feet to be distributed in recession of the bed of the Colorado up to the in take of the c. D. canal. It is not deemed probable that any material change in elevation of the river bed ] at the intake will result from the di version of the stream into Bee River, as the distance to the gulf by way of Bee River, the Pescador and the Hardy is greater than by the old channel.
 1 Doubtless Captain Hardy of the British Navy, from whom the Hardy i Colorado takes it's name, found condi- tions about as they are now and was i entirely justified in taking that stream | for the main river. Just now 1t is the Colorado, and it may be the main river for only season or for many years
 All these changes in the delta have no direct present effect upon the ir- rigation system of Imperial Valley, but they present interesting problems to the engineers and direct attention to the need for permanent and ef- fective control of the Colorado. Troub- le arising from change of the chan nel at the intake could be obviated by construction of jetty to defect the current from the east bank against the rock nose of the intake, and it is the opinion of engineers best qual- flied to judge the situation that a jetty should be in progress now.
 One solution of the problem of wat CT supply for the canals in connec- tion with the Laguna Dam system but that is not the only solution. A similar dam across the Colorado be- low the Imperial canal heading would serve the purpose and give the valley perfectly safe independent supply system.