Imperial Valley press., 1910-06-25
Another of these dwellers in Q fools paradise" said:

fools paradise" said:
 We do not believe that there Is the remotest contingency by which the idi- osyncrasies of the Colorado river can ef- feet Laguna dam. Neither high water nor low water or change of channel in the lower delta will have any appreciable effect on Laguna dam. We are satisfied that Laguna dam is safe and will stand for all time. If the people of Imperial Valley want to get away from many of the vexatious questions of water supply which now beset them they should make no delay in hitching onto the Laguna dam
 Another, having some glimmer of light and less disposition to regard Imperial Valley as rival but still unable to realize the situation as it exists, advocated cooperation in se- curing government aid in controlling the river. He said
 We are heartily in favor of assisting the neighboring valley. The resulting damage to the big Laguna dam is not seen by us as is by them. We feel no fear for that big structure, believing it permanent, but our neighbors are in trouble now and helping hand is all that they ask; extend it. and promptly.
 Yuma Indifferent. When these editors were told by Engineer Clarke, the man who closed the break of the Colorado and knows more about the river in it's relation to irrigation systems than any other man, that the Colorado has fall of fifty feet in twenty miles from the Bee river break to Volcano lake, an excess of 26 feet over normal grade, and that the 26 feet must be taken up in cutting back of the channel, they complacently said they didn't under stand it that way, opposing their abysmal ignorance and sky towering presumption to the precise determi- nations of fact made by skilled engi- neers.
 The committee saw that it would be waste of time to try to arouse the Yuma people to realization of the danger to their own irrigation system that is creeping up the, Colorado, and turned it's attention to enlisting the aid of the Reclamation Service in placing the matter before the govern ment and recalling the attention of Congress and the Administration te the message of President Roosevelt of more than three years ago, in whicA he advised immediate steps toward permanent control of the Colorado and warned Congress that failure to provide for protective works could be construed only as acquiescence in abandonment of Laguna dam and of all reclamation work in the Colorado river region.
 Project Engineer Sellew, who has recently laid the matter before higher officers of the service and conferred with Southern Pacific officers to as- certain if any help can be expected from that quarter, was disinclined ts talk freely or to be quoted at all. He met the committee in an entirely friendly spirit however, and showed a disposition to be helpful to Imperial Valley in every way compatible with his official obligations. There never has been the slightest trace of hos tility In MT. Sellew's attitude toward the Imperial Valley system nor has he been involved in any effort to force connection of the valley system with the Laguna project
 Engineer Sellew's View.
 After two interviews, MT, SelleU approved the following, which was presented yesterday as a part of the committee's report to the Committee of Nine and the presidents of the Mutual Water Companies:
 MT. Sellew stated that he had no information as to conditions now ez- istihg in the Colorado river below the international line. except as the same (C,ontinued on naaa RA