Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-02
proper proportion, determined by their
relative tonnage.


relative tonnage.
"The curbing of the Mississippi river
foods and the generation of great pow
er from the conserved waters are both
prospective fruits of the irrigation
projects" Senator Newlands said. He
declared the storage of water for pow
er would reduce the cost of storage OF
water for irrigation.
Outside of the great basin all the
waters in the arid region are tribu-
taries to navigable streams and there
the national power regarding the stor-
age and the utilization of water rests
not merely upon the ownership of the
public domain but upon the nations
control of navigation and of naviga-
BILE streams under the interstate COM
merce power" he said. "The develop
ment of such navigable rivers with
their source streams necessarily in
wolves the treatment of each river and
its tributaries as a unit from source
to mouth and the complete control of
their waters in such a way as to MAIN
tain an equal flow for navigation. This
involves the lowering of the flood flow
and the raising of the ebb- flow so as
to secure a standard flow suitable for
navigation. Such control therefore ne
cessarily involves not only as here
tofore bank and levee protection in
the lower reaches of each river with
view to maintaining fixed channel
of suitable depth, but also the control
of the flood waters above the tribu-
taries and source streams in such a
way to mitigate the destructive vio-
lence of the foods to prevent their
devastating flow to the ocean and 1,
hold the waters in suspense in the
protected forests, in the depths of cul-
tiVated fields and in artificial reservoirs
in such a way that they will supple
ment the ebb flow of the river in time
of drouth and meanwhile be used for
beneficial purposes in irrigation and
water power development. Thus COM
pensation can be secured for water
and power rights which will tend to
diminish the cost of the control of the
rivers for navigation and at the same
time we shall have an equal and pro-
portionate development not only of
navigation but of cultivation and pow
er upon which in a large degree the
prosperity of the country depends.
This policy does not mean the aban-
donment of the levee protection and
CHdHnel Work heretofore pursued in the
navigable portions Of our rivers The
policy is supplemental in its charac-
ter and is intended to make more com
plete the work of food protection
and channel work heretofore pursued
in the navigable portions of our riv-
ers. The policy is supplemental in its
character and is intended to make more
complete the work of flood protection
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developed. The great Mississippi flood
accentuated this movement and demon
Strated the Importance of diminishing
the flood crest by holding back the
flood waters above. All the national
parties have Joined in this movement
Public sentiment is far in advance of
legislation. In this legislation the II
arid and scmi-arid states vii. COOP
crate with the mississippi valleys and
the Valley OF 1ho atlantic and Pa
olii" coast III urging The highest co
operation between the scientific ser
vices Of the government having any
relation to water ana the highest co
operation o. the nation with the states
in the full exercise of their power and
jurisdiction upon this subject. Team
work only is required and with an
expenditure Of $1,000, 900 annually in
experimenting the river work hitherto
pursued we will have accomplished a
system of river regulation that will