Imperial Valley press., 1916-02-18
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side show that during the San Luis Rey river
at that point delivering 100000 inches of water into the
sea taken the Santa Ana but is likely
the fully great The sad feature that these millions
inches wasted and worst than wasted for did
great damage it have been saved until summer
worth millions of dollars the ranchers And by prop
be saved for summer
In his recent annual report Secretary Lane friend Of
western development urged the Importance of catching the
~ Who, i T ,onno He makes the following interesting and
fective presentation of the
There distinct and schools OF thought
of keeping the Colorado in its place One for
sending the winly down the old channel The other is
letting the river live its life but keeping off
may be termed the absou theory and the other
democratic theory Congress has thus far committed itself
to the latter this YEAR when danger threatened Congress
joined raising fund to keep the river from focng is
Imperial Valley and this work successfully executed
under department by the former chief of engineers Of the
United States General W. L. Marshall No one however
the work is end that have done
than put a good patch upon it.
Nov far above this point danger there thousands
square miles land that need bat the water of the Colorado
them fruitful the lands of the San Joaqnn
the Salt River valley We need to catch the water when Is
Young after born from the There
mountain Valleys should be kept time and needed led
peaceful paths of usefulness And that problem the
Reclamation Service working The difficulty to find large
reservoir
This instance is cited intimately
flood control and of reclamation bound together The prob
When eastward, to the Mis-
reaches need the while in their lower
the lands be saved from the
the yearly toll of lives lost and property
destroyed by the furious and unresraned of rivers
without realizing that the people of this
owning this land really possessing until they
have brought under lbieon doing this
they literally land by the millions acres
will support millions Of people the
upon today. And saying this speaking
authority year enjoyed the value the
renowned builder of the Assuan dam Sir William Wlcock who
spent life in India, Mesopoamia Egypt as river
And after he had problem he sighed regret
that might be his fortune the day that he said
surely when the valley of the Mississippi another
valley of the Nile only and perfectly adapted
10 the white mans life
How these great works be carried calls for conc
thought merely the engineering but more imme
datey upon financial side and means b
which the lands reclaimed shall be in some degree
the burden Of the expense AS the which will be needed
they such figures staggering and can see no
that this will be adequately undertaken without the
advancing credit investing directly some of
its funds We conducting this from dav t.
Of Only the richest people could DIR
such policy No private enterprise attempts it. No railroad
system built that way But few states now CON
their highway systems the years revenues the
Improvements which the whole people undertake are
legitimate against capital account against nain
commission the ways bv which
the and land and the national government
cooperate in paying for the work done me more
needed body than which will report upon engineering meth
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