Arizona sentinel., 1917-12-20
AMAZING REPORT GIVEN OUT BY MARK ROSE RELATIVE TO HIS PROPOSED ALL-AMERICAN CANAL TO CONNECT WITH YUMA PROJECT
 AT LAGUNA DAM-NO TRUTH IN REPORT
 SURVEY WAS O.K'D. BY GOVERNMENT

 all their deputies armed with search find trace of title to his claims.
 have often said in these columns that like Mark Rose because of his fighting procvties that he like witt nine lives etc., and will invariably land his feet how often he may be knocked down. But up to the las week had known him to deliberately misead me- nor to give statement that had sembance of facts back up Here article published in the esteemed Centro Zanjero Mark Rose booster at all stages of the game that full of that feel it my duty throw little light on it. Here 'tis; read it carefully:
 (Copied from The Zanero Fl Centro Dec g. 1917) LAGUNA FIGURES SHOW COST OF THE CANAL.
 For the first time there is made available the fig passed by the engineers in connection with o the alAmerican canal projected by the mperia-Laguna Water Company the estimates having just been returned to president Mark Rose with the approval of all the eng concerned These C. C. Fsbie engineer of the company; J. Preston, engineer of the interior depart men appointed to represent the government w. Reagan of the Los Angeles flood control board and E. Aver son. widely known engineer of San Diego the latter two serving a consulting board
 The canal is planned for capacity of 413S second feet (which experience has shown to be the requirement here for 30OO00 acres and that is the of land the survey shows to be available outside of the irrigation district
 These engineers are agreed in recommending an open cut instead of tunnel through the said hills On coming from the sand hills the distributing main chanel would fol-
  thence point miles of ndio thence southeast returning this valley and reaching the international line southeast of here 9 feet above seaeve 36 feet higher than the present west side canal.
 If the irrigation district should join in the canal build ing there would be syphon under New river at CaleXico it's westside lands but the report does not deal with he possibility of the district becoming party the pro- ject
 If the canal is built finch grade it's construction 
 the cost divided between acreage this would be bore the expense the cost would be $3766 an acre.
 If the grade is inches thru the sand hills the total cost will be reduced to $6,715OOO
 Two good storage sites found on the line of the canal where water be held for periods of maxi mum demand
 The estimated expense includes $96O OOO for use of La guna dam in accordance with the companys v the government the contract placing any limit the acreage It also includes $92OOO for enlargement of the sluceway of the dam and other expenses that would have be increased if the district should join building the canal For this is believed that if the district should join in building the canal the acreage cost would be reduced onehrd about SIP acre. We would then have compact body of million of irrigated land all in the United States of which at least 85OOOO acres would be in Imperial county
 One would naturally suppose that the above article the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth but matter of feat it has ABSOLUTELY NO FOUNDA- TON IN FACT. MT. Rose was here in Yuma some days ago and showed the table of figures upon which the fore going article is based tried prevail on him give me copy of but he said he could because would first have to be given out by the engineers He assured me- however, that ALL the engineers had agreed the report and that the figures absolutely correct except era points where will have to make borngs if the character of soil prevails all the way down that shows Onth or tO eff
 Itso happened that few days later Mr. Rose again
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