Arizona sentinel., 1917-10-25
MA AND IS DELIGHTED WITH IRRIGATION PROJECT HE INAUGURATED YEARS AGO.

him that might write this story Quite naturally had idea that he would be very cordial in his greeting would have been in the least surprised he had told go to place little hotter than Phoenix or Imperial Valley for many of my readers will recall that in the years gone by handled Mr. Seews name quite frequently and in that with less and less tact than Mr. Seew possesses would have been very apt to resent n no uncertain manner Whether Mr. Selew ever read anything wrote have of knowing If he did read any thing wrote about him he must have known that it from no personal pique on my part, for never had the pleasure of meeting him until this special occasion He sured me- however that he pays any attention to newspaper attacks that they roll off him just like water from ducks back Therefore got along splenddly found him to be most congenia and interesting talker peca matters that pertain the welfare of Yuma pro- ject.
 We talked about the Colorado river subject dear to his heart for if there any in the United States who ought all the crooks and turns of the cratic Colo ado that is Francis L. Seew It is his opinion that the Colorado river question will be solved until it is solved right he put it. Storing the flood of the upper tributaries the ultimate solution he says but long before that be an accomplished fact "somethng must te done for the present. The channel from Yuma to the gulf must be kept within we'll defined banks and these banks should exceed thousand feet apart Volcano lake will continue to fill with silt until the evee the California side will be like mountain all the while eopardizng both Imperial Valley and Yuma Project He is very much in fear that sudden rise should come down he Ca say 8OOOO 100000 cubic feet per second that the diversion dam Hanon heading would cause the river to break around the Arizona end of the dam and leave the imperial Valley intake high and dry might break thru the heading and the entire river more flow into the Salton sea, via the Alamo canal.
 Mr. SelleW thinks that the proper thing do at the present time divert the Colorado back into it's old chan ne just south of the line and give straight shoot to the Gulf of Lower California, thereby eliminating the great r1onn No by allowing the river to continue flow down thru the Vol lake region He thinks this should be done long be- fore serious thought given the idea of harnessng the upper tributaries for it will take many years construct The necessary storage dams the various upper branches whereas the river be forced back it's old channel within 90 days after work is once begun
 It is unnecessary for me to say am delighted beyond expression with the outlook of Yuma Project declared Mir Selew q have been the greater portion of it during present visit and it does my heart good to see the i'm mense crops that being harvested by the farmers who have never lost faith in their project It awully easy matter to criticize and damn for what he do- ing but when all over and the results are just about as they expected by the being damned gives one immense of satisfaction to see that those who wer oudeSt in their opposition the who have had admit that their judgment right when they were SC freely crticzng those who devoting their best ener geS towards making the project the prov en to be- don't think there is better project in the Uni ted States than right here Nor the that have been
 fixed by the secretary of the interior any too high The lands amply able stand that In fact no other lands in the United States any better than those hraced within Yuma Project.
 "The people here have evidently forgotten the time special committee of the United States senate came here and held meeting with the land of Yuma Project My recollection that this held time 1909 with Senator Carter of Montana, chairman and Senators Warren and Jones his fellow members. At that time the funds for reclamation work growing very small It serious question whether congress would make any further provisions for the reclamation of desert