Arizona sentinel., 1917-09-27
IMPERIAL VALLEYS CALUMNY AGAINST YUMA
 PROJECT CANNOT GO UNCHALLENGED.

two three of the local papers ot that Seco nave Oee looking for goat for long time They have at last hlt mon the concerted idea of making goat out of Yuma Project in order up their own msdeedsin other words they have come to the conclusion that Yuma Project IS responsble for their annual losses of millions ot dollars in crops for the lack of sufficient water to Keep the crops from burning up in that well known summer inferno
 The fact of the matter is that Imperial Valley is short of because its aera are so coneSted With silt and sand that the that diverted at anon head ing runs on down the Saon because of the lack o outlets into the canals and ateraS connecting with the AL amo river through which all the water flows from Hanlon heading And as time passes these canals and laeraS will become more and contested until is only queSlon of few years until every canal and lateral in that fertile valley will become contested that not drop ot water Will
 flow down them from the main canal lhlS Just as sure to happen as two and make our unless the people Imperial Valley mend their ways by mendng present cond tionS
 The charge is made that Yuma Project deliberately opens euce gates order to damage the weir now being constructed at Hanlon headng that Yuma Project has thrown every obstacle in the way ot constructing that hated diversion dam that Yuma Project has refused to al low the proper size stone be placed in the weir compelling Chief Engineer Clarke stone of size small that the current carried away almost fast dumped into the river-a of which absolutely untrue. he open ing of Seuce gates has nothing earth to do With the contested condition of the Imperial Valley canals and later als If had settling basin at Laguna dam Imperial Valley would get MORE silt than gets now, for utilize almost 50 per of the silt that enters the settling basin permitting the other 50 per cent to go where 1t all would go if we had no settling baSn-down the river When we open seuce gates loose about 1000 cubic feet o water per second which does the diversion dam just about as much harm drop of would do dropped into
 bucked half full of water. And far as Yuma Project retardng the work of the diversion dam concerned that just about the bodeSt faced misrepresentation of fact could possibly be stated for Project Manager Schecht has done everything in his power except to put our own project a disadvantage in his patriotic desire to save the immense crops ot Imperial Valley For the past month practically every of that has gone into the diversion dam has been fur nished by the Yuma Project manager The entire equip ment of both Yuma Project rock quarres has been in con- sant aid in the construction of the anlon heading diversion dam Our shove have been in day and night and rock trains have hauled thousands upon thou sands of of of the proper in honest effort 70 prevent great disaster Imperial Valley. It therefore with poor grace for the Squrguns of Imperial Val ley to try saddle their Yuma Project the Reca
 nation officials Such attacks are liable to work an parable injury Imperial Valley in the future if the people over there expect another favor at Yumas hands,
 So far is connnctng with Yuma Project is concerned there isn't man Yuma Project that done, be- cause of the fear that if it done Yuma Project will get the of the deal for all know that Imperial Va ley would try hog the entire flow of the river there ever happened to be shortage of water
 But personally realize that Imperial Valley will never have its water shortage question solved until it connects with Yuma Project That is that valleys only salvation Makeshifts such they have reSoted in years by, such they resortng by constructing another diversion dam and constructing and expensive intake" will never solve the question: The intake may the purpose for few months but just
 the sun rises and sets diversion dam will be required
 the intake year. and Yuma Project protests enforces rights in the matter why Imperial Valley vii be so short of year that they won't have enough
 to breed mosquitoes let alone irrgate half million acres of fertile land