Arizona republican., 1920-04-11
SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL II. 1920
"All men are of one family; the crown of humanity rests on the head of every human being"
 -Baha 'O'Llah
A Rival to the Panama Canal

E Rival to the Panama Canal
 The launching at the great convention of the League of Southwest, O definite, structive plan to the waters of the entire Colorado river basin by harnessing these bring into cultivation by irrigation; desert lands and develop approximately 2,00o0oo horsepower, started project which the Pan anna canal is the greatest important this nation has yet undertaken.
 The vast watershed o Colorado river basin embraces of 15O,000,0 900 acres, which is nearly great the combined California Arizona, and this basin includes the watersheds of the Salt, Verde, Gila, Agua Frfa rivers, all of which will be included in this great de- velopment pan bringing eventful zona which is almost impossible to calculate
 When realize what empire the Salt River valley nearly cultivation when consider what distribution of the 2sOoo horsepower which part the Salt River project, has this community, under stand the possibilities bringing times much land into intensive cultivation by irrigation in the southwest. and have conception or what the distribution through the southwest of seventy times much horsepower that generated by Roosevelt project would develop
 
 These figures the result of someone's imagination, but the consensus of opinion of a group of trained. practical engineers who for have studying irrigation and possibilities o Colorado river basin. These include engineers of such well known standing c. E. Grunsky, Panama canal commissioner; John T. Whistler, engineer adviser of the federal farm board; C. L of the United States geolog- teal and C. E. Weymouth, chief of construc ton of States reclamation service.
 All these engineers concur in fact many years past the of the Colorado river have averaged per year. They that excellent reservoir sites in the upper waters Colorado where these floous be caught and harnessed. aggregating a storage capacity of nearly 3Oooo,OoO acre feet. prominently that not only is the water available locations for storing it to be had.
 The total for controlling waters of the Colorado, according to the and development of the power will from s1oO.Ooo,0OO s20oooOooO and if the expense much greater this development would be thoroughly justified First, because of the of thousands of which would be created the best asset after all of any community: second, because the revenues obtained the sale of power would jus tify investment. and third. because of the enor mouse agricultural production greatly needed in the west
 If we assume 100000 horsepower. esti- mated possible development, could be sold bu, s4500 a horsepower. much less rate than the Salt River Valley Water Users association is receIv it's power) the annual revenue from har messing present of the Colorado would approximately ssO,0ooooo- and if but 3,oooooo addi tionaI acres brought cultivation with a crop production per of but s4O0O year. this would be increase the trct served by these stored waters of s12000oooo year.
 These statements astounding. but they nanifestly true concurred in by men of questioned engineering ability and veracity-
 Bringing it home to local viewpoint, we must realize that over 6oo.ooo acres reclaimed by the Colorado River project located in our own Arizona. Certainly the time has come for every progressive citizen of this state behind this great movement which, when brought 10 fruition, untold prosperity for the south