The daily morning oasis., 1920-09-05

Governor Flavio A. Borquez, chic.
executive of the great state of Sonora
Mexico, who is giving close attention
to great possibilities in development
of latent resources, whether agrcul
tural, minera, industrial of CONNER
cial, has taken in hand a great pro
ject long known to be feasible, fol
construction of an immense reservoir
and canal project to lrrigate the val
ley and delta of the Sonora River, ex.
tending from Ures to the shore of the
Gulf Of California, a distance Of
100 miles.
Construction. of such plant woulc
insure supply of water, impoundec
from the flow of the Sonora River
sufficient to irrigate an area of very
rich and fertile lands exceeding those
under the Roosevelt dam in the Salt
River Valley of Arizona, and rivalling
the great Imperial Valley in Califor-
MIA. The Sonora River lands are sus-
ceptible of raising all kinds of prof
liable crops, such as are grown in the
two great valleys neutrality-suspicious.
ly long staple cotton, which has be-
come a tremendous money maker
wherever soil and climate unite fol-
its production.
A site for such a reservoir is en-
braced in Canada Ancha," ("Wide
Canon,") about ten miles above Ures;
and through a distance of several
miles below that point the canon
narrowS to cleft with high, preci-
pitous walls risings on either side, Of
fering number OF ftieal sites for
construction of a great dam which
Would rival the Roosevelt project,
which latter insured the greatness OF
the Salt River VALLEY. The lower
canon is known as "La Puerta del
Sol" (Gste of the SUM-
Expert irrigation engineers who
have examined and checked up the
Roosevelt project, after careful re-
connoissance Of Canada Ancha and
Puerta del Sol declare the Rio So
nora project feasible ana sure OF sue
cess.
Recently Governor Borquez has
created commission to devise plan
to carry out the colossal project, es-
timated to cost at least one million
dollars-American gold. The COM
mission embraces these members:
Lie. Taide Lopez del Castillo (pre-
Lauro Quiroz (secretary),
Felipe Seidner, Francisco f. Agullar,
Ricardo Laborin, Alejandro Lacy, Le-
andro Gaxiola, Epogmenio Ybarra,
Manuel Carrillo, M. Moctezuma, c. E
The commission embrace a half
score o. most prominent and capable
profess onal and business men in the
State, all interested in the great re-
gion to be benefited, several owning
large and valuable tracts of land that
would he made highly productive by
completion of the project, while all
nave ueep and abiding interest IN Its
success.
the president of the commission,
Lie. Taide Lopez del Castillo. is one
# the most prominent and widely
known lawyers in the state OF Sonora,
with an International reputation; the
secretary, Mr.. Lauro Qulroz, former
lv a resident of Hermosilio, connect
ed with the Bar.o de Sonora; Felipe
Seldne-. is manager Of the extensive
store of Biey Brothers, In
Hermosillo; Francisco F. Aguilar OF
Ures and Hermosillo, owns extensive
tracts of land in the vicinity OIL
Ures, with a great area undel. cultl-
walton. and large herds upon range
lands: Ricardo Laborin OF Ures, has
heavy Landed interests: AleJandfo
,Acy IS a prominent rancher in the val
lev of the Sonora River, above Her
mosillo; Leandro ?. GaAlola is owner
of kancno Tepanue, another line
agricultural enterprise in vicinity OIL
Hern1osillo, and ne conducts large
commission business in that city, deal
ing in garbanzo, beans, etc.; Epigmc-
MO Yparla is manager OF the Mer-
camille and Agricultural Bank OF So
nvra. al Hermosillo; Manuel Carrillo
is of the firm of Carrillo Brothers IN
conducting large cloth
ing store. with heavy landed inter-
estts IN the valley, ana Mr. Mocte-
zllma is one the noted irrigation en-
gineers of Mexico with wide ex.
perience in tie states on all sldes OF
the f4oeral capital.
Monday evening of the present
week cne commission held a meeting
at Heimosillo that had under con-
sideratlon plans and methods for cal-
rying out the project. -.
Engineer Moctezuma submitted q
report of a reconnoi sance ne mao
made of the proposed dam and feser-
vior sites, with a tentaIlvg esIinateS teS
of cost of construction. He reported
also a report upon the Roosevelt dam
and Salt River Valley project in Ari-
zona, with an outline of the plan upon
which that great enterprise was con-
structed by the United States gov,
ernment, the outlay to be reimbursed
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