Marble Hill press., 1921-10-06

~ done by adding 423 miles of stream
~ TSl This addition is 10 be accomplished
| iIaDk hy changing TO Colorado the name
TSS of the Grand river from IT. source
->|D> near Rocky Mountain National park
In northern Colorado ~ Its Junction
with the Green river in southeastern Utah. The
. Grand and Green rivers together max. the Colo
rado river
The Grand is ~ miles long from lts source 10
its junction with the Green. Eighty miles Of this
streams length IS Ia Utah. The Green rises Just
south ~ Yellowstone National park in northwest.
ern Wyoming and Is 7OO miles long To its junction
with the Grand The Colorado. from Utah TO the
Gull ~ California is 1909 miles long.
Though the Green Is nearly twice as long as
the Grand the Grand carries the greater volume
Of water Moreover. the Green runs - miles
through the northwestern corner Of Colorado and
receives much Of its volume from Colorado. II Is,
therefore. cuutended by Colorado that the Grand
is the real upper Colorado and that the Green is
n tributary.
II is the people OF Colorado who are behind the
joint resolution for the change ~ name. With
them II appears 10 be matter Of deep sentiment.
Representative T. T. Taylor Of Colorado. speaking
TO the joint resolution said:
"Mr Speaker for the past 81 years my home
has been and is now In the beautiful little city
of Glenwood Springs, Colo, on the banks Of what
has heretofore been called the Grand river the
principal tributary and in fact, the main stream
of the Colorado river. ana during all those years
| have always hoped and believed that sometime
the state pride II the and daughters of our
beloved commonwealth would bring about the
change OF the name OF that stream To It's rightful
name as the source and principal part ~ that
wonderful river and permit our citizens 10 fondly
and proudly welcome the greatest river In our
state as our great states stream under the name
that is dearest 10 every Coloradan heart And
with the passage Of this resolution that hop" of
many years not only Of my own. but thousands "
other Coloradans will he consummated"
AT It's last session the Colorado legislature
passed a bill officially changing the name of the
Grand from Grand to Colorado. within the state
boundaries A bill was introduced In the Utah
legislature at the last session to change the name
of the Grand from Grand to Colorado within the
boundaries OF Utah. The Utah legislature id not
net on the bill and will not meet again FOR two
years.
, In the meantime inasmuch the Colorado
IL an Interstate and international stream and Is
rlassed as navigahe. II has been decided dat the
change in name should be brought about by act
Of congress rather than by action OF the states
Moreover the Colorado buks large IN the public
eve jus, now as a national river of tremendous
importance. Already water power and irrigation
projects Of great importance-the Imperial valley
in California, for examrle-mark the course OF
the river. Projects under discussion are appar-
emily Of still greater lmportance-the proposed
Boulder dam across the Colorado just below the
Grand canyon for instance. This project may be
undertaken by the federal government 1t would
he the most spectacular work Of Its kind In the
world and would cost anywhere between forty and
seventy-fve millions.
The Colorado is mighty river beyond douot.
Many, rivers unite TO form Il. The prihclpsi
branches OF the Green are the Uinta. Price, Yam
ps and white; of the Grand. the Eagle, hoar'hs
Fork Gunnison and Dolores, OF the Coloreno' ule
Eremont. Escalante Paria Kanab and Virgin on
the right and the San Juan Little Colorado. Bill
williams and Cha on the left. the Grahd canyon
ss on Che main river In Arizona and extends from
the mouth OF the Little Colorado to the urano
WASH The Grand Canyon National PARK encloses
e17 miles of the river which in places Is oooo
feet below the rim Of the canyon lhe io"er
Co,orndo runs through lo~ desert country Al
Yuma oh the Mexican line. is an Immense irriRa-
ton project which consists Of a diversion dam
peorv n mile long 400 miles OF canals and ~
miles Of dtkes md cost about s5OOoo0 Ihe
water lis carried TO Arizona lands by thousand
foot tunnel, which passes under the river
Below Yuma the river. when In food, mandates
q, large areas lying below sea level In l"oo the
.fsoois enlarged the 50foot Intake Of the Imperial
=, valley (CaI1fornn) irrigation caJRr In Mexican
territory to 2600 feet. 1t poured, all Its waters
throsieh this break and Its regular chapne to the
Gus Of. California went dry This break was not
successfiihys closed until 1906oT Floods again
threatened 10 MNN*nSadees.the Imperial valley and
fsis,eoo 10 congfelsionai APPROXIMATION OF 81 goo
81 40 WgNsApriied to the constructioh "'sVees and
s,kex. Ttfe waters OF the Colorado here run in
N huge aaueduct. which the river has built up for
itself from silt This aaueduct cut the part to
the north off from the Gulf Of California. Evapo-
ration has left only the Salton sea, which Is salt
aud below level.