Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-20
A. A. CAN Il
AND BOULDER
IS ONE
PROPOSITION
Opinion Expressed That
Whoever Builds Boulder
Dam Should Also Build All
American Canal.

AT the conference Of the represeE-
tatives of the Farm Bureau, the Bank
ers association, the Taxpayers asso-
citation, the American Legion, the
Water Improvement association, As
sociated Chambers Of Commerce with
the directors Of the irrigation district
this afternoon the irrigation district
will be told that it is the consensus Of
opinion of the people Of the valley
that whoever, builds the Boulder Creek
dam should a.;o finance and build the
All-American canal, at the least pos
sible share Of expense to the valley.
The people Of Ne valley want, first,
| flood control. Second, they want
plentiful and unfailing supply of water
for irrigation purposes and, third, they
want the All-American canal to put
into productiveness the mesa lands Of
the east side Of the valley, and they
demand Federal control Of the con-
struction. - ~.
This was what was practically decid-
ed upon at the preliminary conference
of the members of the committees OF
these various civic bodies held insthe
court hous from 10:3O o'clock until
after o'clock this afternoon. III
The meeting was not large one.
1t was composed Of representatives
from the above named civic bodies and
perhaps a score of interested citizens
Of the valley. The meeting was. presid-
ed over by President B. ID. Irvine pf
the Farm Bureau and ]. Hertsl was
the secretary.
In opening the meeting President
Irvine stated that he desired to- ifa-
press upon the people of the valley
j that never before had an opportunity
been presented them to solve at ope
time all the serious problems -
fronting them. Right now in the
Boulder Creek dam project he believed
the road had been opened to the peo-
pie to secure such an agreement with
whoever builds the big dam that all
the water and power problems Of the
valley would be solved to the advan-
tage. of the people here.
! In order, however, to take advan-
! tage Of this opportunity the people
would have to present a solid front
/ and eliminate all difference and fac
| tional disputes. 1t was for the purpose
of getting together that the prelimin-
airy conference was called.
o. G. Horn, cashier of the Security
bank, was the first speaker to address
the conference and speaking for the
bankers association he outlined the
difficulties of financing any sort of
proposition in the valley at the pres
, ent time and stated that until the
water problems were solved, until the
irrigation water was brought into. the
valley without going through Mexico,
and until the drainage situation had
been taken in hand, there was abso-
lutely no possibility Of securing loans
from either the Federal Farm Loan
bank or the Federal Reserve banks.
He waS Slso pleased to- state that
he believed the opportunity here now
to satisfactorily settle these problems.
j Mr.. Horne stated that the people Of
the valley should lend their support
to whoever gave them the best assur-
ance of aiding them in securing what
was needed here in the relief whether
that be the city of Los Angeles or the
Southern California Edison company
or some other corporation.
| Messrs. #. d. Mccall, Mike Liebert,
T. j. Worthington and others ad-
dressed the conference along the same
lines and at the close of the meeting
resolution was passed to instruct the
directors of the irrigation district. who
Twill be the representatives Of the val
ley in the final conference at Wash
lington, to make the best bargain pos
sible with whoever would do the things
that the people demand the building
of the All-American canal in addition
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