Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-10-06

~W near Rocky Mountain National park
In northern Colorado to its junction
with the Green river in southeastern Utah. The
Grand and Green rivers together make the Colo
RADIO river.
The Grand is 42s miles long from Its source to
its junction with the Green. Eighty miles of this
streams length is in Utah. The Green rises just
south Of Yellowstone National park in northwest
ern Wyoming and is 100 miles long to It's junction
with the Grand The Colorado. from Utah to the
Gulf of California. is 1000 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 35 miles
through the northwestern corner of Colorado and
receives much of Its volume from Colorado. 1t is.
therefore. contended by Colorado that the Grand
is the real upper Colorado and that the Green is
tributary.
1t is the people Of Colorado who are behind the
Joint resolution for the change of name. With
them 1t appears to be n matter of deep sentiment.
Representative E. T. Taylor of Colorado, speaking
to the joint resolution. said:
Mr.. Speaker, for the past 80 years my home
l. 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, and during all those years
| have always hoped and believed that sometime
the state pride of the sons and daughters of our
beloved commonwealth would bring about the
name. as the source and principal part of that
wonderful river. and permit our citizens to fondly
and proudly welcome the greatest river in our
state as our great states stream under the name
that is dearest to every CnlOrndan heart. And
with the passage Of this resolution that hope of
many years. not only Of my own. but thousands Of
other Coloradans. will be cOnsummaed."
At its last session the Colorado legislature
passed bill officially changing the name Of the
Grand from Grand to Colorado. within the state
boundaries. bill was introduced In the Utah
legislature at the last session to change the name
OF the GRIND from Grand to Colorado within the
boundaries Of Utah. The Utah legislature did not
act on the bill and will not meet again for two
years.
In the meantime, inasmuch the COlorad"
Is an Interstate and international stream and Is
classed as navigabe, 1t has been decided that the
change In name should be brought about by act
OF congress rather than by action Of the states.
Moreover the Colorado bulks large in the public
eye Just now as national river of tremendous
Importance. Already water power and irrigation
projects Of great mportance-the Imperial valley
IN California, for example-mark the course OF
the river. Projects under discussion are appar-
emily Of still greater Importance proposed
boulder dam across the Colorado just below the
drand canyon, for instance. This project may be
undertaken by the federal government. 1t would
oe the most spectacular work Of Its kind In the
world and would cost anywhere between forty and
The Colorado Is a mighty river beyond doubt.
Many rivers unite to form 1t. The principal
branches Of the Green are the Uintn. Price. Yam
pa and White: of the Grand the Eagle, Roaring
Fork. Gunnison and Dolores; of the Colorado. the
= fremont, Escalnnte, Paria, Kanab and Virgin on
the right and the San Juan Little Colorado. Bill
williams md ella on the left. The Grand canyon
Us on the main river In Arizona and extends from
the mouth Of the Little Colorado to the Grand
wash. The Grand Canyon National park encoses
III miles Of the river which in places Is doo"
rect below the rim of the canyon. The lower
Colorado runs through low desert country. AT
i nma on the Mexican line, is nm immense irriga-
hon project which consists of n diversion dam
nearly mile long, 400 miles of canals ana ~
niles Of dikes and cost about $5,OOO,OOO. The
water is carried to Arizona lands by n thousnhd
loot tunnel, which passes under the river
Below Yuma the river. when in flood. mandates
arge areas lying below sea level. In 1905 the
ioods enlarged the 5OfOot intake Of the Imperial
valley (California) irrigation canal In Mexican
errttory to 1900 feet. 1t poured all Its waters
hrough this break and its regular channel to the
'uf OF California went dry This break was not
uccessfully closed until 10O6O7 Floods again
threatened to drown out the Imperial valley and
lW0-1O a congressional appropriation OF S1OOO,-
w was applied to the construction of levees and
likes. The waters Of the Colorado here run In
hnge aqueluct, which the river has built up for
tself from silt. This aqueduct cut the part TO
he north of from the Gulf of California Evapo-
alton has left only the Saltoh sen, which Is salt
nd below sea level.