Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-04
n | IKE ERS0N
REPORTS ON
BOULDER
CREEK
Learned in Denver. That Sec
retary Fall and Director
Davis Favor Federal Con-
structiOn of Big Project. .

President Joe Nickersorf of the Irri-
cation District, Arthur P. Davis, di-
rector of the Reclamation Service,
Secretary Fall of the Interior depart
ment anf. the board of directors of the
Seymour resolution, are agreed upon
the one big, vital point in the Boulder
Canyon project-that the United
States should build and control the
gigantic water and power enterprise.
This was shown this morning when
President Nickerson reported to the
board of directors of the district on
his conversation with Mr.. Davis in
Denver recently, where he met him
while attending the Denver conference
on the water conservation and storage.
In making his report to the board
Mr.. Nickerson said:
81 will try and go over the conver-
sation of the conference with Mr.. Da-
Wis as neaS as l can. We had no ap-
pointment with the secretary. l after
wards had a personal conversation
with him. The Los Angeles represen-
tative and the Coachella representa-
tives were there with me at the time,
and Mr.. Davis informed us at once
that the secretary of the interior want
ed the government to put in the BOul-
der dam absolutely, and have an ap-
preparation and go before congress
and ask for an appropriation to have
them build it. There is no question
about the water and power. He want
ed to have the benefits of the water
and power to go to the people where
it belonged, and he knew if any cor
poration or municipality would build
it there would be nothing but trouble;
as there were so many different dis
interested parties in different states,
but he said he would not consent to
anything only the government; so !
told him that that suited me and l felt
sure thaS the board would be right be-
hind me on that and he was himself
satisfied there would be no question
about that. He stated, 81 and the
secretary were on the way making in
vestigations Of the reclamation pro-
jects all over the United States and
that the chief engineer of the Indian
reservation was along with him, etc."
and they were coming down to Yuma.
Said they We're all coming over here
and look us over and while they were
here they would hold the hearing that
we had proposed and expected to hold
in October, about the 18th. over here,
and that haring would be in San Diego,
as it would be geographically the best,
and the railroad and people coming
from different states were more or
interested in it. And about the money
that has not been subscribed by the
district, as Mr.. Davis asked US, and he
had different amounts from different
municipalities all figured out and sent
us copy.
"He had a contract written out
asking them to appropriate certain
amounts and at the end of the time,
the money should be returned to these
different parties. And Los Angeles
wanted to know if we wanted to with
draw our objection and l said i didn't
feel they would and the board didn't
either. SO it was left that way. They
didn't say whether, and Mr.. Davis
asked me to ask what terms, and said
if we could put UP some more money
intended with the view that the gov
ernme1t were the people. going to dc
this, and told him weIyould.
"Now, later / talked to the-just a
personal talk with the secretary, anG
he told me that he was coming here
that is if he was not called back tc
Washington, and if he was called back
to Washington, of course he wouldn't
be here. but that he didn't see any
reason why they would call him back
He wanted to look the valley over ant
Mr.. Davis talked to him, and told Mr.
Davis we would meet with him a
Yuma and come over the line, ant