The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-10-07

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Ohm DICKINSON SHERMAN.
@vXM iE Colorado river Is one Of the great
t@ - rivers Of the United States. A joint
esolution Of congress proposes q
sGreater Colorado" This In to be
lone by adding 423 miles Of stream.
Thts addition Is to be accomplished
1 Ivy changing to Colorado the name
cc Of the Grand river from Its source
~ near Rocky Mountain National park
In northern Colorado to its junction
with the Green river In southeastern Utah. The
GRIND and Green rivers together make the Colo
radO river.
The Grand Is AZ miles long from its source to
IT. junction with the Green. Eighty miles IT this
streams length ts In Utah. The Green Rises just
south Of Yellow stone National park In northwest
en Wyoming and IL 700 miles long to Its junction
With the Grand. The Colorado. from Utah to the
Gulf at California. 10 1000 miles long.
Though the Green II nearly twice a. long ~
the Grand. the tsrand carries the greater volume
of water. Moreover, the Green runs ~ miles
through the northwestern corner Of Colorado and
recesvess mitch Of IT. volume from Colorado. It In
therefore. cnntenaiet by Colorado that the Grand
= the renl upper Colorado and that the Green 10
tributary.
II II the people Al Colorado who are behind the
mint resolution for the change Of mime With
thesn II appears 10 h4 4 matter Of deep sentiment.
aAcps<U<JttUttSG r. i. AuystV VI SuJOguuus SpN0ktu8
"a the tint resolution. said:
'lir. Sl,eaker. for the past IS years my home
has been and 10 nav In the beautiful little city
of Glenwnod Springs Colo. on the hanks 81 what
has heretofore heen called the Grand river. the
principal tributary and, In fact, the main stream
0s the Colorado river. and during all these years
\ have always hoped and believed that sometime
the state pride Of the sons and daughter. of our
beloved commonwealth would bring about the
change Of the name Of that stream to its rightful
nanae. A. the source md principal part II that
wonderful river. md permit our citizens tn f0ndliy
and proudly welcome the greatest river IN our
Gtate 10 n&r great states stream under the name
that II dearest to every Cnjorndan heart. And
With the rassage a. this resolution that hope Of
many years. MT only OF my own, but thousands "
oeher Coloradans. will be consumma'ed."
Al III last session the Colorado Legislature
pasaed ! bin officially changing the maine IT the
s0ranJ from Grand to Colorado. within the state
Nhoundaries. A bM was introduced IN the Utah
I1extaiatnre n th< last session to change the name
- fhe Grand frnm Grand to Colombo within the
M,0undaries ~ Utah. The Ufah legislature did not
ssfaes ~ The bili and win NOT meet again for iva
JDara
- he nneahttlne. inasmuch - the Colorado
= n Interstate and international stream and y
cianoed - navignhle. II has been decided thnt the
change n name should ~ brought about BY act
q congrem rather than ~ action nf the statea.
Moreover. the Colorado hunks large in thu public
~ fnsf now m > national river Of trcnentl"as
Importance. Already water power and irrigation
projects of great tmportsncs-fhe Imperial valley
- California, fUs example-mark the course OF
u river. Projecta under discussion are appar-
eetly ~ stil greater mp0rtance-the proposed
0nuldor dam scr0ss the Colorado Just helDw the
Qfand eanynn. for Instance. This project tnay he
un6eftaken By ire federal government. Z would
- IN most spectacular work 0f Ito kind IN the
NOD snd wassd rost anywhefe between forty and
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