The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-10-28

with the l;reen river In southeastern Utah The
Grand snd Green rivers together make the Colo
RADIO river
The Grand is 423 miles long from It's source 10
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
.rn Wyoming md II 700 miles long TO It's junction
with the Grand The Colorado from Utah To the
Cuff of California - 1000 miles long
Though the Green IL 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 It's volume from Colorado II Is
therefore. contended by Colorado that the Grand
Is the real upper Colorado aud that the Green Is
u tributary
II Is the people OF COLORADO who are behind the
joint resolution FOR the change Of name with
them II appears 90 be matter Of deep sentiment
Representative T., 4. Taylor OF Colorado speaking
10 the joint resolution. said:
MIR. Speaker. for the past "a years my home
has been and Is now in the beautiful little city
Of Glenwood Springs. Colo. on the banks OF whnt
has heretofore been called the Grand river the
principal tributary aud. IN fact. the main stream
Of the Colorado river. and during all those years
I have always hoped aud believed that sometime
the state pride of the sons and daughters of ctr
beloved commonwealth would bring about the
change Of the name OF that stream 10 It's rightful
name. the nnd principal pnri of that
wonderful river. and permit citizens 10 fondy
and proudly welcome the greatest river In our
state our great states stream under the name
that Is dearest TO every Colorndan heart And
with the passage OF this resolution that hope OF
many years, only ~ my own. hut thousands ~
other coioradnns viii be consummated"
Az lts las, session the Colorado legislature
passed bill officially changing the name ~ the
urani from Grand 10 Colorado. within the state
boundaries, A blu introduced in the Utah
legislature nj the last session to change the name
Of the Grand from Grand Ia Colorado within the
boundaries Of Utah. The Utah legislature dld not
ACT On the bin aud viii not meet again for two
years
Ia the meantime. inasmreh as the Colorado
Is an interstate and Internal tonal stream and Is
eaSsed nnyignbie. u has been decided that the
change in name should be brought about 10y act
ef congress rather than BY action Of the states
Moreover the Colorado hulks large nv the public
eye just now national river of tremendous
importance. Already water power and irrigation
projects ~ great tmportance-the Imperial valley
IN California. for example mark the course Of
che river Projects under discussion are appar.
entity Of SIN greater importance the proposed
BOULDER dam across the Colorado Just below the
Grand canyon for instance This project may be
undertaken by the federal government, II would
~ the most spectacular work OF It's Kind Ia the
world ana would ems, anywhere between forty aud
seventy nYe millions
Jh~ Colorado Is mighty river beyond doubt
Many rivers uhlfs ~ form ". The principal
brnncheS of the Green are the rintn Priyr. Yam.
t,s aud white Of the Grand the Eagic. Roaring
Fark. Cnnnisan ard Dolores. 81 the Colorado the
fremont Esraiante PARA kunsh aud Virgin
the right ana tie San Juan. LITTLE Colorado nm
Williams ani CHA the hft The Grand canyon
Is 90 The msn river IN Arizona and extends from
the Hl0uth - the Little Colorado - the Grand
Wash The Grand Canyon National Park ruceses
2iT iuii.N % the river which tu piacN~ rs nen
feet hriow isv rim ~ ti, canYou. The lever
Colorado runs through a leN desert country. Al
luna on the MsS'"ru line is uu immense irrlsa.
neariy nile long. sO1 miles - eonaiS and IN
miles az dikes and gpst about SitsnOn The
Waier is carried - Arizona lands * thousand
foot ipunci Nh.rh passes under n. river
Below funia the river when In nos,d mandates
iarse areas lying below sea level In tis1 the
hools enlarged ,hs IN fest intRt e-of the imper's
valley tcAjiforpla1 irrigation canal in Mexican
territory 20 2Do fee'. y poured all rs waters
through this breag and Is rs-uiur channel 80 the
Gulf OF California went dry This break Ras not
successfully closed unta ln0GU5 FLOODS again
thfeairned so drown the Imperial valley and
~ 1920 a congressional appropriation ~ 81 On..
900 applied TO the construction Of leYees and
dikez The waters of the Colorado her, run In
huge aaueenet. which the river has buili IN for
itself from silt This aquedurt cut the par, "a
the north OF from the Gulf 81 California Tyapo-
ration has left only ihe Salton sea which is sal,
and below level