The Coconino sun., 1922-06-23

lHe DIllle SOlOTduO ulSCHdIpeS dp proximately 100000 acre feet pei year; the Virgin, of which no run off records are available, can hardly discharge as much; the Paria not halt as much, so that 500,000 acre feet l from these down streams would bt an outside figure, and add to thi! the necessary silt capacity, which would be greatly reduced on account of the San Juan being stopped iron l discharge of its silt contents, and 6 | reservoir with a capacity of six ol seven million acre feet would be am. pie; such a reservoir, according to the | directors figures could be formed by the building of a dam at Boulder Can yon not exceeding 300 or $50 feet iI height; it could be accomplished with much lower structure lower down where the river grade becomes less steep. l do not believe we would re- quire a reservoir of such capacity, or any reservoir at all for a long time for you must know that the great vol tune of water which the Colorado riv- CT discharges will not be utilized for many, many years and of necessity much of its waters must be wasted until that time. But let us waste it after the power has been extracted. Instead of building the Boulder Can yon dam, the economical thing to do would be to build another floating weir at Bullshead or the Parker site.
 Both the Glen Canyon and the Boulder Canyon dams are below any possible point of diversion, and either would receive only the waters which have not been used above. Now, then, with reservoir at Glen Can yOn holding all the flood waters which could be liberated and a regulated flow Ot, the river established to a maximum mean monthly discharge, it would mean that all the waters be- tween the Glen Canyon dam and an adequate" dam at Boulder Canyon could have the power extracted there from all of which would be within the confines of this state, and which has been estimated by MT. o. c. Mer- Till, executive secretary of the fed eral power commission, at four mill lion horse power. It would further mean that dams for power could be constructed without the flood menace; it would mean that the adequate" dam at Boulder Canyon could be con structed without the flood menace; it would mean that this adequate" dam could receive and store the water which would not be necessary to use on the irrigated lands until the ne- cessity arose, plus the flood waters which would come from the Little Colorado, Virgin and Paria rivers; it would mean everything that the Boul- der Canyon dam means with the ad- ditional development of four million horse power and the absolute regu- lated control of the Colorado river.
 This is why 1 say that it would be a calamity, insofar as Arizona is con- cerned to build the Boulder Canyon dam as recommended by the director of the reclamation service.
 Then why build the Boulder Can yon dam except as an adequate res struction of the Glen Canyon dam?
 The development of power in Ari- zona is as far-reaching as the devel- opment of irrigated lands, more so, in fact.
 It will mean the springing up of manufacturies all over the state; it will mean the contribution of vast pumping areas. I confidently predict that more land will be reclaimed in Arizona through the use of power than will ever be reclaimed from the use of gravity water from the Colo rado river. It would also mean that Arizona could develop as and when required.
 Build the Boulder Canyon dam as suggested by the director of the re- lamation service and wait until the Glen Canyon dam is built and see how much power Arizona will have to de- velop its resources.
 When this matter is put plainly before the people of Arizona 1 do not believe the spellbinders can so warp their vision that they will lend them selves to sharpen the weapon that will eventually destroy them.
 The director of the reclamation service, under color of giving first location privileges to the soldiers, is strongly in favor of the construction of the All American High Line canal in California, with the reclamation of some 500,000 acres in California. l wonder if the director really knows how many of these acres would be available for soldiers settlement. To these lands must be added those of the Mohave valley, Palo Verde, Blythe and other California lands which would come under it. He modestly ad- mits that there are 150,000 additional acres in Arizona which might be re- claimed. Therefore say to you that the building of the Boulder Canyon dam, together with the construction of the All American canal is, pri- marily, a California Mexico proposi- tion. One of the California papers, in commenting on the possibility of losing the Boulder Canyon dam, stat ed that it looked like Los Angeles was going to lose control of the pow CT of the Colorado river.
 In the Colorado-Kansas decision, rendered by the Supreme court of the United States, Chief Justice Brewer, in delivering the opinion of the court, quoted from counsels brief as fol- lows:
 "the doctine of riparian rights is