Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-07-28

rado river, and in order to secure the
 lowest price for power needed in Ari-
 zona it is necessary to so plan the
 work as to secure the cooperation of other markets, especially those of Cal
 ifo1nia, where the population and con-
 sequent power demands are largely
 concentrated. The only site on the
 Colorado river which fulfills these
 conditions of most economical develop
 ment is that proposed in Boulder Can
 yon, and it is the only site with ade- .quate capacity situated below the
 drainage which must be controlled in
 order to solve the flood problem.
 No other site has the necessary
 storage capacity except the one in Glenn Canyon, and this is so far, from
 the necessary markets that it is not at
 present available as a power site, and
 is above so much of the drainage area
 that it does not solve the flood prob
 lem; Its isolation and distance from
 transportation would make it expen-
 sive to build. ,-,
 '. '.'>' Why Boulder Canyon ..., These are the reasons for the se-
 lection of the Boulder Canyon site,
 which was made before people became partisan on this subject, and the mat
 CT could be and was considered judi 'cially. Power can be developed at that point as quickly as at any other and much more economically. because by the nature of the site given height
 of dam will not only provide the nec- essary head for power but will store
 a vast quantity of water and thus regulate the river so that the flood waters are available throughout the year and therefore it will. develop far more power than the site at Diamond creek or any similar site which has practically mo storage, capacity. The Boulder Canyon site is equally access, ible to the markets of Arizona, and is so located that 1t can. reach the mar kets of the Pacific Coast, and thus by the cooperation of other power con- sumers Arizona can obtain it's power far cheaper at that site than at any other. The same height of; dam at Boulder Canyon will develop nearly three times as smuch firm power as one at Diamond Creek or at any site with in the Grand Canyon.
 Prospect of Early Action
 When the. report. on the Colorado river development was drafted over a year ago it was thought that the prospects were poor for direct con- gressional appropriation for this work and ip order to secure the earliest and sureSt development recommends, tions were made to permit the cooper ation of all parties who would CO., operate in this ?. construction. This policy not only received the instant opposition of those who desired the vast resources of the Colorado river turned over to them in bulk, but it was found that after due consideration the secretary of, the interior formed the opinion that these resources were too important to pass out of the hands of the government representing the whole people, and that they should be developed for the benefit of the people by. their trustee, the United States government, which is the only power that can fully and completely coordinate all the. resources of the river and the conflicting interests of nations, states, municipalities, corpo- rations and individuals.
 < The Swing Bill ~ ..
 In accordance with the secretary's l views, the recommendations of the re- port were changed, and after full in- 1estigation throughout the basin, Sec 'etary Hoover has reached the same that is embodied in that report and is approved by Secretary Fall. Secretary Hoover as chairman 'f the Colorado river commission has given the strongest kind of testimony n favor of this plan before the com- nittee which is considering the Swing Jill. The provision reserving to the United States the control of the Colo ado river which occurs in the first ection of this bill, was not suggested y the reclamation service and is at my rate merely academic. It is pro- able that there will be no particular
 in eliminating this provision nd such other reasonable amend nents can be made in the legislation s nav he neceSSaru tn nraserua all