Arizona republican., 1922-02-10
PRESENTS PLAN
FOR COLORADO
RIVER PROJECT
George H. Maxwell Gives
Complete Idea For De-
velopment Of Stream
For Benefit Of Arizona

OAa DNAlN1AO vi al 1LO1lC
Before an audience which COM
pletely filled the lower floor of the
high school auditorium and over
flowed into the balconies. perhaps the
largest audience ever brought to-
gether by a town meeting since the
inception of this form of community
gathering a year ago, George H. Max
well, executive chairman of the Ma
tional Reclamation association, out
lined last evening a unified plan for
the development of the Colorado riv-
er for power irrigation and flood
control purposes
Mr.. Maxwelfs address was preced-
ed by a short entertainment pro-
gram which, however, was we'll ar
ranged and cleverIy presented. The
first number was a song, "One Sol
emn Hour from Donnizettrs opera
La Favorita," which was sung by
the Arizona Bohemian hub duet. How
ard f. Ewing, tenor, and Harrison
Duff, baritone. Mrs, Ewing accom-
panied at the piano. Following this
number; little Miss Margaret Mitch
ell attired in a Scotch costume. fol-
lowed the highland fling and the
sword dance, while Jean Couther
land accompanied her on the bagpipes.
After MaXwell's speechA Mrs. Fl. G.
Locket sang her own composition,
Arizona, Land of Mine" Miss Fran
ces Elliott accompanied her This
number was incorporated in the pro-
gram at the particular request of Mr.,
Maxwell. j. G. Dobbins was chair
man of the meeting and introduced
Mr.. Maxwell
Case for Arizona
In opening his address, Maxwell
quoted from Benjamin r. Curtis. the
great lawyer:
"a case well stated is half argued" )"
He said that he could not do more
on this occasion than TO state the
as far as established clearly before
the people so they could think for
themselves and discuss the subject
with a full understanding OF it,
Before beginning this statement
Maxwell said that it should be un-
derstood by all that thA sole purpose
of the meeting was TO bring facts
before the people without any action
Of any kind being predicated on them
at this meeting.
Another preliminary point he made
was that he anticipated no contro-
versy in Arizona. in this great strug-
gle for the future welfare OF the
state because he believed that the
facts being known and established
no loyal citizen of Arizona would or
could fail to support the entire prof.
ect as explained at this meeting.
"Give the people the facts ana
awaken their interest and every
thing else viii follow, as water runs
down hill"
Furthermore" he said, "the OPP
position Arizona has to fear in this
great CRISIS of her history does not
lie in Arizona. II lies I'm other states
and in Mexico where purely selfish
interests are seeking to profit by
taking to themselves that Of which
they propose and desire to deprive
Arizona
Explains Project
Passing these preliminary points,
the speaker plunged into the general
explanation OF the project, as he is
now advocating 1t in behalf Of the
National Reclamation association and
it members.
Starting with the map made by
Howard Reed and Sheldon h. Baker
he explained that 1t showed two sep
arate and distinct propects.
The first is the proposed Glen can
yon power project which forms the
first and upper unit OF the Arizona
Grand Canyon power project From
the Glen canyon power site rs a cen
ter the distances are shown by three
rings, one hundred miles apart. These
show the territory within which DOW
er can be distributed within three
hundred mile radius. Then a line
drawn from Glen canyon to Salt Lake
illustrate the entire practicability
of power transmission from the Glen
canyon site through the Garden OF
Utah TO the capital of the state. A
comparatively short distance further
will bring it to Ogden and thence
eastward TO Evanston.
Another line shows the distance
from Glen canyon to Denver and
third line the distance to Albu-
querque and thence down the Rio
Grande valley to Fl Paso. These three
lines, the speaker said. illustrated
the central lines from which the ter
ritory should be investigated with a
view to the formulation of a super
power zone in each separate terri
tory. similar 10 the great super pow
er zone between Washington and
Boston proposed in the geological
surveys recent report on that prof.
ect. In each zone, said the speaker,
not only every resource for hydro
electric power should be studied. but
also every use OF IL that might be de-
velepode on farms and in factories.
for municipalities, for electric rail-
ways and to electrify steam rail-
ways.
Must Withhold Judgment
The point he made as to this prop
osition was that until this whole
subject has been studied and report
ed on by competent power engineers
none of the upper states can form
an adequate judgment as TO whether
it is for their best interests to de-
plete the value of the Arizona Grand
Canyon power plant by diversion in
the upper states. lie said that he
had no doubt that such an investi-
cation would demonstrate the fact
that the best interests of the upper
states will be subserved by preserving
this great power resource intact with
out any dimunition by the diversion
OF more water for irrigation. He
contended that an agreement between
the upper and lower states, other
wise Impossible, might be brought
about along this line OF effort and
development the fact being incon-