The Coconino sun., 1922-06-30
TIME TO ACT

While secretary FallS endorsement Ol~ Ine Swing bill, measure specifically designed to rob Arizona of her rights in the flow of the Colo rado river and to prevent forever the building of the Glen Canyon dam, does not mean that the bill will become law, it constitutes a notice to the people of this state that they must act promptly unless they are willing to stand aside and let others grasp all the benefits that properly belong to us.
 The Verde Copper News has stated the facts so often that repetition seems needless; let 1t suffice to say that if this Swing bill is enacted into law Arizona will lose forever her greatest natural asset, the power and irrigation re- sources of the COlOradO-an asset that means hundreds of millions of dollars to the state If the Swing bill becomes law, the property of Ari- zona will be diverted into the pockets of people outside the state and used first to benefit Cali fOrnia lands instead of the lands of Arizona, to build an Asiatic empire at our very doors.
 Secretary Fall speaks learnedly of the storage possibilities behind the Boulder Canyon dam; if he had the slightest idea of what he is talking about, he would know that there is, practically speaking, NO storage worth mentioning at this point. The only spot on the entire length of the river that affords real storage capacity is at Glen Canyon where the entire flow of the river for three years can be impounded if necessary or advisable
 The secretary declares that 100000 horse power can be developed at Boulder Canyon. How about 2,000,000 horsepower that will be develop ed by the building of the Glen Canyon and the Boulder Canyon dam when these are completed?
 Let us all get this thing straight in our minds. If the Glen Canyon dam is built first, the flow of the river can be regulated as complete and as easily as a farmer regulates the irrigation of his fields. The reservoir behind the Glen Canyon structure will store three years flow of the river if necessary and will afford perfectly regulated flow through the Grand Canyon and on to Boul- der Canyon. Power dams can be built at any dncira in tbp n1,nn nr hnln at least two such projects are now financed and ready to begin construction the moment the Glen Canyon dam is completed. At Boulder Canyon the dam will be built in due course and California will have all the water she can legal ly use-but there will be none for the syndicate lands in Mexico.
 If the Boulder Canyon dam is built first, k will be increased enormously in cost, for it will have to be erected in the face of the floods of the Colorado backed by the 3000-foot fall through the Canyon If it CAN be built under these conditions is question admitting of some debate. Passing this point, it is certain that it will be decades before any dams are built higher up the stream-and this means that the devel- Opment of our power resources will be postponed indefinitely if not forever. What power is de- veloped at Boulder Canyon will go to California, not to Arizona. What lands are irrigated will be in California and Mexico, not in Arizona. The resource is ours, but others will enjoy it. not we
 This must be the outstanding issue of the com ing campaign and whether democrat or republi- can, we must send to Washington senator pledged to fight this steal to the bitter end. It will need a man of brains and power; man of courage and deeds rather than spinner of fine words; a man with the inclination and the abil- ity to work for Arizona and to fight for her rights ...
 We must send congressman, too, of the same calibre and it behooves us to make sure that we make no mistake in this matter-Jerome News