Tombstone epitaph., 1922-03-19
WILL cisPERsE FLOOD
 scAREs; WATER ENOUGH
FOR ALL PLANS

scARES; WATER ENOUGH
 FOR ALL PLANS
 PHOENIX, March Secretary of Commerce Hoover. speaking at a din ner here tonight declared he was pre- pared to recommend the Boulder Canyon dam project.
 When engineers of the status of Arthur P. Davis say that dam is prac- ticable and that it will not encroach upon the rights of any of the seven states involved, am prepared to adept that dam. Secre .ary Hc," CT asserted
 Davis is director of the government reclamation service.
 The Colorado river commissioners also were guests at the dinner.
 Report Before Congress
 The report of Reclamation Direc- tor Davis. endorsed tonight by Sec retary Hoover. describes the Boulder Canyon dam site as the most feasi- ble for control of the lower Colorado.
 Based on extensive studies. Davis report, which now is before congress. estimates that the cost Of the dan with flow line at 1230 feet. would be about s45.000.000 This would have storage capacity of about 21,- o00.000 acre feet
 Speakers Endorse Plan
 Speakers before the Colorado river commission here today voiced unani- nous approval of the Davis plan for development of the Colorado river
 One of the outstanding recommen- dations of this plan. which has been sumbitted to congress. is the con struction at once of the Boulder Can yon dam to forestall possible destruc- tion of the Imperial and Yuma val leys by flood waters.
 Arthur P Davis. director of the .cve-BmeLt reclamatiar service, was present at the session and outlined lis plan to the commission. He de. clared there is enough water in the Colorado river to provide for every feasible irrigation project in the sev- en states of the Colorado basin.
 The question of the allocation of water and the priority to use of the Colorado's undeveloped resources among the seven basin states remain ed in the background today. while speakers emphasized the flood dan. ger menacing the Imperial and Yr- ma valleys.
 After several southern California speakers had asserted they were will ing to waive all prior rights to water even for a period of years, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, who is presid ing over the hearings. remarked that construction of the Boulder project may mean an agreement among the basin states to 20 year legal holi- day"
 Professor A. P. Smith, an engineer ing expert of the University of Ari- zcna, declared that .he flood peril must be removed.
 William Mulholland. engineer of the les Angeles public service com mission, compared the calamity like ly to befall the Imperial Valley with the San Francisco fire.
 "In another way it would be a greater calamity" he said. San Francisco has been rebuilt If the river got away. it would be a stagger- ing blow to posteyity."
 Protective Dam Necessity
 Reclamation Director Davis told the commission that the protective dam was an urgent necessity. Delay is unnecessary, he said, and construc- tion of it at Boulder Canyon should be begun immediately. He pointed out the power benefits southern Cali fornia would realize.
 Occasional attacks were directed today at :be project outlined tc the commission yesterday by George H. Maxwell of Phoenix, executive direc- tor of the United States Reclamation