Arizona republican., 1922-04-29

meeting at Genoa. if the world has
not comprehended the ruinous de-
struction threatened by the recent
developments of war.
All that is needed is the money, to
launch this new national policy OF
construction instead of destruction
and waste. The nation will have the
money and having it will spend it on
such great projects as controlling ana
utilizing of the waters OF the Colo
RADIO river to create an investment Tor
the money of the people that will be
for the benefit of the people. the
Colorado river belongs the nation,
and so this is national enterprise
Flood Menace
The Colorado river and its trlbu-
tary, the Gila, have way or occa-
sionally becoming a flood menace
These threaten our neghbors OF the
Imperial valley, and Arizona wishes
to be neighborly.
Through Arizona flows one of the
most violent flood rivers on the con-
tinent-the Gila. When the floods
of both these streams combine, there
is no levee that could hold back a
flood pouring into the Imperial VAL
ley, filling the Salton sea, destroy
ing the farms and industries of a
great valley and threatening the ex-
termination of a large population.
The valley is below sea level and the
ultimate danger is the permanent
submergence.
1nis brings to our sympathetic at
tentlou the foremost consideration
Hood control. The Colorado ana C1ila
rivers must be damned and by hous-
ing PACK IN reservoirs their desrruc-
tive strength, these floods and their
iorce can be utilized for power and
land reclamation.
The control of these floods is a ma
| tional function.
The Glenn Canyon dam is a pre-
essential to the building of the BouI-
der Canyon dam, and should he built
flrst because it will, by eliminating
the floods. make it possible to build
the Boulder Canyon dam in much
less time and at much less cost than
| II 1t had to be built with the floods
menacing the uncompleted structure
every year and delaying the work.
v. S. Should Build Dam
The Glen Canyon dam should be
puilt primarily for flood controI. 1t
should be built immediately to safe
guard the Imperial Valley from flood
destruction. The national govern
ment should build it just as 1t builds
other flood-control works, through
the engineer corps of the army. There
is a good reason why the army engi-
neers should not build the works nee
esSary for the defense of the people
against flood invasion on the Colo
rado river as well as on the Missis-
! sippi and other rivers. The Sentinel
| dam on the ella and the Glen Canyon
dam on the Colorado, rushed to COM
| pletion by the army engineers as
/ emergency defensive structures, would
| effectually protect the Imperial wall
ley and Yuma from the flood menace
of both the Gila and the Colorado
rivers, long before the Boulder can
| yon dam could be completed. The
Glen Canyon dam can be built much
more quickly than the Boulder dam
owing to the horseshoe formation of
the river channel at Glen Canyon
One of the outstanding principles
of the control and development of the
Colorado river is that the nation has
a paramount right to deal with it in
! such manner as will best subserve
| all the interests of the southwest, and
| the country within its basin, as well
as the interests of the entire people
of the United States.
The Glenn Canyon dam arouses our
/ interest because it is within the
/ bounds of our state, and the upper
most of a series of possible Grand
/ Canyon water storage structures. 1t
should be built early to develop the
benefits of its power possibilities to
! the highest point. The mining in
dustry within the Colorado basin
needs this power to smelt, refine and
| manufacture their products. 1t will
make possible transcontinental rail-
| road identification where coal is
scarce. New electrical railway
! branches could criss-cross our west
| ern country to transport commodities
| to commercial centers and to trunk
! lines. The utility of the pump for
| irrigation would be spread every
where. Power means production, pro-
duction means prosperity, prosperity
means increased population, and a
great American population means
/ everything. 1t has been said, Get
population, and all else shall be added
unto you.
1 usST TATsmt- --RDNP hs-ecarch
High Line Canal
/ The building of the Boulder Canyon
dam has our most earnest advocacy
There is a great project in connection
with the Boulder Canyon dam in
which we of the National Recianla
ton association have much concern
1t is the highline canal which would
be made possible by making the tor
Of the dam high enough to impound
the water to an elevation that will
permit the diversion of it's stored
waters onto the thirsty lands of Ari-
zona. Our enthusiastic interest ir
the highline canal is aroused because
of some two and a half million acres
of land in Arizona which it will re-
claim.
The power that the Boulder Canyon
dam may supply will, through the
building of such highline canal, be
greatly increased and better dis
tributed. The lines for transmitting
this power will reach from the Pacific
coast cities to New Mexico. 1t vii
make possible the growth of popu.
lation in Southern California thai
will make Los Angeles one Of the
future great cities OF the world.
The confidence we have in thu
feasibility Of this highline canal ]!
derived from a study of the contour
& maps of the L. S. Geological Survey
Anyone trained in the use of sucf
maps cannot fail to reach the sam'
conclusion. These maps do not cove
the entire length of the proposed
canal. hut have been supplemented
bv field surveys and reputable engi
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