The Winslow mail., 1923-07-20

Will determine just what it will cost
for such irrigation and just what
lands can be irrigated
He went on to say that it would
be necessary for the water behind
the dams to be ,emptied out each
year in order to take care Of the
floods of the following year. This
would furnish power for hydro
electric machinery that would pro-
duce at least 100000 horse power
This could be distributed over a
wide area, and could be used for
pumping in districts where it would
be impossible to carry the waters of
the river for irrigation purposes.
Mr.. Hayden thought that such power
could be brought into the valley of
the little Colorado for use in pump
ing and thus furnish water for agri-
cultural purposes in this part of the
state. His idea is, too that this
power can be used extensively for
mining purposes throughout the
state
These are the things sought also
by California and by Nevada, the
other states of the lower basin
Nevada may not be so much interest
ed from the standpoint of agricul-
ture, but she is interested in power
for mining. Mr.. Hayden said that
the states want these benefits now
and that they do not want to put off
getting them until some future time
1t is imperative that something be
done soon to provide for the control
of the flood waters of the river, or
it will mean the ruination of the I'm
perial valley and Yuma country.
The states of the upper basin real
ize they can't get the same benefits
as the lower basin from agriculture,
and what they want is to be secured
by agreement or compact from the
loss of their water rights. And this
is exactly what the compact aims to
do and will do if ratified by all the
seven states. Mr. Hayden stated
that there are on the average 20,0O0,-
900 acre feet of it, leaving a surplus
of 100000 acre feet for future al
location should it be needed. Mr.
Hayden further stated: The COM
pact, only attempts to allocate the
waters of the river, and provides
against future law suits that might
tie up the use of the waters of the
river He said it is possible to get
100000 horse power in Arizona,
and that we now have need for only
about 100000 horse power. This
would provide for all the power Ari-
zona would ever need and perhaps
leave large amount or surplus
He says we must unite if we get
anything through Congress. There
are only 40 western representatives
out of over 400 and these must be
united in any project they want to
put through congress or they will
never get it through. The Colorado
River compact is an agreement for
the ALLEGATION of the waters of the
Colorado river That is all it is. 1t
is beginning and nothing more. In
reply to questions, he said that the
compact had absolutely nothing to
do with power or dam sites, that all
it aimed to do was to allocate the
waters of the river. In reply to
another question he said there could
be no development of the river or
building of dams without an agree
ment between the states and the
United States for the reason that the
states claim the water flowing
through them while the United Sta
tes lays claim to the banks of the
rivers. There must, therefore, be
an agreement between them or each
can block any attempt of the other
to carry out development AS to
whether or not the United States
government would proceed with de-
velopment if the compact were rati-
fed, Mr.. Hayden gave it as his OPT
nion that it would, owing to the ur
gency of the need of flood control in
the lower basin.