Arizona state miner., 1924-08-23
RATS IN RATIFICATION

The federal power commission holds
aloft a cudgel, intimating to Arizona
that she shall not develop her vast
resources in reclamation and power
by aid of the Colorado river, unless
Arizona signs over to the Western
Hydro Electric combine the heritage
that belongs to her children's chill
dren.
The blare of campaign trumpets
and brass bands in Arizona is paid
for by a syndicate which hopes to
blind the people into signing away
their interests in the Colorado river
the greatest power resource of the
West.
What Arizona is doing by the great
Roosevelt Dam in the Salt River val
ley will be trebled and quintupled in
five years by completion of Mormon
Flat, Horse Mesa and San Carlos
Dams-without signing a pact.
In Asia where they have irrigated
for thousands of years, there is no
such thing as a pact necessary to
irrigation or ownership of water. The
water belongs to the land and is dis
tributed equally in proportion to the
amount on hand and the area to be
cultivated. There are no certificates
or title to water and it goes to those
who can use it themselves, exclus-
lively.
The Colorado compact is unfair, be-
cause it seeks to allocate water and
its power potentialities to big syndi-
Gates. to sell, lease, barter, and make
perpetual profits out OF it.
Ratification of the Colorado river
compact is like a man giving away
his right eye.
Asking Arizona to sign a pact is
an overwhelming admission that she
has rights to the resources of the Col
orado river and its power potentiali-
ties that cannot be taken away.
While the federal power commits
sion is retarding development of the
stupendous reclamation efforts of Ar.
izona by giving forth sentiments that
they are impractical and without
merit, the State is nevertheless brave
ly going about it's herculean task Of
making new empire.
No persons, individual or syndicate.
can dam up the Colorado river in Ar.
iona without state permit giving
consent to do so.
The federal power commission may
coerce and intimidate, but since the
abandonment of the Custom House
at Yuma and declaration that the
Colorado river is no longer navigable,
its Jurisdiction applies to food con.
troll only. Riparian ownership is now
inviolate and whenever the State of
Arizona requires it, she has a right
OF way for laterals, roads, and canals
over the federal reservations.
With Herbert Hoover, Californian.
at head of the federal power commits
sion there is another Teapot Dome in
the making.
That was an ancient idea that the
Highline Canal was impractical be-
cause the canal could irrigate only
small area of lands below the point
OF intake. That was an ancient idea
from an ancient engineering mind.
Twentieth century engineering makes
1t possible for Arizona to irrigate the
sides of the Bradshaws and the San
Francisco Peaks. Power, with small
percentage of loss, is now capable
or being transmitted over 700 miles
from the seat of development, to be
used for lifting water from streams
OF higher altitude to irrigate contig-
uous arabic lands. The highest aiti-
tudes may thus be made productive
adding billions to Arizona's wealth in
agriculture, stock raising and horti-
culture.
Arizona is the richest state Of the
Union in undeveloped resources and
a coming empire in enterprise and
industry by aid of the Colorado river
aid of the Colorado River and it's
tributaries.
HOW CLUB MEMBER SEES THINGS