Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-08
Water Board IN
Open Letter on
Clubs Attitude
(Conti1ued from page 4).

(C0ntlL ueu from page A..
committee on irrigation and arid
lands and was passed by congress
authorizing detailed survey and
report with recommendation by the
secretary of the interior. The re-
port called for in this act was made
two years ago last February after
which another bill was introduced
to authorize the Boulder Canyon
dam and All-American canal simply
as recommended by the government.
This bill was introduced in the Sec
ond session of the 9th congress and
naturally being the short session,
the bill automatically died with the
adjournment of congress. Last De
eember the present Swing-Johnson
bill was introduced. Exhaustive
hearings were had and the bill now
stands ready to be reported from the
committee, and the chairman of the
committee has promised, in writing,
that the bin will be reported out
Immediately upon the eonvenlng of
congress next month.
The Colorado River Control club.
in its declaration of principles ;
sent ont about July "a, 1924, stated
that it adopted certain principles,
among them to promote by every
means the early construction of Il
flood control and storage dam ON
the Colorado River ut a site to be
selected by proper government au-
thority.
1.-The board believes that the ear
liest construction of a flood eontrol
and storage dam can be accomplish
ed by the enactment of the present
bill. If this bill is not passed then
to accomplish these purposes, an
other biii must be introduced, which
in any event must go through the
same procedure that this bill has
gone through. If it is purely a
rood control measure, then 1T must
so to an entirely new committee III
congress which has no definite IN
formation en- the subject. In addi-
tion to the hearings many members
of the present committee have ac-
tually been on the ground and know
first hand what is needed. In 9th
er words if early construction is
what is desired, that can hardly be
accomplished by throwing away the
work that has already been done
and starting over again. For flood
control and storage, therefore, the
Control Club can best accomplish its
purpose by supporting the present
bill.
This club states that it desires
a dam 'at a site to be selected by
proper governmental authority
Already Been Done
ssThat has already been done. BY
act of congress, the secretary of the
interior was directed to select q
site (ss Kinkaid Act"). The secre-
tary of the interior made an ex-
haustive study and selected Boulder
Canyon as the proper place for the
dam (Senate Document 142) and the
present bill provides for that con
struction.
"The Control Club can accomplish
its purpose as to location of dam,
simply by supporting tn present bill.
"This club desires Il dam that
will afford adequate flood protec-
tion and storage for Imperial Val
levi and all irrigable lands i'll the
lower Colorado basin The gov
ernment determined and reported iii
senate document 142, that the dam
at Boulder Canyon would accomplish
this purpose. Doubtless the govern
ment was not directly interested in
the protection of the million or more
acres of land in Mexico which IS
included in all other irrigable lands
in the lower Colorado River basin,
but it is apparent from the report
that the dam at Boulder Canyon Will
accomplish that purpose along with
the protection of the fands i'll the
United States. Thus the Control
Club can accomplish this purpose
and much more speedily by sup
porting the present bill. =.
"In the early communications or
the Colorado River Control Club, the
Ail-Amrieaen Canal was not men-
Toned or directly referred to. The
board therefore, will not discuss
that phase of the question in TINS
communication. Doubtless, however,
t,re AI.American Canal is the prlN-
eipal objection which the Colorado