Arizona state miner., 1925-10-10
Golfer Files with Nation for People of Ari-
zona On the Power of the Colorado River.

hundred feet to over three thousand
feet, higher than six million acres of
rich level land in Arizona, that water
by gravity can economically be put
on this acreage; when with this fall,
which is enormous, the power would
more than finance the irrigation de-
velOpment.
Irrigation for land is imperative for
nations economical and financial
| welfare. No Nation or State should
give away natural resource, for the
simple reason that it is not practical
today for development. It would be
disastrous to do SO. The future de-
velopment of these natural resources
is her life. Especially is this true of
irrigation resources, which is the food,
home and clothing of the people.
l sincerely desire to call attention
to the false propaganda by the Power
Trusts, that there is an over supply
of irrigation products in Arizona and
Nation. We even import the products
we can use and raise in our own coun-
try.
/ also call attention to the Power
Trusts false propaganda that there is
: not water enough in the Colorado
River for the AriZona-Glen Canyon,
Highline Canal. This is not true for
! there is plenty of water for all of
these projects if the water is divided
naturally, economically and according
to our present tested laws.
This is not taking into cOnsidera-
ton the fact that the Colorado River
water will double its present flow in
the future due to over and over seep-
age and reflow, and repumping Of
water and additional precipitation.
Another fact to be taken into con-
sideration is that thru the economic
use of irrigation water in the future
we will grow better crops with one
third the water now being used for
the same crops.
This propaganda is being used to
fool the people into discouraging irri-
cation development together with the
power development, which should be
done. The two must go together. In
order to control power dams and de-
velop them they would destroy irri-
cation altogether. If the Government
or State built only power dams, irri-
cation would lose it's priority and the
water of the Grand Canyon OF the
Colorado River would be of no use
for irrigation of Arizona's lands but
would thru the flow of gravity, irri-
gate lands in Mexico for Mexico's
benefit and for the benefit of Ameri-
| can Land Spectators who own land
in Mexico.
This propaganda is being used in
In Do
fool the people in order to get Com
pact over between the several States
or to get treaty with Mexico over,
to divide the waters of the Colorado
River to exclude or limit irrigation on
the Colorado River in the United
States of America. If this is done,
then only power dams could be built
giving the power to the power trusts
and monopoly on six million horse
power which can be developed in Ari-
zona--which is as much power as is
now being developed by water over
the entire United States of America.
Nlnety-six per cent of the power to be
generated in the entire Colorado River
Canyon will be generated in the boun-
daries of Arizona. This would leave
the water for irrigation to flow down
the natural river bed, by gravity to
water lands in Mexico, as stated be-
fore-leaving millions of acres of land
in Arizona and the United States of
America desert forever It would
result in the profits of hundreds of
millions of dollars to a few. 1t would
result in the building of a Japanese
Empire at Arizonas border and a
future seaport, to breed war with
Japan and compete with our own
labor, products and industry which
would be disastrous to this country. |
Irrigation has preference over pow
er. The two should be developed to-
gether. If irrigation comes first the |
power will not be impaired but if |
power is given preference the irriga-
ton projects are destroyed.
We solemnIy and sincerely pray
that you give the proper and favor
able recognition to these filings and |
unusual diligence which will give the |
prior, beneficial, economicaD maxi |!
mum continued development of the |
entire River for the use and benefit |
of the United States of America, and |
the State of Arizona
BY doing this we will forever stamp |
out and forego the greatest exploita- |
tion scheme ever known. Our efforts |
have proven and are continually prov
ing this