Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-09

plan when fully developed.
Lower California in 1911
Until 1911 there was not a mile of
essential railroad within this whole
Mexican area: It's lands were not under
cultivation (surely not more than
$4,000 acres were being famed); it
was very sparsely populated, prob
ably not more than 5000 Mexicans
lived within the area The foregoing
shows that the area was virtually
an undeveloped waste prior TO 1871,
hence it's acquisition would have been
a comparatively easy matter at that
/ time.
It was also stated in 1911 that the
flood waters of the Colorado were
clearly ours. When impounded they
would be conserved solely for our
use and benefits hence Mexico could
never expect any permanent benefit
thereform. In consequence the agri-.
cultural lands within the Mexican
Colorado river delta area would be
forever comparatively valueless as
/ long as Mexico retained ownership
! 1t was further stated in 1911 that
| domestic ownership of the flood waters
would permit them to be used domes-
tically, great portion thereof could
! be used to irrigate the comparatively
| higher lands within Arizona, even
though the cost to do it would seem
excessive. Nevertheless, maximum,
continuous efficiency demanded that
we obtain the Mexican area, if pos
sibe. so that the waters of the Col
ha +ho
lowest altitude and lowest latitude
delta lands. These lands then as we'll
as now undeniably possess the maxi
mum fertility, a maximum growing
season, and minimum cost 1rrigable
factors.
Fabulous Earnings and Savings
Attention was also directed to the
vast freight savings that would ac-
crue to Arizona by having tide"
water port within her boundaries
as against the basing point of San
Pedro on the west and Galveston on
the east; to the industrial flow of
tonnages within the Colorado river
basin which would follow the line of
least resistance; namely, to the Gulf
Of California, then through the near
ly finished Panama Canal to various
ports of the world; and to the utiliza~
ton of the cheap hydro electric ener-
gy of the Colorado river for the
conversion of raw materials into us
able products, thereby founding vast
manufacturing agencies within our
state. 1t was also pointed out that
ca per cent of Mexico's area and
SIS per cent of it's population lay
nearer the Pacific than to the AT
lantic ocean; that the loci of these
s,259,494 Mexicans lay within mean
water haul of 500 miles and ZOO
mile rail haul from Arizona's future
port. or a total equivalent sOO-mile.
rail haul; that these millions of
NGexicans within easy reacn would
afford a wide market for Arizona's
Industrial products and form the
basis of an enduring foreign COM
merce.
1t was Furthermore stated in 1911
that the lack of a southwestern port
between Galveston ana San Pedro
was paralleI TO a possible lack of
port facilities between Galveston and
New York. Hence an intermediate
olina,-which is coincident with Ariz-
ona's future port when our southwest
ern area is pivoted upon Galveston
and San Pedro made coincident with
New York-would be Of inestimable
value to central and southeastern
United States. Such a port-Wilm-
ington-has the included equivalent
triangular area apexed by Pensacola,
Minneapolis; and ocean City, Mary
land, nearer to it than either Gal
weston or New York. Arizona's future
port would have the included equival'
ent triangular area apexed by Yuma.
Arizona; Chadron, Nebraska; and
Presidio, Texas, nearer to 1T than
either San Pedro or Galveston; this
area includes three -fourths of Arizona,
a portion of southeastern Utah, vir-
tually all of Colorado and New Mexi-
co and a portion of west Texas, and
embraces about 100000 square miles
| Attention was also directed to the
vast coal, copper, agricultural an0
other resources within this area, ana
| to the vast economic benefit that
| would continuously accrue through
utilization of Arizona's future port.
FOrtificatiOn
It was also stated that by acqu1r-
| ing and fortifying the ISLANDS OF
Tiburon, San Esteban and san Lorenzo
within the Gulf of California, we
would prevent foreign foe from
sailing to a. point 700 miles east OF
San Francisco and within 20 miles
Of our southwestern boundary, there
by forever removing the menace
| of foreign foe easily bisecting our
southwestern transcontinental ran
! communications by extending our
frontier 200 miles down the barren
and desert shore of the Gulf of Call.
fornia.
An Erratic Boundary
IF was further stated that study
of the factors which brought about
| the bending of the international
boundary line northwesternly from
Nogales, Arizona, instead of contlnu-
ling same due west, as was the M
tent. likewise the erratic boundary
detail in the vicinity of Yuma, also
the inclusion of San Diego harbor' pc
tokened manipulation on the part