Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-22
ETERNAL TIGlL4NCE NEEDED

Not to call upon fancifu. imagination AT all. but
accepting just the vision rha, makes great engineers.
the future OF the imperial domain Of Imperial Valley.
that the Boulder Dam IS assured Is almost lQoS>
ibe to visualize.
When the engineers, unin,a agna,ive in he popu-
lar sense of the word tell YOU tnat the tremendous
Boulder Dam project will be unable 10 supply the
probable population of the southwest with sufficient
irrigation ard power by the tlue that Wondrous eng
neering conception shall have been completed YOU
gin to realize the inevitable future OF this most favored
of regions.
Acting upon the reports O. federal state. and
other engineers, sites or ten dams backing up against
the Boulder Canyon site have already been flied upon
4 man with acreage III this immense country
not fail to become affuent in the future Tor Southern
California is growing at rate that the cautious
engineers unable to comprehend when first they
made their estimates of the amount of water the desert
wastes" of the lower basin would require.
Frank NanderLp, sometimes called the wizard
of finance because Of his uncanny ability estimate
future development OF region ne has entered said
two years ago III speaking OF southern OaIlIornIa:
Your country IS like stream fed by ineXhausble
rents from mountain SHOWS tor long cold and
discomfort exist in the most thickly populated and
richest sections of the United States
with its money and creative vgor will continue flowing
into your land His heavy lnyes slments in Southern
California and his great profits theretrom proof of
his belief IN his estimate Of this land of plenty.
But now that the creation OF the Boulder Dam is
inevitable the people Of Imperial Valley must not cease
their vigilance. " hIe finally a certainty,
yond all doubt, the element OF delay nevertheless is
still involved as it always IN any Unite plan.
The people OF this valley are quickenlng daily with
guarantee against flood 20 this e Dorado OF
green gold put the final conception OF those needs has
caused friction and might cause delay although it is
possible there VIII be unnecessary waiting
that all those concerned are approaching work
able agreement The Governor OF Arizona has con-
tended from the beginning that the arbitrary creation
OF two basins mas been against the interests OF South
California and Arizona, IL that their greater
amount Of rich aId lands ana faster growth entitled
them TO Tar more water than allotted to them under
the original plan. Now representatives of the upper
basin states pressing 1Or adherence TO that
tentative agreement, bat probable that such differ
VIII be SnOOthed by concessions all
With the entire administration, Chairman Smith
OF the reclamation irrigation committee, and
others OF influence openly on record for the speedy
passage OF the oWlngJ onn5On bill, and with Senator
johnson and Congressman Swing aided by local
representatives every possible way, eternay the
JOB, the passage of the Boulder Dam bill is inevitable.
But the people OF Imperial Valley and their repre-
sentalyes not therefore relax WatchfunesS
their efforts. such dream OF empire almost
true must not be neglected IN any slightest detail OF
time energy.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of safety