Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-11
F0RESEE No
RELIEF FOR
VALLEY YET
Ask Ickes For Funds To Drill
Wells In Sand Hills As Emer-
gency Supply.
MORE WATER COMING In
i've Carloads Expected Here
Tonight Or Tomorrow For
Rural Districts.
MORE WATER COMING IN


Further showers yesterday in
western Colorado and southwestern
Wyoming. Light at reporting sta
ton. Prospects good for local
showers in the mountain areas to-
day.
The above telegram was received
at irrigation district headquarters
this morning from the government
weather bureau station in Yuma
relative to weather conditions in
the upper Colorado basin. While
these reported showers do. not
promise immediate relief in the
present valley water shortage. they
are indicative of the possibility
that the summer rains in the water
sheds of the Colorado may start
earlier than usual. Sucn an event
would shorten the drought condi-
tions here materially, officials said.
A telegram was also received ct
district headquarters from Phil ..
Swing, sent to Washington, D. c..
by both the district board and the
| county supervisors which stated
that government and Mexican off,
cials were studying the treaty en-
tered into by the two nations rela-
! tive to the Colorado river. This
| is being done with the hopes of
discovering something which might
be of aid to the valley in the pres
/ ent shortage.
Yesterday afternoon the board
! of supervisors adopted a resolution
which requests Secretary Ickes to
furnish sufficient funds for drill
| ing wells east of Midway Wells in
the sand hill district and also to
pump water from these wells ESQ
that ample and suitable potable
| water can be delivered to Imperial
Valley residents during this erer-
! gency.' rs
Ready in 30 Days
1t is the opinion of the board
that this water can be made avail
able for use within 80 days. The
resolution states further that more
details concerning these wells are
contained in petition filed by the
Imperial Intercities Water District
in the office of the PWA In Wash
! ington. Copies of this resolution
are to be sent to Secretary Ickes,
to the PWA and to r. c. Bran
MON, director Of the SERA for. CAL
ifornia.
Five carloads of drinking water
will be brought into the valley to-
/ morrow for distribution in the rural
areas, DR.. Dupont. county SERA di-
rector announced this morning.
This makes the second shipment
! to be received here since the county
| was declared to be included in the
| drought area. Tomorrow's ship
ments will be left at Shamrock,
! Sandia. Wilsie, Estelle and inland.
| 1t was further announced that
delivery of water to ranchers will
be open "a hours every day and al
so that an ample supply of this
drinking water will be on hand at
the different distribution stations
| at all times.
All available tank trucks are be-
ing gathered by the officials in
charge of drought relief here to
haul water for stock and domestic
purposes. Under the direction of
Jack Sterrett, who is in charge of
the direct relief program. these
tanks are being brought from all
cities and towns of the valley.
DENVER, Colo, July IL. W.p--
Although he described water con-
ditions in the upper Colorado river
basin as extremely critical" j. M.
Sherier, U. S. district weather fore
caster, said today that. with normal
rainfall, the present discharge in
tn lower river would not be great
ly lowered
Sherier said that this Is the sea-
son of the year when heavy preci-
pitation, in the form of thunder
showers. could be expected In the
micdlc and upper basins. He en-
phasized. however, that there was
no way of forecasting whether or
not conditions would continue
subuormal.p
He added that If no fainfall oc-
ours the flow In the lover river
would be "negligIble by the end
OF August.