Imperial Valley press., 1934-07-26
UPPER BASIN
REPORTS No
HEAVY RAINS
Rumors Of Downpour AT Bould-
er Dam Not Authentic Accord
ing To United Press.
MORE WATER COMING HERE
Emergency Control Committee
Seeks Action On Request For
Additional Trucks.

Increases in the flow of the
Colorado river were noted for to-
day according to reports received
at irrigation district headquarters
this morning. A flow of $500 sec
ond feet in the river at the Grand
Canyon station showed an increase
over yesterdays reading of 1910
while 81 feet marked the flow at
Yuma against 25 feet for yester-
day. A slight increase in the spill
was also noted but the diversion
remained the same as yesterday,
400 second feet.
That this rise is due TO rains
in the upper basin and elsewhere
along the Colorado river watershed
is evidenced by the following tele-
gram received at irrigation dis
trict headquarters from the Yuma
office of the. weather bureau:
Light to moderately heavy
thunderstorms are reported in
northwestern Arizona and adjacent
sections of New Mexico and Col
orado. Good prospects for con-
tinuing over Friday"
Rumors circulated to the effect
- that there was a heavy downpour
OF rain at Boulder Dam yesterday
and today are denied by United
Press dispatch from Las Vegas this
afternoon which says that it is
"still dry at Boulder DAM"
&c lei, lrtY vvy0f
expected today at Ell Centre, I'm
perial and CaleXico with others to
be ordered for other parts OF the
valley over the weekend.
Meanwhile the question OF haul
ing water to valley stock has be-
come one of the greatest impor-
tance. Plans are being discussed
relative to this matter but little
progress seems to have been made
in their fulfillment.
At a meeting of the county emer-
gency water control committee held
at the court house last night it
was proposed that B. M. Graham,
chairman of the committee, with
Evan T. Hewes, chairman of the
irrigation district board of direct
ors. might go to Sacramento to
urge immediate SERA action in
procuring the necessary equipment
to haul water to the livestock OF
the county.
Seek Cause of Delay
w. j. Sterrett, county SERA
director was to contact G. I. Schott-
land. director for Southern Cali
fornia by telephone on this mat
ter. BY noon today, Sterrett stated
that although he had made sew
eral efforts to put through this
call, he had been unsuccessful each
time.
One of the objects Of this call
was to discover what disposition
was made of the SERA water haul
ing project. approved by the county
director and sent to San Fran
cisco for final approval. This called
for the appropriation of $274,0OO
to acquire the necessary tank
trucks so that needed water might
be hauled to stock on county
ranches.
Graham, in a message received
from Schottland by telephone this
afternoon. was informed that to
all appearances the state office is
waiting either for more definite
information or further instructions
in the matter 1t was decided af-
ter a consultation with Hewes, to
call Swing in Washington this even
ing and ask him to urge upon
federal officials the necessity OF
speedy action in this matter.
This afternoon. Ell Centrans will
again be given an opportunity to
irrigate their trees and Shrubs
from the city water supply At
tention is again called by the
water department to the fact that
city trees will be irrigated by city
equipment and residents are asked
to confine their attentions to the
trees and shrubs on their own
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