If Arizona has no control over the Colorado River, then why the enuous effort to get her to sign away this control by reviving the t? 1 State's permanent wealth is her natural undeveloped resources, they State or Government. On these she may draw for future elopment. E PACT TAKES AWAY FROM ARIZONA AND GIVES TO MEXICO'S FORCIGN AND BIG LANDOWNERS AND PROHIBITS THE MANY PROPOSED PROJECTS FROM USING THE SURPLUS WATERS In addition to complicating Arizona's power sites, the pact dees definitely only two points: It makes clear Mexico's allocation of ter. It also defines that the upper basin States shall have seven one-half million acre-feet and eight and one-half million acret in the lower basin States (including the Gila River in the lower in States). The States of each basin must decide their different ocations, and herein lies many disputes and endless litigation. der the pact surplus water goes to Mexico as well as the return vand seepage water. The lower basin can not possibly take the plus water, as Article VIII of the pact so states, but Mexico's cation to millions of acres must be maintained at the expense both the upper and lower basin States, even to the appropriation he water of the Gila River for this purpose. This is plainly stated in the pact in article 3, paragraph C, as OWS: such surplus shall prove insufficient for this purpose, the burden of the iency shall be borne equally by the upper and lower basins. od only knows how far-reaching this provision may be. Mexico's land monopolists could even take the waters from the completed jects as well as from the State. Neither can the many proposed jects utilize the surplus waters. UNITED LDER CANYON DAM DETRIMENTAL TO ARIZONA AND he same interests that originated the pact idea were at the same e laying the foundation for the physical and political control of Colorado River by advocating the construction of the Boulder yon dam, thereby giving the water by gravity to Mexico, reclaimher millions of acres of land, and stripping Arizona of her rights his water; also creating a great loss of electric power at the same 3. he Boulder Canyon dam drops the water to the base of the dam feet, which is 700 feet too low an elevation to reclaim Arizona's ls, and the business and franchise goes to Nevada and no power rizona. ecause of its low elevation, as it is located at the extreme lower of the Grand Canyon, it is the least favorable and most expensive struction site. The Glen Canyon site, which is at the upper end le canyon, would store double the water and could be constructed for a much less cost. The water could also be repeatedly used for generating hydroelectric energy as it passes over the many falls in the Grand Canyon, after which the water can be diverted to the high lands of California and to the millions of acres of our Arizona land the main canal alone developing millions more power by taking the place of expensive transmission lines with their great loss of electri power. RECLAMATION MUST HAVE PREFERENCE OVER POWER TO DEVELOP MOST POWER AND TO KEEP FROM DESTROYING RECLAMATION Agriculture is the basic industry, therefore the generation of electric power must be subservient to irrigation. To issue a power permit before a reclamation permit would destructive and illegal according to all courts. There is no less c electric power in the development of power when done in conjun tion with reclamation projects. One power permit given before a thorough knowledge of the possibilities could lose entirely or bli up reclamation for centuries. IF PACT IS NOT RATIFIED, DEVELOPMENTS AWAIT YUMA AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, THE GILA VALLEY, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PROPOSED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE There are scores of irrigation projects over the State now res the head to the mouth of the different streams, comprising acres from 10 to 200,000 to the project, embracing nearly 1,000,000 ac In the Kingman-Needles district and the Big Sandy, in Mohar approximately 300,000 acres are accessible to irrigation. The main diversion canal of the Colorado-Gila project would Da through this county, giving a great amount of construction wors resulting in immediate boom in business conditions and enhan land settlement with the pact defeated. Yuma County has perhap the largest area of arid lands to be developed under this pro Fortunately for all, the Colorado-Gila high-line canal will cross be and dovetail into most all of the above projects, making the par tially peak-load dams for the maximum supply to the main ca with uniform flow to the lands below as well as the irrigation of t higher lands above the main canal and at head of streams, m one stupendous, interwoven, powerful, and economical reclama union. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ENORMOUS WITHOUT THE PACT AND GREA PROSPERITY TO THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE SALT RIVER VALLE IMMEDIATE Under the Grand Canyon-Gila high-line project, the largest e world, more than a million acres surrounding Phoenix and Des towns with their paved roads extending in all directions, as w millions more scattered over the State, would be placed under petual production. Over a million and a quarter horsepower electricity can be generated in the main high-line canal, whet pay for the entire project. Imagine, if you can, the tremen development incident to the accomplishment of this gigantic sea nagine the millions of capital and people coming here to take Ivantage of cheap power and to secure the reclaimed State and blic lands, also patented lands. It means the building of large anufacturing concerns, automobile plants, new cities and towns. apital and people come immediately to places where big enterprises e under way. ROGRESS AND PROSPERITY OR DELAY AND PANIC-ESTABLISHED PRIORITY ESSENTIAL Shall we immediately postpone and delay this progress by entering to a pact which would only complicate and deprive us of our rights, shall we form a progressive organization for the purpose of securg reliable engineering data and file and establish priority and form e basis necessary to accomplish the greatest reclamation project in e world, thereby making employment, making possible for all to ave sustaining homes, and to save their homes; making it possible r many producers and business men and others crushed with debt, le to special privileges and monopoly that make war and panics, pay out or revive. Construction and progress, with equal opporinity for all, will be the only thing which will make an efficient, od, healthy business and people. We do not have to develop all t once. RIZONA HIGHLINE CANAL-SPENCER CANYON DIVERSION DAMGLEN CANYON DAM FILED ON FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONAENGINEERING PARTY FINISHES SURVEY AND REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR. With the approval of the governor, Senator Fred T. Colter, presi- . ent of the Arizona Highline Reclamation Association, for and on ehalf of the State of Arizona, completed filings for water and power ade with the State water commissioner on the Colorado River for 0,000 second-feet of water for the Arizona high-line canal; the pencer Canyon diversion dam, capacity 15,000,000 acre-feet; the len Canyon dam, situated at the upper end of the Grand Canyon, 2,000,000 acre-feet of storage water, all for three and one-half illion acres of land, coming under the Arizona high-line canal to be rigated throughout Arizona. Senator Colter states: There has been great anxiety expressed by many people of the State for the ecessity of these filings being immediately made, especially since the handing own of the Colorado-Wyoming Supreme Court decision last year, which subantiated as between States the long-used, satisfactory, and tested law of prior opropriations that has been established in most all of the western irrigation tates. However, there hasn't until now been sufficient information and engieering data to make these filings, until the return of the engineering party lead y George W. Sturtevant and Edward L. Stam, sent out by the governor to ake a reconnoisance survey of the Arizona high-line canal sometime ago. This has now been done and the engineering report completed, and the report f the Arizona high-line canal and diversion dam has developed more feasible nd much cheaper than expectations of the most optimistic. This report, in dition to the facts ascertained in the survey, was based on much previous ork by the engineers and their personal knowledge in addition to engineering ata and facts previously obtained which is sent out in their following report. PACT UPSETS LAW AND EQUITY This Colorado compact involves land, water, and power, the fundamentals of existence, and our forefathers came here to escape bound pacts, rigid laws, and gave their blood to establish the greatest most equitable, democratic Constitution and laws in the world Those laws are now court tested so that we may have an elastie, fair and definite course to take, which is intended as its very basis, to pr tect the new and weak, to secure a way to develop, preserve, and protect their individual natural resources and all new growth, chidren, and young States. ARIZONA WOULD DISINTEGRATE WITH RESOURCES TAKEN FROM HEE New Arizona stands as any new State in its healthy babyhood with boundless future resources, necessary for future growth, would wither and die before puberty and maturity, if these natural, future deve oped resources, the only real asset a State has, were to be 'ak! away from her, as this pact does, stripping her of her water a power, and millions of dollars of taxable wealth. The water is given to 2,000,000 acres of land in Mexico, belong to a few powerful and rich Americans, after we store the water st cost to them, and then guarantee for all time to supply their d ciency (and water deficiencies come in dry years when all are sh out of the pitifully small amount or allocation of water the p leaves us. THE PACT TAKES ARIZONA'S WATER AND BUILDS JAPANESE EMITRE With Arizona's water these rich landlords would be and are sell these cheap lands to the Japanese (who are not allowed to take la in California and Arizona) to the millions of Japanese in Just making hundreds of millions of dollars for the American landi as well as establishing a Japanese military and industrial base, engering our peace, and in absolute competition with our labor. no products, and industries. The basis for any kind of an agreement, deed, contract, or pa first the ascertaining of the facts in dispute or divisions made w require investigation, appraisal, and engineering reports, as does ordinary contract or deed. Conditional deeds or contracts ar good as any and will last for all time, as would this conditional C rado compact of the seven States and the United States, which Arizona's water to Mexico. TO VERIFY LOSS TO ARIZONA, READ PACT AND REPORT To verify the serious loss and danger to Arizona by the r is best that you read it, as it is no longer than the ordinary o or deed, as well as using your own judgment and originality to know the total water supply of the Colorado River Bas in engineering report of Arthur P. Davis, is as follows: This official engineering report in the Congressional Re*** written by Arthur P. Davis (recently deposed), head of the L States Reclamation Service, the pact and Boulder Canyon Dam nonymous, were based. No report could be more unfair in the version of the waters of the Colorado River, giving Arizona only -0.000 additional acres to put water on, being equivalent to pracally 1,120,000 acre-feet, when Arizona, having one-half of the tire drainage area of the Colorado River Basin, would be entitled 7 equity and the Colorado-Wyoming decision to one-half of the tire drainage flow of the entire Colorado River Basin. Figures ased on the Davis report show 24,000,000 acre-feet in the entire sin, of which Arizona is entitled to 12,000,000 acre-feet. The ,000,000 feet is arrived at as follows (20 years' average flow): TOTAL ESTIMATE OF WATER Seventeen and one-half million acre-feet (measured above Yuma) ded to the two and one-half million acre-feet in the lower basin d two and one-half million acre-feet in the upper basin, now being sed for actual irrigation, one and one-half million acre-feet of reflow nd seepage water, in all 24,000,000 acre-feet of water to be divided om the entire basin. WATER ARIZONA IS ENTITLED TO Think of it-Arizona alone is entitled to more than 12,000,000 acreet. The pact, after upsetting present laws, only gave lower basin ht and one-half million acre-feet, inclusive of existing water rights. d Gila and Arizona Rivers, to be divided and fought out among aree States, Arizona, California, and Nevada, in the lower basin. ith that small amount of water we guarantee by the pact, without st, forever Mexico's deficiency in water, which comes at a time of iversal water shortage. PACT STATES WE CAN NOT TAKE SURPLUS WATER Remember when a contract gives you an amount, it is settled. rticle 3, paragraph A, and article 8 of the pact verifies what is meant y saying that eight and one-half million acre-feet, including now isting and perfected rights. Article 8 of the pact says all other ghts to water have to be satisfied solely from the water apportioned its basin, which, of course, included the surplus waters which we sitively can not take. Yet in the face of such a contract and pact Ivocates of the pact have the audacity to admit that the upper basin given much more water than it can use, saying it runs down hill, id therefore we can use it when the pact positively says we can not. PACT GIVES SURPLUS WATER TO MEXICO The pact gives the upper basin seven and one-half million acreet, which is 4,000,000 acre-feet more than it can possibly use. It asn't the area to use it, and being in the high mountain country it in use only one-third per cent per acre of the water that is required or the lower basin. So you see that seven and one-half million acre-feet in the upper asin and eight and one-half million acre-feet in the lower basin akes 16,000,000 acre-feet, and 16,000,000 acre-feet subtracted |