If Arizona has no control over the Colorado River, then why the renuous effort to get her to sign away this control by reviving the act? A State's permanent wealth is her natural undeveloped resources, e they State or Government. On these she may draw for future evelopment. HE PACT TAKES AWAY FROM ARIZONA AND GIVES TO MEXICO'S FOREIGN AND BIG LANDOWNERS AND PROHIBITS THE MANY PROPOSED PROJECTS FROM USING THE SURPLUS WATERS In addition to complicating Arizona's power sites, the pact dedes definitely only two points: It makes clear Mexico's allocation of ater. It also defines that the upper basin States shall have seven nd one-half million acre-feet and eight and one-half million acreet in the lower basin States (including the Gila River in the lower sin States). The States of each basin must decide their different locations, and herein lies many disputes and endless litigation. nder the pact surplus water goes to Mexico as well as the return w and seepage water. The lower basin can not possibly take the rplus water, as Article VIII of the pact so states, but Mexico's location to millions of acres must be maintained at the expense both the upper and lower basin States, even to the appropriation the water of the Gila River for this purpose. This is plainly stated in the pact in article 3, paragraph C, as llows: If such surplus shall prove insufficient for this purpose, the burden of the ficiency shall be borne equally by the upper and lower basins. God only knows how far-reaching this provision may be. Mexico's g land monopolists could even take the waters from the completed ojects as well as from the State. Neither can the many proposed ojects utilize the surplus waters. UNITED OULDER CANYON DAM DETRIMENTAL TO ARIZONA AND The same interests that originated the pact idea were at the same me laying the foundation for the physical and political control of e Colorado River by advocating the construction of the Boulder anyon dam, thereby giving the water by gravity to Mexico, reclaimg her millions of acres of land, and stripping Arizona of her rights. this water; also creating a great loss of electric power at the same me. The Boulder Canyon dam drops the water to the base of the dam 10 feet, which is 700 feet too low an elevation to reclaim Arizona's nds, and the business and franchise goes to Nevada and no power Arizona. Because of its low elevation, as it is located at the extreme lower d of the Grand Canyon, it is the least favorable and most expensive nstruction site. The Glen Canyon site, which is at the upper end the canyon, would store double the water and could be constructed for a much less cost. The water could also be repeatedly used f 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 lands the main canal alone developing millions more power by taking the place of expensive transmission lines with their great loss of electr 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 electr 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 los electric power in the development of power when done in conju tion with reclamation projects. One power permit given before thorough knowledge of the possibilities could lose entirely or let up reclamation for centuries. IF PACT IS NOT RATIFIED, DEVELOPMENTS AWAIT YUMA AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, THE GILA VALLEY, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS PROPOSEL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE There are scores of irrigation projects over the State now r the head to the mouth of the different streams, comprising acre from 10 to 200,000 to the project, embracing nearly 1,000.000 In the Kingman-Needles district and the Big Sandy, in May approximately 300,000 acres are accessible to irrigation. The main diversion canal of the Colorado-Gila project would a through this county, giving a great amount of construction w resulting in immediate boom in business conditions and enha land settlement with the pact defeated. Yuma County has perta the largest area of arid lands to be developed under this pr Fortunately for all, the Colorado-Gila high-line canal will cross bei and dovetail into most all of the above projects, making the p tially peak-load dams for the maximum supply to the main 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. one stupendous, interwoven, powerful, and economical reclama union. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ENORMOUS WITHOUT THE PACT AND GR!! PROSPERITY TO THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE SALT RIVER VALI IMMEDIATE Under the Grand Canyon-Gila high-line project, the largest world, more than a million acres surrounding Phoenix and Le towns with their paved roads extending in all directions, as millions more scattered over the State, would be placed under : petual production. Over a million and a quarter horsepowe electricity can be generated in the main high-line canal, which.. pay for the entire project. Imagine, if you can, the tremen development incident to the accomplishment of this gigantic st 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 he basis necessary to accomplish the greatest reclamation project in he world, thereby making employment, making possible for all to ave sustaining homes, and to save their homes; making it possible or many producers and business men and others crushed with debt, ue 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, ood, 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, presient of the Arizona Highline Reclamation Association, for and on ehalf of the State of Arizona, completed filings for water and power hade 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 Glen 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 ppropriations that has been established in most all of the western irrigation tates. However, there hasn't until now been sufficient information and engi eering 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 ddition 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. Arizona has not sufficient money to obtain engineering data and facts t protect her sufficiently and protect these filings in the long future; it is quie essential that there be an initiated petition to the people to raise the funds tr protect her billions of dollars worth of water, land, and power rights, and save her taxable wealth, making homes and establishing industries for millions of people, making good business and relieving taxation. OMMENTS ON REPORTS OF SPECIAL BOARD OF ENGINEERS ON COLORADO RIVER PROBLEM Ion. CARL HAYDEN, By GEORGE W. STURTEVANT PHOENIX, ARIZ., April 29, 1924. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. SIR: At the request of Governor Hunt, I am sending you herewith copy of a brief report to Governor Hunt in answer to the "suppleentary report of the special board of engineers on the Colorado iver development problems" of March 22, 1924, to the Secretary the Interior. And "the half has never been told." Very respectfully yours, Con. GEORGE W. P. HUNT, Governor, Phoenix, Ariz.: GEO. W. STURTEVANT. I am in receipt of copy of a supplementary report of the "special ard of engineers" on the Colorado River development problems bmitted to Secretary of the Interior on March 22, 1924. The report is most interesting, but I am forced to advise you that falls far short of being dependably instructive in any particular. We will greatly appreciate full information covering the actual ork of inspection on the ground by this "special board of engineers, d to what extent, if any, they were supplied with information coving all physical conditions, such as ground elevations at all governg points, closely approximate location of the proposed Arizona gh-line canal, classification of materials, and all other information which the statements in the "supplementary report" of this special board of engineers" was based. It has been our privilege at various times during the past 30 ars to traverse nearly every mile of the proposed location of the gh-line canal except that portion along the south bank of Colorado ver from the proposed location of diversion dam and head gates the point where the canal leaves the river. This portion of the nal location was carefully inspected from the canyon "rim" and ong the river to determine the approximate mileage of canal which n be constructed along the natural benches between the rim and er, and the probable mileage of the more difficult construction, luding four or five short tunnel sections aggregating about 3.2 les where these will materially reduce both the mileage and cost canal. The expressed assumptions and findings of the special board of gineers are so at variance with the facts respecting general and ecific conditions, such as total mileage of canal construction, tunnel |