Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-11-18 | Page 23 | Dams on West Streams Urged

AMS N r STREAMS URGED J oW N Nov v. v 18 13 AP AP- AP Increases of ot hundreds of at thousands Hn In population and millions of ot dollars dol- dol Pars lars in property value would accrue To o arid arld Western states from the construction of at reservoirs on Arkansas Arkansas Ar- Ar kansas and Red fled rivers Ernest E. E Blake of ot Oklahoma City ch chairman of ot the Interstate flood control comIssion com com- fission for the two str streams ams today t told ld the house flood control committee com- com Reservoirs Reser of at the Red fled river he be Eald aid T would bring to New Mexico an as ane e estimated add additional population of ot and an added to tois tots its ts is property value From the two Fivers Fivers' hers hers' development Oklahoma would benefit with an increase of ot half halt a billion illion dollars In taxable values he hedded hedded and an estimated Increase or af In population Twenty years after the accomplishment of ot irrigation in fn the arid and lection of ot Oklahoma the state have an additional 40 Ecres acres of ot farming land and another of thousand in population pop pop- he said These developments developments develop develop- ments n are ale estimated to bring to that state also an Increase of or U- U in m its annual commercial t turnover er