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Show TELEGRAMS READ iBEFORE HEARING; ON RjVER CASE Protests Against Swing Bill Are Submitted at Meeting Held by House Committee ... on Irrigation Matters WASHINGTON. June 24. -Telcgrama from tha Hiabae. Aril, chamber of commerce. rnteattng aaalnat the paaaaga of lha Swing bill for tha con- ' trol and development of the Colorado nvcr. addreaacd to Secretary of In- terlor Fall und hli reply to them wera reail today at hotiae Irrigation com. hilttva hearlnga on the bill. The chum bar of commerca In two telegrama under un-der date of June 12, atated that th -lllrard project now before tha federal power commlaalon, would glva Arlaona . water needed for Irrigation purpoaca aa well aa enable the atata to derive taxea from tha projecta and aakad tha Immediate laeuance of a llcenaa for It. . Tha Olrard project would not, one. telegram atated. Interfere with tha ltoulder canyon dam and rracrvnir, but tha other aaafrted that the chamber la t."unalterMbly oppoeed to the pnaeage pf tha Hwlng-Johnaon bill for couatruc. tlon ut Uoulder canyon." atalitig that "It dlacrlmlnatea agalnat Arlsuna by . providing for the dlveralon of watera upon t'allfornla landa alune, and alao preventa Arlaona from developing any power from the t'olorado river, either t aa a atata or through private enter-prlaa, enter-prlaa, but allowing tha upper baaln tatea that privilege." The chamber of commerce further announced that It waa "cooperating with other organlaatlona to defeat the bill.' Secretary rail atated In hla reply re-ply that tha Swing hill "doee not dla-rrlmlnate dla-rrlmlnate agalnat Arlaona. He aaaert-ed aaaert-ed that the atate "tiaa been eapeclally favored In the advance of government funda." the total being placed by the eecretary at more than IK. 200. 000. whereaa, he added, the government had received from the aale of public land . la that atate I1.to0.000, or an rxceea of expenditure over receipt of 100 per cent RECEIVES AID. Mr. Full aold that on the other hand Caljfornla had received aid from the government upon public landa In thil atate to the extent of I3.0ou.000. while the government hud received I'rcm the ale of public landa there 17 Oiih.Imio. "The Swing bill would allow allocation alloca-tion and Bale of Miwer and water . rlghta anywhere In the atata of Arlaona," Arl-aona," the aecretary continued, wltli no preference rlghta to any portion or dlatrlct uf the atata of California over Arlaona, It would not," he added, dlecrlmlnate to water power to any tate aa agalnat Arlaona." Tha ronatructlon aa propoaed by Olrand and hla aaaoclatea and by other would not be prvmlhited by the 7 Swing bill, Secretary Kail explained. Referring to the favorable reiwrt he had made to oongrea on the Buulder canyon project, the aecretary aald that a a member of the water power commlaalon com-mlaalon he waa oppoaed to tha granting grant-ing of llceneea to Olrand or any otnrr private partlea of power permit on the Colorado river until congrree haa oporlunlty to get through adoption of the Swlng-Johnton bill or other .egle- lat ton. The committee waa extended nn In-'vltatlon In-'vltatlon to vlait Boulder canyon du'litg .the approaching receaa of the hnuae by J. 8. Nlckeraon, prealdent of the Imperial Irrigation dlatrlct. California, who. In cloalng the atatemant begun yeaterday. declared that If tha fact already al-ready preaenrrd to the committee did not convince It that Immediate relief muat be granted, hi organlautlon would pay all Ita exprnaea In "lnapect- Ing condition on the ground." RESTORE CONFIDENCE. . "We muat hava help from the fed- eral government." Mr. Nlckerson stated, "and cannot wait until the next session of congress. If this committee commit-tee will take some action at thla session, ses-sion, wltlch will show that congrtaa proposes to act. confidence will be re-atored. re-atored. the banka may be willing to loan money on property In the Imperial Impe-rial valley, and we can go ahead " The proposed Boulder canyon project proj-ect would protect against flood laiwls In Arlaona aa well as In California, he stated, and would permit his company to abandon Ita present Intake, whlcit wss a source of ennstsnt controversy with Arlsona, and now threatened wth an Injunction which. If granted, would prevent the Irrigation of the Imperial valley through the preeent canal. The topography of the country and the history of the river, aa well aa the efforta made to control Its floods, waa described by Mr. Nlckeraon, who atated that ahould the river break through at Volcano ltke dam, as It threatened, ths damage In Imperial valley would be ten tlmea aa great as the loaaes Buffered during the disastrous flood of 1 |