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Show GIVES RIVER FIGURES Th current Issue of Th Nation' Rualnes carries an article by Herbert Her-bert Hoover, aecretary of commerce and chairman of the Colorado river Interstate commission, entitled "Conquering "Con-quering an American Nile." The article ar-ticle describee the proposed harnessing harness-ing of the waters of the Colorado river and It general Importance to several Western ststea. It slates hat potentially poten-tially . t.OOt.000 horsepower will be developed along the river and that S.000.O0O acre of Irtirable land over and above the 3.004.000 acres now watered will be served by the liver. |