| Show SAYS TIlE THE COST OF OP BOULDER DAM DAI WILL BE DE IRO PROHIBITIVE Two million acres of land in Utah Utahan an and Colorado would be perpetuated as a part of the Gr Great at American desert l if the Swing-Johnson Swing b bill J ms is' is passed and put into effect Congressman Congress Congress- man E E. E 0 0 O. Leatherwood said I There Is a serious question whether he utilization of or the water as pro pro- 1 pro 1 posed in the bill hill through construction construction tion of the Boulder dam damn would not r I take away the rights of ot the northern basin through operation of ot the doctrine doctrine doctrine doc doc- trine of priority right Representative tive Leatherwood declared j I Personally I believe that the Hie the I men of Utah and of Colo- Colo do are opposed to construction nn h I I v. v VU un lY any limitation the the speaker saHlI said saia I am am thoroughly satisfied that the lower states would i require that we let the normal flow go down clown to the m I j canyon The problem is not I think I I a difficult one to solve equitably I We must reach some sonic fair and equi I table solution Congressman Leatherwood expressed expressed ex- ex ex ex- pres pressed ed the belief belle that provision for the rights of ot the upper basin states was made by the Colorado river compact compact com com- pact which however was not nol ratified rati rati- fied b by Arizona The compact reserved reserved re- re served feet acre to the ho upper upper up up- per basin and amI acre foot to the lower basin The cost of or the Boulder d dom darn m. m the congressman said has been ea ed at 0 1 He ic e expressed the belies belief h r. r that time the exec exec- woud b be br wore more near nearly MO- MO 1 Irrigation of or the Imperial valley lter I with water Li mu the time Colorado J through construction of or the Proposed propos Propos- ed American all canal was characterized charac charac- by the congressman n as being impractical from froman an engineering standpoint He expressed d the tha hoef ho- ho ef lIet that the the cost would he be so prohibitive pro pro- e that the acreage to be the rc- rc reI re re- I claimed could not bear It u. 0 |
