Show relationship to the colorado river the following ery tine fine paper vu pr prepared pred and read rend by miss ruby sen of 0 vern vernil ti in ih the recent debating jonh const at at ahm uintah high school for the U fl A I 1 C rup cup lena lona spa in ain egyptian fanner farmer folind that bw bv it amr water and nd properly forcing it into ditched it would low flow more easily to the needed land this discovery saved his country countrymen mery many hours ot of tedious labor so sn it Is with the development of the cok ado river development must not be made until we are sure that that d aft will benefit many people to know whether or not tl ti to is boulder dam project will benefit many eople people me must understand tanj a little or he the question it at hand the Coin colorado rado is one of ahn larff laist t rivers river in the united state states beleiu about 1 1700 miles long fro n the li liar of the green river to in to the mouth in the gulf of C california a lifo cilia in flood times its flow la Is as laret os as the niagara palls falls seventy even tyr ty r cent of its flow comes from the tile tale state of utah it Is capable of li rig atin 7 acre acrea pt pf Is land nd the river embraces parts of 0 seven states nam nin ly w draing colorado new utah arizona neada end california for par several hundred mt es the flows through a ee cep p ile ta basin into two birta i inner end the lower ta tie P tates of wyoming colon do nes nt mexico and utah comorre tile hll hilt call fornia ariana and nevada make up th lower basin 71 rf ClO lorado orado river Is I 1 one of thy the mudd est rivera rivers in n the world carrying feet of flit annually the deposit of f ill this is silt il Is I 1 for the preat flood menace at the present time unit i in CaH Call tom forn in the tile imperial Imper taJ valley I 1 this valley Is below sea level and the river flow on the crest of the flat rise between tairi gulf and the valley in times of flood it thra threatens tens death to ter three million persons ind nd destruct destruction lon to over two million homes As california derives one fourth of her choice fruits from this valley it li Is to the interest of the nation that cal be given freedom from this uil danger utah Is doubly interested in this as the imperial valley people veirle one eighth of rw raw products tn order to have this protection a bill has been introduced into congress for national aid in the erection of a dam in boulder canyon in ari art zona tona an cin carry the drain water to the Imper imperial tat valley thus supplying water for and irrigation purposes for california as well m protection from floods california Is thus the only state to benefit directly by this new development but arizona and nevada will benefit indirectly in the use of the hydro electric power poser in the construction utah however althou h she sees see the advantages of thia this development la is at present opposing the boulder dam bill california and nevada are ready and waiting for the utilization of their hare share of the colorado rl river V er e even ve n t to a luxurious extent utah ond and the other tati pre not ready to consume thir hire of the colorado water and will not be fer many years to come tho law low of the land in regards to water atar rights has ali alwa a a been utilization means ownership Owners hp in other ord the construction of the boil rier der dam project will mean immediate of tho ater by california end and what Is net not con burned bv by them wilt ill be bent sent down the mgt orif civil of california for usage by the mexican people all this mean means that in the near future when ve need tabt water mater for our development we wal find a curl elven high end dry utah A stand then Is that the proposed development is of benalt if these them people will enter into an agreement hereby utah and the other states win will receive adt adequate quate water supply for their development nut but unless these states will ow to this P to new now develop 1 rient Is a thine thing tince since it tie de arh es country of berie fits from a ki ich is 1 tta its best feeder it if is a california benefit to crant grant continued on page 4 tr mil H s HEI RET aitio SHIP to COLOR IDO ullen continued aiom page 1 v hat hit utah deri delands ands if only for the li 16 derives flora the state of utah for she annually consumes sj u OW 00 raw products from oui state slie she needs these raw rax materials and he lie does not need tho the water mater utah and th othe lates aill ft use for after she i as consumed all she ian lan there Is enough ift I 1 ft to irrigate one fourth the and land of mexico b thus not only american people but rual rhal farmers in mexico how ilow the oe government Is ben fitted from utah s rich land Is understood it if m e take a glimps of the great uintah basin ailing in the northeastern pai ct of utah in which Is our most important drai drainage nige of the colliado Coloia ado do river this basin la is a potential empire in 1 itself reding on the colorado river riner for even eights of its water andl and u bishing wate tor for a large section ol 01 utah it Is t s ti v without the col juo alo i liver h er the ir lr i n i basin would be a wasted desert oda a it Is impressive in its great agricultural possibilities constantly being moie mole deeply deel denel I aped it Is also immensely rich in ts is great rn aal a at wealth a few of which may be recounted near the center of the basin Is found the little emma onite mine min and in ouray are seven other large veins which combined make a total of IP tons of gilsonite this Is the largest deposit in the world and found only in utah onite enters into the manufacture of paints var dyes explosives etc now wouldn t it be of value to the whole of the united states if through a more liberal use of gulso alte our paints could be improved beyond their already high quality Is 13 there an american who like his five year old car to look like a new ne one preserved in its beauty through the bears cars by this uintah basci product I acain ir time of threatened ned war ar Is an all american who would rit br athe more freely it if he knew the country was as being dc developed eloped in which were mines containing valuable sivea once more in this nation committed as a nation to the support of home industries ve mae feel a little te be ter it we e kne tha the development of our mine herb here were furnishing I employment for american labor instead of retaining gilsonite from our late enemies the germans then drain the oil shale in the basin Is the best anywhere these are got not commercially valuable because they cannot compete alth oil from wells sells but our oil wells sells are going to pan out after while and then the U S 8 anait turn to us for oil the shale will have hae to be treated for the extraction tract lon of Is a oil the oil estimated traction soil The shale here in shale is in excess of ow the nation Is going coing to need that oil and in order that we may be able to auppl it we shall have to institute anning operations on a stupendous cale scale that means that cities shall be built it does not stretch our imagination agi nation very cry much to picture twelve thriving cities in this basin but these cities cannot survive without water from the colorado river so it Is a stern necessity to us that the agreement be mad mado before the development Is I 1 undertaken under tak en I in our hills near ouray duchesne ond and vernal Is found phosphate enough to buha a road as wide AS any the world now possesses pos esses compi ly around 1 the world solid arl in our hills are sixty five billion tons of coal enough to keep the inhabitants of the earth warm for two years all these great undeveloped potentialities anre lying dormant awaiting development by future generations but these can never develop without the use of the colorado river the imperial valley nor all california cannot supply these resources to our nations nil life the ahert ore it Is to our nations nation s benefit ala before develop arent Is made that he the suggested agre ment be contracted the greatest benefit to our nation homeier and also one california cannot supply Is homes 3 tor for our eroding population this dasin basin could easily support gwehe cities each with a population of 10 te e nat on Is boing poing to need UIs l ind ld d ome div as uell as its I 1 utah i as othe and re aces t eloped the hr of the colo rado aher in tn conclusion aho vho ho can deny that thit ample justification exists for the future use ot of the developed colorado ale L ke the farmer then who dis covered hov hom to irr gate his land and v hose whose discovery benefited so many I 1 0 o hae haie 1 e discovered that the futural future use of the water ot of the colorado river by will benefit aery state lt it flows floa s to |