| Show four state aquilante Aqua lante drive begins uintah FYI basin grivens Gri zens help asked A drive to enlist westerners 0 in a crusade to protect western water ter rights began this week the program is sponsored by a citizens group known as the upper colorado river grass roots committee its members and all persons who support it are enrolled as A al 1 antes water vigilantes who IT 0 pledge to do everything possible to insure re passage by congress of the upper colorado river storage project this vast project h has as as its goal the taming of the unruly colorado river by a series of storage dams this storage system would enable the upper basin states of colorado new mexico utah and wyoming to utilize the water given to t them em by a compact of 1922 italio would enable the upper basin states to deliver to Cali california fomia arizona and nevada the water given to those states t the project has been opposed by uninformed persons and b by persons in other states with ser sel fish motives this is why are needed to tell the true story of i this great project every citizen can become an aquilante Aqua lante merely by pledging support of the project and sending 1 or more to his aquilante Aqua lante state organization state addresses are colorado box 1200 grand junction colorado wyoming room state 6 capitol P tol continued on 8 4 STATE DRIVE continued from page 1 building cheyenne wyo utah Aqua Yantes salt lake city new mexico farmington N M persons who thus jom join are given an alual ante badge and a membership card indicating their participation t I 1 on help of all citizens is needed because the future of the four states is dependent upon water and the upper colorado river project provides for development of the bests last great water source actually its economic life and death for vast areas of the west president eisenhower has recognized this need in his message to congress in january he be singled out the upper colorado river project as a vital program for consideration of the lawmakers the president said 1 I urge the congress to approve the development of the upper col colorado 0 river to conserve and assure better use of precious water essential to the future of the west the navajo indian tribe has given its complete support to the project the tr tribal bal council has contributed to the cause this is less than 20 cents from each navajo but it is a great deal of money to a destitute people they contributed because the project will give them a chance to help themselves to dramatize their interest the navajos cavajos will stage a war dance the first in nearl nearly 1 0 0 years at window rock yari arizona z 0 on bondar monday january 24 you can jo join r n this crusade for the water that is rightly yours by joining the send your contribution now meanwhile learn about the project tell your friends in other parts ol 01 the country about it its a project to help you |
