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Show ' DAILY HERALD 11 9 Echo Park Is Essential To Full Realization Of STAR KIST FANCY STYLE Colorado River Benefits -- By GUSTIVE O. LARSON River 64 miles "through Lodore As, we stepped into our boats Canyon to Red Canyon, and 44 below Brown's Park, the waters of miles up the Yampa to Lily Park. the Green River swept us toward A dam at the head of Splt Mounthe gates of Lodore Canyon. Its tain a few miles below would proJ waus, vide a secondary reservoir imlowering, sun streaked on rain-washsur pounding another 320,000 acre faces, presented a strange blend- ifeet. I ing of beauty aad gloom. From No Inland Traffic previous descriptions of the boil- The Colorado . River, which is ing waters ahead, a certain pessi the third longest river, in the mistic comment from a member United States, Is different from of the J., W, Powell party of 1869 all others in that it affords no inkept repeating itself, "Abandon land water traffic. The few early all hope, - ye who enter here." attempts to navigate it only Hours later we iknew from per- proved that its value is limited sonal experience why Powell had to three things,; wild scenic left such names as Upper Disaster beauty, water for irrigation and Falls, . Triple Falls and. Hell's Half for power. Mile on his map of the canyon. Since the water which it nours But the risks and hardships had into the Gulf of Lower California not justified the hopeless attitude drains from seven Western States. of Powell's aide. these states got together in 1922 The next day delivered us toJ to apportion Its use. The ColoPat's Hole where the Yampa had rado River Compact which bebrought us a year before to join came binding in 192$, divided the the Green. From this little valley water at Lee's Ferry between the the combined . stream swings UpperXand Lower basins. This around Steamboat Rock, churns cleared Nie way j for legislation through Whirlpool Canyon, rests authorizing construction Of major itself along Island Park and then projects. Each basin was free to roars through Split Mountain to develop its share of the water without creating any prior right emerge upon Uintah Valley. .' jThis fourth trip on the Colo- on-t- he allotted use of water by rado was part of my initiation into the other. the fraternal Order of River Rats. Enterprising California is makIn fact, I claim to be one of few ing good use of her share. Now who have a four dimensional view the Upper Basin: statekpropose of the Upper Colorado River Proj to use their share of " .Colorado (ri Attn- : - Am.-- .. it D - m PURITY :tnimrriirrnimmiTTlim CEUO PKO. uijurn Cookies Assorted 2s ; TiiiiiniiiiiiimiHiiiiimi i eg Old Manse rz Jelly Asst. Flavors j . nnnnr nnnrnn ea ed ai .... OIC STYLE A. giorxn-uireaten- ... 35c . CHUNK Editor's Note: The following article by Gustlve O. Larson Is being published to - clear up some of the misconceptions about the Upper Colorado River Project and the Echo Park Dam which have developed as toe result of extensive publicity put out by opponents of the projects Mr. Larson, a member of the BYU faculty and president of the Brigham Young Chapter of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, has been over the project site ana nas maae a detailed study of it . Tuna Fish FOR $00 . PER POUND FRESH, CRISP FSSMbll ect: I have seen the area from River water through construction the air, on the ground, Irom the of dams at strategic points. Hm- - Colorado above their confluence. The Green, provides 44 per cent of the volume of the combined streams. The Yampa River, draining from the east, joins the Green Just'after the latter emerges from Lodore Canyon at the east end of the Uintahs. Three and a half niles down stream from the confluence and two miles on the Colostate line, is side of Utah's rado . A1 T1 sue. mt uam uie Lcno rarK ine proposed dam would raise the water surface five hundred feet r r rrn AAA acre ieev ana1 lunpuuiiaj a,oov,wj of water and would control" the s flow point. The reservoir back1 would its water up Green 1 J 1A 1 A. at-thi- Amusement Guide PROVO May 19. 1955 The End Of The Academy Affair, with Deborah Kerr. Paramount The Racers, with Kirk Douglas. Uinta Cell 2455, Death Row, and New Orleans Uncensored. Pidneer Motor-V- u Untamed, with Tyrone Power, and The Black Pirates. a. 4.1 nri witnout . iegai oi moral Dasis iori protest against use of water which she does not own, she 'resorts to misrepresentation and delay tactics to block the Tipper Colorado River Project. Her hiking clubs cry, "This project threatens the whole National Park Service," from the fact that the Echo Park and Reservoirs will be located within Dinosaur National Monument boundaries and certain scenic and geological areas will be affected. No 111 Effects Just how much will the Dino saur National Monument be af--l fected by the proposed project? I i LARGE BUNCHES K1 3 Plcgs. CAKE UIZ TJSG OIMi (R) PEG 8-L- HEWLETT'S QUART For 7 FM SHAVERS 303 Can The Monument is composed of two I Canyon unit. The former, which includes the Dinosaur Quarry, will not be affected at all by the Echo Park Project. The Canyon unit would be affected, but in such a way as to give more to the " enjoyment of the American public than it will take away. True Steamboat Rock at Pat's Hole will be Inundated up to near ly half of its nine hundred feet and the lower levels of Lodore and Yampa Canyons will be cov ered. But the Canyon will still bel impressive. The loss of some scenic features, enjoyed by very few to whom they are now available, will be compensated for by an inland lake opening up unsurpassed beauty to millions. There will be necessary adjustments in fish and game life in the area,! but no destruction of this valu- able resource, What Does Dam Offer For this limited loss (amply compensated for), what do the' Echo Park and Split r Mountain1 Projects offer? A power plant installed at Echo Park dam will have a capacity of 120.000 kilo PLEASANT GROVE watts and will be capable of pro Grove Sign Of The Pagan, ducing 668 million kilowatt hours with Jeff Chandler. of energy annually. A power head LEHI of 200 feet at Split Mountain will 'White Feather, with Royal produce another 486 million kilo-- l Robert Wagner. watt hours. In addition to power, AMREICAN FORK this project win pro The Asphalt Jungle, vide multipurpose Cameo hold-ovflood constorage, with Sterling: Hayden. and silt retention. During a trol, Coral Destry, with Audie Mur- succession of dry years, releases will help meet the stream flow phy. ' Starlite Drive-I-n The Racers, requirements at Lee's Ferry as with Kirk Douglas, and Arrowin' the Colorado River required head. Compact. PAYSON Finally, it will make possible the Huish Man Without A Star, Central Utah Project the recla with Kirk Douglas. mation of nearly a half million OR EM semi-ari- d arid in Bon Scera Jupiter's Darling, with nevilleandBasin.! This acres will be made Esther Williams. through diversion of 625,-0Geneva Drive-i-n Naked Spur, possible acre feet of water annually with Jimmy Stewart, and The from Uintah Basin streams to the Iron Mistress. Bonneville Basin and then pumpTimpanogos Cinemotor Black ing Colorado River water from Widow, with Ginger Rogers, and Echo Park Reservoir to replace Target Hong Kong of Uintah irrigation requirements SPANISH FORK Basin. Arcn Human Jungle, with Spring Run-O- ff Garry Merrill. cent of the Green Sixty per SPRINGVILLE River run-of- f occurs in April, RivoH The Violent Men, with June. and May Storage is neces- uienn Ford. of this flood sary-fo- r regulation Art City Cinemotor Smoke run-oto permit controlled! and Smoke Signal, with Dana An diversion of surplus water to ad-- 1 drews, and Drive A Crooked joining basins. The Echo Park" Road. Project will! insure delivery xf California's share of the water! below Lee's Ferry in dry years. Also, present world circumstances make decentralization of power, j and industry ' imperative for" na- -' tional security. The Echo Park: Project is a step in this direction. The issue is simply SALT LAKE CITY, (UP) Three whetherpresent the Upper Colorado states Davis county were ar-- are now going to be allowed to i rested today at a Salt Lake City use their own share of Colorado used car lot and booked for investi- River water for power and irri-j gation of car stripping and tres- gation. The project is sound from f passing. engineering angles and it is self-- ! Arresting officers said they found liquidating within 50 years. Ob--' fender skirts, hub caps. Dumper jections to It represent selfish in- jacks, ash trays, floor mats, light- terests which are not willing to tires and wheels in an grantgas they have already been ers, ' auto spare owned by one of the boys. grantecLijrhese interests would like to write over the door of ESCAPES UNNOTICED Congressional Committee rooms WITH $900 LOOT the words of Powell's scribe in CHICAGO (UP) --A young gun- 1869: "Abandon all hope, ye who man escaped unnoticed after tak- enter here' These words which ing $900 from a shop a few steps represent their motives and their away from "the world'i busiest methods must be proved as un-craer'-iA-tc and Madison. 'realixuc now aa they wera then. TP Size Colored .e mi .11 Hershey's Dainties Trminiiiiniiiiu m New Large 400 parts the Quarry unit and the ! B. i YUIM GIB MPim Split-Mounta- in Quart For &L 6B0QB- I LARGE EARS Mayonnaise ! if GRAPEFRUIT BAgI X Best Foods SWEET MARSH SEEDLESS i foaming surface of the Yampa and the Green and from under a boat bouncing through roaring Upper Disaster Falls. Our craft had flipped over as at the head neatly as a flap-jac-k of the rapids and the following moments of helplessness under it nearly finished my initiation. The following views relative to the Upper Colorado Rfver Project are not the views of an "Ann-cha- ir Critic.,' V Tremendous Drainage The Green River drains forty-fiv- e thousand square miles ,in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. This represents a seventy per - cent larger area than that of the FANCY NEW GREEN . . Delrich Margarino Colored Cubed BOLt M. D. Frozen Glen-Dor- a iiniiminiimi ALL . . Detergent 2 NALLEY'S SWEET RELISH CUCUMBER CHIP, HOT DOG RELISH HAMBURGER RELISH x. Your Choice i 10-l- b. 1 Si l S: cm ARMOUR'S READY TO EAT Pkg. 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