Eureka Reporter | 1906-12-14 | Page 9 | River Filling Salton Sink

oa 01 if water can not be turned back into channel millions of dollars will be lost A thousand people in the basin may lose the r homes and a ter of M II 11 ons of acres of farm ng land la d waste yuma ariz once more the en tire colorado river Is flowing into tha salton sink and imperial and chella valleys are menaced by rising waters the main line of the new southern pacific must again be moved to higher ground unless the water can be brought under control A thou sand people in salton basin must lose their homes including a quarter of a million acres of farming lands the southern pacific musts build mile of new main line and irrigation about yuma must be abandoned the government largana dam irrigation project may become an impossibility at a conservative estimate not less than 25 of present values are at stake upon the success of efforts to close the break what Is known as the hind dam was thrown across the new channel and an earth dike was built up paral lei to the river for ten miles mainly in mexico on the arizona side of the river Is the government dike three days ago water found its way through both dikes flooding large areas this was thought to be serious but was not considered critical until sunday night when the water developed a distinct channel and monday morning disclosed the fact that the entire river had found its way around the hind dam into the channel from which it was just barred the dam itself Is uninjured when the water was turned into the new channel sunday night the BS teamer searchlight on the colorado below the break was stranded two miles from the water