Show work ork tells C congress angress of colorado dam IW III colorado river Is a local menace and tile tho government should determine nt at once a definite plon fur for its control and conversion into a national asset see sec rotary rotary work has declared dec lured in a report accompanying the alie report was one compiled liy fly the special committee of engineers by doctor work to collect data on the subject prepared by tile the bureau of reclamation geological survey and federal power commission it contained no definite recommendations the proposed boulder dam the most important of till all plans for or utilizing the wasted energy of tile the river with power plants and transmission lines and the all american canal which would supply water to thousands of farmers in the imperial and coa chella valleys in california offer problems thie the secretary said not to be passed upon by one man alone 11 declaring the cost of the dam anti and its subsidiary features including the irrigation annal ennal should be ut at providing it a margin of safety for tile government the secretary suggested that congress itself should the necessity of nn an outlay of such magnitude and justify the alie financial obligations to bo be assumed by the government before beginning gils project flood control considered tor for purpose alone the secretary said appears to bo be practicable and would invite the die minimum expenditures to effect of approximately 28 WOW A control project na as nil art individual proposition lie he said promises no direct return of the government ern erni ment nent regarding the all american canal the secretary said that water now was carried to the imperial valley through n cut in mexico and for obvious reasons this la Is open to many substantial objections lie ile estimated the cost of the canal of irrigating acres at |