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Show WILL HUP OuR TcRRSTCR. Washington. Oct. (-. v rnor ilughes of Ari.oiiii, bad :m iu. ort-ant ort-ant conference with Mini.-ter oua-ero oua-ero of Mexico, touching or. th improvements of the Coior.uio liiver, which would add to its importance as n channel of commerce com-merce The governor represented to Ilomero that the Colorado was the second largest stream on the 1 Pacific Coast, and said with the securing of jetties at the mouth and with some dredging along the course of the stream, it could be -made navigable for 900 miles, far ' up into Arizona and Nevada, tap- l ping the rich mineral deposits in the mountains and the fine agriculture agri-culture and horticultural region in the lower country. He pointed out that Mexico, along the gulf of; California, was possessed of large j forests of fine limber and immense j deposits of coal, in both of which j the southwestern portion of the United States was deficient. |