Show WILL BE BOON TO WE WEST by cecil W creel director nevada a da extension service the southern nevada desert bord aring the colorado river for yeav years visited only by the occasion 61 po or tourist has been the scene of at great activity during the acot twenty faur thair months in this thia short space ot of time boulder city 11 in model del community lir lira hea a been built by the united states reclamation service to house people while a newly completed government railroad and paved highway lead to black canyon cayo n six miles away where men ere are a e re now at work preparing for erection ot of the highest structure ot of its kind la in the world hoover dam AM although I 1 ough prell mirta ry construction work la Is already a liall halt year in advance of 0 schedule rny months of 0 work are ara etall ahead before the dam itself can be started the tour four great tunnels tun nela fifty feet in diameter and nearly a mile in length driven through tho the canyon walls two on tile arizona side and two on the nevada side aide ot of the river while already nearly completed stil must be lined with cement before they are ready to per from the work ot of diverting the stream I 1 i from Us its accustomed channel then upper u and lower loverda cofferdams coffer dams ms mus b be built to confine the river to ho tunnels an dry the former river bed at the site of the great structure with an extent of feet at its base and a width ol of feet irba canyon wa wall 11 to canyon wall tile the hoover dam when it la Is anally completed in ili 1933 will vill tower feet above bedrock and feet above the present river surface tny ana raer reservoir voir back ot of the dam will be miles in length covering acrea or oe land in arizona and nemi publicly owned land of OC tills this gamt area all la Is 1 publicly iely owned and withdrawn from rom entry with the exception ot of a few scattered mining entries and some acres of agricultural I and grazing lands landa which be purchased by tho the government the towns ot of st thomas nevada together with adjacent tirma and clies aro are dos destined tined to be under 25 to feet of water and conso bonso must be abandoned their inhabitants being compelled to seek other lother homes in tho ilia west this loss ot of agricultural lands in nevada yada Is small however in comparison with the immense aresi in arizona and california which can even evear dually be brought under cultivation through the use of oc tho the stored water from the reservoir lands in arizona include the parker gila valloy valley project in the southwestern part or of the state with a gross area of more acres an in vesti gation of at which was authorized by congress under the terms of 0 the bouder bonder canyon goject act the parker canyon project 0 of about acres acrea near par farker kir moll mohave ve valley which has an area ot of nearly acres across the river r irom from needless needles and the cibola valley with acres in yuma county the yuma project has acres irrigated at the present time and a total ariga ble area ot of including about acres ot undeveloped mesa land in california the ilia AU amerlean canal which will be ba constructed from the ile colorado river to the im aerial valley la Is to be a part or 0 the boulder canyon project to be ba bull built I 1 ot nt a cost of at it will vill increase tile the irrigable trea ot of the ironi from to ito acres the Co achello valley has an irrigable arm of acres which tan can be served by a branch of oc the all american canal the palo verde valley furnishes an additional acres also susceptible tyl oe gravity irrig irrigation alon from the Co colorado comrado krado reclamation by pumping while nevada has haa but a few and acres wh ichuan an be irrigated from itlie the Oo colorado lorado river by gravity there are large cargo additional tf creages in the southern end ot of the state susceptible ot of reclamation by pumping among these efre the las vegas valloy valley and di directly north ot of needles california the searchlight valley other south orn om nevada valley susceptible of at reclamation by pumping ground waters include the amargosa amargoso indgin Ind tin springs Pa brump ma and Para Paran aagut agut valleys it will thus bei bd seen that the doula er canyon reservoir will store sufficient waters to reclaim nearly acres ot of now lands at some future date when economic conditions and growth ot of population make necess necessary f ry rz this increase in our agricultural a area in addition to its value tor for irrigation Irrig atlon the garmt reservoir will forever check the disastrous floods which hive have h ive ti it the past years swept down the colo rado threatening destruction to 06 imperial Imperl sl valley an outstanding feature ot of the boulder canyon project will be tha great hydroelectric hydro electric plants ra EA th dara parasite site capable ot of generating ove horsepower or nearly twice the amount aunt ot of energy pro deuced by niagara palls falls N Y con tracts for the sale bale ot of chis power n sure pay payment raymoni moni to uia the government 0 the cost ot of the dam and power plant together with interest within period of fifty years industrial communities fa banners Fan ners and livestock producers of southern nevada so southern ethem call fornia torn la and northern arizona have lor for the past several years been look ing forward eagerly to the time when wor work k would sart on the tha boulder can yon project knowing that the indus communities to be created a boulder city od ad las vegas bouli furnish excellent deax by markets to their produce with the utilization tor for manufacturing s nd refilling purpose act of largo large quantities ot of power at ori near the da damante malte it seems certain that the new industrial population in ia southern nevada will not only re maln main after the tha dam la Is completed but will continue to grow thereby furnishing a steadily increased nis market arket tor the crops and livestock of the nearby agricultural districts with the power lines radi radiating sting in all directions from the tha dam to the min ing camps and Indus industrial centers ft tour four states agricultural communities will find little difficulty in tapping ta those theae lines thus maling available aval libla lable cheap electrical power for their homos homes and mn ranches olies the benefits just mentioned ore are of necessity limited to the few thousand farmers and stockmen stoc kmen living within r n radius of miles of oe the dam in what way 1 it any will vill the building of tho the hoover dam benefit the oregon dal dairyman ryman tile the idaho potato grower the washington ton poultry inan the montana cattleman or tho the now new mexico sheep men everyone of these producers will be bene benefited fitted the stimulus to the population growth which the boulder banya project will give the mare southwest more particularly the south pacific coast cities food being exported each 0 of I 1 the 11 western states 1 la 14 4 now shipping foodstuffs to aou southern thern caliroy california and will vill ce continue to do so in ever increasing amounts 1 if thle rapid growth ot of population continues it la generally admitted that southern california with its fayo favorable rable climatic conditions enormous oil reserves and rall rail transportation farl fact ties will vill con dinue to grow ID 1 population and nd expand in com commorice morce and manufacturing if 1 the present pr eisent limiting factor lack ot of water caa be overcome with the water resources of tho the neighboring mountains costal plain and the owens valley cil ready tully utilized los angeles long beach pasadena san diego and neighboring towns are a re corn belled to lut au ic eastwo ea nl across the mountains a the roi col alj river tor for any future increase ln creasa in ili their water supply hoover d adsan therefore holds the key to the water sl talon in south ern california and through control or oe the economic destinies of its ita flour ashing cities it is pru pool that a portion of the flood waters ot of the colorado river now mow running to waste lit in the gulf ot of california be impounded in the boulder canyon reservoir nr as a domestic wa cr supply for tile hie southern california cities these waters will vill then be ba released waft allow to run domni the river channel channel chumney to a point near parker ariz where with power cau plIed by hoover dam they will vill be ba pumped across the mountains to the great costal plain ot of southern Call forniti there to create new wealth greater population and a larger market mor flor products from the farms emd ranges of 0 our western states herper |