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Show BIG IRRIGATION PLANJ1SENTED PLANS ARE UNDER WAY FOR IR- RIGATION SY8TEM FOR MANY 8TATE8 Proposition Calls for Irrigating ol 100,000 Additional Acres In Imperial Im-perial Valley and Large Highland Tract Washington A comprehensive plan for Irrigating 500,000 ncres more ot lands in the Imperial valley of California Cali-fornia and more than 1,000,000 ncres of high Innds In tho region of tho Juncture Junc-ture of California, Arizona and Nevada Ne-vada has been presented to congress for action by U10 department of tho Interior. It was framed by A. P. Davis, chief reclamation engineer. Tho project calls for a "high Una canal"' between Lnguna dam on tho lower Colorado rlvor to tho Wiporlal valley, to reach tho hugo acreage- of arid lands there. This will cost about $3,000,000, It Is ostlmatcd. Tho socond big feature of tho project pro-ject Is the construction of a huge reservoir reser-voir and power plnnt at or near Boulder Boul-der canyon, at an estimated cost ot 155,000,000. This would conservo the water, prevent floods and dovolop 700,-000 700,-000 primary Iwrsepowor, which would be sold in the Burroundlng territory. All of the report la said to meet with tho general approval of tho seven states Interested In tho devclopmnt of the Colorado river, with tho exectkm of a recommendation that tho secretary of Interior be given tho power to fir rates at tho Boulder canyon dam. Tlw Davis report declares problems of tho Colorado Colo-rado river aro of national magnitude. The recommendations of Davis, which have booii approved by Secretary Secre-tary of Commerce Hoover, cftaTnnaa of the Colorado river commission and tho department of Intorlor, are : 1. That through suitable legislation tho United Statos undertake the construction con-struction with government funds of a high lino canal from Lagunn dam to the Imperial valley, to bo reimbursed by tho lands boncflted. 2. Thnt tho public lands thnt can be roclnimcd by such works bo reserved for settlement by ex-service men under conditions securing actual settlement and cultivation. 3. Tluit through suitable legislation tho United States undertake the construction con-struction with government funds of a reservoir nt or near Boulder canyon on the lower Colorado river to be reimbursed reim-bursed by tho rowniuta from leasing the power privileges incidont thereto. 4. That any stato Interested in this dovelopmtnt shall lmvo tho right at Its election to contrlbuto an equitable part of tho cost of t-lio construction irf tho resorvolr nnd recolvo for Its contribution contri-bution a proportionate shnro of powcr ut cost to be dofennlneoTTiy tho secretary secre-tary of the Interior. 5. That tho aocrctary of tho Interior be empowered after full hearing of till concomod to nllow tho various applicants appli-cants their due proportion of tho power privileges nnd to allocato tho cost and benefits of u huge line canal. 0. That arter development hereafter authorized to be undertaken on the Colorado river by foiWrnl government or oUicrwsQ bo'rcqulred to glvo -priority of right nnd use: (a) To rlvor regulation and flood control. (b) To use of stomge.wnter for Irrigation. Ir-rigation. (c) To development of power. |