Millard County Chronicle | 1911-02-16 | Page 5 | Soldiers May Go to Mexico

SOLDIERS KAY GO TO KEXiCO Not for Interference In Mexican Affair, But to See That Dike' on Colorado River Is Protected. Washington . The United States government has taken tin at Mexico City the question of protecting the dike which is being built along the Colorado river In Mexico, In order to control that stream. Whether it will be necessary to send American troops Into Mexico for this purpose has not been determined. Roth governments. It Is Bald, are co operating In an effort to nee that the dike 1h protected from all harm In connection con-nection with the revolution. The structure is un American utweriaKins and Is being built with the consent of Mexico for the purpose of preventing floods In the Colorado river and ronse-quent ronse-quent great damage, In the Imperial valley of California. The work Is belli? prosecuted under an appropriation of $1,000,000 made by congress at Its laRt session. The dike has progressed to such a point that it is now deflecting the course of the river, which Is Its purpose, and any Interference Inter-ference at the present moment would be extremely dangerous.