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Show Colorado River Begins to Recede Calexico, Cal. Advices received from the government reclamation office of-fice at Yuma, Ariz., state that the Colorado Col-orado river began to drop after reach-in reach-in g-a peak flow in excess of 70.000 sec-o:i,!-tYot. As, a result, workers who have been throwing up emergency levees lev-ees to 'prevent cotton lands in Lower California, Mexico, from being inundated, inun-dated, expect to be able to cease their labors. The Colorado dropped when the main flow of the storm flood iu the Gila river reached the Colorado channel. chan-nel. The discharge had increased to OS POO second-feet. The water continued contin-ued to rise until it was evident that the Gila Hood had spent its force |