| Show BEGIN DRIVE TO ENLIST MEMBERS IN SANPETE The Fhe drive to enlist the citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of four western states into a gigantic organization to press for speedy authorization of the Colorado River Storage Project F began this week This drive will see a concerted program to enlist the citizens of Colorado Utah Wyoming and New Mexico in the s sare are water vigilantes pledged to support the Colorado River Storage project Spearheading the drive in Sanpete is Don V. V Tibbs with the various city chairmen handling the drive on the local level Calvin Mickel- Mickel son has been named to head the u. u u u. u TOo ur T drive anve in maim lanU anti ana aim air ui v. v r. r L. L Thorpe will serve as E Ephraim p Ii h r a aim i m chairman So much erroneous information information information tion has been disseminated to other states that citizens of this area must help tell the facts to the rest of the nation The A- A will help accomplish I this with their literature and sponsorship of r writing letter-writing campaigns according to Mr Tibbs Factual information willbe willbe will willbe be supplied to all citizens who become and this may be used to add punch to the letters they write To support the drive mayors throughout the county have proclaimed Colorado Colorado Colorado Color Color- ado River Week and have urged the citizens of their cities to become Of much interest to the people people peo peo- pie of this area is the construe construct construction tion of the Echo Park Dam I This is the second largest dam damin damin damin in the Colorado River Storage Project and its advantages were pointed out by engineers more than forty lorty years ago By use of the Echo Park Dam the upper up- up per npr nor basin hn in states nan can n take the r u u river water allocated to them by compact and still retain the ability to give the lower basin states their share of the water A great boost was given the project when President Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower bower included a recommendation recommends recommends- tion that the project be started in his message to congress Persons wishing to join the movement may do doso doso doso so by giving their contribution to one of the local officers or mailing it to Salt Lake City |
