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Show Boulder May Rival Gatun and Assouan other thriving communities on thi lower low-er Colorado." Mr. Swing snld the unified project will provide homes and farms for thousands thou-sands of ex-service men and women, as the secretary of the Inferior Is authorized au-thorized under the bill to use the stored waters to reclaim arid lands below, of which the government Itself owns about .800,000 acres, now worthless, worth-less, but highly productive when water is put upon them. The building of this ''am will make possible the creation of 750,000-horse-power of electrical energy much needed need-ed to supplement our rapidly diminishing diminish-ing oil supply. Heady markets for this power exist In the mines, of Utah, Arizona aud Nevada, the railroads In the southwest and In the cities of southern California, The power privileges priv-ileges at the dam will be sold or leased under governmental regulations which will guarantee an equltuble distribution dis-tribution among the various states and communities. The proceeds from the sales and lenses of the power will pay the cost of the dam. The cost of the Irrigation work and ennuis will be repaid by the lands benefited. VyASIJINGTON. Legislation to V V carry Into effect the recommen-: datlon to congress made recently by Secretary Fall for the protection and development of the lower Colorado rlv-er rlv-er was proposed In a bill Introduced In the house by Representative Swing, Republican, California. The measure calls for an appropriation of $70,000,- ( 000, and authorizes the construction of a dam creating an Immense reservoir at, Boulder canon on the Colorado river; near the Colorado-Nevada line. "The dam would be sufficient," Representative Rep-resentative Swing said, "to store the entire flood waters of that river In any year, and completely remove the constantly con-stantly recurring serious menace from annual floods to the Imperial valley, California ; Tunin, Arlt, and many Old Naval Officers Face Hard Times FIFTY-NINE old "sea dogs of the American navy are In trouble. This is a group of naval officers who in some cases have served as far back as 1898 and were formerly officers of the naval auxiliary service. It appears that In the days In which they took an active part In the navy, they received some sort of an Indefinite promise that they would ..never be relieved from duty as long as they were alive, and also that in later years their families would receive pensions. The branch of the service In which they served was organlied In 1S08 to command naval supply vessels. But In the emergency emer-gency of 1D17 congress arbitrarily ! forced these old time auxiliary officers Into the newly organized naval reserve. Under their auxiliary organization they were accorded the some amount of pay and other benefits as the regulars. regu-lars. P.ut since their enforcpd uniform and Is commanding officer of the training ship Rappahannock at Snn Diego, Cel., in a letter to President Presi-dent Harding has appealed te him t ask for the setting aside of the small amount of pay that will keep those 69 old sea heroes from starvation, If tin reduction should go through. He says that there are two simple means wheiehy the unfortunate condition could now be remedied. T t W U ... M ... . Into the naval reserve of 1017 they have become a. part of the .organized reserve, which under the present naval bill will be greatly reduced. Cornmnnder William Prldenux. who was the first officer of the supply ship Zuflro, which went with Admiral Dewey's fleet Into Manila bay In 1S0S, and who has ever since worn the naval nc Mini u IU linusilT IIOHe OI" fleers to the regular service as as extra number In the grade out of the, line of regular promotions und retain them for service on auxiliary ships. The second is that retirement pay privileges equal to those accorded reg-ulor reg-ulor officers should at least be pro-vlded. pro-vlded. The latter would cost the government gov-ernment only $60,000 a year.. No Accommodations for the Tenderfoot station, McKinley Park station at Riley Creek, is about fifteen miles north of Broud Puss, through which the rall-nuid rall-nuid crosses the main Alaska range. Here Is being constructed by Maurice Morlno, a local homesteader, largo log roodhouse to accommodate local travel. Mr. Morlno has also made application ap-plication to erect this coming summer sum-mer six shelter tents within the park, which will contain stoves and bedding for travelers who, however, must bring their own food supplies. Another local homesteader, P. J. Lynch, will also conduct a road house ut McKinley Park station. These ac-eommodotlons ac-eommodotlons are principally for miners and prospectors going Info the Kuntlshna mining district. - The few tourists who may desire to get Into the park to view the wild herds of carl-ho.i carl-ho.i and mountain sheep to which the pa.-k offers sanctuary will be able to outfit with puck animals and secure guides at McKinley Park station. Travel conditions and hotel accommodations accom-modations nlong established lines of fniKtor'utln bv rul'road. antomohll and river steamer will be about as In the, rural districts' of the' United Slates, but travel away from the established es-tablished lines is practically Impossible Impos-sible at present. THE following Information Is contained con-tained In a bulletin Issued by the Department of the Interior: Officials of the Alaskan engineering commission state that, now thot steel has been connected on the (.overnmnt Alaskan railroad from Seward to Fairbanks, Fair-banks, a large volume of tourist travel is expected to be handled over that road this coming summer. Not only Is It a wonderfully scenic ride, hut the Mount McKinley Natlonul park, which the railroad closely approaches, will be an added attraction. However, tourist travel within the P!-k Vllf tv J"nr'hl rhl yeor fo only the most hardy traveler. Not only are there absolutely no accommodations within the park, but there are no' rouds and at present, not even a well-constructed well-constructed trail. The park railroad League of Nations and Size of Armies JJIRThs, marriages, mortality and - health among the people of the member states of the league of Nations Na-tions will figure strongly In studies now In progress In Geneva to pave the way for ultimate reduction of the size of armies. A ropy of n draft program pro-gram "to guide' studies' of ' specialists selected by the league's temporary mixed commission has readied the Washington government through unofficial un-official sources. The draft program was prepared by Profersor Iienlnl and submitted to the commission for circulation among the specialists. It Is n voluminous document docu-ment outlining the Information as to HI I on Thursday. of County Assessor Cum: hP with some of his deputies p 'A in Binghami on Wednesda; 11 i justinjr valuations. Mr. l fl wins ls anxious to give an to H every taxpayer a square d lrrUj The town board has aboi u out ultimately into proportionate army ratios. The draft program even calls for nni'ii data us to emigration and a study of the. activities and conditions , )ife abroad of such emigrants in or-mini'" or-mini'" (,r,f,nnlne averuge number A never return to the mother coun- W cl y aceh phase of the problem of mill-Cunj mill-Cunj strength analysis economic, so-iy so-iy anl)nlltlcnl- geogruphlcal. racial and ial. f'lu ls covered In the draft pro- . i with equal thoroughness, and of- I it lib here who examined the docu-'said docu-'said it would be years before to Jous a program could be brought II execution, I |
