Show I POWER COMPANIES MAKING A FIGHT Word comes from roni Washington that EI Mead commissioner of reclamation does not cot look with favor Cavor on the Suing S bill dealing with wIlli the waters water of the tb Colorado river until such time as ao the tho tb UnIted States and Mexico reach an agree agreement agreement ment by treaty on the waters water of othe the Colorado The statement Is made mado that Senor Mejorada chief of the tho th first irrigation zone zono of Mexico stated to toa toa toa a congressional committee that Mexico would not look with ith favor Cavor favoron favoron on the Sv Swine Sing Ing bill blU proposing to dl di divert vert large largo quantities of at water ater ater from Crom the Colorado for tor the tho th Irrigation of oland lands In la the United States State unless In In the th meantime the th United States had entered Into aj a understanding a IllS as to the e 0 rights right of o the two countries as to the tho th use uso us of ot the waters of the th Colorado river With that condition operating or as asa ora aa a block to progress In the utilizing or of the tho Colorado the th lion Is 18 In duty bound to proceed proc v delay to reach an agree agree- agreement agreement ment mont with Mexico Senator Hiram Johnson Is malt mak makIn makins In log a vigorous fight for the th Swing bIll and In a point where It was about to be b reported by the th house committee Mr Frederick Fredericks has bas In introduced reduced another measure can ha Iw hae e no other oilier result It if It 11 suc sue succeeds coeds than throttling many teeny of the I purposes of the th orIginal Sv log measure The Tho Th Swing legis latton which has hl had bad it Its months of Indicate hearings bearings seeks to rescue res roe cue cu the tho Imperial valleys valley's sole cola ol Water wa wa- Iler ter supply from Mexican control The rho Fredericks Frederick bill blU would do- do donate donate I nate nat outright 30 for tor a low dam data for flood control only The TheS Th S Swing Sing ing bill would a tern tem loan of ot repay repay- repayable repayable able ablo with Interest for tor a high dam darn at Boulder canyon to provide not at only for tor flood protection but also Ifor for tor reclamation and the power do de development d together with a canal doI I lIlt built entirely within the th United U States State to relieve Imperial valleys valley's I Isole sole sol water ater supply from I conti 01 The Th Fredericks bill does 1 nothing for tor domestic ator ater or elee elec I trio trie power so badly needed by southern Bouthern cities These Inestimable benefits would bo be tho thu tb Inevitable result of oC the th Swing bill I The Federick rc measure mea uro In Ing the lie building of a superstructure ling I jl on the proposed low flood dam darn by a n license of o the th government means giving to some somo om power company the benefit not only of o the govern a government's meats ments in in In the tho tb dam darn but the enormous power created by the th superstructure No amount of ot specious argument by interested partieS about flood control con control should mould for tor an Instant permit the tho necessary and valuable provi of ot the Swing Swine bill to be b do de destroyed Senator Johnson IndIcates Indicate that the tho opposition to the Swing bill cornea comes from powerful electric po pow power er companies Today In la a recent under hIs hl name namo he ho saId ald The Th most moat constructive pIece biece of I legislation pending before the th con is gl giess es today Is the tho the the- Boulder darn dam damI I 1 project For more than tv two 0 years this thie has ha been pending In the hOuse Upon it there ther has been beon a campaign of education which s h brought It the Indorsement ot of public organization ions tion all over the th country What It means mean to sou southern hern California In flood control Irrigation lion land settlement power and v ater aler for communities and should by this time bo well under understood understood stood Just now when this project ha reached the th attention of pea peo people I plo pie In every part of ot the tho United I States the th big electric l po or companies are laboring to control the electric Sold field and aud they are ar not overlookIng any opportunity to pro vent real competition |