Show LEES LEE'S FERRY IS ADVOCATED AS SPOT TO BUilD COLORADO DAM Plan Outlined for Series of Power Plants on Oil River BETTER FOR UTAH UlAH Objection Recorded to Putting United States in ill Power Business Construction of Use tile great Colorado river flood Hood water dam at Glenn Can Can- Canyon Canon yon on near Lees Ferry instead of the Boulder dam with a series of smaller electric power development dams scattered above through and below the he Grand canyon was advocated by D. D C C. Green vice president and gen gen- general eral ral manager of the Utah Power Light company as the only logical method of handling the Colorado river problem The proposal was outlined us In n detail before Ogden Rotary club members who were ere guests of ot James F. F Orr division manager of the Utah Power Light company as the Cut Cut- Cuter Cutler ler er plant in Bear river canyon canon If the Boulder dam darn should be built let the United States govern govern- government government government ment build it for the purpose of reg reg- regulating the flow now of the river and for Irrigation but under the federal power law aw let Los Angeles or private in- in Interests interests build the electric power plant You dont don't have to put the federal gov gov- government government in the power business to have this his dam darn built The government can build mild the dam and yet allow private Initiative to continue in business PRIVATE INITIATIVE E That private initiative of ot American people has been responsible for its great real advancement in comparison with wiLls government endeavors in other lands was stated by the speaker who corn com cornered compared pared ered Americas America's progress with that of ot European lands and who also named many great Inventors whose who e accomplishments were under personal and not nol no public direction General Manager Green made di- di direct direct comparison of the Colorado river rl possibilities with the development of he the Bear river system He lle showed how the Utah Power Light com com- company pany any conserves es the flood Hood waters in Bear Sear Lake utilizes only the over over- overflow overflow flow at season off for the Cutler plant lant but that the upper power plants cooperated are with the the- stored waters leu which are also conserved for the Irrl- Irrl Hc 7 the various plants form orm steps over which the water flows for or power development was Illustrated That similar power plant develop- develop rent r along the Colorado river rl would result in production of horse- horse horsepower horsepower power ver o instead of only at Boulder dam darn was illustrated by the BETTER FOR UTAH Utah will be unable to get power from rom the Boulder dam project but buthe the he step stair plan would give power for or both Utah Arizona Nevada and California according to Illustrations shown down by the speaker The stair step tep plan was advocated by the speak- speak speaker er r on the ground that it is horse sense engineering and would keep Utah on a competitive basis baiLs with Los A. A geles A-geles geles Comparison of American progress and nd business with that of other lands especially as to telephones tel phones electricity and nd a was made by the speak peak who said that Business in America Is good and asked Why change hange it Fred M. M Nye Nyc president of the Og- Og Ogden Ogden den cn Rotary club presided at the event vent the the- luncheon being held in the big Cutler power plant and served under direction of Harry W. W Beckett Jr managing director of the Hotel Bigelow Division Manager Manage Orr In- In Introduced introduced the speaker Music was fur fur- furnished furnished fished by and Lundblade playing piano accordions Ninety-four Ninety members and guests of the club lub made the inspection trip to the plant lant and gigantic dam darn which form the he greatest electric power unit In Utah |