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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 13, 1931
"No Favor Sicays Us; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman, March 28, 1351
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j Liovernor Meier s Address k j
mHE state listened with deep interest in the inaugural
X pronouncement of Governor Julius .L. Meier. His great
popular vote meant that a vast number of people were gen
uinely interested in the proposals which he might make for
nan 1 orrlol a f Jrvn Wi Tn0rp mjiv hp annraised as for. the
most part well-tempered and constructive. It is true that
he laid a lash on the judiciary in his tribute to the memory
of George W. Joseph; and it is to be hoped that this may
not initiate A feud between the executive and judicial de
partments of state. The governor is entitled to his opinion
and to freedom in expressing it; but that done the people
and their! officials should not seek to prolong the bitterness
Af -thin hfstorift Mse. Too much work lies just ahead. i
; For the most part the proposals of the governor were
sound. His outline of a hydro-electric policy assures the
state that the water resources will be conserved and pror
Art? Private enternrise is not barred, but made amen
able to rigid regulation. The change of the public service
commission to a single-headed department of utilities rep
resents largely just a change of name. The present com
mission now possesses many of the powers recommended to
the single executive. The new1 powers which Governor
Meier recommends seem fit safeguards against exploitation!
hv utilities. "
Particularly do weproe of his recommendation that
the one-mill market tax be absorbed by the state, thus re
lieving property of that load. His recommendation of a
state police force is along the right line. j
The governor's address touches so many matters
which will become legislative issuesl that we will withhold
further cohiment'i at this time. 1 1- j
i Spurious Race Tickets j
THERE has been a big sale here in Salem of tickets on
the races at Agua Caliente. People have bought the
veloM that S350.000 worth
been : proven spurious. Whether any of these were sold lo
cally we do not know, though it'would not be surprising, be
cause at this distance neither
can tell whether the tickets are
The gambling fever is stirred by occasional reports of
wins of large sums by Canadians and Englishmen who dab
ble heavily in race betting. But the report or the losers
never is published. Thousands buy who never win a thing;
tha promoters must get the sure income or they would not
continue in the business. Betting on horse races Is enough
of a srarcble where one has some knowledge of the horses. It
is a pure gamble where the, races are hundreds of miles
away and the ticket-buyer may not even know what horse
is bettincr on., . I -,
x And it is almost sheer squandering of money to buy
tickets that are- circulated up here; for besides the long
odds against ever winning is the chance that the tickets
themselves are' fraudulent.
would make a pretty graft
need to do is to print a bunch
men. They would get the money and vanish overnight with
tiavr imv snlit rf winnintrs. ! I
". The circulation and sale of these race tickets violate
the laws of Oregon. The authorities should take the matter
in hand and put a stop to it. i It is nothing j but; gambling,
with barely the conventional "gambler chance." The! sher
iff and prosecuting attorney
peddlers of these tickets so
public ww do well to keep its;
The State
THE state tax commission is probably wise in not send
ing out the' blanks for the state income tax until the
legislature adjourns. The public will remain oblivious of its
liability under the new state income tax until it gets its
blanks. When it does and compares the rates with the fed
eral income tax there is sure to be a holler that will be
worse than on the intangibles tax and would probably reach
the legislature. . I f ; 1
The difference briefly is as follows: Exemption for a
married person, state, $2500; federal, ,$3500. Rates: state,
first $1000 above the exemption, 1; second $1,000, 2;
third $1,000, 3; fourth $1,000, 4; over $4,000, 6; Fed
eral rates: First $4,000, ; V2 V second $4,000, 3; over
$8,000. 5. ; i
- - In addition there Is a credit under the federal law of
25 of the tax on earned incomes. The 'state does not have
surtax. ." ' ' ' t
The net effect will be that for the most of the incomes
below $10,000 the state income tax will be greatly in ex
cess of the federal income tax; on most incomes above
&10.000. tha tor will tw lpta fnr tta atofo V " " '
Our prediction is that the
in & sum far greater than the
dollars made by the state tax commission. We venture to
say that it with other taxes may result in j abolishing the
j state property tax; and if the intangibles tax is restored,
' it will not be loner before the income rates mav he rerinc
."I unless the 'plethora of funds
Senate Lacks Power
: TTROM a lesral standrjomt President TTnnvpr
; i? fusing to return to the senate the nominations of three
, juemoers oi me power commission which the senate had
previously confirmed. When
vmuuuodiuus . n ci r io&uku ii ti
j the officials could be removed Would . be by the president
j uaseu or oj we route oi lmpeacnment. If the senate can
. reconsider" nominations at any time, then a rebellious
senate might completely tie un the adm!nitratfnn
government. The senate under the constitution lacks power
vu cancel commissions dj ine metnoa ox reconsidering the
: nominations. -; .": S . , ; j . ... -; . ; .; : , , t '
: ,We think the new power commission blundered badly
. in f inner the two subordinate. Tlneepli nrl mnn u.j
: shown themselves fine public
iijr is on uie commission ana tne president. The senate can
not go back and rewrite Its minutes after the presidential
( commissions were executed- Kenatnm MrMTv tnii Sf,i
" both voted against the reconsideration and their vote was
correci. voting lor the motion to reconsider was chiefiy a
: way of venting spleen against the president or expressing
honest disapproval cf the action cf the wrnrniasion, The
Portland, Security Bide
Los AjireUa, w.
Pac Side
. Representatives; -
York, 871. Madiaon Are.
Michigan
Are.
; - '"'a '11' ' -
of sweepstakes tickets have
local seller nor local buyer
genuine or not.
One can easily( see where it
for race track touts. All they
of tickets and send out 'sales
should make it hot. for the
the sale here will cease. The
money in its pocket.
Income Tax
state income tax! will bring
estimate of around a million
causes an orgy of spending.
is right in re-
the senate once acted and then
insT munnnrv Tn& fin tvso
servants; but the responsibU-
Cod
Liver
Oil
By Cv C Uaner, M. D. '
County prpartmeBt of Health
; There -was a time not so many
years past when It was suggest
ed that taking cod lrrer on woaia
benefit a Iserson. It was felt that
nothing mora horrible could ba
wished on that particular inu-
rlduaL Nov that product taken
from the j livers of the - cod fish
has come to be essential to many
people, especially for children.
Formerly It was need only In ta-
berenlosls. In some cases of riek-
eU. and IX the ehUd eoald be
persnaded to take It, In the badly
undernourished. Now we look' up
on cod lifer oil as-an important
remedy and a Yalnablo food. . It
has been found to bo valuable or
essential n sneh conditions as:
preyentlng and .curing' rickets,
preventing such infections as
colds, sllmuiatihg- the appetite,
in the treatment of tuberculosis.
promotes proper ' growth, - helping
to make good - teeth and bones,
and is valuable in overcoming
malnutrition.: f - f - f
This product which might well
be called, - "canned sunshine."
contains two vitamins, A and D.
Vitamin A is concerned in pro
moting growth. Increasing, the
resistance! against certain dis
eases as well as other benefits,
while Vitamin D is needed to
prevent and cure rickets. Through
its ability; in depositing calcium
In the' teeth and bones Vitamin
O is also of great value. This ex
cellent combination of vitamins
makes cod liver oil almost an es
sential in the diets of children
when there is little sunshine: j
The question is often asked r
can something else be substitut
ed for cod liver oil? Tes, plenty
of sunshine. Other substitutes, so
called, are not as reliable. VI
osterol or! acterol, or the ultra
violet light are valuable but do
not supply the Vitamin A. The
reason people want substitutes
Is because they think that their
children will not take eod liver
oil. As a -rule too much fuss is
made about the taste and natur
ally the child believes he cannot
take the "awful stuff." The psy
chology of cod liver oil is much
worse than the taste.
It is important that a good
grade of cod liver oil be used.
Anyone can be certain of the
quality ofi the oil purchased by
buying oil with the word "stand
ardized" on the label of the bot
tle. This means that the product
has been tested on animals for
vitamin content. Bargains in cod
uver oil are really not bargains
at all tor such oil probably has
not been tested. "
The question often arises, how
long and when should it be giv
en? It should be started shortly
after the birth of the child and
continued
until the tenth blrth-
day to be
of the greatest benefit.
In this part of the country it
would be! safe to say that It
should be started about October
1 and continued to April 1 each
year. So many mothers have the
feeling that after the first or
second yer it need not be given
any niorej It is especially valu
able, for a tew years after the
child has istarted to school as it
helps to prevent many infections
that the child often picks up af
ter starting his school work.
It Is necessary that the Infant
get more cod liver oil according
to his siae than the child two
years old for it is during infancy
when growth is very rapid that
rickets develops. Strange to say,
rickets develops only in growing
babies. A j starring baby will not
get rlcketf but the baby which Is
taking plenty of food and put
ting on weljjht rapidly may derel
o; this disease. A teaspoon of
cod liver I oil twice a day will
probably fill the requirements of
most children irrespective of age.
If your child needs more your
physician wUi tell you so.
Yesterdays
Of Old Oregon
Tows Talks from The States
man Oar Fa titers Bead
January 12, 1005
Plans for the annual Y. M. C.
A. membership contest' are shad
ing up. with Dr. H. C Epley and
Charles Roth pitted against each
other as leaders of the two sides.
A small blase was started in
the office of the Postal Tele
graph office last night, however
the night policeman noticed it
and put it out.
I
The horse stalls in the engine
senators
ingless.
know very well the
Roosevelt and
-O OVERNOR Roosevelt writes the editor of the Orecron-
VX ian that he is not a' candidate for president in any
way, shape or form. And in the same paper Mark Sullivan
predicts that Roosevelt will not be the democratic nominee,
but rather Owen D. Young. Both statements will not disturtf
the western 'democrats who are pinning their hopes on the
present New York governor. There is a deal of difference
between I not being a candidate and refusing to accept a
nomination. And Young hardly seems to frame the political
picture which events are rapidly sketching for 1 1932.
As chairman of the board of .the General Electric com
PW Which in popular understanding heads up the "power
trust. Young would seem a queer candidate for the party
which has been endeavoring to make power the Issue.
Much may happen In two years,, and the observation
of Sullivan that the earliness of the talk for Itosevelt is a
factor against him, is correct from the standpoint of politi-iJence-But
the position of Roosevelt who wlQT n
fJES60! ?ew. York for two years with a record for
TTjte-getting that beat even AI Smith'sTwould seem almost
t9 force jhia nomination by the democrats.
faa P.-r Ta eontemporary observes la the political doings et
wm, pirtt S fi! doe "age well for future
JfffnT7' .Nor Is it likely that the Capital-Journal's editorial
gimlet will "gimlet well for future; harmony".
t.-r,.!!1 hM aot-gone
ZZ TJWTt- i . , I. inat. T nothing of thav craning of
necks whan the furnishings arrive for Salem's new "White House."
tn.TTfr11. SuTT camft ar.iria the MliU killer a leather
SlSSiSl Ji?e? tP-?Uch n:
rN ( meetj: THESE-) ;r iKJ. -
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1 ' 'fwt-TWfcfctaift 4tS
"FOREST LOVE
CHAPTER XX VTH.
When she had gone he strug
gled to an nnright position in
the wheel chair. Painfully he
bent over and began to push and
prod at his heavy, lifeless legs.
But he could not move them and
lay back with eyes closed.
Grandma found Mm there
when she came oat to ask his
advice about the legal terms
that contused her.
"I'm thinking I made a mis
take abont the eucalyptus," she
Began, hesitatingly.
lie opened tired eyes. "About
the eucalyptus, mother?"
A Poor Investment
"Tes. seems as though, I
shouldn't have tried anything so
big. But pshaw I I did hate
those dirty, chickens your father
swore by. ' Seems as though I
went kind of crazy there tor a
whUe after he died. Seemed like
I had to tear down those sheds
and have something pretty. And
I always liked trees. - I dunno,
maybe I shouldn't have put In
eucalyptus. - Seems like they
were planted too close, and be
sides, not being very near the
raUroad . . . well, I guess your
father was right. You know he
always said you couldn't trust a
woman with money or she'd lose
it" She smiled sadly.
"I've lost most of it for you.w
"Why, Peter, you shouldn't
say that! I never missed what
little I sent!"
"Oh, X know. About the time
you got ready to spend mon-y
for improvements I needed
something tor the famUy.
There's no use pretending differ-
r
house of the 8alem tire depart
ment have been provided with
new floors.
Final tryouts for the high
school debating squad win be
held tonight, with the following
contesting: Bessie Hardin;, Per
ry Reigelman, Re a Utter, Vert
Ooode, Ralph Moores, Rex Tur
ner. Ross Mclntyre and Charles
B. Harrison. '
The Young Men's Republican
club In the city Is making prep
arations for a big banquet to be
held about the middle of Febru
ary. J. C. Graham, J. (V Goodale
and Secretary B. F. West com
pose the committee on prelimin
ary arrangements.
motion td reconsiSer Is mean-
the Presidency
the way of romantic love. The
THE NEW DOCTOR
ently." He turned his head away,
unable to go on. He was think
ing of the cheap, thin envelope
that had come so regularly
through ' the years. Cashier's
checks. Money orders. Ha had
never written to her except
when he needed money. Just
drifted away , . . got tangled up
with Kitty .... friqnda ... and
where were they 'now? "I've
been a failure," he finished
thickly. He wanted her to know
that he knew-It.
This was his Gethsemene, his
darkest hour.
Her arms ached to comfort
htm. Her son ... the only one
left . . . She bit her lip.. It
wasn't pity he wanted . i i "I
wish you'd quit talking nonsense
and giro me pome advice!? .
My advice' isn't worth much."
But he cleared his throat, and
lifted his drooping head.
"Well, as I aald, I couldn't
awing the eucalyptus deal. Taxes
are too high. Looked like I
might , lose ' the whole thing
when some oil people came mon
keying around, testing out the
country, and they gave me a
thousand dollars . for an option;
I felt pretty happy about that-?-"
She paused, and he suppressed
a sigh. Oil. It wonld he. oil. Some
of the money she had given' him
that should have gone to aave
the eucalyptus grove . had i gone
Into his own worthless oil stock.
The stock-that he fondly expect
ed, up to a month or so ago, to
make him rich.
"But they didn't' find any.
They spent a lot of money, they
say. Well. It was kind of fool
ish to hope they would. I guess
I should have known that old
chicken ' ranch wasn't good for
anything but chickens. Well.'!
guess we've lost it, Peter. I can't
ever pay all that interest I owe.
I was -just wondering- what I'd
better do. I thought I'd show
you the papers I have. I can't
make- much out of them-" '
"What was the name of the
company?" he asked dully. "The
people that sunk the well, I
mean?"
"Giant California and South
western." v 1
"Giant California and South
western! Giant Cat and . . .
why, that's funny! I don't under
stand that! That's the same
company I . 1. Mother, could
you wheel me into the hall to
the telephone? ' I want to caU
Burkhart at the bank, he"
"Peter I You look ... so ex
cited . . . you don't think That
maybe we could- " , i
"Papa! Grandma . . i why.
TO RETURN
laeardo Alfare, KlnlsxTOBa
Panama te the United States,
whose immediate presence la Pan
ama is requested la a dizpatch re
ceived from the Junta, revolution
ary faction that ha overthrown
the Republican government and
thrown President Arosemena, mto
jaU. It is rumored that Alfaro has
already chartered a private plaae
te make tha trio jozav
i
By HAZEL
LIVINGSTON
what's the matter? What's HAP
PENED?" Nancy cried from the
stairs. ;: - ; ) j ,
"Just be quiet. YouH find all
about It in due time . . . iSutter
two eight seven . . i . Mr. Burk
hart. Holleabeck calling!?'
Papa held the receiver 'with a
steady hand. He spoke with his
old manner, ; j assured, a little
bombastic; His eyes i were alight,
he straightened his rumpled col
lar as he -waited. Leave every
thing to me, his eyes said. I'll
take care of the business for my
family!
With difficulty Nancy closed
her -gaping mouth. When she
heard ; htm talking about Giant
California and: Southwestern she
tiptoed upstairs again to have a
good cry. Poor papa, still fuss
ing over his worthless stock!
It was the- va-bcom- J- E
It was the hottest day of the
season. The horses lagged. Jack
B earner's face was red. and set:
he pushed on doggedly. His wife
followed, a picture of misery on
her sweating, tired horse. She
wanted to stop and get a drink
from the canteen that hung . by
the saddle, but she was afraid
to ask, afraid to try to unfasten
the canteen without atopplng.
For- she was terribly afraid of
the steep, slippery trail and Jack
was in a vile humor. She gulped
and pushed a strand of wet hair
oft her hot face. Her tongue felt
swollen. But she set her mouth
and went on. If she got through
this day without complaining
Jack could never again' accuse
her of being a poor sport.
It was growing dark. Clouds
were covering the, sun. One of
those darn thunder storms!" he
snarled, s turning to glare at the
unhappy, woman as it it were her
fault.
, And she! tortured out of all
control, snapped back Irritably:
"Yon needn't look at me like
that. I didn't order it!"
Then the rain came. Light
ning flashes. Thunder crashed;
and the mountains on each aide,
of the narrow canyon f n which
they rode threw1 back the echo so
that It seemed 'to be coming from
all sides at once. Almost instant
ly they were drenched, water
coursed down i the trail, turning
It Into a minature river.
' A terrific eraslu almost upon
them, maddened Anita's nervous
horse. It swerved dangerously.
made a frantic effort to turn on
the narroV trail.
"Jack! I'm frightened!" she
screamed. t ,
A light, powerful as the head
light of a locomotive, flashed full
in Jack's eyes, blinding him for
an Instant. In the am Instant
he heard the deafening crash of
the thunder and a redwood, not
five feet away was splintered.
With an almost human whtninar
waU it gave way. Fell Just be
yond him.; V"i, '-'' -
"Jack! Help me!" Anita sob
bed. "Help me."
.With a smothered oath he slid
from his horse and led the shud
dering, steaming animal back to
where she waited, sobbing some
zo reet beiow.' . -"Oh.
I'm so afraid so afraid!"
She - sobbed uncontrollably.
clinging to him as drowning
woman dings f to a rescuer with
clutching, tearing, hands.
-Shut no. will rout Anita.
stop clawing my neck! You're all
ngntl Good God. YOTTRR ft
It was I the tree almost Tell on,
not you shut up, I say!"
- am i-m so afraid Jack take
me home. Oh, I want j to go
home". t ,. t.,..:
She wouldn't stop that Inces
sant moaning. It kept Jtlnt from
thinking .. and he must decide
something, and eulcklv. The
storm gave no promise of abat
ing. The rain came down In tor
rents and the din of the thunder
was deafening. There was some
thing unreal and overdone about
it. Like a storm scene in a cheap,
1 meioaramatia : eiav.
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. I. HENDRICKS
Water .
'
The ! dense populations of the
onnntrir will more and"niore de
pend upon ater; upon the sup-
piy lor i . -
tally tor power, and navigation
-.' . .11- V ' ' -V
I la this particular, the Willam
ette valley will be "sitting pret
ty" tor a longer tima than any
other section oc me
States though the dsr will
come when every,, available acre
foot will be needed. Such a pre
diction would have sounded silly
if not insane' to the pioneers,
who called the Willamette valley
the "Webfoot country", and
could not have Imagined the pos-
fhintv ' of an ultimate water
shortage here.
The- River of Destiny" is the
title of a book published by the
department of water and power
of the 'city of Los Angeles, the
author being Don J; Klnaey. It
is a book that recites colorfully
the history of the Colorado riv
er: "El Rio Bolorado", "the nea
river",; which had several names
before' that one became, fixed;
among, them "The River of Good
Guidance" by Alareon. its dis
coverer: "Rio Del Tison". or
"The Firebrand River", by Dlas;
"The River of Good Hope', by
some of the Catholic fathers of
the California missions, and by
others of the padres, "The River
of the Martyrs", Its color
caused Father Graces to call it
"El Rio Colorado". "The Red
Rlver'V Now it is "The River
of i Destiny", because it is Just
that for the hope of any great
expansion in the southland.
f . -' "la
Does the reader want proof?
Then , listen to a statement of
this book, on page 41; "If they
are to continue their expansion
in the ! future they must secure,
at once, additional water to sup
ply the endless stream of home
seekers coming westward". Who
are the "they" meant? The pre
ceding i statement will tell you.
Read it: "So rapid, in tact, has
been the development of these
great centers of population that
we now find many of southern
CaUfornla's cities outgrowing
their local water supplies",
- i; , - V' V i !
No statement of an outsider
that. It is' official; censored
words with the okeh of the de
partment of water and power of
the city of! Los Angeles. And
they "must secure, at once", ad
ditional water, "if they are to
continue their expansion".
V
But when will the day of "at
once" come? The writer was
told, a year ago,, by officials of
that department, of this absolute
But there was nothing ' unreal
about therein. It fell in icy
sheets, chilling them to the bone
Impossible that an hour ago they
had been warm. Jack shook him
self irritably. He was cold and
stiff and unnerved. They were at
least seven" miles from the lodge
and the horses were tired and
stubborn. It would take hours to
get back over the slippery rock
and the sunken narrow - trails
that had turned into rivers, car
rying the water in a rushing,
bubbly brown torrent down hill.
He stared at the weeping wom
an disgustedly. "Well. get. back
on the horse!" he said brutally,
"unless ;you want to be left be
hind." i
"I can't I can't " r -.!
Then walk I'm. going to
ride!" !
"Oh, help me--help me I'm
so sIck-T-ao afraid" She turn
ed her atreaked, ravaged face full
upon-his and held out beseeching!
skinny arms, with her wet,
stringing hair and her loose,
sagging i mouth she looked like
demented. He 'shrank from her.
"Keep . your hands off me, wUl
you!" 1
Her Quick, heartbroken wall
told Mm that he had taken the
wrong tack. The patient work of
weeks was lost. They were right
back where they were six months
ago, she suspicious, he desper
ate . ... and no way out.
"Oh, why do you hate me?
What have I ever done," ahe
moaned, rocking back and forth
in her misery, forgetting every
thing but his revulsion. Imper
vious at; last to the rain and the
cold. . '
THAT! couldn't go on. He look
ed around dejectedly,: with the
halt formed idea it finding some
cave, some shelter from the un
ceasing rain. And he thought he
saw, high on the mountain above,
a brown cabin, half hidden by the
brush. - ! : ' .
He put his cold hands in . his
pockets,! and stared, trying to
penetrate the distance. J He
thought he aaw a gray thread
windbag f no to It- . . . a I trail
tnrough the brush and atone.
With something like hope he
ran to the bushes a few-yards up
the trail and crashed through
them, fighting his way' up the
steep bank to a more level place
above. There was no doubt about
it, it was a trail. ,
There's a cabin above," he
told her when he came back.
"Well make for that. The horses
will go back to the lodge and thev
will send a searching party pres
ently. We're in luck." V
She remained motionless, lean
ing against the bank. Her face
was' turned to the mud wall.-
lie suppressed an almost over
whelming desire to shske her.
"Are you coming or aren't you?"
"I can't I cant "
"Then stay there, darn it!"
lie did not really intend to
leave her. He would have come
back, for her. But when ahe lifted
her head and saw him, disappear
ing into tne nrusn above ahe gave
a long, gurgling cry of puTe terror
and stumbled after him, threshing
wldly through the brush, stum
bling, panting, crying, "Walt
don't leave me wait!"
j (Te be continued)
66 G
Is doctor's Prescription fo
COLDS and HEADACHES
It Is the to oat speedy remedy
known. . i
. C3 also la Tablets i
additional water
of the likelihood that the final
turning into the mains leading
to Los Angeles of) their share of
the water coming from the Colo
rado river might be as much as
IS years away and would cer
tainly be 10 years. Well, I a
friend haa j Just I put into the
writer's hands a copy ot the Cal
ifornia Cultivator 1 of January i,
ltll. published in Los Angeles,
in which the leading editorial,
headed "Bringing, la the Colo
rado", reads: I
, .
."Our cover this week shows
the route finally selected to
bring the waters jot the Colorado
river Into I southern California
for the use of cities Included In
the metropolitan water district.
Whether or not this is the best
route still seems to be in dis
pute among certain factions;
however the board 1 of review,
composed of nationally known
engineers, after a careful study
of all the various routes, recom
mended the Parker route as the
best and most practical." j
. ''V-. !
"Also, . whether or not this or
any other route wUl . be neces
sary t depends upon the ontcome
of ' the injunction . suit filed by
the state of Arizona which, as
we understand it, hinges upon
the question of whether or not
theJColorado river Is a commer
cially navigable stream up to
and beyond the dam site, 1
"Therefore , until the supreme
court decides this question we
shall not know if the building of
this aqueduct is necessary. That
the bringing of this water will
be of direct benefit to agricul
ture outside the Coachella and
Imperial valleys is also a ques
tion on which there is some dif
ference ot, opinion.
;
"Of course, it is bound to re
lieve ! the present heavy drain
upon; the' underground water
supply by those cities within the
metropoUtaa water district that
at present depend upon this
source for their domestic supply,
and ' thus insure a more abun
dant i supply for the adjacent
farming areas, but it seems, ex
tremely Idoubtful if the cost of
bringing the Colorado river wa
ter over the pass and into this :
area will notreclude the possi
bility of its use for irrigation
purposes excepting in cases ot
extreme emergency." j
I
That is the picture. A begin
nlng cannot be made on the con
struction of the pipe line until
the United 8tates supreme court
shall ! have decided the question
raised by the state ot Arizona.
Some 10 years will be required
In building the dam. It will be
In the Black canyon, not in the
Boulder canyon,, as at first pro
Jected: hence the name, Boulder
canyon dam project and now
proposed to be called the Hoover
dam. K
. : V 1ml ! i :
It will take four or five years
to build the pipe line. It will be
about 270 miles long;v about
equal la .length to the pipe line
of the city ot Los Angeles, to
take in , the Owens river supply
now in use, and the Mona lake
supply, for which' an extension
will be required. The Owena
liter pipe line, 250 miles, waa
the . longest large pipe line for
domestic supply in the world
when nt was constructed, about
18 years ago. When the Mona
lake supply is added, there will
600 second feet ot water.
. V V !
The ahare of California of the .
Colorado river supply will be
1S00 secondi feet. But the Loa
Angeles metropolitan district .
will not get It all. The Imperial
valley alone wants and needs the
whole ot It. The water from the
Colorado for the Los Angeles
area must be lifted 1400 feet be
fore It is poured into the pro
jected 170. mile pipe line. That
is what the "Cultivator" means i
in speaking of the high cost. I
By . this -time the reader can
get an idea of how long the "at
once" la yet away. The strug
gle haa already been going on
for over If years. The ''neces
sity" haa grown all that time. . .
ana grows every day.
(Continued tomorrow.)
r 4-11 CLUB MEETS
BROOKS. Jan. 12 The regu
lar meeting of the 4-H sewing
elub was held in the school house
on Monday after school with Mrs,
IL IL Bosch as club leader. The
group Included Clara Umemoto, .
Snmle Ogura, Hattle Asplnwall,
Arleta Wood. Daisy Potts, Min
nie Ogura, Evelyn Molzan, Ada
Hutto, Mary Clark and Irene
Sturgis. The next meeting will
be held on Tuesday at the home
of the leader, Mrs. Bosch, and
will be a social meeting with re
freshments. Rldoln
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