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Whether or not it is ever built to dam water, the proposed 675-ft. Federal power and irrigation dam in the Boulder Canyon of the Colorado River has already backed up an enormous supply of attention, irrigated the U. S. with rushing streams of propaganda and oratory, generated powerful currents of controversy. The purposes for which the actual dam is proposed...
...facts, that only 2½% of the Colorado basin lies in California; that practically no California water drains into the river; whereas about 42% of the basin is in Arizona, whose streams furnish 28% of the river's flow at Boulder Canyon. Reflecting these facts in the provisions of the bill in such a manner as to satisfy Arizona has to date proved impossible...
...Guernsey, assistant director of the Peabody Museum, will go to northeastern Arizona to obtain data for a model of a cliffdwelling. The particular dwelling which will be copied is in the Segi Canyon situated over 200 miles from the nearest railroad. The model will be made and colored insofar as possible in the vicinity of the original...
...herd instinct. Man and Mother Earth have conspired to keep water cooped up in bottles, pipes, dams, lakes and oceans. But whenever Man or Mother Earth makes a slip, a Water runs madly to meet fellow Waters. Last week there was a revolt of Water in the San Francisquito Canyon and the Santa Clara Valley, 50 miles north of Los Angeles. The St. Francis dam had long been a symbol of hate in Southern California...
...Break. At 1 a. m. one night last week the St. Francis dam broke at each end, although the centre section (200 ft. high) held fast. Twelve billion gallons of water in the form of a wave 75 ft. high went charging down the San Francisquito Canyon, into the Santa Clara River. By the time it reached the Pacific Ocean, 75 miles away, it was little more than a malicious trickle. But behind were the wiped-out towns of Newhall, Saugus, Piru, Fillmore, Santa Paula; 305 dead humans, thousands of dead animals; little white flags designating corpses found by rescue...