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<br />;;flll1eri ill COfllmitttt direct t'h~ $tcTetO",ot .. cula~on. i~~a~e _tttat Y9.U.,could expect \0
<br />f'le' J lIter-ior to build twO n~w dafns (tA the .
<br />'-,,!o,"do Ri"...: (I) Bridge Canyon $ituat,;d : procluce'nouP>elec1.ri~ity ,tolilht up not
<br />.,hOH' SO mil.. below the jumoU3'Grand ',only Grand C_ ~ atea (hereafter
<br /><,,,,,,,,,,, Nati"""l PUTk, and (2) lIInThle called Lake UdaU) but Bryce., Zion. Ihe Pet-
<br />I ;urye .no"! 12 milesabot'e it, These do,i.., rilled Forest,' aDtt ,Pain~ Dese.-I, 'with
<br />"Iud. nre parI of nvart project plonned />;It ,enoulb left over to'decorate ],742-,651 ever.
<br />,I,e Rurenll of Reclomati"" \0 lIrh.g ",.tffitd ',r"'1nl1 --:ith Chri.tm.. lillhU. " '
<br />,I" dry 101ld, of the Sonth",est,""ve been Tlte Grand CanyonDlim ,,,'cxl\d' lllso have
<br />jJlI,s:HOllatflll. 4tlUC'ked 0" ('01\Servationms, gr-eat uses for irrigation 'and flOod control.
<br />clllc.fly rllt> SiP.ff(l- Cluh. Secret.~r:1/ oj'th6.-lll- 'The Colorado. River would be pn.mancntly
<br />IPrtorSletCart L.'VdaU,lto,.",aUY'CIco1utf'Ua- tll.Ided., Experts-have assured- rite ttrat with
<br />:IOlll:-;t himself and' 4uthOr of -The Quit-t" the"-waters from Lake Udall ,we could in;j.
<br />Cr(si;;.' iw:-> Cl"l"l1utd 'fa,. bath d(l1t1s. ,-::-' gate a maximum of 2,165.000 acre-s- of.dry
<br />.. A "o,.'ef ,'"ggestioll for escalation oj'lh,e land.' Thus we could look forward to wheat
<br />i','ojPcr IS tlie fo!/pu'mg . . . Open utt;,r field. in the Painted De.ett. flo"er prden.'
<br />I", a lOll. ,cienti.t. Bruc.Steu,.,t of th.: around SUn""l Crater, and the Petrified For-
<br />I,,'p'''''''''"! oj Natural Scie,;ce. at Michigan, estn<> longer petrified but rather filled with
<br />Slafe t' "irE'1'~itll. How.', firm!" his tongue i$-' thousand15 of living', treeS--:-Orange, grape..
<br />. ' fruit, lIg, , ' ,
<br />jdnllted 'in hb 'cheek we hot,e no way 'of: .
<br />"nowing, b,,! ,here u 110 doubt he hll8 the A third,fast_growinguseofGt'andCanyon
<br />hit ill hIS teeth.;' With)h;., much preparati"" ,waten would.,be,for r~cr""lipn, Wi~h the
<br />by the edito'fof Harfler's. here are excerpts/ constructton \:If a few,flah hat""ert'1" tn,
<br />from the AufitJ,t inu_e A /: X.' southern. Utah ai\d no, t\h,ern .ArlZOD, ai. the
<br />. ' _ ' /tWi (/ S 7 (/1(,')7) lake coUld t;>e kept stoeloed with flab, and a
<br />The Bureau of ReClamation in your d..: ' lake one mile deep and twenty mlles w!'ie
<br />pa rtment is to be commended with fainf~' would ac~ommocl..te some mOlll!tersl Think
<br />praise for its recent,accomplishmenll in the ".olstur,em\, mualtel1unle. pike,' ten- ,or
<br />.outhwestetn United Statea, , True it has" twentr-pound Irout. . , . Ha,ve yw,' ecm..d-
<br />completed the Glen Canyon D.am '[author.' ' ered' the fae\ that boatllt,g tS the wave of
<br />,"ed 1955] and J930ther dams withouts lail.;"': th~ future? '
<br />"re. thus contributinl t.o lInod control irri..' " e come to the last but by no means the!
<br />.' to d pow r d~1 P ent ' ' least'of the,areal advantages 01 a mile-high
<br />...d In. an _ '. e. . ,0 m.. . ,Grand Canyon Dam-the magnitude ot the'
<br />Also II IS slltattn, Ylloroua!y lor dams. at '., ,'.';~Ofllic enterprise. It would require at
<br />,la rble Got'le and Bridge Ca~, But the.e , "Io,..t twentr yea" and employ IOme Nl&.~
<br />arc plddlinll enterprtses, ,You Jr\lIlt l.U'1\;to m.;n, beno,lItin.. Qea(ly a hail-million people
<br />Hunk B]G .f you bope to leava you~ ~rk 11)- directly, lnclirectly the economic ~\!.l6
<br />dehbly Wl'ltten ~n the face ~ AlJlen~a, And pyramid 'almolt astronClmically, The dam
<br />I.\'hat. bigger project could you choose than t.o Would eontain at a conservative estimate
<br />rLlt'll tht' Colorado River. r~aht aC'fOIl Grand .rime _17-.659,113.151.85 cubic yard..; "of con-
<br />em} on '.) Think of it. A wa'erfuU one mile c~te. I will nof attempt to df'tllH the- in-
<br />high I A ldkE" OOE.' mile deep! A solid ....'all 0_1 creased production of liteel. copper; l'ubh<-r,
<br />('OlH'l t'te from thE' south rim to the north! generators, and all the thousands of items
<br />1 f sut:h a da m were _constructed, a few of required by this treat project.
<br />lt~ b('nefihl can be dimly foreseen. .Fi...t There will of. course be carpip, eritil's of
<br />trwl'f' would be the opportYnities W.. power a Grand Canyon Dam. . . dO-gooden. con.
<br />;evelopment. ^ Grand Canyon D.m would aervalioni.ts, .tarry_eyed'liberals and wild.
<br />n"li'lkt' thf generatin,. f..cihti~. .~t .~oove-r lifers: lndf'ed they are already attackinJ
<br />l1936] or Glen canyon look like a lilhlain' those two ImaU-lime proposals. Marble and
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<br />will back up ,a little water 'into' G~anCl
<br />Cany<>n National Park, Soontr fir later; h.....
<br />ever, every foot of every bl~ river In Amer.
<br />ica must be backed up behind a' reta\ninl
<br />wall. This i!\ our ultimate coal, and since it
<br />is, let us take a giant stride toward that loat
<br />by constructing it dam across the Orand
<br />Canyon-a marvel of enaineering -which will
<br />put to .hame all the Pyramids, 'the Great
<br />Wans, bridges, and dams which have ever
<br />b(>~n. built in the past. .
<br />Your man. Cpmmissioner }'luyd E.
<br />Dominy, will jump at this opportunity,., once
<br />it i.s prE'scnted to him. President Jobnlcm i.
<br />noW on ,a campaign to beautify the natiOn.
<br />and what is more Mautiful - than a wan 'of
<br />concrete one mile hi Hf'1 long?
<br />Bruce Stewart \a Harper'.
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