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<br />Surprisingly enough, .Arizona found allies in representa- <br />tiv8S of other developing Western states. Each st~te knew that <br />it cOi.1.ld ~lOt keep pace with agricultural and industrial gro';ith <br />without help from the Feder'll government in developing the water <br /> <br />resources. The result of this bold request was the passage of <br /> <br />the Reclamation Act in 1902, which rrovided for the Secretary <br /> <br />of the Interior to set aside funds from the sale of land for <br /> <br />the 6onstruction of irrigation projects in the seventeen states <br /> <br />;iest of the Mississippi. The projects were to be constructed <br /> <br />oy the newly created Bureau of Recla~tion and the costs were <br /> <br />to be repaid by the becefactors over a fixed time period. <br />Thus Arizona was awarded the first Reclamation Dam, which <br /> <br />set the pattern for all future Reclamation projects. The dam <br /> <br />was completed in 1911 and named after President aoosevelt, who <br /> <br />signed the Reclamation- Act. Other developments quickly sprang <br /> <br />up elsewhere in the Colorado Basin, but they, like the Salt - <br /> <br />River project, were located on tributaries of the Colorado and <br /> <br />within a single state. <br /> <br />The Thirsty Angels <br /> <br />The major problem confronting Los Angeles throughout its <br /> <br />history has ceen securing a water supply adequate to serve its <br />growing population. Fresh from the "Rape of the Owens Valley" <br /> <br />in 1913, L.A. was still looking for a larger water supply. At <br /> <br />last she came up with a monumental scheme to dam the mainstream <br /> <br />of the Colorado and to construct an All-American Canal to carry <br /> <br />reservoir waters to L.A. and the Imperial Valley. Of course, <br /> <br />- <br />-.-,- <br />-' <br />