<br />of government--one without any freedoms."
<br />Congressman Johnson also said more recla-
<br />mation projects must be completed if West
<br />is to play role in feedina nation and world.
<br />He said water from Colora 0 is one of keys
<br />to how rapidly and how broadly we develop
<br />energy resources. flWe cannot match numbers
<br />with the non-reclamation eastern states," he
<br />said, "but it has been demonstrated very
<br />effectively in the past that benefits to the
<br />West can be benefits to the nation. We must
<br />continue to send that message." He said he
<br />first learned the value of storing and using
<br />water with timely reclamation projects in his
<br />original home area of Lubbock and Muleshoe,
<br />Texas. "That' s where we had to irrigate the
<br />rivers to keep them from blowing away."
<br />Commissioner Stamm said Bureau study results
<br />on water needed for coal and oil show "it will
<br />take an extraordinary effort to stretch the
<br />limited water supply in the Upper Colorado
<br />River Basin to meet spiraling demand for water
<br />for man's food, fiber and domestic needs." He
<br />said 870,000 acre-feet of water annually will
<br />be needed in states of Wyoming, Colorado and
<br />Utah for energy development projects, whether
<br />it be coal-fired electric generating plants,
<br />oil shale retort operations or coal gasifi-
<br />cation plants. "The competing uses for water
<br />could result in significant shortages by the
<br />year 2000," Stamm said. But he added that the
<br />problems are not insurmountable and there's
<br />hope of meeting demand with such new develop-
<br />ments as cloud seeding and technological
<br />improvements in water use. CRWUA, in urging
<br />President Gerald Ford to fund salinity control
<br />projects this year, responded to estimates
<br />from Stamm that damage from salinity was about
<br />$53 million in 1973 and, without well-function-
<br />ing control projects, could reach a~out $124
<br />million annually by year 2000. ProJects out-
<br />lined in the Colorado River Basin Salinity
<br />Control Act passed last year include those in
<br />Paradox and Grand valleys of Colorado, Crystal
<br />Geyser area of Utah, Las Vegas Wash in Nevada
<br />and world's largest desalting plant near t~e
<br />United States-Mexico border to assure qual~ty
<br />water deliveries to Mexico. CRWUA warned that
<br />massive litigation could result between states,
<br />water users and federal government if currently
<br />proposed federal water rights legislation.is.
<br />enacted. That legislation is based on prlnc~ple
<br />that federal government originally had interes~s
<br />in water on all public owned lands. The aSSOCl-
<br />ation said rights and interests of each of the
<br />seven basin states must be fully protected.
<br />Colorado River Water Users Association has
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<br />Now a sunken relic at Lee's Ferry on Colorado
<br />River, the 92-foot-long Charles Hw Spencer was
<br />largest craft ever floated on river above Grand
<br />Canyon. Steamboat made only about five trips
<br />28 miles north from ferry site to pick up coal.
<br />The coal was to be used to fire boilers in ill-
<br />fated gold sluicing operation. Lee's Ferry is
<br />dividing line between upper and lower Colorado
<br />River basins under 1922 compact. Photo, taken
<br />in 1912, courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
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<br />available in quantity brochure, "Water Giant,"
<br />describing purposes of CRWUA and identifying
<br />problems common to seven Colorado Riv7r.Basin
<br />States. Copies may be obtained by wr1tlng
<br />CRWUA at P.O. Box 1748, Las Vegas, Nev.
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<br />Butler named to Colorado River Board
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<br />Warren W. Butler, chairman of Board of
<br />Directors of Metropolitan Water District of
<br />Southern California, has been named to Colo-
<br />rado River Board of California by Governor
<br />Ronald Reagan. A retired newspaperman,
<br />Butler served as managing editor of ten Herald-
<br />American newspapers in south central Los
<br />Angeles County for 21 years before his retire-
<br />ment in 1957. He still writes a column for
<br />newspapers. He represents City of Compton on
<br />MWD board of directors....Two Imperial Valley,
<br />Calif. farmer-businessmen, D. V. Beauchamp,
<br />of Calipatria, and Allen B. Griffin, of
<br />Brawley, have been appointed to board of
<br />directors of Colorado River Association,
<br />Franklin Stockbridge, CRA president, announced.
<br />Association is citizens group organized to
<br />safeguard California's interests in water and
<br />power resources of Colorado River. Beauchamp,
<br />who graduated in accounting from California
<br />Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo, is
<br />president of Calipatria Unified School District
<br />board. He is vice president of National Farm
<br />Organization and district committeeman of u. S.
<br />Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
<br />Board of Imperial County. Griffin has been
<br />farmer for 40 years in Imperial County, grow-
<br />ing such crops as sugar beets, alfalfa and
<br />cotton. He is executive director of Calcott,
<br />Ltd., statewide cotton cooperative, and member
<br />of National Cotton Board. ...Navajos see 10
<br />years of litigation ahead to "get back water
<br />rights" in what Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald
<br />said will be the "biggest battle the Southwest
<br />has seen since the 1860s." He said tribe is
<br />now in phase two of water study to determine
<br />exactly how much water tribe is entitled to
<br />under various treaties and agreements between
<br />tribe and federal government....lncreasing
<br />snowfall in Colorado River Rockies by cloud
<br />seeding would be cheapest method of insuring
<br />there is enough water in Colorado River for
<br />Central Arizona Project, Stanford Research
<br />Institute report says. Institute said data
<br />from pilot seeding program in San Juan mountains
<br />indicate 20 to 25 per cent increase in snow-
<br />fall above 900 feet could produce extra 1.1
<br />million acre-feet to 3.6 million acre-feet of
<br />water a year, depending on whether it's dry or
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