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<br />~ <br /> <br />Tho Impori21 V2110y is )opulct~d ~ith 8 population of <br />approxim2.tGly 50,000 Americ[ln citizons. The Impel '.:21 V211ey <br />is men20ed twice coch ye;::r--onc.:: dllrinE; th", times of high <br />waters and thG flood soosons boc3use of, the excess of wators <br />, <br />flo~ihg in th~ Colorado river, and agcin by the low water <br />flows which do not yield enough to irrif:clte the irrigoble <br />lands of thet portion of thb st~ta. Sevorol hundrod thousand <br />dollors hov", been sp<mt by loc[.l interGsts in c.n att"mpt to <br />prote<it the Impericll Vollcy from th0Sc. floods. In 1906 and <br />1907 tho Fcder~l Govern~ent ccm0 to our rascua in coo}crotion <br />with the; Southern ?acific Rail1'o;ld Comp::ny and Sfl0nt some <br />million doll;:;rsor moro in order tho.t tl18 Imporial Valloy <br />might not be inundotad by flood waters Dcd valuabiG property <br />destroyod and v2.1uGS lost for 1111 tim'_. Tho low wat8r flow <br />.et other tiw.::s--ot tho timos whon wator is noeded--dous not <br />yliiuld !l suffici0nt amount of watur with which to irrigate tho <br />irrigabla 12nds. The acutiJ shortagE! C2.m6 in 191'-'. Shortages <br />lass serious occurred durin;:; tllO t~o pr0vious yee.rs. Additlon.' <br />al areBS aB 2 matter of fact, of course, havobeen added to t1~ <br />irrigates se~tiom since 1915. Such conditions may occur most <br />8nyyoBr, wenacing the planted crops without having the neces- <br />sary water for their irrigation. <br />C21ifornia is not a~)ealin6 for waters that do not <br />exist. California is appealing for a n~ighborly plan whereby <br />she can obtain waters that nobody uses which annually are run- <br />ning to waste into the Eacific OCGan. Surveys and estimates <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />D <br />