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<br />.: <br /> <br />servative. Vie estj_me.;;" tJ:,,-i; r.t leust 900,000 acres of the <br />total reported by 1,I~. likekor will J'e.isG successfully most of <br />the deciduous fruits end th~t a great deel of the higher <br />altitudes will rGise the finest quality of small f~uits in <br />greet abundance. ~he soil and climcte are especially ad2pted <br />to the growing of sugar beets.. <br />All these feetures, together with the rich pasture <br />lunds of the mountains immediately contiguous to the valleys, <br />mekes it aD ideel country for diversified farming e.nd the <br />development of th8 great mineral und water power l'eSO'.uces <br />of the ter~itory will eventu~lly result in u dense population <br />in ell of the valleys of the district. <br />A study of the geology cnd the configuracion of this <br />section will show conclusively that irrigation can be car- <br />ried on in this ttrrito~y with the greatest possible economy <br />of water beccuse th ere wi 11 be no wast e. If theie is any . <br />over-i~rigation at any point 211 of the surface waste water <br />end all of the water that passes into the soil not taken <br />up by the plants, will eventually find its way to the streams <br />to be used lower down,: and the l1ar~owness of the stream chan- <br />nel all the way do~n to the Imperial Valley mekes ior the <br />most economic trans:ponation of these return wete~s to the <br />lower country. <br /> <br />It) <br /> <br />-) <br /> <br />Mr. McCUN~ (continuing after conclusion of pa?er): We <br /> <br /> <br />realize the great importance of the building of II large dam <br /> <br /> <br />to ?rotect the veo)le of the Imperial Valley to which Mr. <br /> <br />D <br />