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nw»ir, JUNK 13/1964
Tilt Will (t«l*I*r C«»Vfy) Rllltr
PAM 1
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i toy by the Texas Water Develop -
r-. licet Hoard expnesaes encouragement
r! jver the possibtoty ot importing
pr to the High Plains tram
Columbia River Seen As Future Source Of Plains Water
An engineering report released Fri-
4 liss.ssippi, Missouri or Columbia J
it livers and urges immediate further '$}&&&'&■
V Indies according to J. T. Nichols, ;
'uiia, member of ’Mackenzie Water
3; kUthority and Donald Crocker, mana-
>1 er, TUiia Chamber of Commerce
if nd Agriculture.
ST The report, by the San Francisco
W Irm of Leeds, Hill and Jcwclt, Inc.,
dll be the backbone of the board’s
i| oLcic* on meeting future West Tex-
ts * water needs.
' < The .report will become part of ithc
oard’s state water plan, which ex-
ludes West Texas from intrastate
■fit mportations because of high delivery
JosIs. The plan, aimed at meeting
ij fater needs of Tejaas through the
i*. fear 2020 was discussed at a board
earing in Lubbock Friday.
.|J. The report oautions ilhat speed is
M accessary because out-of-state im -
wriation will rquire time - consum-
J ng negotiations witli other states and
•• Ihc federal government which, coup-
kid with construction time, probably
-:T Will not allow irriga tors to be res-
*>Lcued with imported water until after
■j depleting groundwater supplies have
Xt forced a decl.nc in irrigated Xarm-
i"S-
:-,j Of the three possible sources of
*. exportation to West Texas — most of
' which call for termination north of
v me Canad.an River in the Panhandle,
the report devotes the most discus-
I sion to the Columbia River, propos-
'' ing a new 2,200 mile diversion route
from Oregon to Texas.
$ J The report begins by stating that
; i“if Texas agriculture is to maintain
gj-its position as one of the state's icad-
if. ing industries, water in large a -
mounts must be imported from out of
'4' state.
“In ’(lie High 'Plains area alone,
Jr which contains about oae-third of the
'potentially Irrigable land in Texas, it
is estimated that the 4.9 million acres
t.3Y\
k 'tert
p“fn
Lung Cancer Most Frequent
Of 100 Forms Of Malignancy
During 'the 12 - week course, he
toirned to operate different 'types of
field telephone, telgrnph and rwd.o
relay equipment.
Tlterc are more than 100 forms of meeting of the American Cancer So-
canccr," Dr. Warren Poole of Lub- oiety in Lvelland June 15. “And
bock told delegates to the District ot ail these form*, lung cancer kills
*' 1 ~ 1 1 more men than any other kind: 40,000
at Lake Powell up tlx; San Juan Ri-
ver to near Luntberton, 'through a
tunnel across tlx; Continental Divide
s&’y§I]£ int0 the Rio Grande basin, into the
Pcos basin and into the Canadian
Elevation lift required:
Mississippi - Up to 4,550 feet.
Missouri - 3,200 feet.
Columbia - Up to 7,000 feet in Wy-
oming; 40 feet to cross ’tlx; Con- dc:cctton'
men die of lung cancer each year in
America.” Next, on the list, are
uterine, breast, colon, skin and oral
cancers.
“TIkjsc are needless deaths; these
are tragic deaths; these are pro -
rentable deaths," Dr. Pool stated.
"The threat to life from cigarette
smoking mu9t be recognized here and
now." Others may be cured by early
Pet. Paul Scott
Completes
Course
FORT GORDON. Ga — Pvt. Paul
S. Scott, son of Mr and Mrs. J. B.
Scott, Kress, Tex., completed a radio
relay and earner operation course
at tlx? Army Southeastern Signal
School, Fort Gordon, Ga., June 10.
im 1UUA HtRALO
H. M l*n*rfy, Mtw and Ptifc-
IMwr. PwMiUwd *och Thondoy
by Tha Tulia H*raU, Inc. at 124-
ISO Hulk Amnmtie Tulin,
Mikw County, Thm. Intofad
data wWw wt Am
partaffka at Tulia, Tmw, uwUai
Am wet d March 1, 1179.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATIS:
$4.00 la Tnw - Out d rfa*
$4.90. 4 atoMh* $2.90. 1 mm*
90c.
tmental Divide under the Wyoming .. ^legates to the meeting named
- Colorado - New Mexico route (Route dwnc.w District Directors to repre-
A) aixi 3,000 foot under the Utah -
New Mexico route IRoute B).
-Length:
Mississippi - 600 miles.
M.ssouri - 500 to 700 miles.
Columbia - up to 2,200 miles.
Here are conclusions and rccom-
sent tl>em on the Stat Board of th
Socity. Elected were L. E. (Lellfy)
Ross of Quanah, Dr. Poole of Uib-
Ixjck, and Mrs. Etheimac Kauffman
of LcvoMand.
The meeting of 4he 18 counties com-
prising Distn.ot III So. were also ad-
dressed by Curt W. Reimann of Ihc
inundations made by engineers in a £>•T tr , , nL'nu.uln.01
report to tlie Texas Water Develop- DTShirr|,i f,h,k’^'' mo ^Slm'
mom Rrsnrri rm illin iwceikilln. ^ of -the nicotung
ment Board on Hite possibility of im- " of
porting waler to West Texas: prstnrnuon oi
Conclusions
meetiing was
awards to Foard.
Lamb, Haidoman, Hale counties for
1 Tito estimated diversion require- 1,aiSing
ment for emponted water for West * , , 1966‘
Texas will total 18 million acre feet ,^ Tpl ycars ,°i, s<;n’1<5 to
annually bv tho voar ACS were piosontcd *to Gone
I \vould 1^ Z-sir^lv Morris Of Silverton, Boyd Prather of
to'impor v'ater^rom v Dimmitt; Mrs. Truett Mann of Cres-
ssajr-.ssL! s&jh
can be resolved, to tap sources in - ’ M S‘ P> L' PoUa,xi ot H<ato
Mrs. Tom Benedict of Plainvicw;
jCt CdA.’ Si i. ,
^ least 8.7 million tin 2020, -1! sufficient
n at reasonable cost could be
tnade available.
pend largely on the availability of River to near Lumberton, N. M., more 'tha«i any other source,
power for pumping and of suitable through a tunnel across the Conti- Missouri . 40 ,m}tUon acre feel av-
Oamda " Center; Tom Benedict of Plainvicw,
fe-retts £ Mgs'S'®
rivers,.and the routings are com- X^Sdileele’ ’
patible "-1 ____ ■- ■ vm •scl,lccle
ed ini
plans, ’ior «!,»„ WAMr !£
Mnr-
'* «estimated that the 4.9_■million acres w w m . " ~ " patible ,with and can “be (integral- u’-',, °C"^'.CL.L' ?f Plainvicw; Claude
1 Iowm'k 7 are economically feasible would be- Pcrwctl and conveyed up rilxc San Juan ficient to meet West Texas weds; ed into other and more extensive lJwhnnd*1^
n least 8.7 million >.n 2020, if sufficient , ,____„„ ,1^ nrar ij.mhxrinn N M______________________ plans , dor roe onnl imiop «-'u.nia, nin jure simmons, Lub-
;] j «n«; to5,,s. ^ fg.xSsssSiSFZses.
merit.
4 Financial assistance, such as Mrs. 0. W Hancock, service Chair-
bock.
tj ’gated acreage would
'■■l million acres in 2020
drop to 2.2
"with a net
The Columbia apparently offers tlie t0J^ adjacent Canadian River basin.
| ovcr-Tll Smite toss of Substantial "“^ope as‘ far as relume is «n- J ^ areilaSTioto1-
I magnitude, both iocaliy aixl national- cerned. wtOian -rage annutd ds- Sf 0^-^- ^inoi - U,
Columbia - 14X mi,lion acre to* SK« «£ ttSWSWl
keep the price of water low enougli ‘
fflr Wrvct H'nV fl C it<nirrntAi.n t A #. rf- 1 !i
I ^The report noted that the values of 5o"mite ' ^porior toThcTthere0"5 ^ Stion^of
' possible irrigated acreages on which One plan, which is being consider- studies will bo needed to es- 3S P“SlbJ?, 0k'fboma- . should be sta
charge of about 141 million acre feet
ohnv;n RrwminvAhMn SIDIC
_______ [or West Texas irrigators to afford it.
(Misassippi - Unspecified; by pipe- JjjA Sn^^!lng’ c!co'
ae. nresumablv across Nor.lJi Tex- ____. ‘ . 1,1 rial foasjbihty of im-
. me report depends "are based on. the ed by ,thc ’ water deficient Ootoradp J**™ ^^cc'onomf a^Si^c^i M“
water to West Texas
, . should be started as soon as possible,
Tlirough reservoirs, op- preferably by ihc U. S. Corps of En-
Pvt. Hodges
Takes Course
' assumption that irrigation elsewhere basin as a source of up to 6 5 mil- of ImportlSc water to WcA e" chl'!nnS]S T* Pun,Tping pbn?, on «ineers or Interior Department. Con-
to Texas will continue to expand, lion acre feet annually, calls for 61- , L a dtrecl route ''re111 ncal’ Kan‘ gressional authorization is required
----------- ---- ,1---- ----'---- *hc Columbia through Toxas, Uc,c “!n^rs sad’ „ , . sas City to near Amarillo; or a long- The studies Should be conrdlmtwi
,... , „ f ^on/n d south ^hy^dfto^uTeTr^ Cr 1Wto -WCSt n1Ucht,°r ^ studies to SJort'wSto! to“S tomple^T M^er reixrto'S
Ivyouid be greater, «f adequate water through oastem Nevada to the Ookx S0UrceS ^ Colorado Rtvcr^ba.sin. at ’the Army T^Sportatton S,
Jcntial for increase in Wesl Texas southeastern Oregon
FORT EUSTIS, Vo. — Pvt. Johnny
F Hodges, 24, whose wife, Wanda,
be coordinated lives at 1615 Avenue N, Lubbock,
$ Were provided." ' ‘ rado at Lake Mead. , . , _ ^ sas River valley using reservoirs for Recommendations: Fort Eustis Va w 15
Jit,? The state water plan calls for sup- The engineers suggest a new plan, rC?1JX>pC^1 s00" regulation and transmission, then 1. The Texas Waler Development During the 19-week course Hodees
4’plying enough Northeast Texas water which would cost more but also yield a ^v £r'5n UlC hcadwatcrs ^ lhc Board should aggressively seek ac- was trained
cijto South Texas to add 1 million greater benefits, and report that "in- early 15s the federal go\- Kansas River across the Arkansas Hon by Congress this year if
W'kcrcs to irrigated “farming in the fu- vostigation of its feasibility appeal* ^"V^Vinr^nr th° cast,totho Colorado-state stole, to authorize and direct ithc in- Training included’ adjusting,’'~Kmov-
k fa, ,„Mr, Mcr ^ „ra,„io„ <• >* »*>»«■- ■ . tSSil ?..i ^ *«»5S&-SR,«<m. !"= "*"»>*»* iXwf aSb-
H l Tlie report offers these projections ^ new calls for diversion
r-‘ * water needs. . 1,„ nninmWib tuci hot.-—a- Rnnnr.
ac- was trained to repair single-rotor
pos- reconnaissance -type helicopters.
the Interior or th
ncers, ''the report said. basin in Texas. acting through'the chief of engineers Iks.
"It is important that this study be Columbia - Diverted below Bonne- 'to study tlie feasibility of a regional Approximately 50 per cent of the
water supply which will Transportation School's .instructors
test Texas. are combat veterans who recently
mvaua . 3lalL- ~ ... . .. . , - , , , sla,c riiould be prepared returned from Vietnam,
u ly to make up for conveyance Josses, th southwest corner ot and 'then to lblc’ construction of facilities can west comer of Wyoming near Korn- to help finance up to onctoalf of tlx: He entered the Army last Novcm-
«'>uch as evaporation, and on-farm Flami,K Gorge Reservoir on the start 01 0,1 Clu-ly datc- merer and ithen to Flaming Gorge study cost allocated to Texas. ber and completed basic 'training at
51* losses; and 11.4 million by 2020 for p/1V0r "In excess of 10 years would be Reservoir on the Green River. Two 3. Tlx? Texas Water Development Fort Polk, La.
ff' fawning, plus 6.6 million acre-feet This ■, 100 ' mil€ corKjuit wouid cod required for construction of ithesc routes could be used to get (the wa- Board should be given funds to fi- The son 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
tj lor conveyance and on-farm losses. al .ttlc Green River with two possible major works along. Twenty to (thirty ter from the Green to tlx; High nance a grant-in-aid program to en- Hodges, Tulia, lx: attended Dimmitt
if An acre-foot is 325.851 gallons. routes for the remaining portion of years could pass during planning, Plains: one would require pumping courage further research on conser- High School and was employed by
R ,1 High Plains - total of 6.6 million l(ho ^ t0 Wcgt Texas. debale and action, design and con- from Flaming Gorge reservoir near vatiion of Higli Plains waler. Dimmitt Implement Co., before en-
icre feet annually by 1990 and 14.2 Qne o( the ^vo TOU\es'_ Route A - struction before projects of s u c h Kemmeror east across the Corrtincn- If studios find it feasible to im- tcrir* 'the Army,
million acre feet by 2020, even with foj.]0WS an -j^OO - mile course begin- magnitude can be placed ,in opera- tal Divide, southeast across the North port winter to West Texas, the Texas —
jj ■ maximum utilization of all available nj a,t Flaming Gorge near Kern- tion- Pl'atte River in Colorado, to tlx* Ar- Water Development Board should 'Mrs. Clyde Whitaker of Gaines -
1 local water sources. merer going east across the Con- “Irrigation in the High Plains area Kansas River in Colorado and south- participate in the am pi omen la lion of villo died Tuesday. Sire was tlie sis-
pTo meet future High Plains water t,inenta| Divide, southeast across the will begin to retrogress iin the 1980- 9??l, to ,.tho Canadian basin in the the program to tlx: same degree it ter of iMrs. Floyd McCunc and aunt
« Meeds, tlx? report foresees projects -sforjj1 pi,3,tte River in Wyoming and 1990 decade unless supplemental wa- H^nhandle; tlie other would allow plans to support constiuction of the of Elwood Bates. Mr. and Mrs.
,4 V.ot unprecedentd magnitude" to sout^ acrass (|10 South Platte River ter is made available." ''’a(cr to flow dou’n the Green 980-mile conduit from Northeast Tex- Bates wifi attend the funeral Tliurs-
S;transport the huge volumes of water jn Colorado, then to the Arkansas Here are engineers’ findings in and into the Colorado for diversion as to South Texas. day at Gainesville,
jj tKer great distances through t h e p|vei. Colorado aixl southeast to a report on West Texas waiter im-
ktewestern highlands to the High Plams ^)e Canadian River basin in the Pan- portation prpared for the Texas Wa-
A 'rievation of 2,600 to 4,600 feel. handle. tr Development Boaixl, on the yield,
ij'j.li Studies ot water diversion propos- Another route - Route B — allows diversion route, elevation lift requir-
j Als in the Western states, terrain in- Columbia River Water transport- ed and length of diversion ixxrte for
B volved and of the availability of sur- ,^0 .(hc Green River to flow down the three possible sources of supply.
(Dus water led the engineers ito elumi- lh(J Grcen and into the Colorado, Y'ield:
tjjmrte all but three possible sourcs w-here is would be diverted at Lake Mississippi or Atchafalaya - Suf-
G Texas importation: the low-----———-
^ •* Mississippi and Missouri Rivor
* taiasins and the Columbia River un-
K BUdliia CUIU Ulw LVIUlllUtll iUIVU UU-
L, tier a Western Stares Regional Plan.
S The high cost of pumping Missis-
w itfppi water uphill 600 miles, however,
ft would put the price of tlie water out
A ot ithc range of West Texas irriga-
oirs — tlx: same problem which pre-
vents thorn from using East Texas
.j Water.
^ ;J Tlius the Mississippi could become
r i feasilbe importation source only if
$'i substantial portion of tire convey-
'/ *nce system has multiple uses, such
is navigation on the Red or Arkan-
jiiic Rivrvp nc woll wntor ^iinr>1~/
its River as well as water supply.
( - The engineers said the Missouri
bould supply a substantial portion —
j but not all — of.potential West Texas
;; demands 'through a diversion near
V Kansas City, where tlx: average an-
1*, liual discharge 'is about 40 million
f‘{ were feet.
.{One plan for delivering' Missouri
p wafer fo West Texas calls for a con-
4 iteyance facility ending in tlx: Vicinity
^ c4 Amarillo, and another for delivery
5 in the Canadian River basin north ot
ri Amarillo.
» .. The question of wlx?ther these plans
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1966, newspaper, June 23, 1966; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636389/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.