Winter Wonderland

In 1939 their superintendent reported to the Secretary of the Interior: "Within the 428 square miles comprising this reservation are something like one hundred thousand acres of rich river bottom soil all of which may be irrigated from the waters of the Colorado River. This comprises the largest and probably the best tract of land within what is known as the Colorado River Basin. There is no question but what its development would decidedly influence the lives of these Indians. There are no lands within the reservation which should be eliminated or restored to public domain. But there is a large tract of potential agricultural land that these Indians never can use. There will never be enough of them to use it. With the coming of irrigation to the land some plan must be devised for its use. There seems to be no justifiable reason for the Indians to attempt to retain all of this land. It seems a justifiable proposition to consider the sale of this land. It is