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Secretary of State Root sends Ambassador Thompson a telegram about failing levees as part of a dam project on the Colorado River; Root does not believe that Mexico will take the necessary action to fix the levees, so urges Thompson to ask discreetly whether the United States might enter Mexican territory to make the repairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
President Roosevelt informs Representative James M. Miller, Chairman of the Committee on Claims, that he has asked Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, Frederick Haynes Newell, and Charles D. Walcott to investigate what the government should pay as its share of the expenses related to the Southern Pacific Railway’s saving of the Imperial Valley of southern California. Although there is no legal obligation to pay, Roosevelt believes there is a moral obligation to reimburse the Southern Pacific Railway for its action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-11
E. W. Reynolds sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of Harold Bell Wright’s book The Winning of Barbara Worth. He thinks Roosevelt will especially appreciate it because of Wright’s involvement in the reclamation of the Imperial Valley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-27