| Show COLORADO RIVER RIGHTS HELD UP Dispute Between U. U S. S and Mexico Over Flow Retards Irrigation Development Development i I SOLUTION STILL PENDING I Utah Permits Filing Fing on Waters but Their Use Is Not Guaranteed Dispute concerning the ownership of ot the waters water of ot Colorado Colorado river and Its Is sources source tho Green and tho the Grand Gand which arose Irose at the time It ii 1 was wa proposed to construct a largo large larse irrigation project In southern Utah and supply tho the land with wih water from the Colorado river are arc still stil retarding tho the work of ot Irrl Irrigation irrigation a aIon tion Ion development In that part of or the tle tie state Mexico protested that Utah anti ami anI Arizona had no rl right ht to appropriate the waters of the tho Colorado river for tho the purposes of irrigation and power de development de- de on tho the ground that the river riverIs Is an nn International stream and Rul that since Us its Is mouth month Is la In Mexico that country countr country coun coun- tr try should bo be entitled to tho entire tv lb-tv ow of at tho the river It I was WIK asserted b by bythe the 10 Mexican government at the time that lat to use uso the tho water of ot the river Iver for irrigation purposes In Utah would bo boo boto boto to o decrease the tho flow at the mouth and andas fow as 18 s Mexico Is a lower riparian owner nor o th th terms term of or International law it I claimed It Is entitled to tho the full tul flow fow of f tho river During the summer of ot 1014 1914 11 there were ere man many entries made at tho the local lend end office on lands on the tue Colorado river Iver but these entries arc are classed as desert entries and until the thc United States geological survey and tho the war department finally nany decide rl rights i to the flow fow ow of ot tho the Colorado It I Is not thou thought ht b by y tho the local officials there thee will wl b be anything done dono toward the tue cultivation cult aton ot of f the land by those who havo have filed on n tho the lands The Tho tow few water wheels whIch are aro In use alon along the river have been con protested b by Ul the e Mexican government govern govern- ment mont and the local officials of at the tho geo- geo 10 logical survey surey state that It I Is thought the ho flow tow will wUI be determined some somo time next ext year The river has hns so many man many dif dlf- crent terent currents an and so many different that It I is impossible for Cor the tho survey suro to determine the flow fow In less Ics than lan two years ealS It Is said Ie Ic Held field Up Vp The development of irrigation projects projects pro- pro I in Arizona has met with wih the tho same objection where tho the waters of at the tho lio Colorado river rl cr were to be bo I At the s state ato engineers engineer's office In n the thc Felt Fel building It I was vas stated yesterday yes yes- erday that so far as a the State of Utah Is s concerned applicants may file tUe on the ho waters of at the Colorado but that whether the they will win ever er bo be able to make use uso so of them theta until the International question queston of ot ownership Is decided ed Is Isa isa a matter mater wholly without tho the JurisdIction jurisdiction tion lon of ot Utah At this time there thera havo have been ben con man many filings made with lh the state en engineer bu but no development work ork of ot an any ny magnitude has been started on account account ac- ac count of ot the tho dispute over the ownership ownership owner owner- I ship of ot the water The protests wore were lodged with the tho state tato department at Washington durIng dur- dur log Ing ng the short time Madero was head ot of f the Mexican government Since that time Imo tho the United States State has not recognized an any of ot the tho governments which have been set act up In the tho southern re republic republic re- re public and the difficulty of ot reaching an a agreement as to the ownership of ot the ho wat waters has been enhanced OtC OtC- daIs cals of or the geological sur e survey and the general land office yesterday took the position It I would he be several years at least cast before the United States and Mex- Mex Ico co would determine the ownership and that a treat treaty specially setting ou out the he rights of ot both nations natone to the tho waters of or the Colorado river would have hae to bo be negotiated |
