Show ATTORNEY H DHMrni CONFERS WItU INTERIOR BUREAU i Represents the Utah irrigation irriga-tion Commission TALKS ABOUT WATER RIGHTS Salt Lake City Proposition Is Discussed Brief on tho Points Involved in the Controversy Is Presented to I tho Department i TRIBUNE BUREAU 13 Postal Telegraph Building r Washington D C May fi 1 I Attorney Richards of Salt Lake representing repre-senting the Utah Irrigation commission Is here conferring with Interior Department Depart-ment officials about tho Salt Lake City proposition Secretary Hitchcock being absent he has conferred with Assistant Secretary flynn Assistant AttyGcn Campbell nnd Mr Newell chief of tho reclamation service BRIEF IS PRESENTED Mr Richards told the Tribune today that he had brought several points In tho controversy to the attention of these of Hclals the discussion of which shed new light on the obstacles sought to be ovcr como aim resuucu in nis DCIIIR requested to make a brief for the consideration of tho officials Tho brief was presented today and will bo followed by further conference AS TO VESTED RIGHTS The announcement that the department will deal with n community as a unit and that all land beijcflfd by Government won must be mot ald to rccure payment pay-ment of tho Governments outlay sounds simple enough says Mr Richards but Salt Lake City and tho four canal companies com-panies who have had vested rights in the water of the lake for twenty years who have expended one million dollars and water from rtfty to onn hundred thousand acres of Jand and supply at house and homes want to know that these rights will be protected and how ARE WILLING TO PAY Ho nays they arc willing to pay for any additional water the Government will supply and to give a bond to that effect but there arc many questions In connection connec-tion with the details requiring an answor before proceedings cro begun i |