Show JWO I F FACE RIVER HOOf BODY Measuring Rod and Depth of Survey to Be Decided Two Colorado river questions questions- willbe will willbe willbe be settled In Denver at meetings meetings' which have been arranged for August August Au Au- gust 22 and August Au 25 One of oC these will be the finding of ot a a. suitable yardstick for lor measuring the tile needs of or water users in the four upper basin states The other will be De to decide wh whether to try to draw raw up a compact before a comprehensive survey urvey of or the Colorado river is made by the tho bureau of reclamation Still sun another matter to be settled set set- tied Is the location of or the the- headquarters head head- quarters in cas case e it Is decided to go forward with the survey surveyor of the possibilities pos of or the river The reappearance of ot George M Bacon In Colorado river rl affairs Is noted with Interest by many who have been following Colorado af at af- af fairs Mr Bacon Is state engineer The Santa Fo Fe o compact which Utah signed and which has has- been declared in m effect by congress says in article V that the slate state engineer of or each eachor of or the signatory states slates will be the official who shall cooperate with the bureau of or reclamation and the representatives of or the other oilier states to promote systematic determination tion and c coordination of or facts and data pertaining to the river The state legislature in 1929 1920 however Ignored this part of or the thc compact and placed d th the tho future of or orthe the Colorado river In the hands o of ofa ofa a a. separate commission of r which the state engineer was wag not a a. member When hen the discrepancy was pointed out to Governor Dern he Immediately immediately Immedi immedi- named Mr Ir Bacon as member of the dele delegation atlon which will represent represent represent sent Utah at the Denver meeting The other three states stater Colora Colorado o Wyoming and New Mexico Mexico have have shown a disposition to rush through a state four-state compact but Utah has urged delay and further study of or conditions |