Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-23 | Page 5 | River Meeting Opens Monday

I 1 RIVER MEETING OPENS MONDAY Only two of the seven Colorado river basin states are interested sufficiently suf in a proposed contract for distribution of the water to send delegates delegat s to 10 a conference here Monday Monday Mon Mon- day it was Indicated Saturday The conference was called by Governor Gov Gov- Henry H. H Blood of ot Utah t to consider con con- I sider aider the contract Arizona has written written writ- writ ten en to replace the one which tary of Interior Ickes refused to approve approve ap ap- ap prove s several veral months ago To Send Commissioner Arizona will be represented during the hearings Governor B. B B. B of that state Saturday Informed Governor Governor Gov Gov- emnor Blood He was told also that E. E K Numan river commissioner for New Mexico would be pre present nt Governors Governors' of or other states did not inform the Utah chief executive whether the they would send tives California told Governor Blood shortly after aUer his conference call caU was issued that the matter had been referred to its attorney general No further word was received from that state Convenes Monday The conference will wUl co convene ene at d the Utah capitol at 10 a. a m. m Monday however It will be opened by W. W R. R Wallace chairman of the Utah water storage commission Provisions Provision of the contract Arizona h has prepared have not officially been reve revealed But Charles A. A Carson of ot Phoenix in Salt Lake City several weeks weela ago intimated that the upper basin states would be allotted acre feet of water from the Boulder Boulder Boul Boul- der dam darn storage reservoir