Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 12 | Arrest of Dam Crew Ordered

M ti CREW ORDERED Q RED Br By the d PHOENIX O NIX Ad ArIL Ariz Dec 19 P-Arl P Arl Arlona ona ona- ona ordered arrest of ot Parker damI dam I workers today under a new new state few in a renewal a of its Its' fight to halt hal w work work- r n Colorado do river pr project The move was seen by state off off- as dais a retaliation n. n for r a recent recen order by Secretary Ickes halting work W ork rk on n the Yuma Gila Irrigation project Suspension of ot work was ordered on nUie the Yuma Gila project after the interior r secretary had examined re re por by soil soli experts 1 indicating soils to be b benefited were not suited to tor toI r I ar variety varlet o of crops Latest Offensive Attorney General John L. L Sulli- Sulli latest offensive by eh charging that t pe persons o engaged in constructing Parker dam are doing l BO in an Arizona statute under which they may may be prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- fined and ana Imprisoned He declared persons contracting and constructing the dam are vie vie- 1 a law enacted by bytho tho D last leg leg- Mature requiring that r commenda recommendation commendation tion by tho the attorney general and authorization by the g governor is I. necessary before any may be built across a a n navigable vIg ble riven lver or County Attorney Glenn Copple of Yuma county in which the diversion dam is Joc located te teto to Investigate the purported yI viola violations lations la- la and instigate prosecutions if it Warranted The attempt to thwart California's ambitions to to divert waters of the stream to use by southern California California Cali Call fornia recalled G Governor v r or B B. B. B Moeurs triumph in a previous river skirmish through use of national guard auard troops Declaring martial law Jaw on the Arizona side of the dam site the governor last wt year sent guardsmen to the scene and 8 succeeded c e ded in haltIn halting halting halt halt- In ing construction of the dam Arizona's objections to c construction construction tion of ot the Parker dam were withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn during the last congressional session cession when development of the Yuma Yuma Gila Gna i irrigation project was wu offered las as a compro compro- mise Sullivan said sald he would not ask Governor to send troops to the river for he feared President Roosevelt might federalize them which he said is a ua presidential prerogative