Show F ch Reviews River R ver vert t Compacts Senate Passes I E His J Measure for Repeal tah Solon Declares s All Facts Were Not ReL Re- Re When hen St State te in Plan for L 1 v aled Joined I Colorado River Development senator Sentor Herbert S. S Auerbach of Lake author or of enate bill No o. o Monday by the senate re- re the the- legislative act of 1925 the state six Colorado rIver pac supported his measure lit hi which occupied about one our of the afternoon session In Ills address Senator Auerbach gave ave review of Colorado river Uon tind the pacts between th stat states s which influenced hint him In his his' bill for repeal The text text or Senator Auerbach's address lIow Our attention has been called by governor to the vital necessity safeguarding the natural wealth d state 1115 anxIety Is shared prominent organizations and 1 citizens of f our common common- wealth Ui It is well that we are awakening Jave li ave concluded that we were were Iner Iner In- In er signals that are flashed I y our foremost citizens are arc ng the or of the officials of our cur state Since our our session oC f two years So go I have given iven considerable thou ht ib the action Of that session f the legislature In binding g our to the provision ofie of i the ie state six compact dealing with the Colorado river I SAY SAW p PITFALLS I it have ve revie reviewed d man many t times ms our ast action In matter anti and I p eteen us and the general govern govern- by representations that did bt all or of the facts and lb at further InvestigatIons l on our our reveal pitfalls that would check n V harm the growth and develop develop- ent state a. a During that session or of the legis lature when this state six compact yas a authorized the opportunity was ot available b by reason or of the great mass or of business absorbing our at- at to make a proper propel and thorough thor thor- ugh ough examination of the provisions Cf this this' compact Resting on on the the- assurance e or of those who had given it more moret t ought and stud study we were led to e ee that under the covenants I and agreements contained therein between us and the genral government government govern govern- ment and our sister states who werE signatories or of the pact we be relieved o or the constant assaults that have been made by the ther r der l government on th the sovereign rights or of our state In the ownership and control or of the waters or of this commonwealth that We e would be further relieved or of future Interstate strife and litigation growing out of oC the adjudication or of the theater water ater rights or of the Colorado river and an its tribu- tribu A mor morp thorough analysis or of the provisions of this compact which time has afforded since enactment has revealed certain dangers which we should lose no time In circumventing circum venting Iii In order to bring thi controversy Involved In this question squarely before this legislative bod body I shall shah briefly summarize to you the provisions provi- provi of this state six pact which are set out In 1 or of the pct SHOULD BE EQUITABLE The major purpose of this contract con con- contract tract provides for the equitable dl- dl vision and apportionment of the use of the water of the Colorado river to establish the relative e of different beneficial uses o of water to promote Interstate Inter state comity th thereby reby removing th the causes for future litigation to Secure Se- Se se secure cure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development or of the Colorado river r basin Ute the of Its waters thus protecting the life and amI property from floods To To the accomplish accomplish- ment or of these alms aims the Colorado river basin was divided dl Into two sections known as the upper basin and the lower basin I with Lee as the division point and apportionment apportionment or of the use of part ot the water of this I system Is fa made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionment may be madeTh made The Th l i for Cor the consummation mation ot of an Interstate treaty treat carrying car car- Into effect the above provision provision provi- provi sion was hailed by all classes classe or of citizens ns residing i in the severa several states The fear In the minds 01 or our officials that con controversies would soon arise regarding th the rights and use ot of waters Involved In this important Interstate stream convinced them that the time hiu arrived to enter Into nn an agreement whereby it if possible all such con con- tro and litigation would b be barred for all time There Is no question fellow sen sen- that this agreement with al all Its fall fair and equitable provisions would have been cons consummated ant and andulY duly ulY ratified b by congressional sanc had It not been for forthe the selfish position taken by the representatives tives of the residents of southern California as the provisions of this thi agreement were being worked out RELIEF FROM FLOODS The commissioners representing the upper states were assured that tha California's purpose in entering this thi compact was primarily to for the rapidly developing sections section of the Imperial valley and its contiguous contiguous con con- territory relief from the de destruction destruction de- de and damage annually caused by the turbulent flood waters waters wa wa- or of this great river This was to be accomplished bIthe by bI bythe the construction In feasible places place or of n a reservoir or 01 reservoirs sufficient clent to control the flood waters o othis of this By this same means mean ot protection would come relic reller from the he vast deposits of silt carried car car- ned ried by the wild waters ot or the thi muddy river and deposited along the river course which could b be kept open only by by the annual ex expenditure expenditure ex- ex of hundreds ot of thousands of dollars In addition there was wasa vat vata a tremendous expenditure Involved In cleaning the canals canals' and laterals from the mass of dirt and slit silt annually an an- deposited therein Their Theil argument appealed to the thc them m members of the commission representing other states and the readY reads hand of operation co-operation was Instantly Instant Instant- I ly offered for fOl this purpose Ari zolla with many thousands o of acres or of lands likewise affected gladlY Indorsed the plan of Call Call- fornia These purposes were not alone the great things to be achieved b by this agreement Through the construction con con- or of reservoirs In feasible places an abundance ol of Irrigation water would be provided to be delivered In steady flows subject sub sub- to the requirements ot of th the lands to be benefited The desirability desir- desir I ability of protecting these water rights became very urgent Th The possibility of further growth and I development was predicated upon It t. t Already they had experienced seasons of severe drought and consequent consequent con con- sequent loss of crops when th the high waters of the rIver had beer been spent and only a small supply was available for crop production As 5 parties Interested ir In Inthis this great Interstate stream and familial familiar fa- fa with the laws and rights or 01 priority on which water titles tithes are predicated the commissioners representing rep rep- resenting the upper basin states or 01 orthis this great project realized that th time had arrived for definite action by b- which the control or of waters within their several states should be permanently adjudicated representatives representatives' were thoroughly familiar with the fad fact that the reclamation and development develop develop- ment or of the vast ast areas or of our state would require a longer time than that required by th more more favored and better located sections or of the lower basin They were familiar familial with the laws and rulings s governing the right of priority or of the waters of of this great stream They were brought to a realization tion ot of the necessity or of entering this treaty which und under r the terms of Its provisions pro pro- visions would protect the retarded progress ss or of our section ri for all time from e loss As long as the purposes set forth in article 1 of this pact were In- In fluen the conclusions or of the representing theother the other six six states no spirit of controversy controversy con con- entered their councils The advantage and common good to be reaped bY all concerned as plainly apparent The governor or of our ours s sate tte the members of the legislature legisla- legisla legislature ture and the people or of Utah In ln aJ bore nothing but good will willand and anel sympathy for the people or of CalifornIa who were anddie and die In dire need or of quick relief reller N NO RECORD AT FiRST The commIssioners appointed to eIt our state in this contract not only anxious to 0 pace our st st. sLite le III a L position po of security fI i future rulure development by a ap p p and unquestioned title tithe w to thi ownership Or f t the e life giving wat wn- wn t rs so necessary fOr Ou our lands land to tofi tolie fi lie E- E but the they were anxious to support a movement that would relieve relle our California neighbors Irons from danger and loss and to assIst them to a a posItion where thou thElt nal and prosperity could continue No voice or of discord was heard no spirit or of disagreement was mani rested until us politicians and grasping organizations entered this great Interstate enterprise by arrogating to themselves advantages advantages to fo the detriment or of other states which were not contemplated ed in the original contract From Irom Iroma Froma a problem or of flood control and water water wa- wa ter cons for the irrigated sections co oI the Imperial valle alle and th the surrounding country their ambitions am- am prompted them to endeavor or to manipulate this work ork or of reclamation reclamation mation s so that It would comprehend comprehend compre- compre hend the establishment of a gigantic electric power scheme for tor the sole benefit of the communities or of southern California They conceived the idea or of building a vat vast and expensive and at Boulder canyon caryon with a capacity that would not only furnish them sufficient water forthe for tor the Imperial valle valley and Its adjoinIng adjoining adjoin adjoin- Ing territory but would supply the distant nt city ot of Los Angeles with a huge water supply or of some 1500 second feet thus guaranteeing to Los Angeles a great water supply at practically no cost a supply capable or of accommodating Its needs when It shall have obtained many times time Its present population CHARGES MANIPULATION The same political agencies and promoters have so enlarged the plans originally contemplated that In their ambition they would have haye havethe the government build for them the greatest electric power plant that has ever been Their Theil plans plan covering this scheme In Its entirety involved involved expenditures by bythe bythe the federal government or of a sum not less than With the experience that has bias character character- the building of similar grea great projects it will probably be discoVered ered when the proposition l Is completed corn com that the cost has been nearer In their adroit manipulations manipulation they propose squeezing from thi thIS colossal appropriation the trivial sum of to be used for th the benefit of the states In the upper basin for the purpose of surveys survey a arid d research work In their ag aggressiveness aggressiveness ag- ag they believed that b breason by byre re reason son ot of the influences they co coul ld command that this part or of the appropriation carried i ithe In Inthe the Swing Johnson bill would b be ample to silence any protest the upper states and secure their support or of the Boulder dar dam project For many months an organized organize campaign with this object In vie view has been under way prosecuted prosecute with all n the zeal that political in influence Influence In- In fluence and money could exert Objections Oh Ob- have been quickly silenced the rights of other states that hay have equal Interests In the matter hay have been en treated with ruthless disregard gard There has since been blen a painful lack of candor and good faith nu nl- nl tested by these agencies 0 of southern Ca In Iii the fulfill meat ment or of her c covenant venant with the other othe states Wills the objects In view as originally set out she secured iii the Indorsement by their legislative en en- en or of the remaining fly five states to this compact but after done this her legislature re refused re- re fused to give the same Indorsement for herself until sh shwas she was insured by the passage or of th the Swing Johnson bill that this vas vast power arid and irrigation scheme would wool be legislated Into CHALLENGES CONSISTENCY We Ve challenge the consistency o othe or orthe the people or of southern California who are pleading for this tremendous do dous s amount or of federal aid ald If H the they I Iare are sincere In their appeal for thi the federal government to come to thel their aid because or of the fearful menace or of the wild waters or of the Colorado during Its flood time why do the they let our arguments raIl fall on de deaf r ear when we point out that this can b be bemore more quickly accomplished am amat and at only a fractional part or of the cost by the upper reaches o othis or orthis this stream In Utah and Colorado Why are they so persistent ii In denouncing every argument that Lb the best engineers familiar familial with this thi enterprise have haye brought to bear ii In recommending the feasibility o or other sites than the Boulder dan dam the one they have selected W Ware Ve are compelled to question their gout good faith when the evidence shows that they are disguising their real Intention called the at attention at- at Arizona has has- ably or of the general government at Washington and her sister states stata who have been Inveigled by California Call Cali- fornia Into this compact to her disadvantage disadvantage dis dis- advantage and perils In accepting this compact unmodified Is unable to match the wealth o of southern California and hence I is powerless to meet the use or of this thi precious water Being more unfavorably located J her development necessarily I is slower In the race to acquire a legal title tithe to the water she would be far be be- the de dem de- de hind W Ve heartily m macid nd or of Arizona to call a halt tt to any federal aid In this great problem mutual agreement oi or lam lem until by legal decision she Is protected from fron the activity or of California Precisely and for the same rca rea- determined that tha son SOD we should be this state six compact and th the Swing Johnson bill that Is predicated rated on Its provisions shall no not pass until we are fully and completely corn com protected front from the demands that would seriously threaten he use or of waters most essential es- es to the future development or 01 our ur state SEES CONTROL GOiNG Unless out OUI neighbor on th the south Is brought under the provisions provi- provi or of this interstate treaty we wc wm find gradually slipping from our Ur control the rights to the use Sf of the precious water flowing from These mountain streams our ur own rights will be as rapidly acquired utilized In re- re Ity by Arizona to be e the waste areas of that commonwealth I emphasize at this time lime the feeling of abhorrence the officials and people or of the state or of Utah have ave in yielding in any sense to tc federal control the sovereign rights Sf or this state to the ownership and supervision of water flowing within our ur boundaries Our experience with anus bureaus or of the department or if the interior have not been pleas picas tnt ant Where bureaucratic agencies In III Inthe the past have b en |