Show T I PERMIT GRANTS Protection of Colorado River Sources Sought Every effort is being made to Induce induce induce in duce the federal power commission not to grant any permits for fr power or Irrigation development on the Colorado river un until tIl the Colorado river commission shall have had bad opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to enter Into an agreement relative to the partitioning of f the waters and to make mako r recommendation r regarding regarding- a general plan for tor the whole Colorado river basin according to advices received at the capitol I Itoda toda today I Recently the Utah Power and Light company is Is' Is reported to have to the tho J federal I. I power commission commission com corn mission for tor a permit to develop the Green and Yampa Tampa rivers which are tributaries to the Colorado Protest was at once made by several of ot the states directly Interested In the Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado river project thc tho protest de declaring declaring de- de claring daring that no permit should be bo granted It H Is Is' Is reported that the tho Utah power company is endeavoring to secure a permit to con construct a dam on Diamond Diamond Diamond Dia Dia- mond creek feet high which will develop dey horsepower and store several million acre feet of water Were Vera this permit granted Is It said that it would woul place the power company company com corn pany in such a position that It would control the upper waters of ot the Colerado Colorado Colorado Colo Cole rado river rive There are seven states Interested In Inthe Inthe inthe the Colorado river project and It IsI is I declared that if the permit now asked by the Utah Power and Light Light- company company company com com- pany and others to whom such per per permits mits may may be Issued It would have a tendency to make ineffective any agreement that may be entered Into between the respective states acting through the Colorado river com corn mission No protest has been made yet ret by Utah The protest it Is is said should come from the Utah water commissio commis- commis sio nor through the public utilities commission From the latter a permit permit permit per per- mit would have to be obtained for forthe forthe forthe the construction of any such project as s Is said to be in view by the Utah I Power and Light company Markham Cheever chief engineer for the Utah Power and Light company company com corn pany said he could recall of no filing having been made by his company compan on Diamond creek and that If It any such development was Intended it was merely an it Item m h in a general deve development development develop develop- op- op i ment program of the waters of Green river In such case he explained I any filing with the federal power I commission would be for tor a preliminary preliminary nary permit nary permit allowing the power company company com corn comi i pany to explore and investigate the I proposed development and that granting of such could not under the the federal power act be construed construe as a permit for actual construction |