Show UTAH DrAB INVITED TO ATTEND COLORADO RIVER CONfERENCE Interests Represented in Water Water Wa ter Distribution to Gather in California Governor Bamberger Bamberg r In a letter letter letter let let- ter r received today from Arnold Kruckman secretary of the League of Southwest Stat States s is Invited to send the state engineer to a conference conference con con- ference to tole be held next month in Los Los' Angeles or San Diego The meeting Is to consider interests Involved in involved involved in- in in the development of the Colorado river basinAs basinAs basinAs basin As you know Secretary Kruckman writes the Kinkaid bill recently signed by bythe bythe bytho the tho president provides for the further examination of problems of the Imperial valley Vaney START CREWS AT ONCE I r am advised by Director Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur P. P Davis of the United States reclamation service th that t ItIs it itis itis is the desire of his department under under under un un- un- un der the provisions of this bill to put a a. large force into the investigation of foundations in the Boulder canyon reservoir site as soon coon as the high water subsides It Is also his purpose to put a large force in the field on the soil survey before the heat of summer r rIs Is past CALL CONFERENCE Under the provisions fo the Kinkaid bill is made available available avail avaU- abl able by the government and 40 is to be provided by the Imperial Imperial Imperial Impe Impe- rial Irrigation district for the work to be done At the suggestion of Director Davis a call will be Is Issued Issued issued Is- Is sued shortly for a general conference conference conference con con- con con- ference between the parties Interested Interested in interested In- In at at which the plans for financing the general enterprise and distributing the benefits thereof will be discussed INTERESTS INVITED At the suggestion of the di director director dl- dl rector of the reclamation service the following Interests will be Invited in invited invited In- In to participate The department on behalf of the public lands the state of California on on behalf of the state land settlement board of the state lands involved the state of or Arizona on behalf of state lands and state interests Imperial Irrigation Irrigation irrigation gation district Coachella county water district West Vest Side Irrigation Irrigation Iri-iga- Iri tion company Yuma Tuma County Water Vater Users' Users association Palo PaloVerde PaloVerde PaloVerde Verde Irrigation district city of Los Angeles on account ot of its power interests Mex California ico Land company Southern Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- Land company and League of the Southwest IN JULY It is probable the conference will bo be held during the month of July either in Los Angeles or San Diego Director Davis of the United States reclamation service With Chief Engineer Weymouth of the United States reclamation service will be present The conference very obviously Is of a ascope ascope ascope scope and importance that affects i the Interests of every every state 1 concerned In the development of the Colorado river basin I UTAH'S PART It has occurred to me that your our state should be represented at this this' conference I have no doubt PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident Campbell of the League of of the Southwest will appoint a delegate delegate dele dele- gate from each state to attend this conference on behalf of the League of the Southwest It would seem fit that these delegates delegates dele dele- gates should be thes tate engineers engineers engineers engi engi- of each state at interest If I the delegations are are limited to a certain number of votes not s sufficient sufficient suf suf- f- f to embrace every state Inthe Inthe in inthe the league I think it would still be bo wise for the state to be represented represented by n nonvoting participants and that the participants on be behalf behalf behalf be- be half of the League of the Southwest Southwest Southwest South- South west should act act according to de decision decision decision de- de In conference of the various various various va va- va- va rious delegations representing the League of the Southwest |