Show I That's Their River Idaho officials are arc suddenly aware that their neighbors from Colorado have designs designs de de- de signs on their Snake river It all stems from a proposal by Governor-elect Governor Stephen L. L R R. well known to Grand county citizens as the former legal counsel for the Uranium Ore Producers to investigate the possibility of diverting water from the Snake to the Colorado river ri- ri yer ver basin busin to satisfy water to the lower Colorado river states and to allow the upper basin states more water for storage and development purposes I The Idaho protest lead Jad by Governor Robert Robert Robert Ro Ro- bert Smylie and State Engineer L L. L S. S Bishop Bishop Bishop Bi Bi- shop pointed out that they would continue to fight any attempts to divert the water It appears that Idaho is aware that they might lose some of the waters they planned to use in the future and it seems to us that they are d determined not to 1 caught sleeping at the switch as were the Upper Colorado states when the mat mat- ter of claiming ownership to the Colorado river waters was decided It looks as if the upper basin states are going to have to look elsewhere for enough water to replace that supposedly owned by California and Arizona because because be be- cause Idaho is making it plain from the Start that the Snake river is theirs |