Show THE TIlE RIVER A AND BOULDER nA DAM Dl DAMBy l I By L. L A. A I Hollen eck In the tho last issue of this paper J.P. J J. P. P May asks the l' l a u f- f fw v w ques Is it fair Cair for bureau bosses to sew up va vast t areas of or land with insufficient data a as to as in o areas and withdraw thom thorn thong from front de der development Well lets let's sec See Dc DeadMans DeadMan's Dead DeadMan's DeadMans l lI lIun's I Mans Man's Bench Dench and South Myton IYlO bench bench ate ale not being developed Why I De Because ause there is no W water lel for Ol those benches at it this time All ll of cC the wa watte- watte in th the low stage of the river is ib now under Federal and state laws owned by IW the in n California Arizona and Mexico What difference sloes does it make o whether er the land is reserved pd 01 or not if if you YO cant can't get any wa water r Not a a whit I Is there any plan lan to give us us' us water waler Yes tho the Swing Johnson in bill congress con con- gress proposes to Ito Jg give us us all the water c we c can an use for all of our lands forever fore That Thatis is the thc only proposal in n sight Who is s opposing it The power trust and nil a a lot o of or Utah Ulah peo peo- pie Crazy Cray to develop elop our lands and fighting the only avenue v nue in sight t to develop Strange that the pO power pOel el trust rust has tin thrown own dust in the peoples people's yes eyes so that they will fight against their heir own interests and against Utah and the Uintah Uintah basin Traveling east to go Car Wor- the devil so that they can get geta a i pass to heaven and nd all all the thc hile tho the trust with its gigantic lobby obby is s sm smacking its cocktails and laughing that the people are aie so ca eaily casi- casi lI l- l ly I y fooled Cooled During all this time timo several veral years Senator Johnson has been trying to get Just one vote in ill congress gress on n the Sin Swing Johnson Johnson bill hill Couldn't do it for 01 the power powel trust was as fighting him Three or 01 four representatives cs In congress congress con- con gress giess telegraphed the lie Utah legislature legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture to repeal the state six-state pact because Ic- Ic bc- bc causo cause if H they dl didn't nt we wc would lose our our water rights lights Think of or it we had alread already lost our water rights to o othe othe the prior appropriators in California Arizona and Mexico 1 and ancl the Swing Swing- Johnson bill and the state six pact would restore those water rights lights tous to tous us its forever or for Calf California Co la would then waive e all her water rights soar so far ar as the upper states were concern concern- ed erl Leatherwood seemed to be the moving spirit in this move mo and anel I catherWood Is an honest ulan man an and he hc must mist have been right for Cor he lie Is an intelligent man and yet he lie had to use Ilse the thc Utah legislature to repe repeal l he stale six pa pact t that had the effect I that the pe people Q of off Utah could not I have lia their water rights restored to them Yes and Leatherwood is an honorable man luau And the Utah leg then passed a resolution against the Swing Johnson bill hill yes es and Governor Go Dern Derli vetoed toed that res resolution 1 and it was was was' then thon passed p over area his his' veto eto All that hat the tho water that al are lost to Utah should not be he restored d under the statement statement state tate ment that Utah tah 1 wol would l l lose Jose ose ho her I al H rights lights and never ne realized reali that th she had already lost lost liar her water water rights i h hand l-is l lisand and that Swing Saving l h ica would restore th iho those rights to her hero forc cr o rover 1 |