Show U ap pp colorado 01 R raver river av states tes t imri 1 y lri M JL JL wi K still sti t seek S t k tl 4 A accord A e ic 0 o 0 id at A vernal V vv v v rna 4 m n r P i ira t ir 1 1 J AB AS conference 0 eream 1 boea into second week the UP upper ei colorado mier rivet compact om pac t W when ren een it is adopted will change the entire economic structure of utah a and n the upper basin babin states doubling or even trebling treb trob inythe the wealth odthe of the area T that h at was wes the statie statiC statement ment this week of ed H watson utah state engineer and water commissioner who Is attending tha tho compact commis commission slon sion confere here C although no definite agra ment had beenie been ached reached wednesday ednee sev seventh day since the meet heeen opened ened definite progress has been made madej judge Cliffor clifford dH H stone denver 0 colorado water commissioner ie ported reported delegates agreed that a a compact e aou would probably some from the mee meeting ng as jai delegates from utah co colorado orado Wyo wyoming nUng new mexico and nd arizona conferred separately mr watson ald said the meetings mee mec tings tinga were amicable s mad allocation ion lon of the colorado er water watern as a re recommended bommen debby by ginders chomet who met would give colorado percent utah 2 54 54 percent recent wyoming 12 pe percent acen M pew ew mex mexico ico 93 9 5 percent md and arizona t the ale wom were based on a bureau of tion fion report on the volume 00 ot f water available commissioner Commission eks have h a v e not accey accepted ted the ions lons the states previously gave statements J justifying us tidying their demands for the water both by production and end use statement asked 28 26 per eert cent colorado 56 percent wyoming 18 16 percent new alexice 15 percent and arizona ib lb 18 p pe refit al though the total figure te greeter ater aten than the amount aval available iaz laZ the demands were considerable less leaa to in most instances than have been r requested bested at previous meetings T under onder terms of the colorado river coni compact pact 0 of if 1922 the ifie upper states areto ar e receive i one haie halt of the streams now of ncr acre acne feet of water annually the lower states of california and nevada are guaranteed acre feet annually at lees ferry and me mexico acre feet an dually a at the border the com pact leaves the burden of crowth years up to the upper basin i states s since ince the flow how to the low e er r states as Is guaranteed on the other hand surplus wauer water with ith proper dams could be retained for sor use in the upper states in explaining the value of the water division mr watson pointed out that the bu bureau reau of tecla matlon matlow has informed the west cm em states that no further work wilf be done on reclamation pro continued don on page 8 upper colorado river states still seek accord continue from page nage 1 I until division of the waters of the colorado have been made the conference was also being pushed dished by the knowledge that f do not reach an t wid sign sigo a com pact they have failed at the job they were nut put to accomplish also in of delegates Is the thought that if accord Is not reached a compact will not be available to present to their various state legislatures for ratification early next year conference sessions have been punctuated by aerial norial visits to proposed sites of re reclamation c la mation matlon projects at rt flaming g corce gorge split mountain gorge and echo park iam lam dana gateway to the central itna project Tl niese icse icso arac bihr ec proposed projects were instrumental ins trumen und fid in choosing vernal for site of the meet I 1 rig inh mr said attending the meet are the water commissioners mr watson waton litah utah judee judge stone colorado L C bishop wyoming g Clu chu irles iries arizona and fred pred new mexico florry A bashore Bash ore mitchell new neb Is compact commission cli ell airman nirman also in attendance nrc arc utah county commissioners in inter st qt of vitah development J valter paxton nephi past pr president e sl associated civic clubs of thern rind eastern utah and tom jensen mt pleasant president lent dent of the associated clubs the tho commission decided to hold its seventh and most im por tant tint conference here last fall all f when it met in denver A motion to hold the meeting in vernal was introduced by ed H watson and was carried bously mayor B H string ham extended the official invitation on behalf of the ahe city and assured commissioners and their advis ors that genuine western hos pita lity would reign the meeting was originally scheduled for may but was post because of unfinished work of the legal and engineer ing ine advisory committees meanwhile projects are being hele help u u up by i the te i bureau i ot of mation matlon 30 pending 0 agreements by the states in addition edition to r 10 ent 1 by the 1 commission commission and the state legislatures the interior department part ment will have to concur on the lighter side of the enda agenda have been flights over the echo park project the east cast ern part of the central utah pro eject and the rangely gely oil fields other trips have been scheduled for convention edi edn awk visitors I 1 by auto ejk mobile saturday vernal was host to the visitors at a fish fry at merkley park wives of conference delegates and visitors have been entertain cd ed by a joint committee of lad lady lion club of vernal and the giwani anns under the chair cha r manship of mrs leon P the two clubs conducted a bridge luncheon july 9 a picnic july 10 and a trip to Dinos dinosaur national monument extent of the entertainment will depend on the length of stay of the visitors mrs christensen said |