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Show - Utahns Study StudyRiver River Projectsi ProjectsA Projects A comprehensive study of the theissues theissues issues involved in the pendingtreaty pendingtreaty pending treaty with Mexico to allocatewaters allocatewaters allocate waters of the t'Je tJe t'ie tie ' ' Colorado Rio RioGrande RioGrande Grande and Tiajuana rivers wasmade wasmade was made by a group of 01 nine otfic offic otficials of officials tic ticials ials of the Utah Water Users associatlOn association as association sociation sociatlOn who recently complets compteted completed comptet complet ed a tour of the lower basin basm ofthe of ofthe the Colorado in the U Sand SandMexico S and andMexico Mexico MexicoThe The tour was sponsored by thewater thewater the water users association assoc18tIon and ledby ledby led ledby by William R Wallace presldent pressdent presi presl press president dent The party inspected vari vani various vanious ous projects proposed and corn com cornpleted completed cornpleted pleted studied the geography of the area and conferred withproponents withproponents with withproponents proponents andopponents and opponents of the theproposed theproposed proposed treaty Mr Wallace aUtah aUtah a Utah member of the committee committeeof of 14 which advised the statedepartment statedepartment state department in the treaty negotiabons negotiations negoti negotiatlons atlons abons ations and a supporter of raUfi ratifi raUfication ratification cation encouraged members ofthe ofthe of the party to seek facts and infor information information infororation mation oration pertment pertInent to both sides ofthe ofthe of the controversy On the return trip tnp group groupinspected groupinspected groupinspected inspected two proposed projects projectsin In Washington county whichwould which whichwould whichwould would cost about $12000000One $12000000 12000000 $12000000One $12 12 $ 000 One is on the Virgin Vlrgm river andthe andthe and andthe the other on the Santa Clara rlver reven riv rlv rev er en erMember enMembers Members Member . , of the party all aU of ofwhom whom are directors or advisory advisoryboald advisoryboard boaid boald board members of the water waterusers waterusers users " association as'ioclatlon asioclatlon ' were W B BMdthl BMathis BMdthis Mdthl Mathis < ; St 5t George Georgl Chauncey ChaunceySan ChaunceySanberg ChaunceySanberg Sanberg San berg immediate past presidcnt presi president dent of the Associated Acsoclated ; CivIc Civicclubs Civicclubs clubs of Southern Utah Byron ByronA A Howard Huntmgton HuntlOgton Huntington T W WJensen WJensen WJensen ( Jensen Mt Pleasant G 0 Pat Pattercon Patterson Pattcrson tercon terson ; Moab C S ThompsonMoab ThompsonMoab Thompson ThompsonMoab Moab Horace L Allred Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt veil velt and Ed H Watson state stateeniineer stateengineer stateengineerAmong eniineer , eniineerAmong Among th the ( ' places visited were werethe werethe werethe the linpcrni Impernl Imperial valley in 10 California Cal1Corma Cal1Cormath Californiathe th the < . . . upper and lower delta areasm areasin areas in m Mexico Imperial dam and de desilting desilting lltlOg silting < ; works worke ; above Yuma the thepropo theproposed theproposed propo proposed ed Gila project in Yuma Yumacounty Yumacounty Yumacounty county and Arizona Anzona s famed Saltriver Salt Saltriver Saltriver river vdlley v.llley vllley valley . _ |