Show U U- 1 t 1 c I i f i 7 J tl t ti I II i I t 1 r I 71 1 l r ti 1 I 1 lt IJ i j iii l n n 4 B II I 1 I I r I J las la's n I a I tk l Ji S iJ t i Ik fi W i i fee I t r f a aI 11 i I tI t It tW 1 f nl I t tn i i il 1 n 1 l r IW IW I 1 t v t tw I w I r i A il RIi f t J r 1 T JI wl j I i tl n Jt i 11 1 i i t JI iJ i 1 ti t tI lIbei i a r ti l 2 I f dl i r l f of 8 Split tn Ii m t f ii rJ I 1 i ij rt J tl l I r ii iio f the Basin 1 0 1 Compact Commission will Z abl meet ably Vernal Ye n t lV tt J i 1 I Jj Nr F This wai brought h Wf i bYO by G E n Utah Na- Na Natural i f 1 tural t Field Je Jen Hops clori i l hr atten attended n the meeting cof J the w i if at trans fl 1 Monday ft to Thursday i o J lut last f week I IJ t M a Uie compact mpa delegates g comprising i r about 40 members to hold the their f next following February brul 17 meeting tin at at t 14 He pointed tn d ou out Uta thai pt previous meetings ed edl l of the 1 Coin Coin- ml lo h e dl nh J In IW 1 f which were either i eJ i C out of th f fit Bast r entirely I or snore mote l s than thal miles J it tribu il tarle He tastes lie exp o on l tha that the comp compact rt coi mrS eri i 1 I would d probably like to holdS a at 1 iH lt b least St f ne bf e f in f N an Nan 8 area a where the c ud Un- Un i w would Wd ven evens r tu lly be e l fI Kf ed Mr offers r ano an op tJ rt nib to bOtcH bold I meeting ln n fl r such an are area h and at the sam same I t I time enable enable ie he d delegates l at 1 to 1 R Rl l g u a In ir f hand first t 1 information i 4 i about the projects tf und under dIscua f p Mon as well a as to become I f i r with the natural rr n I Which b develOPed f t f re t Fb tec power er g ii 2 t I Harry A C t lion sion that e tt biked the Ide Idea tor torI forthe I the reasons r D d by y W Mt Un i and also 1 because ause he be felt that Ute the M Mr r r f Commission could e uld f accomplish compU h JS J I more work whew their meetings E A I are h seldin a small community ty Y which doea hot puffer from the I cit a jaI tyr r The be JUlIes on met VI wih t pt len gen general X XI I t rap eral approval ap royal roval by those who who corn com orn r Kl I me hn b H iy V e a afo t Jc r f t fo a Ills JeI selection J J N r rh h I commission members otey j s- s sto r to at their February t tIng the W B W Wallacer- Wallacer u ue e J 5 1 solution calling the lor-the for the l ti I f tion of at E Echo Q park Park and emd 4 h Moun l I Mountain i iI I hI without without- waiting to for the division i ot of water by states the Colora Colorado d Basin States State Committee Committed Cc and the the the- i Up Vp Upper Up per pe Colorado C Basin Compact Commission expressed ct the desir- desir ability of 01 constructing early early project pr T on the river V h t Continued Continue C on 01 on page paie 8 8 8 Upper Basin Water k- k kara ara 1 E H Watson Utah Commis Commis- Commissioner Commissioner stated that he wanted to see some dirt moved and pro pro pro- jests built now J R Riter chairman of 01 the Engineering Ad Committee agreed with Mr Watson and added that so long as the Upper Basin states state argue among themselves the lower Basin states are using the water and may ma claim a share on ona a II prior beneficial use basis basi The The longer you wrangle up up here the more water they will willbe willbe be putting to use down there Mr Riter filer said Sentiment according to Mr appeared favorable for tor or approval of the Echo Park and Split Mountain Dam pro pro- jests Reclamation Service en en- en engineers engineers pointed out that these two sites offer greater advantages advant advant- advantages ages than probably any others other on the stream because of their low evaporation losses from storage reservoirs and the op op- opportunity opportunity for power develop develop- development ment with a ready rendy adjacent market The Colorado Basin States State Committee also took action against the McCarran resolution and the Henshaw bill by ap ap- appointing pointing a sub subcommittee of two attorneys from each of the states represented at the meeting meeting meeting- Utah Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and Arizona Arizona to to oppose these measures In Washington Grover A Giles attorney gen gen- I elal eal et al and Judge J A Howell owell Ogden will represent Utah on this committee The McCarran resolution and the Henshaw bill would it is charged by Upper Basin states state delegates tie Ue up any Colorado Basin agreements in legal en- en entanglements entanglements entanglements involving Supreme Court decisions which would de de- de delay lay any development on th the 3 river indefinitely The progress report of the Engineering Advisory Commit Commit- Committee tee which dealt with a study of the Colorado River and its trib trib- tributaries tributaries was presented to the Compact Commission Further i studies by the engineering tom horn com were authorized by the the- commiss commIS 1 n n I The commission c discussed fao fao- I tors ana an a principles Involved inthe in InI Inthe the division of water wa among the I states and the deli dell delivery ery of 7 OO acre feet annually to Lee I Ferry Several principles of division were were tentatively agreed upon and their final acceptance by the Is is anticipated ed at the February meeting Utah had the largest delegation delegation tion at the water meet Present were Ed H Watson state en and Utah's Utah commissioner on the Compact Commission Grover A A Giles state attorney general and secretary of Compact Commission William WilliamR R Wallace Eddie alyde lyde and Judge J A Howell attorneys for the Utah group group- C O 0 Roskel- Roskel Roskelley Roskelley ley of the state Of flee fice Tom Jensen president elect t tot ot of me the Associated Civics Club Clubs of Southern and Eastern Utah E O 0 Larsen district director of 0 U S Bureau of Reclamation Milton Wilson engineer with the theW Water W ter Resources Branch of theU the theU U S Geological Survey and Mr observer for fr Uintah County and the Echo Park Dam Committee |