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Show PAGE FOUR Ttc Weekly Reflex Storsge commission, nor of Governor Dern. A committee from the house and senate was appointed to Attend a conference at Santa Fe; and when the committee returned home, it the approval of the Boulder dam bill as passed by congress, and the recommendation was concurred in. Notwithstanding the action of the Utah legislature and the approval of ihe act by Governor Dem, representatives of the Utah Water Storage commission, and now Governor Dem himself, according to late news dispatches from .Washington, are acting in the role of obstructionsts and setting up the claim that Utah is not getting a square deal under the provisions of the Boulder dam bill. When one takes into consideration the terms of the pact and the provisions of the Boulder dam act, this matter of the division of water and power is a matter in which only the jower basin states California, Arizona, ' and Nevada are concerned. Were the dam being built in Flaming gorge the upper basin states would not brook interference from the lower basin states, only in as far as la provided in the division of water under the Colorado river pact. It is to be regretted that Arizona and Utah are the only states that are making serious objection to the carrying out of this great enterprise, and it is hoped that Governor Dern has been misquoted nr misunderstood in the stand he has taken in the matter. Surely we of Utah do not want to be instrumental in stifling this great enterprise. We want more dams on the Colorado want them in Utah; but time will be long before we get them if we continue to act dog in the manger along with Arizona. Utah will have enough fight to suit the most pugnacious when it comes to dividing the water north of Lees Ferry with the three other upper basin states. Secretary Wilbur can best serve the west by carrying out the provisions of the Boulder dam act according to the letter of the act, and not be influenced by any interest or state. The development of the Colorado river is too big a proposition to be interferred with. A dispatch from Washington, dated March 26, indicates that Governor Dern has been made to see the folly of opposing he Boulder dam act. This conclusion also shows the folly of members of the Colorado River Storage commission junketing' to the various Colorado river conference meetings and throwing monkey wrenches into the machine. Now that Governor Dern has seen the light it iaconfidentlyhopedthat..Utah .will become a constructive force in the development of the Colorado river. An extract from the Washington dispatch follows: Governor George II. Dem and Senator Reed Smoot, in conference today, found that they are in entire accord in believing that Utah will get no benefits whatsoever from Boulder dam, as it is now proposed to bo de, SHE INLAND PRINTING r, wrEMON. juiuc w. CO. - C. A. BPPKK80N. Aam Mat. B41tor 1111. tla. autUr fiknu7 hmWm Utah, uulw tka Act M KtmlUt, II at mi. AirattUif rU m Subscription $2.00 a year in advance . TELEPHONES - W. d t. A. OfftM N. N. N. II Tl 114 Too Much Damning the Dam On the 24th of November, A. D. '1922, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, seven seven delegates representing states of the .Colorado river basin, agreed to and signed MThe Colorado River Pact, whereby the division of the waters of the Colorado river was agreed to.' the -- . The adoption of the Colorado river pact was hailed as the most progressive public measure ever entered into in western America. By the terms of the pact the water of the Colorado river was divided between the three lower-basi- n states and the four upper-basi- n states, each group receiving in of water perpetuity 7,500,000 acre-fean additional agreeper annum, with ment that the lower-basi- n states were given the right to increase its allotment 1,000,000 acre-fefor beneficial consumpton. Article 1 of the pact follows: The major purposes of this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of. the waters of the Colorado river system; to establish the relative importance of different beneficial uses comof water; to promote inter-stat- e ity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; and to secure the expeditious agricultural and industrial development of the Colorado river basin, the storage of its waters and the protection of life and property from floods. To these ends the Colo rado river basin is divided into two basins, and an apportionment of the use of part of the water of the Colorado river system is made to each of them with the provision that further equitable apportionment m a' y ' be made. as it may appear, the adoption of the pact was but the start of endless contention, principally on the art of Arizona and California, with tahencouragfng and backing up Arizona. On January 20, 1923, the Utah legislature approved the pact, as did all the seven states with the exception of Arizona, although it mu3t be said that California adopted with reservations. The refusal of Arizona to adopt the pact prompted the . Utah legislature on March 10, 1925, to amend its former action by adopting a measure providpact. During the ing for a two years which followed the controversy between California and Arizona raged, and on January 19, 1927, Utah joined Arizona by repudiating its action of March 10, 1925. Before the meeting of the Utahltfg-islatur- e of 1929, congress passed the Boulder dam act, and again Utah reversed herself and again enacted the pact, thereby making the Boulder dam possible under the terms and conditions of the act of congress. It was thought that this last action of the Utah legislature would end the controversy so far as Utah was concerned, but such seems not to be. The final action of the Utah legislature was not taken on the advice of W. W. Wallace, chairman of the Utah Water et et six-sta- te six-sta- te - early power development on the upper Colorado river, the development of Utah industry will be seriously handicapped by the cheap power to come from Bouldef dam,' and that the Los Angeles territory, having this cheap power, would be in a position to attract much investment capital from Utah. - Therefore they agTee that there should be a counter development on the upper river which not only will give to Utah, but to Wyoming and Colorado, an adequate supply of cheap power, within reasonable transmission distance from the power plant Senator Smoot told the governor it was useless for Utah to further protest against the power and water allocation that has been agreed upon for Boulder dam; that incident he thinks should be regarded as closed. Whatever energy Utah has to expend, he advises, should be put behind the Flaming Gorge bill, and for himself, he said he would press this measure, in an effort to have it favorably considered during the present session. Because of the tariff bill, the senator said he.lufd been unable to do anything with the Flaming Gorge bill since its introdutdon, but he believes he thought the time has come when somethmg may be accomplished, and in his drive he hopes for. support from, the Wyoming and Colorado delegations. Will California Get Cheap Power? deal these into cliques headed by men with single track minds gnd by ipen who are interested in their own private business enterprises. There is too 'much of how much will the traffic bear and not enough thought of creating more traffic. Too much of Me, my son John, my wife, his wife, we four and rate of interest, a tariff bie to the West, a liberal federal lie building program, added able" milw canning crop price, are among reasons which may be given for perity in Utah for the year of J930. Thero U hot sky, but one fly in the ointment X lack of faith of Utah people in Utah! no more. days One hears a great about California getting cheap electric power from the proposed Boulder lAve Em and Leave Em dam. Well, perhaps it will and perwater are details the an all when Irrigation Spring weatherf reception at Sher- haps it wont worked out Of le thing we may supply that promises to be about nor- ry a, the bridegroom left on a honev be assured: thero will be no cheap mal, abundance of money at a reason- - noon. power in California (when the con sumer is called on to pay his bill. Great Year Anticipated Home Industry Patronize bag High Patent Floor, President Howard Is Right of the 1.40 Sunlite Flour, bag sack without fully guaranteed Every question. We also have a full line of chick and chicken feeds, packed under our Premier Brand. Nothing better at the price. Ask those who are feeding them. Salt E. O. Howard, president Lake chamber of commerce, knows what is the matter with Salt Lake City lack of leadership. Presiden Howard might have gone farther an said leadership is lacking in all the principal cities of Utah and state itself. There is lack of leadership business world of Utah and in as well. We here in Utah are Can-Delive- in the KAYSVILLE-LAYTO- in the politics J 1 t MILLING CO. N divided J i -- veloped. Seeing no chance of upsetting the program which has been outlined by Secretary Wilbur, they believe the thing for Utah to do is to forget about Boulder dam, andto put on a drive' for an appropriation, wnich will give to Utah wnat. Boulder dam will give to Southern California, an abundance of cheap power. A development either at Flaming Gorge or at the Dewey site would be acceptable to the governor, the senator inclining to believe it best to make the initial drive for a power development at Flaming Gorge, as proposed in the bill which he introduced last fall. The governor and the senator take the view that unless there is an to talce the chill off these Spring Mornings and evenings with. , - r Message Best 1 i -- the " 1 48-l- b. Your Voice , $1.50 48-l- b. , " c hmt r when Your voice is the most, natural, most effective, means of expressing yourself. Its a mirror of -- non Want When you have a message for someone in a nearby ordistant town, telephone. Its quickest, most satisfactory; Calls af e of ten completed while you hold the Iinev it v sghuc Serving The Mountain States Tel. & Tel . Co. . J 'o p no,Wys n TTITO-- ' Rates are lower than ever. 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