Show utah s position in colorado river rive r BY HERBERT S statie aetis ka a kult result of utah it action in with draear p from the dx six state compact rom pact t vie ie question has halink arlillie Arl illik M in the mind of many who ire are bore or less unfamiliar ith tola we eon rovern roriz rZ jr ai as to just whit what utah it Is seeking akin fn n thlin abt libat are the reasons that the and to take this it ste inep which also wa was by utah I 1 del delegation gallob gat lob senior tore smoot and anti king leatherwood Leat berwood anil nil the dere to correct erron erro itous fou li it regarding attitude in III vel relation stiOn to the development and control of the tile colorado ri river er all abil I 1 at tile name same lime time to explain why elio she must bt be bigl lant lent in guarding her right rights is olie he pur put oc of this article utah tell ha ila in nit it 0 to I 1 ili alit opio Q ing log the effort efforts of the imperil I 1 vail valle and the adjacent country to delire gj aid ild or their protect lor from th ill threatened danger dangers of thin this river the 11 each path far car tb th purple cf lot all ro Ks 1 fam f am flit 1160 1 water and bilt silt cried bv by lap colorado bpi ha ill in 1 a shaff of anxiety to tile peaple per pie of f tin tilt ua iier wr hattin states an I 1 ha has their empathy vm Prin pathy to exle tilte floal and anti toll arol and to prevent the tile development of that might retard till he work of control the lem lems of water tight and anil power ower lege the pro noal wm wit made dwite hat that questions que etione be settled by fly eom am liro pron nilie lise it im lie tie plan 1110 bedfor a project if abeli haq br 1111 as Is coull involve lele fal and anil help ned might bring the 80 effim control of flit th over their right tight A in this thi rivet into unpleasant eon con with vie general government a 3 compact bo be entered into binding cath mate owning right rights in tile colorado at t exactly whit t these right rights were nan tion was ob all tallied for thil this sk agreement which wm win ignec fil in santa fir by from each of the staten e oncey nd an ani I 1 by a commmA loner tie tsip general government cited liv in the he president this t elty hai has been known a a the sm en alito compact om pact no effort wan wall to be spare to injure a prompt Ate OnVIA jt of this end no objects ts wre wire tyer raised bv utah inc ther w a 1 ang as a the plan 1 proposed at a suitable location iver her a 3 dam to be built pure purely for or the purpose of flood control A and ad the regulation of irrigation wat water to meet the needs of the farmers of the lower valley seven state sute scheme reverted ted but using this cause for propaganda t mr ur pose Poses politician ican and promoter promoters have hale aed 1 on 04 it a me for the construe t tion ion of a gigantino gig Rig antio power ilam rith ith et went to late alno entire life ot at tb hk river antl nd with the consequent co res lit mat all of the right for irrigation and in the lif be ff Th through the go to IQ ore are abundant finan final wAl taj resource resources boull be available for the r be an t chev h ev hope holle also by thu ing the lle power of the federal government for thi this pur pose ose that the control of the tho enire entire river and lilt it tributaries will page from front the ther tate in ill which the water arne ariles to ti the lecla acclamation mation bureau that is functioning sn in the interior department the original durpee of providing iro viding flood ani aril later con conservation for the farmers in the lower vall valley ey has ha bt come tome 0 IV incident aa ul filim unlimited aoa chelli elec tic tile power is it what they really de tie aln minia ten though ib ili require the entire to jureda of thu thit stream it Is i rove tous brillon pr Illon 1 that utah is ing anig arri uon V vua atal to utah the vital ital necess ty of water for fr the flit redemption of the desert 1 wate itts has ha been fundamental in ae of our cities town towns ind nil aRri agricultural cultural of the AV and a w west es t it its S ila use e has 1133 male ma le our prosperous commonwealth polle se the experience of utah ant lint date late that of any tiny other plate in irritation the first irrigation in america bv fir aw A glo baxon actu occurred red in kelt salt lake like cita in 1847 it was but a brief time liter titer the arrival of brigham young an all I 1 hi lit follower followers chrt they were brought to a mern rea lizal on th that unless artificial means were adopted to b ing rooi ure to the oll poll of this isri nd hn aliat liat the tion of crops woul I 1 be impossible nd their brief experiment in flir farming migg wi amid ild 1 liv brought to certain failure the plan of diverting dl erting water ater from the mountain tt Pt ream reain forced upon them bv by the hand band of net ne eity was the beginning of I 1 ari ghion own what irrigation Irrig atlon HU a done dote the record retard of the settlement of com muA muni ties illel along these mountain dreamt also howe shows that the perio I 1 of their es was gover jd by the flit ability of the settlers ett lera to divert rater ater upon adjoining productive janis la 11 ull null n e t rut t tracts of fertile lands land traversed traT ered by streams containing an ample on ply of water reni remained ald on UD touched 9 r a t ls a i was w ag beyond the he means of th the e s e t tle rs t to buile the ary ury irrigation works not until opstal b became became available were theato 1 earned carried through to completion this fact may be illustrated I 1 s cie t ie case of the bear lection ot 01 Bo bolender boxelder Box elder lelder cou ty utah the fertile land of this valley consisting of aeres was tra tere lewd tol by the waler waters of bear river riter suf efficient abundant to I 1 every acre bat but the abst of th the car of dam aim and abai baw system was beyond the reaca reach of not until rex recently itly was wa the necessary ne eary capital available to tila this work thi tract Is i BOW OW a dozen thriving corn com suniti nu niti two factories fact oriee are pro dating ASAI millions nil liona if pounds of ngar from the excellent beet crops thai ilia are ts grown there them splendid orchard orchards and rd fruitful field adorn the valley of kanuit fa are re happy ana and aa as a result of the pr produs of the oil soil produced it in ahn enterprise the growth and of om vom i loc located iteLl ori 01 tho r our tain streams veto limited in every ease by the anna it of water ST li labit no io mat met por r bow how fertile the tle bed finds without the life giving for irrigation they bold could but lis L made and would emla for all time barren waste priority tie brimo ef of festl im veato an it brought into existence a body of irrigation law laws that the bett kit thought aud via hut anly 11 of end lawyers but lint of those highly skilled in fri gation practice in later liter year years litigation his hi arisen 1011 vern rolumus aties itic of different state states lol lot fid on oil in t rotate streamy which too as been rif r if O 0 aird ed to the federal court courts the arid weA western terin states stilts tu in their con ou 11 11 tuti ollit and by civil rat and stud tat declare heir their water to ie te the prop erly of the state and by early engree ional action itt of these right rights ere 1 I and b subsequent tat alit litre 1110 ali larl darl goern government ment his h aliel at U rats rv of the be states to con on frol tle ile watt within their border borders there lawn laws I 1 cin antt ra feted aa always a I 1 bv bi tin ill federal court in conformity vilgil it tue tile of prior itura 1134 been in the max inn in ilithe n time foulet cirtin first ill right fight the lom making al at our out national I 1 anitol never i resumed to question or interfere with ill the file authority ut hority of A aa in handling bal lilling alil fills the aw of priority irio Irlo rity in n fief the arid arld eatn rn taif ly IY chith the tile right tight to the use of water woo we 11 tit tin flit aho ho first jut it t to a I 1 tile nc I 1 fitial use wn early I 1 in 10 ut in their deritt iotis iia I ia ha hap rymal r nl throughout the lift ag gutlon eatn t lit all thor thir batir hitik ion on of the tilt fedal court courts iren leret in between the of plates gnp I 1 I 1 r rt t 4 to 19 1 th he tap i of wati ii inter mete streams hup hide closely the tile lif of the tile state courts in this jt t states future at stake anith hh thip th lino ln uledge in the mauds oi of the tile zells of air ir state they IBI ini be pardoned for lang with o 0 sill reli enmon any proposition ro position tint thit mil A ret from front hem them tae the control and right rights to 10 aviter suell outcome out conle would retard if not tot deo destroy troy the future development of a ait section torn rising isling the east ern half of the tat e I 1 8 area A k glance at the ilia map p of rutih aceal that the eastern but half of the state ii Is ira orbed from the north to 0 o south b the coia cot rado river and its it I 1 the tile often ncr rier this sani raw 11 fed i b number of tributaries krisin rising from the melting allows from the flit greet range of mountain mountains running through the centre part of the tile bbate ind dividing the tilt state from end to end lew le of ahse val tel les ie lying in this tills e eastern aster section hae hale ai as bet et ben been colonized the tile sol oi is 19 remarkably fertile nd ad the water wider uell from these those tributaries abundant the he tremendous cost ot irrigation canals ami and reynoir rec noir hn hil thu thus far rendered their colonization coloni ration prohibitive there are however IlO weer a number of large pro ejects contemplated th that t will wi ll 11 no doubt athin the benr n e it future be built h it rith ith a ft capacity to fill biilly of the thee se alley mth with a teeming population the filth of the tile people of tah V tah is 11 unbounded in their 11 cc th that a I 1 the tb C da ie is near at al hand hen ben the immen ie agricultural and alid mineral resources of the state will A ill I 1 ie e dei deol olphil ped they vision a 1 tie sera for tins this commonwealth the stagnation tion in our present growth be cawte our atti Otles have been limited to email agricultural dist districts ritts eurl curtailed ailed 1 li an all insufficient water auppl will b re JOel b the he of great irrigation projects 1 ith I 1 ill the of the 21 an I in nral abri ab rf referred reft to aal aej nich i will be battened hastened L b it ana anu clell cle ll power and terii I 1 ing cities titles rill will be established in bioly parti parts of eastern atall I 1 tali it is the water of this colorado river and its that will be lie the greatest gr agency in bringing these things to 10 pas pass the conviction con 19 firm among ithe the penpit that nothing can retard or I 1 recent chiq future growth groth milem ilem til their right and privileges leges in 10 this tills great waterway are assailed it was as because of this situation that tb governor goer nor aad and legislature of butth prom promptly fly endorsed the of feted by wi california fornia to Alloe allocate ate the wa ter tn in tilt colorado river and its tribu tanes by interstate craty tui eom tom aown pact act drawn up in santa fe e in 10 1922 19 and 1 ad known ns as the seven berea state compact ful jul ly awl the Mew point of utah and as her the full fall protection of her bet rights ne f are not disturbed in this conclusion until the controversy aroe between california and kir rzona through bleb disagreement arizona arzona to ram amaia AID this trea treat Ar iiona di 4 alers utah li ith arizona out ef the co pact the lavir lawmakers makers of widely y m concluded that her rights alli all I future benefits Hene Ikene fits in the irrigation water ind nil far greater her power privileges won boull I 1 be imper lied Ari zonas ast alt acreage suseen tible of irrigation estimated eti mated at over acres and her tier feasible power sites woul I 1 be developed thus provid ing with unquestioned water right rights these thee pro jetta acquired to die adlan advantage tage by b the application of the principle of lot prior use those vallous vaiau power site in m this river tc t c state of arizona Arizon sp aggregating millions of horsepower hortie power would be taken over oer by combination capable of developing them in advance of our ability to todo do celop the power possibilities upon thit this nv riv within our own state tad and wout handicap ade ui us from using the power aa essen ila to ear f industrial divelo by preventing the storage of ib in utah reservoirs during dry year in order to satisfy prior or blits nb ab of cot abolished ablis hed by hydro deedrie dev develop meat ment in the lowr b abst 11 states fitere hydro electric la in therefore would be limited in capo capeti titles tiei to 10 the now flow of the river dry dr years utah woold would therefore the refoe lose hii bun dd red of thousands oi a korte power furthermore the water to 0 o for ibe the redaction of our land landl to 0 o tion would be acquired by miltona by the application of the doctrine dot trize cf of wi 1 r only the sw johnsson RM it arnould anould thu thus be evia erit to all that utah with more at sule than th 20 any of the other of the per bactin boull be the thief 1 lost r ter if a it treaty were weye consummated with arizona rema lhing outre out stile of th flit agreement the sefton of the utah llah leistl nie wa was tretis rated by the unfair attempt jf calif orall to coerte utah and ana other sta tatt wh were lre to 10 this in six state compact ial JAI the birin b bu at tb it bhatla bhat lu of Call fbi tit tl ma I 1 ining ane lie a states t life which ich were tig ig nat natoria to the scion selen state coulp oni pact ct ait 1 through then their to ton if dept the modification confining al tern fernr of the tile treaty to six alx lx slates states arl rolls you legislature having re refined filed to join in III a state culpitt cum cular pitt let but after af ter bality receive received il the ap approval af 0 the legislatures of these t the I 1 ia states cli CAR forr ilis legislature unfairly un fairl withhold thir unless ic ail alai until the swing Hoting Johnson bill should be enacted I 1 it attitude oo 00 toe tae part 0 california us nas u strategic iame to sec see ire the sup up port tit of her fue file enter sister state states for the hiring johnson measure the alares ame tin bire proponent proponents of thi this act in So southern athern califor is hale austil very every bathe anil anti to forre hit his measure h I 1 legal redress hay may abts vece sary 1 the hea hearings ringi before bet ore the hruse corn tom hinitt lit ill dl lose that arge irge sums ot money hae hale been used in all a organized ellort to gain ff aiu support for thit this measure in lit cm eer available see pee flot of the united state states it is obain that should the chates of utah ind arizona fin I 1 hem them ches aier whelmed in the defense of their right rights by the grott gre it stealth ami exerted in high places in ili southern californian californians they will be lie forced to mek eck i lter redress 1 before the court of oui our sut sub li it course would pro babi 3 greult in the tile t ty Y ing up of all ilc a aa bolig th the e en eu tire colorito Col colon orilo lo 10 aler for a period of years california Uti litigation gation ahr litigation in eldell los aiila lia has lier self with the farmen farmers nil rp rh chere hers ere of oiven owen valley lalley calif nimfy he repeated repeal eil on a muth much grant frogale 1 unit the uise provision proT ision of th tile original treaty embracing all the colo redo mer states taic is carr carried led into effect none ne will regret a program of thi this kind more than will 11 the people of utah we dene des I 1 ie a fait fair and ina 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