Show MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR DERN Governor Dern well ell ell wooded and nd thought out message to the th legislature was Wa as well wel received recel b by by that tint n Republican body Is hi Demo Demo- Democrat DemOcrat Democrat the Hie governor a crat and nd is supposAl l to be out oC r harmony harmony with the Ibe majority Dut Boit th the I subject matter dealt was u not jt t partisan and mad made no appeal to party p poll politics tics The Tite big bis polut point emphasized b bythe by byh the h governor was the tha Colorado river project in which he be said there was as danger dauer or ot Utah losing priority rights it Ie t one state st to was n allowed to gain all 11 ll the benefits In III utilizing the low How ot of the river rl The governor warned the th legislators legisla legisla- tors there ih r Is I need for lor action sa safe safe- safeguarding guarding Utah's tights rights This Is a bog bIg subject nd has baa mao man angles It IC Utah cannot see seea seea sea a way ay to utilize the stream with wl out deferring action for tor a long long E period o of oC years ears and nd It if others can m make use ol of the water and there thereby by greatly really benefit Utah tah by hy build build build- log Ing up territory and en Utah markets market this state 6 should be slow to take the attl attI attItude tude ot of an obstructionIst The govern r though has bas given gI 1 study to the problem and ambil his advIce advice should be he carefully considered In his assertion ot or the rights I Io o a sovereign state be he Is on sh ng- ng ground He lie makes this onI I statement ou You will observe that the real Question 1 Is 11 who owns realI the I Colorado river ticer Our contention I of oC course coune Is i lint i that i- i ith the th state owns owns Its waters which can never neer tr be alienated d but to which rIghts can only be acquired through ben use u e second that the state owns the bed ot o the river rl er because It is a navigable stream IF U we e own on the be water ater and the river bed why hy should the federal govern govern- gover ment claim or assert any rIghts In in the rIver ri erT Is It not a flagrant of oC o state stale rights for tor tho federal tl-federal I Ceder l to lo come Into lna a state and und undertake take to to grab gral one ot or Its primary resources Our Colorado river commissioner fro Mr MWilliam William R n Wallace has suggest e Cd a II plan ot of operative co-operative devel- devel opulent ot of the entire Colorado river by all alt of oC the states Interest ed Thu This plan Is based upon the theory of or state ownership and proposes to pool the Ibe Interests of oC all the states stales so that all may reo re- re receive fair treatment We have hai been enthusIastically advocating w the he Colorado river compact and have stated that when this corn com compact pact is ratified and and our righta are protected we shall not object to toaD aD soy development that the lower Io-b Io b brain ln states may see ee e fit lit to t make m with their own share of oC the water The governor would told hold down wn new law enactment to a mini mini- minimum mum mUnt and In that he be behas has the tb support of oC the people of oC the slate tat Th The governor advocates pro ro- ro or of rights to first settlers lellier on lands where 1 underground inn water waler Is being bIng b used liet Het would Uld not Show allow those who have plo plo- pioneered In an agricultural district nci to be I deprived of oC their under under- underground ground water by th thle thie le who coon com cooning cc Ing it later might drain the area arThe ea The tremors tremor's gal position Is a creel cor cor- cor one S Dealing w wIth th the proposed sot sol diers memorial the message message In In- In Indicates the the thaI that the state has hu sot not the tho available funds with which to pro pro- proceed pc ed and nd there Is a pressing need n j for tor many new state stale buildings The governor Is right In Inducting re- re re- re requesting qU questing that the chief or of the state stat be he relieved from fn serving on state slate boards |