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Show UTAH WINS IN oipi Governor and State Engineer i Report Success Attends Presence at L. A. Meet SALT LAKE, April 10- With the return re-turn yesterday of Governor Simon Bamberger and George V. McGonagle, stato engineer, who composed the Utah delegation at the convention of tho Lcaguo of the Southwest In Los Angeles, it became known that the Utah representatives presented tho' facts with regard to tho Ouray roscr-voir roscr-voir site withdrawal in such a manner that tho league passed a resolution that the site should not be considered unless it was shown that the site is absolutely necessary for the control of tho flood flow of the Colorado river. The rosolutlon was passed In liou of ono supported by the Los Ansoles chamber of commerce and others to the effect that it should bo Iho senso or the convention that tho Ouray site should not be Interfered with in any manner. Inasmuch as there is no doubt In tho minds of tho Utahns familiar with the situation of the contrul 'of the flood waters of tho Colorado, possible through the construclion of the Ouray reservoir, can be effected by means of iirigation projects higher up on Iho Green river and its tributaries, the Utah delegation considers tho substitution substi-tution of the new resolution as an important im-portant victory for Utah. |