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Show WATER RIGHTS ! AIRED IN $. L Utah Wants Unrestricted Use of Colorado River Flow HAJJ LAKK. March 28.- Ppeakln l.ef r" t C.' '..rMlo river ommLa-aion ommLa-aion .'ataroay In the hall of the houae ( representative! at the capitol. I'tah lerlantlon SXperta made a pica for un real net ed uae of water In accord ac-cord With n.p-r prnctu-e. They con-tandad con-tandad that nueh unrestricted use would not affect the flow of the river riv-er croaeinfcT the t'tah-Arlzon.i line, pointing out that v. lrh proper ui and toruire, there I water enough for all nnd that the return flow from lrrlaret-ed lrrlaret-ed landa Id t'tah hax l.een proved to be more than half the water applied to the kind. Ii M KK II MILM fhairtuan Herbert C. Hoover eald that the commission can hardly he expected to reach a unanimous decision decis-ion relative to thv treaty between the varloca states It Is to recommend when each atate Insists on the unrestricted iM" f the Colorado within Us borders and restricted uso in nil other slates. Herbert C. Hoover (Jnltad States secretary of commerce, presided. R. E. I Caldwell, ftufe Vnglneer of L'tfth. in-I troducod the arlnun speakers and j Governor Mabey delivered a short ad-draaa ad-draaa of welcome. A. K. Lorcmus of Tooele presented the general outline of the Utah position. I T Ms 1 I). .John A. Wldtsoo will today hum up Utah's case which In to be followed by a genernl discussion. The commission commis-sion will he the fT'jeu of the Rotary club nnd will depart late today for Grand Junction. Colo. Many prominent engineers and Irrigation Irri-gation experts attended tho meetlDg yesterday. W. S. Norvlel, the commissioner from Arizona, sought to get various Utah speakers to admit tn.it the ab sence of restriction ought to apply to I all the sluutcs of the bnMn p. C. km-er.Mon. km-er.Mon. from Wyoming, referred to Wyoming's previous experience on the North rialte river, w here development of a part of the stream Waa tetarted for a number of years, and uld his state is seeking tn avoid repetition of s:i h circumstances. IGRI i Ml AT 80UGI1T lie appeared anxious for working i agreement, at least, that would make some sort of definite allocation of the waters of the Colorado, but willing thnt this might be restricted to a term of years and subject to future revision. Delph K. Carpenter of ColSradp contented con-tented himself With bringing out some of the more telling points in the Utah s lljlam M. Wallace. chairman of the Utah water storage commission, created by the last legislature, proposed propos-ed a definite fixing of the water at present used from the Colorado, and that this be recognized as prior right Uor all future appropriations. Mr. Wallace suggested that a sort of Colorado Colo-rado river water rights court be established estab-lished which should treat the river system aa a whole, o-n much tin- same j'l.in i hat i-ach river system in Utah is treated under th Utah water rights law. ( M.liH III BPEAkS Preaaed by Mr. meraon, Mr. Wal-! Wal-! ! ild he s-iw no objection to -i provision pro-vision that 50 per cent of the flow of the Colorado should pass the Roulder canyori dam subject to such provlaion as his proposed interstate commission might make later. R. K Qaldwell, atate engineer and Utah commissioner, commission-er, pointed out that evidence of the day had showed a consumptive use of Irrigation water In Utah of teas than one and one-half acre feet. Th- nor-DiaJ nor-DiaJ Irrigation supply l around three acre-feet )'er season. From this he drew the mathematical conclusion that If there are 15.000,0000 ncre.teet developed de-veloped before the Colorado crosses! the I 'all-Arizona line, Ltah and otn- r uppt r atatea could apply this water on f 000.oi.io acres of land, using all the water of the river and the return flow would be sufficient to satisfy the 50 per cent demand . COMMISSION M Mil UP In addition to Chairman Hoover, the commission Is made up of W. S. Xor-vlel, Xor-vlel, state water commissioner of Arizona: Ari-zona: W. F. McUlure. state engineer of the California department of public works; Delph E. Carpenter. Interstate water lawyer and commissioner for Colorado; Colonel James G. Scrugham state engineer of Nevada; Governor Merritt C Mecham of New Mexico, slt-Itlng slt-Itlng In the absence of Judge Stephen IB Davis, Jr , of the New .Mexico mi-hreme mi-hreme court, Frank C. Emerson, state eriKlneor of Wyoming and Mr. Cald- well. Clarence C. Stetson, assistant to i Secretary Hoover, Is executive secre-tarj secre-tarj of th commission |