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Show WIDTSOE GIVES UTAH'S TERMS Compact on Colorado River Water Rights Laid Before Be-fore Commission SALT LAKE March 29 Dr John A s'ldi''. Jn Miimmlig up I'tah s " n uvfore the r'olorado ner ommivron fterda proposed a compact between the seven states that shoub' secure the free and unrestricted unrestrict-ed development of the liver under the laws of the states Interested for '. years after which nnother commission com-mission may consider the future l itMI'M I IIM 1 1 1 v In making his summation Dr. WMtsoe -aid that the proposed treoty between the states should reeognlr, i that for purposes of development the j Colorado river Is an economic unlf that no other use should precede th-ii th-ii of water for Irrigation; thit there Is ample wner for all economically irrigable lands and that beneficial ei onomlc use alone should contribute water rights on the river Mi- said that the compact might In-. In-. lu.lt- 'I he precedence of Irrigation. Including In-cluding Its concomitants, the control of flood waters and domestic use. over power development; the united attempt at-tempt of the seven states Interested to secure Immedlat and continuous development of the river, beginning with a dam to serve flood control and storage purposes, and. If pos-fible. pos-fible. to place (he major strueturos. affecting several states, under federal fed-eral control erection of a continuing 'olorailo river commission, without Judicial or administrative .power, to act as a bureau to encourage tho continuous study of the Colorado; to assemble In tin easily accessible form all available facts concerning the river, and to make reports and recommendations rec-ommendations to the respective states and to government " DIRECTOR SPE kv Dr. Wldtsoe was the final speaker I for I'tah at the hearing At the re quest of the I'tah commissioner, R, IE. Caldwell, state engineer; Arthur Powell Davis, director of the L'nlled States reclamation service, addressed tho commission on Issues raised nt the I'tah hearing, and especially an-i an-i ewered a queetlOD presented by Chair-nun Chair-nun Herbert C Hoover as to whether wheth-er storage In the northern states of the basin would give the protection necessary In the present emergency In the south "For I feel.'' said Scc-retarjr Scc-retarjr Hoover, "that we must recognize rec-ognize that tin emergency exists t bore." Director Davis filed with the com-mlaalon com-mlaalon a record, made by tho Oregon Ore-gon Short Line railroad company, of the rise and fall of tho surface cf Great Salt Lake In the past several decades this having been frequently referred to during the hearings is proof of "return flow" water In the basin, which drains Into the lake, under a highly developed irrigation area. II" proceeded to argue that econ-omli econ-omli !.- itnl return flow or seepage balance one another, because, an a I district approximates economic use, the saving In water comes out of the oi l Fits sol I TIOV. Finally he answered Fhnlrman Hoover's question by declaring that, while the greater part of tho runoff run-off can be controlled by .storage reservoirs res-ervoirs high tip on the stream, the susceptibility of the lower river to "flash" floods draining In torrents off large areas between the upper and the lower river would not be much decreased. Ho argued that tho Boulder canyon sito offers the best solution for flood control The commission then adjourned Its Salt Lake hearings, aftvr Chairman Hoover had returned thanks to the hosts of the commission In I'tah for hospitahtv shown. He declared that the presentation of the Utah case had been kind and thoughtful and that a great deal of Information had been placed before the commission, which would benefit by the fine suggestions and the important contributions which he said had been made to the question at Issue. OTHER SPEAKERS The morning session was marked by one or two rather sharp interchanges, inter-changes, and by the presentation bv C. E. Beveridge of Oroen Klver. Wyo. of suggestions to which he believed that Wyoming would agree. Other peakera were Lloyd Garrison, assistant assist-ant state engineer; R. S. Collett of iKooaevelt and Fno Bennlon of Vernal, Ver-nal, men long familiar with conditions condi-tions and ambitions of tho Uintah basin; Wesley E. King, for the Salt Iike t'ommerclal club; Joseph Jensen, Jen-sen, formerly assistant state engineer and finally Dr. Wldtsoe and Director Davis. RECITAL fob Horn i n Kollnvvlnj; adjournment the commissioners com-missioners and governors present and the members of the Utah water storage stor-age comml-slon were guests of tho Bolury club at a luncheon in honor of Mr. Hoover, followed by an organ recital, as guests df President Hebor .1 m. of the Mormon church, at the Salt Lake tabernacle. During tin-afternoon tin-afternoon the commission left for Grand Junction, where a hearing will be held loday for eastern Utah and western Colorado, to be followed b another tomorrow and Friday at Denver Den-ver The committee Is then expected to go into executive session. Whether it will attempt to draw up a compact at once or leave this to another meeting meet-ing will bo determined at that time. After the hearings yesterday several sev-eral of the commissioners expressed then. -elves aa very favorably lm-preaaed lm-preaaed with the Flah hearing, and with the spirit of fairness manife. t here |