Gunnison news-champion., 1911-03-31

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power - appoint specss! exsmlsers
b. tske evidence and report T. tEe
eomnIs.sea. AID ~ empses lsses~sary
cser,csi assistance and eoansel b.
In-tstsse proceedings betore the La
tesssste Commerce Comalsssau on
behalf oi the peeple Of the ss.ss ana
b. appropriate sa sdeqsss< fnnd
With winch enable the eomsaasesan
b. effectively carry out sts .oblects
sad exercise Iss po~ers.
We believe thai the paaaaGs of
House Bali No 4O2. introduced by
MIR Alien. generally known - the
Aofist tsnBel ball, IN Iss present form
woald be detrImental h. the kes, IN
teresss Vt the state at large aud - ths
western slope In particular. Ne
uhereiore protest against the enact
ment Of tins ball into Law, and res
pectislly urge cur representatives IN
she state Legislature 10 put forth
every effort to secure the defeat Of
this measure.
We protest most emphatlcally
against the attempts that are being
made by various eastern slope dItch
aad reservoir companies 10 divert
water from the head aters of the
streams ON the western slope, where
1t belongs, particularly the head
waters oi the Grand and Gunnison
rivers, TO the eastern slope, and urge
all ditch companies and water ssers
associations IN western Colorado 10
unite Tor the purpose OF resisting BY
every legal means IN their power
these encroschments, winch, If al
lowed 10 60 unchecked, will not ONLY
retard future development Of many
sections of the western slope, bat
will greatly injure many sect.ons
now under irrigation, by reducing
their water supply below what is
necessary 10 produce crops
Resolved: That we view with
sol,citude and alarm efforts msds 10
change the statutory provisions rela-
tive TO irrigation and particularly 70
the relative rights as between the
storage of water by reservoirs cad
the application 10 5ene6cial sse for
immediate and direct irrisstion, end
We express our belief that the bsst
interest of the state will be- served
BY making NO stststory changes in
that Pespect. Psrticslsrly ere we
opposed to repesl ct th,s time Of
the provisions Of the irriGstion laws
forbidding the storage daring irri-
Gstion season of water required for
immediate aud direct irrigation.
We also urge the support Of the
members Of the legislature of west.
ern Colorado of house bill No. l9S, |
by Mr. Darfee, which provides for an
amendment to the Constitution of
the slate, giving to counties the
power to issue bonds for the psrpose
OF building public rosds, bridges
and erecting public buildings.
We heartily endorse senate bill
No. 245 and house bill No. 225 pro-
viding for bond issue by the state
TO build public highways the fund |
TO be expended under the supervision |
OF state highway commission.
We also urge our western slope
members of the Legislature to sup /
port house bill No 334, which pro
vides Tor return TO cities of one
half the tax paid by cities into the /
county road fund
We believe that the federal govern /
ment should build and maintain
such public highways as may be
necessary through the territory under
the control Of the Forest Reserve.
We recommend to the senators and /
of the United States
the passage by them of a law re-
qairlng that not less than fiftv per
cent of the grazing fees collected /
from the national forest be turned
over To the several states in which
such Reserves are situated for roads 4
and school purposes. 1
And that in view of the enormous
of the federal government
,f the lands Of the state. that IL
should bear a part of the cost of
highway construction and that this
End can best be attained through the
Taylor bill nov before congress, set
ting aside one million acres to be
sold under proper regulations and 1
the proceeds thereof 10 be spent up-
m Qur state b.~h-a,.