Arizona republican., 1920-04-01
WANT FULL SHARE 0F WATER FROM COLORADO RIVER.
Arizona Delegates to the League of Southwest Meeting Prepared to Pre- sent an Important Resolu- tiOn

Two resolutions, one for the creation
 of Colorado river commission and one seeking for Arizona it's full share
 of the waters of the Colorado, were authorized by the Phoenix chamber of commerce and prepared by it's delega- tion to the convention of the League of the Southwest, which meets in Los Angeles today for three days. Cover nor Campbell will call all Arizona dele gates for a special meeting in Los An geles this morning for organization of the delegates representing all sections and industries.
 The Phoenix delegation left last night for the coast. It represented the city of Phoenix, the county, the chamber Of commerce, the Arizona Cattle Grow CTS association. the Arizona Good Roads association, the Kiwanis club, the Farm bureau, the Arizona re- sources board and the Rotary club, each of which as members will have vote.
 Action taken by the chamber of com merce in formulating resolutions grew put of a meeting held recently in Los Angeles and which was attended by delegates from every organization in California and Mexico interested in irrigation from the Colorado river. This California Mexico aggregation passed q resolution to congress calling for the building of a dam 100 miles below Fl Tovar for the purpose of irrigating at least 1,500 900 acres.
 Urges River Commission
 The draft of the resolution for the creation of the Colorado river commits sion urges action by the legislatures of each of the seven, states interested in the creation of a commission of five members Ito consider the best and most expedient means for the bringing about at the earliest date he complete conservation of the wa ters of the Colorado river. The said commissioners are each to select one member and one alternate member to serve on an interstate commission which will coordinate, advance and carry to completion the ideas and plans presented by each of the interested states. The said states are Arizona, New Mexico. Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and California"
 The flood waters now under consid eration would affect most materially California. Arizona and New Mexico.
 To this end the second resolution was drawn up, in view of the recent meeting in Los Angeles. This resolu- | ton says: There is within the state of Arizona at the present time 500.000 | acres under irrigation and cultivation: ! that the area possible for irrigation, | yith all water resources conserved and | developed will total more than 2 2,000- 900 acres; that the principal source of water in Arizona is in the conserva- ton of the waters of the Colorado river and its tribuatory streams:" that i've, the representatives of Arizona attend ing the League of the Southwest con- resolve that in any plan for of the Colorado river waters, the acreage in Arizona be given the utmost consideration, and we do further resolve that we make this rec because in Arizona is to be found the most splendid example of the complete success of irrigation possibilities, where in one county from the lands of the Salt River project the ,rop returns for the year 1919 reached s total of more than $43,000,O00, where he cost of irrigation works for the area las totaled less than $15,000, ,00O