Arizona republican., 1921-11-12
MAKING EFFORTS ID COMBINE TWO POWER MEETINGS OV COAST

Efforts are being made to have Secretary of the Interior Fall com pine his Colorado river tasin project hearing, scheduled to be held at San Diego early next month, with the meeting of the League of the South- west at Riverside, California, De- cember s, g and 10, according to Los Angeles newspapers. Gov. Thomas F.. Campbell of Arizona is president of the league and will take ! prom1- nent part in its meeting, at which the enormous power and irrigation project will be taken up.
 The following account of the two coming power conferences is given in the Los Angeles Times:
 Southern California will have an abundance of conferences concerning the Colorado river during the next four weeks.
 Secretary Fall plans to hold hear ing in San Diego early in December and the League of the Southwest is organizing a great meeting at River side to be held on December 8, g and 10. A strenuous effort is being made by the people of Riverside to induce Secretary Fall to combine his hearing with the meeting of the league, since both concern the identical subject.
 IL lS OSllONSQ Oy liAC PSOPAC VI Riverside that the much greater scope of the league meeting will af- ford Secretary F3ll better opportuni- ties to gauge the sentiment of the whole Southwest.
 President Harding Is expected to send a representative to the league meeting at Riverside who will read speech the president has promised to write. Secretary of Commerce Hoo yer has provisionally accepted an in vitation to appear and Executive Secretary Merrill of the federal water power commission will be present. Secretary Fall and Director Davis or the reclamation service will be there regardless of the controversy over the Fall hearing. Secretary Hughes ana Secretary Wallace will be represented by assistants.
 Commissioner Burke of the Indian bureau and Land Commissioner Spry are among the Washington officials expected.
 Canada will be represented by S.e Adam Beck of the Hydro Corporation in ontario, the great public power development on Niagara Falls, which furnishes light and power to almost 300 communities.
 President Obregon of Mexico has been 1nNlLeQ to Scuu TepIGStHldlls C- and the governors of Sonora and Lower California are expected to be present.
 The Water Power League of Amer lea will be represented by its secre- tary, Frederick l.. Long, who will come from New York city. The great power industry is to be repre- sented by Samuel Insult, president of the Commonwealth Edison and Peo- ples Gas company of Chicago.
 Virtually all the governors Of the southwestern states, including Ari- zona, California, Colorado. Nevada New Mexico and Utah, will be pres ent as well as the most notable cltl- zens of the Southwest.
 The St. Louis chamber of com merce is sending a delegation to rep resent the Mississippi valley and the Chicago chamber of commerce is sending a delegation to represent the Great Lakes region.
 Mining Delegation
 The Americas Mining Congress has organized a delegation composed o w. J. Loring, San Francisco; Bulke' ley Wells, Denver; R. s. Bililngs Kingman, Arizona; George Dern, Sal Lake City, and Gov. Emmet D. Boyle Reno, Nevada.
 Other great organizations whlel will be represented include tn Chamber of Commerce of the Unite States, the National Agricultural so ciety. the Farm Bureau Federatiot the Farmers' Educational and Coop erative union, the Farmers Nationa Civic Federation, the American So ciety of Civil Engineers. The Natlons Economic League and National Eiec tric Light association. the Amesica Institute of Electrical Engineers LII