Arizona republican., 1921-04-22

whose territory is involved, and that all present and future interference with development upon or from the upper reaches Of the stream would be avoided.
 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE- SOLVED, That the league favors the early development of all possible ben- eficial uses of the waters of the stream upon the upper reaches of the stream and it's tributaries along the lines set forth in the resolutions adopted at the Salt Lake conference of January 1S-21. 1919, and that pres ent and future restrictions upon such development by withholding or con- ditional granting Of applications for rights of way across public lands for irrigation works should be discon- tinued and that such applications should be granted with that degree of dispatch that will permit the con struction of all such projects while financial and other means are at hand and opportunity for construction exists.
 RESOLVED. That the state engi- neers and officers, having authority over the initiation of water rights in the seven states included In the Colorado river basin, together with
 
 U. S. reclamation service organize at the conference a permanent engi- neering commission to be called the Colorado river commission, whose duty it shall be to study the Colo 1 rado river basin as a whole and pre- pare comprehensive plan for imme- diate action and early development; {; and, further, that said commission shall elect chairman and secretary and meet from time to time at the
 call of the chairman for the pur- pose of considering the problem be- fore it.
 AND BE IT FURTHER RE SOLVED, That the governors of the several states are hereby requested 1 to authorize and direct the state of ficers above mentioned to proceed with the organization as above and with necessary Investigations. BE TT RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this conference that the pres l ent and future rights of the several states whose territory is in whole 1 or in part included within the drain I age area of the Colorado river, and | the rights of the United States, to | the use and benefit of the water oi
 said stream and it's tributaries, should l be settled and determined by com | pact Or agreement between the said | states and the United States, with l consent of congress, and that the 1 legislatures of said states be request ed to authorize the appointment of commissioners for each of the saio | states for the purpose of entering into
 such compact or agreement for sub- 1 Sequent ratification and approval by 1 the legislatures of each of the saiC ] states and the congress of the Unit ed States.
 RESOLVED, That we request tn, congress of the United States to ] make forthwith such appropria tioI
 as may be found necessary by the
 United States recIama ton service fo
 a complete investigation and repor of the water resources of the Colo rado river basin and the utilization | thereof.
 All the states concerned have nov i appointed commissioners under tb' authority of legislative acts with thu | exception of California There is nov pending in the California legislature unless it was passed yesterday a bfl known as the Merriam bill which seems to enable the state to do two things. One is to proceed to th' development of the waters of streams
 running through the state or run
 ming along the borders of the state
 and to enter into an agreement witt
 other states which may be inter
 ested in such waters. It is not, how
 ever, understood thar the latter pro
 vision involves the appointment 0
 d commissioner as the other state
 have provided for.
 But after an agreement may b. reached the states cannot at ono