White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-10
COLONEL SCRUGHAM
PAYS ELY SHORT VISIT

Governor-elect James G. Scrugham
arrived In Ely late Sunday night, trav.
cling by automobile, and after attend.
ing to matters in the district court
with reference to the entering of a
decree finally determining the rights
TO the waters of White river and its
tributaries, the state official left Tues.
day morning for the western part of
the state, where he has urgent mat.
ters demanding his attention.
Colonel Scrugham, Immediately FOL
lowing his election. went to Santa Fe,
n. NJ. where he represented Nevada in
reference TO the Colorado river pro-
ject.
The work of the conferees, repre-
senting the seven western states vital
ly interested in the matter, which is
undoubtedly one of the most import
ant with which the western section has
ever been confronted from a standpoint
of future development, was arduous.
For period of about twenty days the
work was taken up each morning
about 9 o'clock and usually kept the
representatives of the various states
busy until about IL o'clock at night
When seen by a representative Of
the News in Ely Governor-elect Scrug-
ham expressed himself as being vel
plased with the results obtained and
lae agreement reached.
1T establishes certain principles
agreeable to Nevada" said Coloacl
Scrugham. "and affords means for the
direct and final settlement of uues.
tons that otherwise would take years
10 dispose of In the courts. Ali that
remains is the ratification of the CON.
pact by the legislatures of the states
concerned, the consent of congress and
tee deyising of ways and means to
carry into effect the program of fiood
control, reclamation and irrigation
which presses most Immediately for
letion"
Referring to the likelihood of the
ratification of the pact by the legisla.
lures of the seven western states Col
onel Serugham exl ressed the belief
that the only difficulty which might be
encountered would probably be in Ari-
zona, but he further said he did not
believe the legislature of that state
would refuse to ratify the pact when
the facts were known
The attitude of Arizona in the mat
ter, lie said, he thought was due to a
misunderstanding and that before it
actually reached the members of the
legislature the whole situation would
be cleared up and Ar izona would take
favorable action through its law MAX
ing body
The question was made a political
issue In Arizona when Thomas Camp
bell came up for reelection as governor
last November. He was a strong ad-
vocate of the ratification of the pro.
posed pact, but his opponent, Cover
nor-elect Hunt, made a bitter fight
against il and warned the voters that
such an agreement, If entered into,
meant the establishment of a large
Asiatic colony just across the line in
old Mexico. This, the opponents of the
pact urged. would throw the farmers
and laboring men of Arizona in direct
competition with cheap foreign labor.
He further claimed that 1t would mean
the establishment of port at the
mouth of the Colorado river. as re-
suit of which the interests of Arizona
would suffer In addition to this in
the campaign IL was said if the pact
were ratified copper refining indus
tries and other large business would
move from Arizona to Mexico.
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