The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-25
BOULDER CANYON
DAM SEEMS SURE
Uncle Sam Il Going To Help Seven
States Build Dam That Will
Impound Waters of the
Colorado River

here in the city of Las Vegas" says
the Review, "who have not the
slightest conception of what is COM
ing to this city, county and the
state Of Nevada, as the result of
the gathering that has been held in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, and other
meetings which have preceded it.
"Seven states have had their rep
resentatives, both official and un-
official, at the meeting just finished.
"The states and their representa-
tives follow: Nevada, Governor
elect, James G. Scrugham; Colo
RADIO, DELPHI E. Carpenter; Utah,
R. E.. Caldwell; Wyoming, Frank c.
Emerson; New Mexico, S. P. Davis,
Jr.; Arizona, w. S. Norvell; Cali
fornia,' w. F. Mcclure.
| "In our own state there has been
no one more prominent in the
Boulder canyon dam project than
Governor-elect Scrugham, and it is
fortunate that ne is where he is.
From Las Vegas, Ed w. Clark and
C. P. Squires were on the job.
The meeting of the Colorado river
commission was held in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, beginning on the 9th
inst. The preliminary meeting was
caller to order by Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover, and at
that time only four states were rep
resented, and the meeting was
continued until the arrival of the
entire representations.
"The conference was called for
the purpose of drawing up the final
agreement for the location and dis
tribution of the waters of the Colo
RADIO river and its tributaries, which
cover an area Of over 242, 900
square miles, and it is the first time
in the history of the United States
where more than two states have
entered into compact which is to
be submitted to congress for rati-
fcation. Stop and think of the
magnitude of this project and what
it means to all 1t means that this
city is to be ten times its present
population within the next five or
six years, when there is but little
doubt but what it will be.
at is the slogan of all interested
in the project that there is sufficient
water for all concerned, and will
meet the legitimate needs of every
state through which it passes.
"The project has now reached the
point where the meetings are ex-
ecutive, and are no more for public
hearing. 1t is the purpose of those
representing the respective states to
bring about an agreement between
the seven states that constitute the
Colorado river basin, so as to pro-
vide for an equitable division of the
water supply that the Colorado
river and its tributaries will fur
nish.
"This agreement will be in the
nature of a treaty, involving the
seven states. All the meetings here
tofore held at different points have
been tending toward the treaty idea,
and the respective representatives
have been figuring out plan along
those lines, and it is now thought
that an agreement will be forth
coming, forming a unit, or rather
a treaty, between the seven states
represented at the conference.
If the commission reaches an
agreement and a compact is made,
a new page in the history of irri-
cation in the United States will be
written. The proposed document
is in every degree analogous to a
treaty between nations, members
have pointed out. After it has been
written the compact will be signed
by Herbet Hoover, chairman of
the commission, as representative of
the President of the United States,
and by each of the seven state COM
missioners on behalf of the seven
states within the rivers BASIN
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico,
Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Cali
fornia. When approved by congress
and by the seven states legisla-
lures involved, the compact will
dispose forever of the controversy
over the equitable apportionment
of the water supply of the Colorado
river.
"It has been announced by Sec
retary of the Interior Fall that the
rights of the Colorado river by the
United States are paramount to
the rights of the individual states,
or the entire seven states. This is
significant, owing to the fact that
the government will construct the
dam. The exact location of the
dam depends entirely upon the de-
cision of the engineering depart
ment.
"At the present time the United
States Reclamation Service has 20
men at Boulder Canyon and sc
at Black canyon, and is pushing the
initial work along at pretty fas,
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