Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-04-14

throne had been uSurped by his younger brother. For certain apparent reasons. this kingly usurper did not want these twin heirs to his ill-gotten throne to grow to manhood He believed in secret diplomacy. He placed these twins in a roughly hewn trough without any pad dies or oars, in which fashion these toys of destiny were consigned to the of the River Tiber. This crude craft was grounded in the marshes on the left bank of tn eTiber, near the Palatine Hill in the shade of a wild fig tree, near the spot where the eternal city, capital of the Roman Empire was later founded by these twins, Romulus and Remus. But at the time of which I speak, they were helpless. They could neither SOW nor reap; buy nor sell; beg nor steal. In this condition, they were nursed by mother wolf until found and taken into her own household. by Lor- entia, the good wife of a shepherd. These twins were fighters. Scarcely before they had passed the age when boys of today are in high school, they had placed the foundation stones of the greatest empire known to the annals of time.
 We all have heard, and none of us ever tire of the marvellous story of Rome. Among the, estates and kingdoms which nJe have reared as the political bulwarkS of progress and civilization Rome has an easy pre-eminence. She takes this rank, not only because of pre-eminence. but also because of her grandeur and magnitude. If we count from the time the city was founded by these twins until the Turks captured Constantinople, we have a term of over twenty-two hundred years, longer life than that of any other civil government been rivaled, except by the United States and the Russian Empire. From mili- tary standpoint, Rome had a record of successful conquest which has never been surpassed. If we study the poli- tical system of this empire her law making, her methods of administration. Ter legal procedure. and constitutional habits, we see structure as broad and as deep as human reason, no less ma iestic than the silent pyramids of Egypt. From every point of view. the maenitude of the Roman Ernn.re stands forth in pronounced outline agains. the Background of the past.
 Within the past few years. amid the smoke and the noise, of the battlefieIds. there has been born in the hearts of m llicns'. Of men-men who hav4 been nurtured by the mother wolf of our free institutions-Isay there has been born in the hearts of these men, aspirations and yesrnings which now lock to our statesmen for something better than war These men and their mothers long for the biblical prophecy to be fulfilled when "He shall judge amongst the na- tlons and shall rebuke many peoples and they shall beat their swords into ploughshare sand their spears into prun- ing hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more."
 During the summer of 1921, the Con- gress of the United States passed house Bill Number 6s77 which reads as fol- lows:
 Be it enacted. etc. That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Arizona. California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico. Utah, and Wyoming to agreement not later than January 1, 1923, providing for an equitable division and apportionment among said States of the water supply of the Colorado River and of the stream tributary thereto, up on condition that suitable person, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, shall participate in said negotiations, as the representative Of and for the protection of the inter- ests Of the United States and shall make, report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement en- tered into. and the sum of $10,000 or so, much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated to pay the salary and expenses of the representative of the United States ap- pointed hereunder: PROVIDED. That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any Of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislature of each of said State and by Congress of the United States
 SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend .or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved"
 This bill was passed in order to com ply with Clause 3, Section 10. Article 1, of the Constitution of the United States which provides that no State shall. without the consent of Congress. enter into any agreement or compact with another State.
 The time has come when the necessi- ties of this nation demand that the dor mant wealth of the Colorado River Basin, the Empire of the Southwest, the American Nile. be utilized This em- pire which the American people are planning to build is about nine hundred miles long, has width of from three to five hundred miles, and contains 251.- 900 square miles of land, an area which is larger than the combined area of the States of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York. The Colorado River. with it's tributaries. flows through or forms a part of the lines of the States of Arizona, California. Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Its tributaries drain portions of New Mexico and Wyoming. The Colorado River flows entirely within the State of Arizona for a distance of three hun. dred and thirty miles and then forms