Bisbee daily review., 1922-11-25

historic Ben Hur room of the old Pal ace of the Governors in Santa Fe, and on the lap board on which General Lew Wallace wrote most of his manu script for Ben Hur, representative of seven states, at 6:15 o'clock tonight signed compact to secure the expedi. tious agricultural and industrial de. velopment of the Colorado river basin the storage of it's waters and the pro tection of life and property from flood
 The states signatory to this com. pact, the first of it's kind in America, are Arizona, California, Colorado, Ne vada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyom. ing. The signers in the order of states given are W. s. Norviel, w. F. Mcclure, Delph E. Carpenter, J. G. Scrugham, Stephen B. Davis, Jr., R. E. Caldwell and Frank c. Emerson.
 Herbert Hoover, secretary of com. merce, representing the federal gov. ernment, who has presided at the con. ference of the Colorado river commis. sion, composed for the foregoing, hand ed the signers the special gold pen provided by the state of New Mexico for the purpose which will be preserv. ed in the state archives. Governor Mechem of New Mexico and a small group of Santa Fe men and women were present at the signing Photo graphs were taken of Secretary Hoov CT and the commissioners in the act of affiXing their signatures.
 The compact, completed after 1t days of intense application by the commission at Bishops lodge fs less than 2,000 words in length and is com posed of Il articles.
 The complete text of the compact follows:
 The states of Arizona. California Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming having resolved to en ter into a compact under the act of congress of the United States of America approved August 19, 1921 (42 statutes at large, page IT'D and the acts of the legislatures of the said states have, through their governors appointed as their commissioners w. S. Norviel for tn estate of Arizona w. F. Mcclure for the state of Cali fornia; Delph K. Carpenter for the state of Colorado; J. G. Scrugham for the state of Nevada; Stephen B. Davis Jr, for the state of New Mexico; k E. Caldwell for the state of Utah, and Frank c. Emerson for the state oi Wyoming, who, after negotiations par ticipated in by Herbert Hoover, ap pointed by the president as the repre- sentative of the United States, have agreed upon the following articles:
 Article l. The major purposes oi this compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Colo rado river system; to establish tht relative importance of different bene ficial uses of water; to promote inter state comity; to remove causes O. present and future controversies, ant to secure the expeditions agriculture and industrial development of the Col orado river basin, the storage of it: waters and the protection of life anC property from floods
 ITO these ends, the Colorado rivel basin is divided into two basins anC an apportionment of the use of par of the water of the Colorado river system is made to each of them witt the provisions that further equitable apportionment may be made.
 Article 2. As used in this compact (a) the term Colorado river system means that portion of the Colorado river and its tributaries within tho United States of America.
 "(b) The term Colorado rive basin means all of the drainage arei of the Colorado river system and al other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado river system shall b' beneficially applied.
 "(c) The term states of the uppe division means the states of Colorado New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
 "(d) The term states of the lowe division means the states of Arizona California and Nevada.
 "(e) The term Lees Ferry mean a point in the main stream of the Col orado river one mile below the moutl Of the Paria river.
 co The term upper basin mean