Arizona state miner., 1925-10-10

Spencer Canyon Diversion Dam, and
the Arizona Highline all gravity canal,
irrigating three and one-half million
acres of land in Arizona.
Fred T. Golfer files for the State,
on April 18th, 1925, on the Bridge
Canyon Diversion Dam, six miles
above Spencer Dam. These irrigation
and power filings were made, supple
mental to the 1923 filings, and amend
atory thereto.
Legal advice and assistance for i'll
ings were donated by Wylie Jones, ex-
Attorney General, and John R. Hamp-
ton.
Fred T. Golfer notified the Federal
Power Commission of above filings,
in 1928, and made power filings for
and on behalf of the State of Arizona
on all Highline projects in 1925.
Protest filed against the Diamond
Creek Power Dam permit by Fred T.
Golfer, the Arizona Highline Reclama-
ton Association, and with the help
OF legal advice and assistance from
leading attorneys of the State
A suit is now being prepared for
filing in the Courts to give notice to
those concerned to be restrained from
ever giving permit for Diamond Creek
Power Dam.
George H. Maxwell files brief
against issuance of Diamond Creek
Power permit in 1923.
Governor Hunt requests the State
Water Commissioner not to renew
the Diamond Creek permit, which re-
quest was complied with in 1928.
The Federal Court in 1923 held
Girand of the Diamond Creek Power
Dam project to be in trespass and
enjoined him from proceeding.
Governor Hunt calls for $100, 100000
appropriation from the Seventh Leg
islature to obtain facts and surveys
on the Colorado River.
Fred T. Golfer, Senator from
Apache County, introduced in the
Sixth Legislature in 1923, resolutions
for the filing on water and power in
the Colorado River. Resolution No.
Five in full, is attached hereto.
In 1925 in the Seventh Legislature
Fred T. Golfer introduced eight reso-
lutions to defeat the Compact and get
the State to appropriate 100000. 90
for the filing and obtaining of engin-
tions are attached hereto
The Seventh Legislature appropri-
ated $50,00O00 for surveys on the
Colorado River, and the United States
Government to match this appropria-
tion with like amount
The Arizona Highline Reclamation
Association and the people of the
State worked for and initiated and
introduced Measure No. 306, sub
mitted to the people for the appropri-
alton of one hundred thousand dollars
for surveys and data of the Colorado
River in the General Election of 1924.
A part of the due diligence for the
future is the preparation by the High
line Association and the people of
Arizona, to submit for the vote of the
people, a million dollar appropriation
for the Colorado River surveys, data
and filings. This shuld be done in
order to finance and continue our pro-
lection and diligence and to cope with
Mexlco's easy and continued appropri-
alton of our water and TO cope with
water filings made, and many millions
of dollars having already been spent
for surveys by California and the
Power Trusts in all of the Colorado
River Basin States.
The filings and due diligence exer-
cised by the Highline Reclamation AS
sociation is imperative and required
by law for Arizona to enjoy her SOW
ereignty, priority and protection and
to get the maximum development on
the Colorado River for Arizona and
the Nation.
We shall notify Mexico and her
water appropriations (the State and
Nation should do likewise) to cease
from appropriating any water, and if
they do so it is subject to our prior
filings and appropriations, and at their
hazard.
In addition to the States expendi-
lures and diligence exercised includ-
ed in the above summary, citizens
have spent and donated much money
and time to assist in establishing Ari-
zona's priority under the Highline
plan.
The people are not exercising this
energy and expense to prove the prac-
ticability of the Highline Canal and
other projects but to establish prior
ity and base for future financing as
unquestionably simple, common sense
demands and knows that large river
as the Colorado River, which runs
hundreds of miles in the boundaries
of Arizona, from an elevation of five