Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-18

of the state of Arizona be and the
same hereby is given to that certain
compact signed al the city of Santa
Fe. New Mexico, on the gath day Of
November, 1922, by the duly author
lied commissioners of the states oe
! Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
! New Mexico, Utah and wyoming, un-
der the authority of the act of con
gress approved August 10, 1921, en-
| titled, AN act to permit a compact
or agreement between the states of
! Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, re-
speeding the disposition and appor-
tionment of the waters of the Colo
Irado river, and for other purposes;
provided, and upon the condition, that
such approval shall rot become eff
! Elective, nor have any force whatsoever,
unless and until the legislatures of
the states of California and Nevada,
and the congress of the United States
shall approve an agreement between
the state Of Arizona, California and
Nevada which agreement hereby is
approved by the legislature of the
state of Arizona.
EsSSeO DUH houses
This concuNent resolution passed
both houses and was vetoed by the
governor, who gave no more plausible
reason than that the legislature had
not dealt honestly, and left the river
open to attack of predatory wealth.
The speaker blames the willful mis-
representation Of the situation to the
politician who desires to- create preju-
dice, spread misnformation, and bring
disaster to the state as an issue for /
winning office.
In answer to the question Of what
will happen to the Colorado river, the
speaker said that if the states did not
settle the question, Uncle Sanp would I
soon, and then the most preponderant I
state concerned would WELD the most
Influence.
Elect Right Man
The only remedy is to have the right |
man elected to office, said the speaker. !
On the point of federal development, i
he pointed out that if the government |
did the developing the project would ,
not be subject to taxation, while indi-
vdual development would benefit the
state by taxes that would be derived /
Fred Hubbell drew the attendance /
prize, and III. A. Wimperley, A. A. I
sundin, w. H. Meischer and B. G.
Thompson formed a quartet and sang
as a penalty for being the four whose
names were drawn prior to the win
ners.
Guests Present
The following guests were intro .
duced: Sam Applewhite, James p. /
Boyle, c. X. Foster, B. c. Thompson. .
Clay Sparks, ]. P. Dunway and Harry
Pickett
w. J. Jackson read the following re-
port from the International Kiwanis I
convention which convened at Mon
treal
Ralph A. Amerman Of Scranton, Pa,
was elected president Of Kiwanis In
ternational for 1926-27 at the closing /
session of the tenth annual convention .
held by Kiwanis this week.
Memphis, Tenn, was the choice of
the delegates for next years conven-
ton. Indianapolis, Ind, was the only
opposition for the 1927 convention
honors.
Other international officers fol
1867 are: William G. Alexander of .
New York City and Stanley Higman of /
Ottawa, Ontario, vice presidents; and
Henry G. Heinz of Atlanta, Ga, re-
cltcted as treasurer.
National Trustees
Trustees elected for a two-year term
are: George e. Smell, Billings, Mont. ;
James T. Neal, Walla Walla, Wash. ;
o. Samuel Cummings, Clearwater, Fla.
Horace McDavid, Rockford, Ill; Charl
Horace McDavid r o C k ord, Ill;
Charles F. Adams, Calgary, Alberta i
and j. Randall Cation, Alexandria, Va I
Russell Huddleston of East Liverpool
Ohio, was selected as a trustee for
one-year term.
"The Montreal convention was the
largest in attendance in the history of |
the organization Fred C. w. Parker, /
International secretary of Kiwanis, re-
ported to the delegates The total
registration showed delegates and WIS., |
ltors to exceed over 5000.
Post convention tours for Kiwanians
in Europe attracted several hundred, /
who embarked from Montreal for con- |
tinental tours,
Winners of the efficiency contest
and the presentation of trophies was
made by Horace w. McDavid, Decatur, !
I'LL, chairman of the committee on eff
f1c1ency contest. In the old division, |
including clubs with a membership OF
Isl or more, the Kiwanis club of