Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-01
PROGRESS
REPORTED
DENVER
Local Delegation Believes
Much Good Accomplish.
ed at Conference.
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EARL POUND SPEAKS
Answers Claim Rights
of Arizona Would Be
Endangered by Pact.

Members Of the Imperial Irri.
CATION district, headed by Earl C.
Pound, president and member of the
Colorado River Commission which
represented California in the recent
Governor s conference held at Den.
yer, returned to FL Centre this morn.
ing. While no pact had been reached
at the conference which was held
in an effort to settle ALLEGATION Of
the Colorado river waters, the local
delegates expressed themselves as
believing that tie conference went
long way toward an ultimate set
tlement.
Ira Aten and Mark Rose, directors
of the district; Chas. L. Childers,
attorney; NJ. j. Dowd, chief engip-
Ger, andF. II. McIver, secretary
were in the party which represent
ed Imperial Valley at the conference.
Attorney Childers and Secretary
Mclver remained at Denver to carry
en- through the remaining days OF
the conference as representatives of
the valley.
"Arizona delegates still continued
to hold out for levy on monies to
be derived from the proposed Boul-
der Dam project as a power pro-
| iect,' President Pound declared
this moning. "While the fight was
| centered about the ALLEGATION of the
! river water, this demand by Arizona
was the real factor which held us
settlement. Nff
"In making this demand Arizona
! asked prohibitive levy to begiu
with and is seeking to obtain
! grant from the other states which
it would be impossible to give even
though they acceeded to the de-
mand. The government would not
allow the placing of this levy on
the returns from power project by
state. 1t would set precedent
which would be a direct violation
of laws governing such procedure. -
During the conference one of tho
spokesmen for the state of Arizona
expressed the opinion that the Boul-
der Dam measure would go through
! despite the protest of Arizona. The
! Baby State" as he termed it. Hc
protested against it declaring that
IT meant that the government would
be over riding the Baby State, /"
ncglecting its rights.
Pound States. Position
AS an answer to these declarations
President Pound addressed the
meeting. He pointed out that Ariz-
ona at present has many more ad-
vantages than Imperial Valley. or
ralo Verde Valley, the two points
which at present. are being supplied
III a round about way with water
from the Colorado River and Coach.
ella Valley which hopes eventually
through the SWING ohnson meas
uEe to receive such benefit. He point
ed out that these three valleys
would be the only ones in California
really benefited by the Swing
Johnson measure. He cited condit-
ions in Imperial Valley, outlining
before the meeting that it was cut
off from the benefit of ''eheap
money! under the federal loans,
which advantage was enjoyed in
ether ways in which Arizona was be-
ing benefited by the government,
advantages not enjoyed in Imper-
ial Valley.
President Pound pointed 10 these
things only as an answer to the
spokesman for Arizona when the
latter made his declarations Of the
fBaby State" being overlooked by
the government.
In all, however, President Pound
saw the meeting as ''heipfui fac
tori for it has brought Arizona to
realize the hopelessness Of its de-
mands and should eventually lead
to settlement Of the division Of
the Colorado river waters. '.While
California has held out strongly for
its. water rights, it has made its
concessions too and its only matter
of time now until Arizona Is made to
see that it is asking the impossi.