Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-19
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P PREDICTED
Dern Declares Power
Phase of Measure Is
Detrimental.
OPTIMISTIC FEELING
Commissioner Warns that
Immediate Adoption of
Compact Is Necessary.

AT the hour of going to press. the
following day letter was received
from Denver by the Imperial Irri-
cation District:
California delegation arrived
room. Opened meeting . O'Clock.
Nevada Arizona and Utah formed
alliance to press so-called states
rights to bed of river and all power
revenue, but willing federal govern
nent put up all money necessary.
California delegation probably i'll.
sist upon settlement of water ques.
tion first and viii say impossible to
ieeede further from $4,600,000 and
that unless get that. cannot proceed
with river development and further
if do not get it, state is not interest
I'd in compact nor is state interest
ed in anything that preeludes Bout,
der dam. Delegation will insist con
ference concludes Saturday.
DENVER, Colo, Sept. l9.-Scrap
ring of the Swing johnson bill be
cause of obicctional power proVIS-
i.,ns was predicted by Governor
George II. Dern of Utah, as dele
gates to the seven state Colorado
river conference resumed neg0tia.
tic here TODAY.
Dern, who will preside at the
meeting, said the power phase of
the famous bill is detrimental to
the program of state 5 rights and
tle measure must be rcvamped be
fore its passage is assured.
There was a feeling of optimism
among the Governors of five states
,isors of all seven states involved
III the river negotiations, IA they
rcconvencd their sessions here,
While he charged California with
injecting the power phase into the
discussions, II. =. MeCluskey, mem
Der Of the Arizona commission. said
he believed settlement of the river
problems was possible at this confer
enet.
After comforting with several del
igates Yesterday, Governor William
Adams Of Colorado, declared he was
confident an end to the river dis
pate was in sight.
4 warning that an immediate ad
option bv the seven basin states of
an equitable river compact is an ali
solute necessity, was sounded by
Francis W. Wilson, of New Mex.
leo, river commissioner.
Unless the seven states are abb
To reach an agreement, the Federal
Government will inauguratc de-
Nelopment program which will be
detrimental to ali states, Wilson said.
The California commissioners wer"
t. arrive here during the day. SO
far AS could be learned, they viii
not dcViatc from their demands
for / 800, 600 acre feet of water from
the rive.
If a speedy agreement can BE-
reached, Nevada will be content with
SOC, 900 acre feet of water, but wilt
demand one third of the power
',hieh may be generated at the
BOULDER Dam, George w. Malone,
state engineer, said.
In Malone's opinion, CalifornlH
mas no authority 10 utiidHu any w
the power generated at the dam,
but said Nevada was prepared TO
cuncede like share, or one third.
Malone pointed out that the dam
would impound Colorado river waters
between Arizona and Nevada, about
30 miles from the California bound
airy and Arizona and Nevada there
fore would be entitled to the sole
benefit accruing therefrom.
The session scheduled for today
will be largely routine at which the
different problems facing the con
ference will be outlined and a
5. hedule of argument prepared.
Governors X. {. Dillon, of New
Mexico, and Frank Emerson, of
Wyoming, were due here early to-
day. Governor V. Is. Ralzar, Of
Nevada, was unable to leave other
duties and will not arrive here un-
til September rs, provided the con.
ference still is under way. United
States Senator Kew Pittman, Of
Nevada, is expected tomorrow.