Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-06-25

The fact that Nevada must
adopt a definite policy with res
pect to the Colorado River was
stressed last Tuesday at the meet
ing of the Nevada members Of
the Colorado River Commission
at which Senators Oddie and Pitt
man and Representative Arentz
and Governor Balzar were pres
ent.
While no definite plan was All
nlunced it was indicated that Ne
vada would make a serious. effort
to bring about a settlement of
the differences between the states
ci California and Arizona and to
insist that Nevada be given sub
stanial state revenues from any
development at Boulder or Black
aCnyon such as Otner states are
compensated for the cutting of
timber and the extraction of oil
deposits which are natural re-
sources.
In support OF The latter principle
it was declared in the conference
by Commissioner Malone, Repres-
entative Arentz and others that
from The revenues derived by the
government from oil leases upon
the public lands ten per cent is
reserved for administration, thirty
seven and one-half per cent is al
located to the state in which the
oil is found, and fifty-two and
one-half per cent is paid into the
reclamation fund. While the con-
ferees did not formally declare
that such diversion should be
applied to lower Colorado River
development, they indicated that
the principle met with their ap-
proval, and that, together with
the ALLEGATION of a large amount
of power to this state, it would
enable Nevada to derive the rev.
enues from power development
which she should receive.
The justice of changing the pro-
portionate division of the expected
profits was also discussed at
length, as well as the justice of
Nevada demanding that a fixed
proTCrtion of the iLDds alloca ue1
t. \ e recl9ma'iGn land b5'nG gx
Jn! FED upon Nevada re ;lama:.p:
PC. el;s. 1t va, $40 Suggested
Ihat such a division 1t the Irofits
should be written into the Swing
Johnson bill, which will come be-
fore congress next December.
The statement that Nevada must
adopt a definite policy and COM
intricate it to California and Ari-
zona before an agreement can be
'etched between he lowe" basin
states was freely made during the
conference. Heretofore, il was
declared, Nevada had been COM
EaIatiyely inactive participant and
had contributed little to solution
Of the disagreement existing be.
tween Arizona and California. 1t
was suggested that Nevada might
effectively use her good offices %
persuade Arizona 10 accept di
vision of power plant profits be-
tween Nevada and Arizona that
would protect the interests of
both states and so remove Ari-
zona's objections to development
Oy Lu6 lGOCl etA SOfOAh AhLASAs'
The question of whether or not
il would be proper for Nevada
and Arizona to demand revenues
from power operations prior to
authorization of the plants cost,
which will cover a period of thirty
or forty years, was also discussed.
The conferees also considered the
possibility of Nevada being able
to profitably resell to California
interests most of the 100000 horse
power ALLEGATION which she ex-
poets to receive under the Swing
Johnson bill.
Attending the conferences were
Commissioner Malone, Squires,
Clark and Martin of the Nevada
commission, Governor Balzar,
Senator Pittman, Senator Oddie
and Representative Arentz.