The border vidette., 1928-02-04
STANDS BY ARlZONA's GUNS
RESPONSES OF GOvEROR GEO.
w. p. HUNT TO THE QuES-
TlONS OF, SENATOR JOHN
SON OF CALIFORNIA

@. Will Arizona ratify the
Santa Fe Compact?
A. The Arizona-Colorado Ri.
yer Commission, of which I am
Chairman, has formerly declar
ed that it will ratify the Colorado
lRiver compact under the follow.
ing conditions or subject to such
other conditions in supple
mental compact as may be agreed
upon:
! (l) Arizona will accept the
Santa Fe compact, if and when
supplemented by a subsidiary
compact, which will make def
mite and certain the protection
of Arizona's interests.
| ~ That before regulation of
the Colorado river is undertaken,
Mexico be formally notified that
the United States government
reserves for use in the United
States all waters.
/ (3) That any compact divid-
| ing the water of the Colorado
river and its tributaries shall
not impair the rights of the
States, under the respective
water laws, to control the ap
preparation of water within their
boundaries.
(4) That the waters of the
streams tributary to the Colo
RADIO river below Lees Ferry and
which are inadequate to develop
the irrigable lands of their own
valleys be reserved to the states
in which they are located.
| (5) That so much of the water
of the Colorado river as is ply
sically available to the lower
states-5ut without prejudice to
the rights of the upper basin
states-shall be legally availa
BILE to, and divided between Ari
zona, California and Nevada as
follows:
| (a) To Nevada, 800, 900 acre
feet per annum.
| (b) The remainder, after such
deductions as may be made to
care for Mexican lands allotted
by treaty. shall be equally di
tvided between Arizona and Cali
fornia.
(6) That the right of the
states to secure revenue from
and to control the development
of hydro-electric power. within
or upon their boundaries, be
recognized.
! (7) That encouragement will!
be given, subject to the above
conditions, to /. either public or
private development of the Colo
RADIO river. at any site or sites
harmonizing with q comprehen
sive plan for the maximum de-
velopment of the rivers irriga
tional and power resources.
| (8) That Arizona is prepared
to enter into compact at this
time to settle all questions enum.
Grated herein, or Arizona will
agree to forego q settlement OF
| items 6 and z, and make com
pact dividing the water alone,
providing 1t is specified in such
compact that no power plants
be installed in the lower basin
portion of the main Colorado
river until the power question is
settled by a power compact
among the states.
| @. What does Arizona want
in the way of power revenues
A. Arizona stands for and has
been advocating the principles
so definitely stated in the Pitt
man resolution, which I filed
with my remarks of January II
@. Do you deny the right o1
the government to build q dam
at Boulder Canyon?
A. Arizona denies the righI
of the government to build dan
at Boulder Canyon under the
terms and conditions of the
Swing johnson Bill.
@. Do you deny the right o.
the government to engage ir
flood control?
: A. That is a legal question
Our legal advisers informed me
that the government has no au
thority under the Constitution o.
the United States to engage il
controlling foods as such, bu
may engage in controlling floods
as an incident to improving ma
vigation aud receiving the con
sent of the states to build dams
and control floods under thu
terms of the U. s. Reclamation