Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-01
arizona
SUBMITS
PR()CRAN
First Gesture Toward
Agreement In Lengthy
Colorado River Row.
MAY BE REJECTED
Calif0rnia's Water All0-
cation Is Considerably
Reduced.
by United Press Leased Wire

SANTA FE, \. NJ, March I.-Ar:.
zona today made her first positive
gesture towards ratification oe the
Colorado river compact in the seven
years since the treaty was signed
when her delegates conferring here
with representatives of other states
presented Il definite plan upon which
She would become a party to the
pact.
Observers close to the California
delegates, however, SAID it was
doubtful if Arizona 5 proposals
would be acccpte dby California
since the water ALLEGATION proposed
by Arizona does not give California
he number Of acre feet Of water she
had hoped to obtain under the
Swing johnson bin, which recently
became law,
The major points of Arizona :
proposals folioW
Satisfactory arrangements af
fording Arizona proper revenue from
the Boulder dam.
lower basin state compact,
satisfactory in terms and binding
al five lower basin states.
3.-\rizona offers to divide the
eensumptipe use in pcrpetuity Of Tie
waters Of the lower basin Of the
Colorado river rs follows: Appor-
toned water shall mean S,500,00o
acre feet aPpostioacd to the lower
basin hy paragraphs 4 and B Of
article % Colorado river com pact sad
shall only include waters phy'r:,lly
present in main streams; B, sur
plus water shall mean unapportion-
ID water physically present an |
available for division in the main
stream; G. tributaries shall mean all
streams, including the Gila river,
entering the main 'rcm brlo"
I.ee ~ Ferry.
States Own Tributaries
A.. All tributaries, excepting
waters thereof reaching the malr
stream. shall belong to the states
Whern situntiongd subject to dNi-
sion Of tributaries ly compact or
compacts between states rctcctjvc-
~ interested therein.
:. Apportiuurd water shall bc
divided without preference or prior
itv as follows: Arizona 3.5O0,0a0
mere feet; 10 California, 4,1O0,0oo
acre feet to Nevada, 100000 feet,
4. Surplus water shall bee divided
equally between Arizona and Cali.
tornia, without preference or prior
itv.
7.-Trihutarics, excepting water
thereof reaching main stream.
shall bee exempt from the Mexican
burden resting on the lower basin,
which burden shall be borne and
shared equally by Arizona and Cain
furuja from waters OF the nam
stream.
S.-Thc all-American canal shall
not, directly or Indirectly, cary
any water to or for the use of any
lands in Mexico.
Bacon Pleased
While Commissioner John /.
Bacon of California expressed han.
self rs pleased with this frank pro-
posal from Arizona, II is believed
here that the propohl will be re-.
.Icctcd as il stands ON the water
ALLEGATION proposal. california had
hoped to appropriate the entire l..
000, ,0OO acre feet of water allowc d
the lower basin, in addition to the
specific allotmcnts through prior
use. Under Arizona 5 proposal She
would be given only 100000 acre
feet of this amount, with Arizona
taking the balance.
The question of revenue will bo
taken up informally this afternoon.
Arizona may submit a separate pro.
posal on thin question tomorrow
morning. California delegates said
today any price the secretary of IN
terror placed on power and power.
able water and any service charge
he made for irrigation water would
be satisfactory, without having
minimum amounts written into the
compact. Arizona continued to in
sist that Il minimum price on por,
table water should be fixed.
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