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. c. 'c'OtJ~~)49 RESOLUTION ~~EREAS, Judge Clifford H. Stone, the Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, died on October 22, 1952, while engaged at New Orleans, Louisiana, in representing the State of Colorado in a meeting involving vital interests of Colorado; and WHER~, Judge Stone, after serving as County Judge of Gunnison County and as a member of the Colorado General Assembly, was, in 1937, appointed by Governor Teller Ammons to the Colorado Water Conservation Board and from that time until his death was the Director of that Board; and WHEREAS, his great loyalty to Colorado and his utter disregard of self in the performance of his duties during the fifteen years which he served the State as its responsible representative in complex and important negotiations with otl)~r states and with the federal government so utt~ sapped his strength as to result in a condition of exhaustion which was undoubtedly the cause of his death; and , ; WHEREAS, JUdge Stone not only served Colo~adO as the Director of the Colorado Wate~ Conservation Board but also as the 'negotiator of the Rio Grande, RepUblican River, Costilla Creek, Arkansas, and Upper Colorado Basin compacts~ a$ an attorney in the United States Supreme Court litigation involving the Laramie, the Arkansas, and the North Platte Rivers, as the Colorado Director of the National Reclamation Association~ as the tolot'ado Comrnissionet' on the Upper Colorado River Cormnission, as one of the, Colorado members of the Arkansas River Administration, as a Colorado member of the Missouri River Basin Interagency Committee, and the Arkansas- V/hite-Red Rivers Basin Interagency Committee) and in manY other capacities too numerous to mention; md V/H1';REAS, through Jucgc Stone I s way of harmonizing the forceS of progress Colorado has s2cured great water use facilities such as the Colorado-Big Tho~pson Project, the John Martin Dam, the Vallecito Reservoir, the Mancos Reservoir, the paonia Project, the Collbran Project and others which will be continuing memorials to this inspired leader; and WHEREAS, through the rich wisdom, simple patience, resolute perseVerance emd deep patriotism of Judge Stone, the relationship of Colorado with her neighboring states and with the national government in water matters have so improved that turmoil and strife have largely given way to unity, and the protection and development of the water resources of the West, even the nation, have been advanced; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conservation Board that the death of Judge Stone is an irreparable loss to the Board, to the State of Colorado, and to the whole country. His life given in public servioe above and beyond the call of duty will be an inspiration to those who lIl1l8t undertake the continuation of his lVork. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the widow and daughters of Judge Stone, to whom our sympathy and condolencea are hereby extended.