WSP09196

• File Number: 1000
• Description: CWCB General Files
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/1952
• Title: Clifford H Stone Death 10/22/52-In Memoriam
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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IN MEMORIAM

JUDGE CLIFFORD H. STONE DIES

Judge Clifford H. Stone, for fifteen years a Director of
the National Reclamation Association from Colorado, passed away
on October 21 at New Orleans where he had gone to represent
his state at an important water meeting.

Judge Stone was a man of great wisdom, indefatigable
energy, utter consecration to the cause of Reclamatio,n and a
true friend of the West.

Notable milestones in the Progress of Reclamation over
the years which may be attributed in large measure to the un-
tiring efforts of Judge Stone include: Publication of the
N. R. A. Conunittee Report, "The Preservation of the Integrity
of State Water Laws", the defeat of the Valley authorities,
the advancement of the Interstate COl!lpact Idea, (Colorado has
completed more Interst~te Compacts than any other state in
the llest), The Hayden-O I Mahoney Amendment, The Reclamation Pro-
ject Act ?f 1939, The O'!&ihoney-Milliken Amendment to the 1944
Flood Control Act, the ratification of the Mexican Water Treaty
of 1944, and many others.

Excerpt From Long Beach Convention

"NOVl, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the National Recla-
mation Association that the Association and the cause of de-
velopment, conservation, and utilization of western water re-
sources have suffered an irreparable 1055 through the death
of Judge Stone. His sage advice, inexhaustible patience, and
kindly demeanor will be missed in the deliberations of the
Association. We grieve over our loss of an inspired leader
and devoted servant."

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