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<br />of the 'Yest the il'l'igation projects llIHlel'taken by 01' with the <br />aid of the Fedc!'a 1 Go\'t?l'nmeut sllould in every ill~t:lllte he based <br />upon a full eOlllplian<..:e with the laws of the' State wllerein 1 he <br />projects are 10c;1te(1 so far as the appropriation of water and <br />other matters of purely State control are concerned." <br /> <br />~ub::.;eqllent meetings of the leag:ue were lIeld at Los Ange- <br />les where rt'~()llltions (If a similar l'h:ll'aetel' wel'C adopted. <br /> <br />Dcnrer OonferclIrx. <br /> <br />A subsequellt meeting of tlie lenbFlle was held at Denver Aug. <br />nst ::?5-27, Ht.!O, nt which tlle desirability of encouraging the <br />(:llll!.;tl'lId.ion of Itll'ge re:'icl'Yoil's ill tlIe Cauyon of the Colorado <br />Hi\"er fur purposes of tlood control, power, ano irrigation waS <br />fli~enssel1. and at width the DirettoI' of tlle Reclamation Service <br />assured tile representatives of the seven States tlInt the ton~trm'" <br />tion of sucll resenoirs need in no wallner ill terfere with tll.e <br />future developmeut of the upper reacl1es. of the stream:s witllin <br />tlJe States of origin of the waters to be impounded b.y tile l'esel'- <br />\"oir:s situnte in the lower States. <br /> <br />The following resolutions were unnuilllously nuopted: <br /> <br />"Be it "cSGlucd. That the re<olution. adopted at the confer- <br />ente of tile Icngue, 'held at Salt Lake eft.", Jannar;v 18-21, 191fJ, <br />and the pl'oceL'(lillgs of tlIe third tOll\"cntion of the League of ihe <br />~outhwest, hell] at. Los Angeles, April 2-a, In:!O. lle~ an.l the :-oame <br />,,".. hel'eh.l' rntified, nppl'oved. and reaffirmed. <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />"'Vhert'flS it is the uUf1erstnnl1ing of tlli~ league. from infnl"JIl:l- <br />lion pl'esented by Hon. Arthur P. Daris, dil'ectOl' of the <br />United Ht:ltes Reclamntion 8erviee, thnt the water ~uppl'y <br />of the Colorndo Rh"er drainage is sufficient to ~uppl.y the <br />present and future necessitics of all of tile ~tat('~ whose <br />territor}" is iu\"o]ved awl that nil }Jresent and future iuter- <br />ferenee with llC\"eloplllellt. upon 01' fl'OIll the llJlPPl' I'cnches <br />of the stream should be a\'oided; now, therefore, be it <br /> <br />"Rcsolced, That the league favors the early devclopment of <br />all po,sihle beneficial nses of waters of the stream upon the <br />lippeI' I'eache~ of the stream and its tribuhll'ieA along the line!'; <br />set forth in the resolutions adol'tec1 at the Salt L:lke conference <br />of (JanlI:ll''y 28-m, 1nJ!), antI tbat tbe pI'e!'5ent and future re- <br />:-;trictions upon such oc\"eloplllent hy withollling or comlitional <br />g:ralltillg of nppJientions for rights of way :lcr088 public laud~ <br />for inigntiou works sllould be diseonntinued and tbat such ap- <br />plitntion~ shou141 he granted with that degrec of dbpnteh will <br />permit the cunstruction of all sudl projects wlIile financial and <br />otller means are at haud allll ol'pOl'tunity for construction exht~; <br />he it fnrther <br /> <br />[ In ] <br /> <br />~':"_""---- ----- -- - <br /> <br />"~.~ -"<~ ",,",--""" <br /> <br />-A <br />