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<br />Haight Tours Area
<br />Before 'Big Show'
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<br />Supreme Court Aide Visits Valley
<br />For Data on Colorado Water Fight
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<br />By LEI C. SULZNER
<br />"ThIS t.rip is merely getting me ready for the big show,
<br />laid George 1. Haight, special master for the U. S. Supreme
<br />Court.
<br />Appointed by the high court to investigate and make a
<br />~'eport on the california.Arizona.Nel'ada water right.s SllIt,
<br />HaJ);ht \\'a, in Im,perial Valle.\' sun'l-'
<br />cia" ;tort MondilVf(lr'II! aerial (ollr
<br />of "Imperial lrngation Dbtnct's
<br />bIg w~ler sJ'stem. ,
<br />Hal'ing alread,v ~llrl'eyed An
<br />wna', ~'ater situation, he pl'.1CPl'rt-
<br />ed toward Coachella Vallev and
<br />intenrled II) vislI the Metropo!ihn
<br />Wotl!f Di~t.rid nn Tllesnay IInd
<br />Wednesday. :
<br />The Special Master said thai hi.~,
<br />fjnt report "should be out herel
<br />in 11 cb." or two." II will disclose
<br />the resuJ1.~ of hi.~ investigation nn
<br />making the ,.tale,~ of wvoming'l
<br />(,olor~(b, New Mexico "00 Utah, '
<br />parties tll the ~uit. California says ,
<br />lhey shnuld be, II
<br />Jurt L.ooking ji
<br />'Tm not here to cullect P,VI-'
<br />dence," he slIid. ''I'm getting a
<br />view oflhe sitnatinn so that when
<br />evidf:'nce i.. introduced, I'll be best
<br />abJ", tll el'aJuale it," .'lI.ld Hal,l:ht.
<br />''1'1'1' tried a great man)' suits.
<br />and I've a1wan found it is best
<br />to look at the thingiJ1 question_if I
<br />It's a thlOg-or the place If it's"r
<br />Pl~'~i thcse men." 11(' C',~nllO\led'l
<br />rl"ierring to the dozen.plus,I"ater
<br />,x~utives escortIng him, "are:
<br />
<br />Ruling Disclosed; I
<br />Arizo'1" li.ilo.es ii
<br />O"lIro. If l'IolR~', ~~C:i~l
<br />muter, 1,.... ec.".."l I"
<br />,"~ U..... Supre",. c&!~ 111...1
<br />tolar.do, N_ Mellicll, UI..."
<br />...nd Wyo..,inll, u Up"l. 8ui...
<br />stItes. b. exeluded from ,A..i-
<br />Ion.'. 'ui. .o.ins. C.liforn'lI
<br />eVlr C!>forldo Ri..... YHller.
<br />But h. reeomm.nd.d thai
<br />N",..... Mexieo .nd Utllh, U
<br />lllwer Buin thtes, beecH".
<br />PI.fif"tolh.litigltit)n.
<br />H ~ III hf', rlc:ommltnd...tilln
<br />wu rltc.,"M1 Mend.y .h,..
<br />noon by J. H. Mo..ur, ehj,f
<br />(01.1",,1 ,,,. .... Ariten. Infu-
<br />Itlt. Strum Cfunl11iuiorl'.
<br />"T",s is" 5lgnific"nl "ictory
<br />fer Arizona," M"..ur uid.
<br />talkin,lt \() mp [re('ly, but they'rJ1
<br />not giving l'l'irl".ncO? In hrl, nl
<br />probably nol rtmemhpr what tl1<:-YI
<br />5<1Y. But I WIll remember what J:
<br />$1'\(,," ,
<br />The ,~eptE'/olenariRn ~pok". dpal'ly.
<br />rp~tin.o: his wei"ht. nn ~ Mtlrd~'
<br />r!lnp. and ~ppral.~ing his li.<lenl'\n
<br />fhrnugh r:!".ar I'\.I'I'\S. He pointerl nul
<br />that thf' tripI'-a,11'f'ry hE'neliriaJ
<br />to his project. Of ImpO?ria! Dam,
<br />he said:
<br />
<br />At fm~rl~' D.m
<br />"T\lE're 1 ~aw a /olreal I!1an~' I
<br />t}l-1ng~ I've'" 1l1'''el' spen I:>..fore: Ii
<br />saw man:\-' things I hal'1' .1ppn OF-;
<br />fore: and I saw mal'll' familiH
<br />thing/; in app!ication.~ t{l'\l'hich I'\'e
<br />nt'v1'r sepr\ them put"
<br />In 1/1". parI;.' RrCOmpanyln,l1 him
<br />,,'prp ,lame~ H. HJw"rrJ, .I;('oe1'a\
<br />cnuori! to thp Mctrnpolilan Walf','
<br />Distrkl; Evan T Hewp.~. I:lfPS!'
<br />dent of thp Jll1perialIrri/olatinn Dis.
<br />trirt; Waynp Akin, ('hairman. Ari.i
<br />wnll Interstale Stream Commi~-'
<br />.\ion: Hu~h Shlltnb~r;!er, N~vllrl~'sl
<br />~tal,e pn/olineer; Ivan Cl"lIwforrl.j
<br />dinr.tor. CnJQrad{l Waler C{lnser..
<br />"atloll Board :
<br />IndUdp.o in' the California rll"Jl".!
<br />gllti{ln weTP E, H, Bidwell, C. C'I
<br />Elder, M. ,J, Dowd, Harry W. H';lr-
<br />t.(lQ IInd Gilmore Tillman, )
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