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<br />Shocks Friends
<br />All Over Nation
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<br />R)" nOHl.;ftT II. H.\:\~t~~.. I
<br />Ill'''\'"" "O\t Staff "'rIIN.
<br />Thfo unc;\:pt'Cfcd "('lith 01 Judge
<br />';Ilfford H. Slooe, Co!orado'~1
<br />v.u'll"lv kn<:l\\.n dir..Nor of the Mat..,
<br />\nlrt'~ con..~t\'atjon board. ~hoc.kedl
<br />Walo:or (':\p('rls and il. host ot friends'
<br />from ('oast to coast Wrdn('!'da)', I
<br />JUdl;l' :'Itonl' di{>(j quietly dunn;:;
<br />the m!:'ht at lhf' Sf. Charles hotel
<br />it :\ew Orleans, whl-re- hf' had)
<br />flow" Tu('s.dll)' to llfttod a ml"l'lJnS:1
<br />of fhe ArkallsIIS-Whi!('.Rt>d tin...'
<br />h;uins inll'l'lll;l"ncy ('ommift~.
<br />As Colorado's first ami only
<br />waler .;onservation board director.
<br />Judge Slone wrote page after page
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<br />JUDGE CLIFFORD H. STONE.
<br />Dies in New Orleol1\.
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<br />in rhl' nation's 1'IIlf'r hi~lor\'. Pitt._
<br />ins:: Ih.. \\,ay for full I1rvf'i~Plnenl
<br />or lhi> \\'('~I's t"r('at war"r rl!'~ource~
<br />hy ~killfuny ne:;:olialmg ioterM8!e
<br />a:::rt'cments.
<br />H... bream... !1'cOi:nl~d IH the na_
<br />li"n'$ Il'adm.l:" \'i1tf'r AUlhorih' and
<br />hI' n>jl"C'lei'! ~l'\'l"ral offers ol'othr[
<br />pOSls ilt salaries tar e"','f't'dm:;: lhl'
<br />S,qloiO CoJor;ulo paid him.
<br />U:.I'7 O~... :\1f;)lOnIU~
<br />"But Jud!:;e Slone has ll'rt in his
<br />paBlnJ.":, hi\ 0\\1'1 mf"l)lori31 whi"h
<br />is wriHt'n in the hi.'lory of Ollr Wil_
<br />ler ["(m~er\"a!ion program Sinn" It.
<br />lnn'p:iO<1 in 193':,
<br />'"Ar th(' 11mI' (I{ hi~ df'::!.th h.. \\11'
<br />on an import anI mi"IOl1 for Co!"..
<br />Tado, fl'prt'!('ntini: rhl' "taT". 1"
<br />pt-npl(' and :hf> "n\'t':TH'lr III rOl'
<br />ArKan~a~'\\~n:;'''.P.t>d t'lw'r h3...~in.
<br />11lll"rall'rnl'Y c(lmmillrf' m Xew Or.
<br />11"1ln., .\1.,' hl'arlfl"lt ,'ympa~hy is
<br />e.xr"nd"d 11'1 hIS family."
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<br />Similar trihutl'~ J>QUr"l'd ill from
<br />lop stale, t<<ll'raland local aUlhorl_I'
<br />tips 'rom Xew Orll'an.s In BoIse.
<br />1riaho, as th-P .oe\.\'s af Judgl' StOl'l!"s
<br />d"ath hurtled th/'tIIJgh th!' !<hockl"d
<br />\\'I"st.
<br />For Ihi, tir"l'll'ss, kindly (,Ounl)"
<br />judl;"t' from GUnnl~on ('(lUnty had
<br />won lhfo resfl('ct and crmfidr/1l'"
<br />(>\"('n of thoo;r oPpos"d on .....est.widr
<br />walrr problf'ms,
<br />1'"0':":"0'1::1) -\~~O('J.'T.;s.
<br />Hl.~ firalh Itt 64, af/rr 'Iflren,
<br />Ycars il~ con.~('n.'lltjon hoard din'!;'1
<br />lor and doz"ns of lmportant stalt.
<br />I\'pstCll'l and nlltional >I.~Sil;'nmenl~1
<br />.11111 posillon.~, stllnnrl1 f\"d"ral,
<br />!'l~l(' IInd pM\'al(' a~socialt'5,
<br />GO\ernor Thornton d"c1l1rM;
<br />"I am deeply grl('vt>d at hi~ P.lSS,
<br />ins: for h(' Wil~ A \'lIlurd Pl"rsollal
<br />friend and II mO!'I capable aUlhor.
<br />jt~' on waltr l'onsrn.'atiM, con-
<br />,'d('miously and fOlllinuously Using
<br />IllS J:"l'eat lal('nl in Protl'('lm,l;" Colo-
<br />!"arlo', water righl!:, lite blood of
<br />our 'Hille.
<br />"Ills contribUlion to !h(' "'('lfan'
<br />(If thiS slate and 10 its !'conomic
<br />dcvelopment has bren in\'alullhle.
<br />indeed. for then> WolS no 1'110", IIbl('
<br />authonty I'll'll' farsighted PXpotJl'nl
<br />of sounl1 wal!'r con~prvalion poli-
<br />cie~ than Jud.l:e Srone,
<br />"HI" m..riled and f'njoyed an tn.
<br />\'iahlt' national reputallon liS an
<br />".'f.It"rt on "'al('r rompr\'ation anrl
<br />31/ Colllrado ha.~ 1\utfrr"l'r1 It l!ie\'er('
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<br />Judr;:e Slone was born at Po\\'.
<br />o('r'l1orn, C-Olo, near Gunnison. on
<br />July 16, 1~~. 11.. J;:rltdualf'd from
<br />(;unni!;{)n high school and Ih", t'ni,
<br />\r/"Siry ot CoI<>rltdo with both hacn.
<br />,,101' of 11115 II.nrl L. L, B. d(';::"l"1'es,
<br />From )913 10 1921 h.- "as ('1)llnl)'
<br />judJ:"e (I( Gunni...on ('owny, II.nd l/1(>n
<br />1'111erc:11 prJ\'l!e law practl('C lor
<br />fllleen)'eltrs.
<br />In 1936 Jud:;e Stone ....~5 elected
<br />1(\ the !<Ialt' legislature as a Demo-
<br />f'fat. Thl' 10110\\"inl: )"l'llr l~ ~lat('
<br />~~' Ill' Ih>:> consenallon boItrd Itnd
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