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(JOI92S ,Stone was named its head, a post : he held and cherished until his death. Judge Stone served also as the Colorado commissioner- lor' ~the ne. gotiation of the Upper Colorado river basin compact signed in 1948 to pave the way for the multi-bil- lion dollar development of the I Colorado river ~ystem and utiliza- tion of its water in Colorado. Utah, Wyoming, New M~xico and Ari- zc..na. He also was a Colorado director of the National Reclamation asso. ciatitm, an organization in which he held a number of important legal and legiSlative posts. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN. And in addition, JUdge Stone I se.rved as chairman of the Colorado river basin st..tes committee since 1938. as chairman of the N. R. A.'s important legislative committee. as mediator representing the SCCrE~- . tary of the interior in the Arizona water controversies from 1941-45, and as the governor's representa- tive on both the Arkansas.White~ Red and Missouri basin interagency committees. "He was considered without doubt the legal brain of all water development in the country," said 'Charles E. Brokaw, commerce de- 'Partment representative on the Missouri committee. "He was the peer of water attorneys, and all the interstate river compacts so "ital to the people and future oC, Colorado are his brainchildren. He ~ \.VIIi never be forgotten; his place . is secure in the history of Colorado land the west." \- In Boise, Idaho, John R. Riter'l t"egional chief of the bureau of l"eclamation's hydrology division, I' commented: ',"1 am deeply shocked. It ha~: I been a privilege to be associated . very closely with such a great pub- lic servant as Judge Stone for the last ~ight years. He never let par-; tisa.A politics or personalltieg 'Stand in t'ile way of his judgment of what wat good first for the nation and second for his state." I"BRlLLIANT MAN." , The Arkansas-While-Red commit.: tee adopted a resolution praisingl "Judge Stone's work. Col. Herbert D. Vogel, division engineer, corps \ oC engineers, Dallas, Texas, andl chairman of the committee, said: "Judge Stone has rendered trc-l 'mendous ~el'\'Jce as tJJe Coloradol representative in bringing' before this committee the views of your state and your people. He \\-'a5 an indefatigable worker an.d a brilliant olan." Other tributes;' Jean S, Breitenstein. conserva- tion board attorney: "Colorado has : lost one of its most loyal afld de-I [voted sons and servants. He has' truly given his life for his state and his fellow Coloradans." James H. Knights, district man. agel', bureau of reclamation: "The Joss of Judge Stone comes as a very great personal shock to me but far greater is the shock and loss to the sta te of Colorado and the west." W, E. Blomgren, acting <;hief C!n- gineN, bureau of reclamation.: "JUd&-f Stone was an earnest and able campaigner for conservation. not only of Colorado ,...ater but also ; the water of the entire west. He Iwas usually a friend, sometimes a Ifoc, of the bureau of reclamation. but he always applied intellectual honesty and excellent judgment." Val Marmaduke, special assist. ant to the U.. S. attorney general. lands' .division: "~udge Stone's. services have been of inestimable' value to the state and people of Colorado and without him much of the priceless water that has made I C61orado great and prosperous I 'I would have long ago been lost. He has been the state's outstanding public servant for fifteen .rears, "/ \"GREAT LOSS." Avery A. Batson, regional recla-I imaUon director; "Judge Stone'sl 'death is a great loss to the future /water development of the west. His! patience, understanding, persist-I \ ence and hard work will be deeply . felt throughout the west." : Judge Stone long had been a: champion of reclamation, and de-I fended such mammoth pl'l?jects aSI the Colorado-Big Thompson and proposed Frying Pan ~ Arkansas transmountain diversion works'I' while vigorously battling California ;attempts to seiz~ control of thel iColorado river water. At the time of his death, he was' also a member of a three-man committee' drafting a proposed MissoUl' ,basin, interstate compact for approval .o( ~~c Missouri basin states commit~e-blueprinjJng 'the ,development of the ten:state 'basin from Canada to Mexico, !