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OtJDJJ 'd ~ C. H. Stone, i Expert on ~.W ater, Dies ~ :\ By ROBERT H. HANSEN. ,f . pennr Po~t Staff Writer. '. .~~Th:e,.nation's foremost water au- ; fhority,. Colorado's Clifford. H. ~ 'Sfone";-died quietly in his sleep in . New Orleans early Wednesday at 1 the 'age'of"64. 1 ~.Since 1937,' Judge Slone hAd been 1 d"ireCtor of the Colorado \',:ater con- . ~. serv;ation- board. a post in which he ~ won ~ol'ldwide ....cclaim. ' .. ~ Judge S.tone flew to New Or]r.Rns Tl1e~dR.Y t.o attcnrl A. meeting of 1he . Arkcmsa:;:;-Whit~-Red Yhasins inter- 8g-ency committee l'lfter putting in I his ~usu~l long, hl'lrn dAY at his ,qui,et $itafe officf'! 'on MondAY. :.Hi.c;death WtlS discovpred\Verlnes- . . day hy R dosp. pp.T!'ion.:ll friend. ; J:ohn Bli~s, Np.w Mexico stfltP-' ('n- : gineer: who ,'(ent 10 the judge's room At ,the St. Chflr)e~ hotel wh~n ' , he failed to appear a.t the com'mit; , tee's,"- opening. session. ;. CORONARY THROI\-mOSIS.: . ,: ) ~. :Bli~g' told The penver p.~st by .telephone .that Judge Stone :dieQ , peac~iul1y in his, bed. Physicians, Bliss' said, attributed death" to' 'c'ol-o~ary thrombosfs.' . '~Judge .Stone had' complained of r we1iriness and a' "long,' hard' day'.'. I at llfnner;witl; reClamation 'officials _J at Wi;:.. .hotel Tuesday night :ami ~ retired,JbOut S:3(j' p..o.-m..' otiviomly , tired bufapti'arently in good. health, i Blis~ s.aid?";". , " '.' Hi.,; death shock~d' the western hfilf of. the natiQn.,High praise and tribute rolled in: from I:..ouisiana to IdAho, commending his outstanding CRreer of puhlic se6,:ice. Judge Stone plRyerl' a vilRl mle in ColOl'ado's \\IRter development, ;mrl personally helpe.l negoi.iate atJ . interstate compacts since 1937.. in~ eluding the Upper Colorado river compact, Rio Grande compact and. Republican river compact. I He \",.as a leading spokesman for the upper basin states in their bit- Iter Colorado ri\'er water struggle with California,. and held nearly a dozen important state and recla- mation 'posts. : In recent years, .Tudge Stone, a native of powderhorn, Colo., has liverl in Boulder. He is survived hy his wife, three married daugh-j tel'S and Iwo grandrhildren. I (Stone's death 8hocks friend!, !