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of the West the irrigation projects nndertaken by or with the aid of the Federal Government should in every instance be based' npon a fnll compliance with the laws of the State wherein the projects are located so far as the appropriation .of water and otl~er matters of pUrel;}' State control are concerned." Subscquen t meetings of the leag'ue were held at Los A~ge~ les whero resolutions of a similar character were adopted. Denver Conferenee, A subsequent meeting of the league was held at Denver Aug- ust 25-27, 1920, at which the desirability of encouraging the construction of large reservoirs in the Canyon of the Oolorado Hive!' for purposes of flood control, po-wer, and irrigation was discussed, and at which the Director of the Reclamation Service assured the representatives of the seven States that the construc- tion of such reservoirs need ill no manner interfere with the future development of the upper reaches of the streams within the States of origin of the waters to he impounded by the reser- \'oirs situate in the lower States, The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "Be it ,'esolved, That the resolution, adopted at the confer- ence of the league, held at Salt Lake Oity, January 18-21, 1919, and the proceedings of the third convention of the League of the Southwest, held at Los Angeles, April 2-3, 1920, be, and the same are, hereby ratified, approved, and reaffirmed, "vVhel'e'as it is the understanding of this league, from informa.- tion presented by Hon, Arthur p, Davis, director of the United States Reclamation Service, that the water supply of the Oolorado River drainage is sufficient to supply the present and future necessities of all of the States whose territory is involved and that all present and future inter- ference with development upon or from the upper reaches of the stream should be avoided; now, therefore, be it "Resolved, That the league favors the early development of all possible beneficial uses of waters of the stream upon the upper reaches of the stream and its tributaries along the lines set forth in the resolutions adopted at the Salt Lake conference of January 28-31, 1919, and that the ptesent and future re- strictions upon such development by witholding or conditional gtanting of applications for rights of way across public lands for itrigation works should be discountim1ed and' that such ap- plications should be granted with that degree of dispatch will permit the construction of all such projects while financial and other means are at hand and opportunity for construction exists; . he it further [ 19 ]