542 Bulletin 95 



acre- feet is more than twice as much as the states of the lower basin 

 can use, — at least until a different economic order shall prevail. 



Congress, through the Mondell act, has provided for a Colorado 

 River Commission, consisting of one representative from each of the 

 seven states, and one from the Federal Government. The Commis- 

 sion is now organized with Herbert Hoover as its chairman, repre- 

 senting the Federal Government. The purpose expressed in the 

 Mondell Act is the negotiation of a compact or agreement, providing 

 for an equitable division or apportionment of the water supply among 

 the seven states. 



NAVIGABILITY 



The existing treaty with Mexico declares the Colorado River to 

 be a navigable stream, and a federal court prohibited any action which 

 might interfere with its navigability. The diversion of water for 

 irrigation, therefore, is contrary to the treaty. As soon as diplomatic 

 relations with Mexico are re-established, steps should be taken to 

 amend the treaty in so far as it affects the Colorado. The river 

 should be declared to be an unnavigable stream. 



Arizona's program 



Arizona owns the Colorado River bed, or half of it, for 580 miles. 

 We do not own the water. We do not have unlimited millions of 

 wealth to invest in the Colorado enterprises, nor many votes in Con- 

 gress. We should endeavor to cooperate with our neighbor states. 

 When the seven states agree upon a plan of action, the extreme 

 urgency of the case will secure the appropriation needed. 



With regard to some features of the project, Arizonans will ex- 

 press their opinions, but should not insist upon them. The immediate 

 construction of the storage dam and the height of dam and the type 

 of dam are far more vital to California than to us. Nothing can pre- 

 vent our obtaining all the power the State can use, both now, and for 

 fifty years to come. Our preferential rights to power are recognized. 

 Also, it is proposed to grant Arizona and Nevada each a free block 

 of power at Boulder site. Our concern must be to insure that there 

 shall be no monopoly of power by a single corporation, and that 

 every nook and corner of the State shall be able to receive power at 

 equitable rates. 



We should pledge the State's honor to the states of the upper 



