Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., December 01, 1922, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

About Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth. (Kingman, Ariz.) 1918-1922

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 1 1922
I Inside Story of River Conference
By Arnold Kruckmnn in Satuiday Night Los Angeles
Santa Fe New Mexico Nov 15
1922 If there is anything in the pop
ular superstition about the ill omen
of the number thirteen this day has
fully justified its evil repute at least
so tar as seven Calif orniuns aie con
cerned who are here in attendance at
the meeting of the Colorado river
commission It is not at all impossi
ble that the bad luck which has be
fallen the seven aiuornians may pro
foundly atiect in a similar way the
entire work and destiny ot the com
mission While not veiy important
in itself the incident stukingiy illus
tiates why the labois of this commis
sion inevuably will be aboitive Still
moie stiikingly does it illustitate Sec
retary of Lommeice Hoovers abso
lute absence of the most mdimentary
elements of tact and ordinary social
consideiation as well as political in
stinct and it leveals the sadly-defective
way in which the state of Cali
fornia is repi evented on this commis
sion
It is unfair to mention the names
of the seven Califomians The im
plications of the incident unquestion
ably were not intended by Mr Hoover
and they are of course absolutely
unwai ranted Suffiae it to say that
one of the victims is a prominent
member of the government of the city
of Los Angeles representing the city
officially at the meeting while an
other is a widely known official of a
bureau of the citys government also
oresent on the citys business Two
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it discovered that the quaiters to
which it had been assigned had been
given to Secretary Hoover because
his party included more members than
were expected Of course the
j fomia delegation was absolutely leady
to make way for Mr Hoover and his
friends and with the utmost good na
ture accepted any make shift accom
odations that were provided As the
days passed and the convening of the
meeting was delayed four days by the
tardiness of the California Commis
sioner State Engineer McCluie num
erous other unexpected participants
ai rived and extraordinary housing re
adjustments were effected which in
one case condensed four Califomians
in a room normally intended tcac
comodate two persons Apparently
however everybody accepted the sit
uation with the utmost good natuie
and goodwill As indicated the good
nature and goodwill were more ap
parent than real for Sunday after
noon according to the proprietor of
the establishment Mr Hoover notified
him that unless the congestion in the
quarters of the various delegations
was relieved he would terminate the
meeting at this place and hold it else
where Mine host of course with
visions of fat takings vanishing met
phorically speakings and perhaps
literally tore his hair and tried to
work out an equitable scheme Fin
ally he was handed a list by Secre
tary Stetson which it is assumed
represented Mr Hoovers idea of the
more are engineers assisting State En- ln wMch the housing arrange-
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kihi r a w ments snouia De reaajusiea it was
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representative on the commission
a professional capacity while the fifth
is an official of Long Beach with
more than a state wide reputation
The other two have adequate justifi
cation for expecting every considera
tion at this meeting and at least one of
them is widely known throughout the
southwest and not unknown national
ly in connection with the movement
to develop the resources of the Colo
rado Basin
Where this meeting is being held is
a glorified dude ranch three and a
half exceedingly dangerous miles dis
tant from the eitv of Santa Fe In
order to get to the place you are
obliged to wriggle in an automobile
over a convolution of roads that diz
rily swoop up and down like a switch
back roller coaster and hang so pre
cariously to the steep sides of the res
olate landscape that the passage of a
vehicle makes you think of a fly
crawling over an eyebrow The place
was chosen for the meeting because
it is the only public hostelry within
seventy miles of Santa Fe capable of
housing fifty persons Santa e it
self despite all its moth eaten Spanish
antiquity dating back to 1529t has
not yet reached that mature stature
civically marked by a real hotel al
though it is the capitol of the state
Mr Clarence C Stetson the secre
tary of the commission who hails
from the New England of the sacred
cod undoubtedly was influenced to
recommend the place for the meeting
because he deemed it proper to com
pliment the governor who entertained
him so pleasantly last spring in that
open season for flagellations when
the Penitentes nearby performed their
curiously painful rites
Quite naturally the meeting has
drawn hither representatives and in
fluential citizens of all the states in
terested in the Colorado River The
California delegation took the pre
caution many weeks ago to make ade
quate reservations for its group But
when it arrived here last Wednesday
in the nature of a ukase It arbitral-
ily dictated exactly who should be
paired off with whom and it even
specified the precise room the variously-assorted
persons should oc
cupy It was an absolutely autocratic
order and it left the harried inn-keep
er no option His not to reason why
his but to do and die
This morning that poor dude
rancher did everything but die The
news was broken to the assembled
representatives when they came to
breakfast in a characteristic gentle
and tactful manner At the hotel desk
in the most conspicuous spot in the
place was posted an announcement
and a list of the names and locations
of the re shuffled guests Examina
tion immediately revealed that the
seven Califomians had been entirely
discarded and that several persons
who apparently had no business with
the meeting except that they had
friends at court were snugly en
sconced in the choicest quarters For
instance the defeated governor of
Arizona Thomas E Campbell has
with him a New York stockbroker
friend and Mrs Stockbroker who
have made an earnest effort to im
press everybody with the fact that
they hadno interest in the Colorado
river and are only traveling with
Tom to see the fun It was also
glaringly apparent that all those who
were remotely suspected of sympathy
with the idea that the entire develop
ment of the river should be national
ized were marked for elimination from
association with the elect while the
entire delegation from Arizona and
Nevada and Colorado composed of
corporation attorneys representing
power interests and of representatives
of mining companies and similar in
terests were included among those
who were accepted by Mr Hoover as
suitable co guests in this aristocracy
of water power
Our seven Califomians pointed out
to the frenzied proprietor that adjust
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