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VOLUME XXIII . LAS VEGAS, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1927 NUMBER 30
COUNTY VALUATION
SHOWS INCREASE
Clark County Assessment
Roll Valuations Increased
Nearly One and Three
Quarters Millions.
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A substantial increase of about
one sixth in the county valuation
was announced by County Asses
sor F. C. DeVinney this week
when the assessment roll were
completed 'for the year ending
June 30, 1927.
This increased valuation of$l,1
723,616 over the last year's total
of $10,219,368. This brings Che
county valuation up to $11,942,884.
The Union Pacific railroad vafl
'nation was increased by $1,382,179 ]
from $5,940,090 to $7,322,269.;
This increase is due to the find-,
ing of the State Tax Commis
sion which met in Carson a few
months ago and ordered that the
valuation be raised.
The American Railway Express,
The Pullman Company, The Con
solidated Power and Telephone
Company and other public utili-!
ties valuations were raised $66, ]
33'4.
The balance of the increase j
is In real estate and mining |
machinery.
MANY REFINEMENTS
IN NEW BUICK MODEL
Twelve luxurious closed models
and four de luxe open cars com
prise the line of Buicks for 1928.1
AH embody refinements undream
ed of, even in the costliest
custom motor cars.
There Ls no marked difference
in appearance between the short-;
er and the longer wheelbase
models of Buick for 1928. Both
have the same radiator shell,
and the same stylish low coutour.
Headlamps, in Buick for 1928,
cast the tame quantity of light
when Tufned on dim as wthen
bright. In the dim position, how
ever, the light fa depressed to
the road directly In front of the
car, where it can not inconvience
aproaching drivers.
New rigidity is assured in the
Buick front fenders, on the 1928
models, by a one-piece tie rod,
which also supports the head-,
lamps. Two brackets, instead of
one as formerly, give the fenders
additional strength.
Another new feature is the
combination tail stop and backing
libht, entirely automatic in oper
light. Beside adding to the car’s
distinction, it increases the Buick
factor of safety.
The improved radiator emblem
resembles last year’s, but is more
graceful and typifies, in a great
er degree, the speed and luxury
which are Buick’s. It is bounted
on a deeper heavily nickeled
radiator shell.
motor i m pro vc men to •!
The iniprovellents in Buiok’s
fauous vibrationless six-cylinder .
vaflve-in-head engine lend a speed,
getaway and hill ability never
before acheived, either by Buick
or any other motor car.
JJo adjustment of generator
brushes, to regulate the rate of
battery charge, is required. A
thermostatic regulator, Entirely
automatic, tempers tthe charge
■properly, under all weather con
ditions. preventing under-charging)
or over charging.
■Cold-weather starting, which !
has always been easy with the I
Buick becomes still more certain j
in the new machine. The gear
ratio between the starter and j
fly-wheel has been increased to!
bring about this end.
Greater simplification appears '■
in the distributor head this year.
This is due to the new accessibil
ity of the adjustment screwy
Tighter seating valves, and con
sequent 3aving of power, result
from a new head design whereby
the valve seats are more evenly
cooled. This change has been
made in the light of long study
of combustion problems and lhas
insreased the portion of fuel ;
transformed Into useful power,
thereby bettering performance.
Still further power increase Is
assured by the enlargement of
the entire exhaust system.
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Rates of fare on the Boeing
Air Transport line from Reno toj
various cities along the route1
were announced by O. C. Rich-j
adreon, the Reno field manager.
The one way ticket from Reno
to San Francisco is $23.00 per
person. This rate is higher than
the fare on the line of the West
ern Air Express Company from
here to L03 Angeles which is a
greater distance. The fare from
Reno to Salt Lake is higher than
from Las Vegas to Salt Lake.
Las Vegas can be very proud
that she is on an air line which
gives such good service at so
low a price. The Western Air
Express Company is tihe first
line of its kind’ which has been
a financial success.
The Turkish president has pre
pared a speech which is two days
long Wait till Tom Heflin hears
about this.
ORCHESTRA MEMBERS i
WILL ENJOY TRIP
Giles Morrison, a member of
the Fresno Fire Department Or
chestra, expects to accompany
that organization to the annual
convention of Pacific Coast Fire1
’Chiefs, which begins August 4.
The orchestra wll leave Fresno [
in an lutomobile stage which
.they have purchased with their I
own funds. They expect to de-f
fray all ixpenses of the trip by
dance engagements at Stockton, j
Redding, C rants Pass, Roseburg,
Eugene and Corvallis. Five days
will be upent in Portland.
The orchestra consists of elev
en members. They will leave,
Fresno July28.
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Four Days Check Indicates
59 Per Cent Gain Over
Last Year in Number of
Cars on Arrowhead Route.
A check of the traffic on the
principal highways of Nevada was
started by the State Highway De
partment on July 18th at 6:00 a.
m. Checkers have been posted
at 19 points on the various high
ways.
The check will continue for one
week and the passing vehicles
will be listed under the heads of
Nevada cars, foreign cars, trucks
and horsedrawn vehicles.
A similar check has been made
by the Highway Department dur
ing the past five years. The de
partment especially desires to as
certain the wearing of surface ma
terials of the different types of
roads.
Three checking stations were
established in Clark county: one
two miles south of Las Vegas on
the road to Los Angeles, one at
Glendale on the Salt Lake City
highway and the third at Indian
Springs, on the Vegas-Goldfteld
highway.
The first three days check at
the station south of Las Vegas
indicates that the traffic will be
about fifty per cent greater than
during a like period in 1926.
The check for the first four
days, July 18 to 21 inclusive, in
dicate an increase of 59' per cent
in travel over 1926. The daily
average of cars in 1926 was 279;
for the first four days this year,
444.
The count at the station on
the Arrowhead Highway two
miles south of Las Vegas is as
follows:
Nev. Foreign Total
July 18 175 2#3 419
July 19 185 211 396
July 20 243 258 501
July 21 224 233 459
Totals 828 947 1775
Average 207 237 ^44
ENGLISH PREDICTED
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
A prediction that one universal
language will shortly be used
throughout the world and that
the language will be English was
voiced by G. Bromley Oxnam, re- j
tiring pastor of the Church of All
Nations. Los Armeies, who is go
ing East to take a professorship
at Boston University, and who:
concluded his popular ministry
with young people with his ad
dr<rs before members of the >
Eighteenth Annual Southern Cali
fornia Epworth League Institute,;
which concluded its sessions Sun
day, July 17, at Pacific Palisades,;
the famous educational, resort and
convention center on the north
shore of Santa Monica Bay.
Mr. Laurel Richhart of 532 S.
4th Street, represented Las Vegas!
at Pacific Palisades.
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ELKS WILL LEAVE
FOR CONVENTION
The representatives of Las Ve-'
gas Lodge No. 1468, B. P. O. E.
who will attend the state con
vention at Reno Juy 28, 29 and;
30, are as follows:
Exalted Ruler; C. E. Pembroke.!
Esteemed Leading Knight; Ro-|
ibert Griffith.
Esteemed Loyal Knight; Her
bert Kryise.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight; O.
K. Adcock.
Esquire; Wm. E. Orr
Chaplain; Harley A. Harmon.
Inner Guard; Otis Goodwin.
'Mr. and Mrs. Griffith and Mr.
Krause are already in Reno.
The remainder of the party ex- j
pect to leave by automobile Mon
day morning. Mrs. Pembroke!
will accompany the Exalted Rul
er.
ELY EDITOR HERE
ON. QUICK TRIP
Vail M. Pittman, editor of die
Ely Daily Times, was an arrival j
from Ely last evening. He came
to see how his ranch Is geting
along and finds everything in fine!
shape, with the fruit trees doing
well. He is leaving for home;
this evening.
SOUTHERN NEVADANS
WILL HOED REUNION
Will Meet Friday, July 29
and Cooperate With Neva-,
da State Elks’ Association!
Saturday, July 30.
At a meeting of "The Goldfielfl
er's” held at Reno it was unani
mously resolved that the Annual
Reunion be held at Reno on Fri
day, July 29, and cooperate with |
the Nevada State Klks Associa
tion on the last day of their three
day meeting, which would be on
Saturday, July 30.
It was also decided that the
name of the association should
be changed from “The Goldfield
er's” to the “Southern Nevadans,”
and that all of Southern Nevada
should be Invited 'to participate
jointly as our interests are all
in common.
At the meeting the following
were named as members of the
committee to have charge of all
arrangements:
Tonopah
Mark Bradshaw, Hon. Joe
Mujiphy, C’hjurtes Rvpnonblerg,
Murphy, Charles Wittenberg, Art
Kennan, Bill Booth, Frank Gar
side, Nick Abelman and John G.
Kirchen.
Goldfield
R. W. Cattermole, George Me
Kenna, L. F. Deitweiller, Harry
McGuigan and Billy Mercer.
Las Vefas
Copt. J. F. Bradley, James Cash
man. Harley Harmon, J. T.
"Waters, Sam Gay and C. P.
! Squires.
Beatty
George^ Greenwood.
Pioneer
William J. Tobin.
Mina
bay Baker, L<u Lottie ana L«es
: ter Cornelius.
Hawthorne
Hon. Fred B. Balzar, Henry
| Boerlin and Hon. John H. Miller.
Pioche
Hon. A. L. Scott and Charles
I Culverwell.
Death Valley Junction, Cal.
Death Valley Scotty.
It is the Intention of this or
ganization to not only promote
projects of different kinds in
Southern Nevada, but principally
to promote the mining industry,
and in a general way also to
perpetuate memories of men and
events connected with southern
Nevada.
It is the intention on July 30th
to participate in a parade with
the Elk’s, representative of sou
thern Nevada featuring historical
things, such as old stage coaches,
a bunch of at least one hundred
burros and such like.
At the last similar meeting
there were between five and six
hundred members present. It is
ifrged that all Clark County 'peo
ple who can do so arrange to
be at Rjno July 29-30 to visit
the exposition and participate in
the festivities of the “Southern
Nevadans.”
NINE LYNCHINGS IN
FIRST SIX MONTHS
The records of Tuskogee Insti
tute show that during the first
six months of 1927 tncre were
nine lynchings in the United
States. This is the same number
as for the corresponding period
n 1925 and 1926; four more than
for the first six months of 1924;
six less than for the first six
months of 1923; 21 less than for
the first six months of 1922 and
27 less than for the first six
months of 1921.
The figures show a gratifying
decrease in the lynching activi
ties of the South. AH of the per
sons lynched in the first six
months of this year were Negroes.
The offenses charged were, mur
der, 4; attempted murder, 2; rape
1; improper conduct, 1; charge
not reproted 1.
The states in which lynchings
occurred and the number fi each
state are as follows: Arkansas,
2; Louisiana, 1; Mississipp , 4;
Missouri^. 1; Texas, 1.
ATTENDANCE LIGHT
AT ROTARY CLUB
The absence of an unusual num
ber of Rotarians on vacations
reduced the attendance at Thurs
day’s meeting to the smallest of
the summer.
Ed. W. Clark was program
chairman of the day. He gave a
talk which was fittingly short and
of course, right to the point.
The speaker expressed the hope
that the club under its new ad
ministration would continue its
good work and that members
should show ever increasing act
vity in behalf of Rotary. He con
gratulated Las Vegas on having
two active service clubs, a dis
tinction unusual for so small a
city, but which was an indication
of tbe spirit of Its citizens.
Program charmen for coining
weeks were announced as fol
lows;
July 28, Walter Houck.
August 4, Cy Wengert.
August 11, Charlie Squires.
HOME IS DAMAGED
BY FREAK STORM
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The home of C. Lilya. Ninth
ind Stewart Streets in this city,
was ccns'deraflyTy damaged by .
the freak wind storm which)
seemed to center its force from ’
two directions on that locality j
last Monday evening.
Most of the roof was blown I
»ff and the ceiling fell. Mrs.f
Lilya has been in poor health
for some time and the family is
now almost without shelte;.
The people of Lag Vegas are
contributing toward a fund of
(350 to assist Mr. Lilya in re
storing his home.
No other damage except that to
the Lilya home was reported.
SEC. WORK PRAISES
LABOR OF 0AM BOARD
Predicts Passage of Boulder
Canyon Dam Bill With
Some Amendments Sev
en States Meet Aug. 10.
Declaring the Colorado river
fact finding advisory group which
he named shortly after the ad
journment or „the last session of
congress had entirely Justified Its
selection, Secretary of the Inter
ior Hubert Work expressed the
opinion that order out of chaos
would result from the efforts of
the group. He further expressed
the opinion that out of the work
or the commission would grow
facts that would result in the
passage by the next session o£
the Swing-Johnson (bill for the
erection of a huge storage dam
at Boulder Canyon “or there
abouts.”
“There may be some slight
modification made of the present
bill which was defeated at the
last session of congress, dut the
bill will pass at the forthcoming
session. It was a good thing it
did not pais at the last session,
.for out at the delay has grown a
more definite knowledge on the
part of (he 'people of the needs
of the dam and has resulted in
the taking of steps which will be
beneficial to the legislation.
nopcTui
"At the governor’s conference
in Denver on August 10 of repre
sentatives from the seven states
of the Colorado river basin there
should result something fruitful,
some step or some move that
will bring about final ratification
of the state Colorado river com
pact.
The only barriers in the past
tiaVe been jUificulties between
Arizona and California, and as a
result of the actions of the gov
ernors of those two states re
cently commisions have been
named and have been meeting in
an attempt to iron out their
difficulties and we now find these
states more nearly to an agree
ment than ever before in the
history of the Colorado river
controversy.”
ruiiuwuiK aujuui nuieui ui luc
conference Secretary Work an
nounced the group would ibe con
tinued indefinitely to aid him in
Che further conduct of the ad
m^ndstrlat ion’s affair^ with re
gard to Colorado river devetop
mant. “This committee will re
main as constituted to advise
with me and the administration
during the forthcoming session of
congress and also as long as I
am in the interior department.”
he said.
Give Reports
James G. Scrugham of Nevada,
United States Senator Charles
W. Waterman of Colorado. Prof.
William F. Durand of Stanford
University, Governor Frank C.
Emerson of Wyoming and James
it. Garfield, former secretary of
the interior, comprise the advi
sory group. Each was assigned
i particular phase of the devel
opment on which to report. It
was these reports that have been
received by Secretary Work.
VEGAS GIRL PICTURED
AT ELKS’ CONVENTION
Miss Alice Henderson, daughter
of Senator and Mrs. A. S. Hend
erson of this city, is pictured in
the issue of the Cincinnati Post
it July 12 as representing the
West at the Elks’ National Con
tention. Miss Jewel Freil of New
Orleans is shown in the same
picture as typifying the South.
Miss Henderson in the picture
Is wearing a streamer on which
the words “Las Vegas, Nevada”
ire printed in large letters, show
ing that our Las Vegas is re
serving favorable publicity.
The Hendersons were in Wash
ington, D. C. July 1G. After
spending a day or two there they
planned to go to New York and
will return home by way of the
Hudson River and Niagara Falls.
NEW CHEVROLET
Tom Ca"oll has purchased a
Chevrolet sedan through the
igency of J. Warren Woodard,
tor use in his real estate business.
The new car Is decidedly hand
)ome in appearance and Tom ex
pects to he able to keep real.
estate moving with it.
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Matter of Constitutionality
of Three Months Resi
dence Argued and Submit
ted to Supreme Court
Because many suits for divorce
under the three-months residence
divorce law and a number of de
crees granted, the supreme court
of the state of Nevada is ex
pected to tender an early decision
in the matter of the law's con
stitutionality, which was argued
and submitted Wednesday. It is
the general belief that the law
wiU be upheld.
The action before the supreme
court is an appeal for a writ of
prohibition to prevent Judge
George A. Bartlett of the Washoe
county district court from pro
ceeding with the case in which he
declared the law constitutional,
says the Nevada State Journal.
Among the attorneys who pre
sented the arguments were those
representing the plaintiff and the
defendant in the test case, two ap
pointed by Judge Bartlett to pre
sent the views of his court, one to
present the views of Judge G. A.
Ballard, who Tirst questioned the
validity of the law, and two ap
pointed amicus curiae by the su
preme court. One of the latter
was Atty., Gen., M. A. Diskin.
Though two of the attorneys
presented the negative side of
argument for the purpose of the
test, it was remarked that the en
tire seven expressed the belief
personally that the measure was
valid.
Harlan Heward, counsel for the
defense in the case, who elected
to raise the question of the con
stitutionality of the threejmonths
law in Judge Bartlett’s court,
opened 'he arguments. He con
tended that the legislature toad
no authority to amend or repeal
the initiative measure adopted toy
the people in 1922, which pro
because, under the provisions of
vided for a six month’s residence,
section 2, article 19, of the Con
stitution of the State of Nevada,
the people have reserved to them
selves "the power to amend or
repeal laws adopted, by them.
He further contended that the
title of the 1927 act was defec
tive, as it attempts to amend
what the act itself designates as
a proposal, and not an existing
law.
George B. Thatcher, amicus cu
riae of the Washoe county court,
answered the arguments of He
ward and insisted that under sec
tion 3 of the constitution a mea
sure initiated by the people and
and for which a substitute was
proposed toy the legislature,
could be repealed or amended by
the legislature. Mr. Thatcher al
so asserted that the title of the
act was sufficient, under deci
sions heretofore rendered by the
supreme court.
uiaj iiiaoiiuui u, ouvM uvj
tng the petitioner in the district
court was the first speaker at the
afternoon session. His observa !
tions were along the lines indi
cated by Thatcher.
Lester D. Summerfield, district I
attorney of Washoe county, took!
the position that section 3 of ar-!
tide 19 of the constitution had j
reference only to such measures.
as were adopted by a majority I
vote cast at the election, and it j
was admitted by opposing coun
sel for petitioner that the initia
tive measure provided for a six!
months residence in divorce cases
did not receive a majority of the
votes cast at the election.
George S. Brown presented in
ful and filled with the clerk of the i
court a st^temet containing the j
opinion of Judge Ballard and set-!
ting forth his views as to the
unconstitutionality of the law.
Brown stated that these were not
his own views and he expressed
himself as being satisfied that
the law was constitutional.
M. A. Diskin, attorney general,
appointed 'by the supreme court
as amicus curiae, stated to the
court that after a careful investi
gation of the la.w^ and the conten
tions raised by the petitioner he
was of the opinion that the objec
tions as to the invalidity of the
1927 aot were without merk for
the reason that the measure
adopted toy the people in 1922 was
initiated by petition and that the
substitute proposed toy the legis
lature was not a law and did not
become a law until adopted by
the people. The attorney general
stated that the constitution of
Nevada gave to the legislature
the right to amend or repeal such
a measure after the expiration of
three years frc%u adoption.
eGorge Sanford, also amicus
curiae toi the supreme court,
claimed t inasmuch as the law
adopted by the people had ■> been
proposed by the legislature, the
legislature had the power to
amend or repeal the law at any
time after its adoption. He con
curred in the conclusions reached
by other counsel who held the
statute to be entirey constitutional
in every respect.
It doesn't fake much of a car
at that, to last some drivers a
life-time.—Arkansas Gazette.
MARRIED
SHiCERIN-ORIGGS: in this city,
Wednesday, July 20, 1927, Joseph
A. Sheerin, Jr., to Anabel Griggs,
Rev. M. K. Stone officiating.
The newlyweds left following
the ceremony for a honeymoon In
California.
RONSTADT - SPAULDLNQ: In
Long Beach, California, Saturday,
July 16, 1927, John Bannard Ron
stadt. to Grace Claudia Spaulding.
The happy couple wfll be at
home at S82 Oibispo Avenue, Long
Beaoh.
Mr. Ronstadt was for some
years a resident of Las Vegas and
his many Iriends here will be glad
to join with the Age in hearty
congratulations and good wishes.
GASOLINE ¥x FEES
Mil 10 COUNTIES
Clark County Receives $4,
038.43 of the Amount
Collected in Second Quar-j
ter of 1927.
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During the three months’ per-!
-iod, ending June 30, the four cent'
gasoline tax fund collected iby:
the state amounted to $115,146.17
of which $10,215.59 was refunded
leaving $104,930.58 to be dis
tributed on a basis of fifty per
cent to she state and fifty per
cent to the various counties, ac
cording to the number of cars
registered in the counties.
Taking the $104,930.58 collected
through the four cent tax as ba
sis the figures indicate that
2,632,204 galons of gasolie were
used by the cars in the state of
Nevada during the months of
April, May and June. Clark
county’s share of this would be
over 200,000 gallons or aibout one
tenth of the total gasoline used
in the state.
i ue luiui uuiuun wi uwjubcs
issued in the state for the first
half of the year was 22, 982.
According to the last census
this would give one car to every
three persons in the state.
Following is the amuont of the
gasoline tax fund that will be
distributed to the counties after
the state gets its fifty per cent.
ChurohiiU, $3,709.56 for 1621 rare
Clark, $4,038.43 for 1769 cars.
Douglass, $1,620.85 for 710 cars.
Esmeralda, $899.46 for 394 cars.
Elko, $4,S16.84 for 2,110 cars
Eureka, $945.12 for 414 cars
Humboldt, 2,344.52 for 1027 cars.
Lander, $1,100.35 for 482 cars
Lincoln, $1,205.36 for 528 cars.
Lyon, $3,006.56 for 1317 cars
Mineral, $1,009.04 for 442 oars.
Nye, $3,218.87 for 1410 cars.
Ormsby, $1,419.72 for 653 cars.
Pershing, $1,671.07 for 732 cars.
Storey, $625.51 .for 274 cars
Washoe, $15,772.46 for 6909 cars.
White Pine, $4,999.52 for 2190.
BORN
jVmCULICH: To Mr. and Mrs.
Sebastian Mikulich, Sunday, July
17, 1927, a ten pound son.
DELGADES: To Mr. and Mrs.
Ricardo Delgades, Thursday, July
21, 1927, a six and one-half
pound son.
PERSONAL ITEMS
Mrs. Frank Gussewell and ohil- i
drew are spending a few days at i
the Park.
Mr and Mrs. N. E. Williams and
Children spent the week end as
guests at the Squires-Boyer camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley A. Harmon
and Emmett, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril
Wengert, Jimmie and Marylynn
and Mrs. Mary Fogarty of Min
nesota spent Sunday In the Wen
gert cabin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrington and
children have taken a cabin for a
fortnight while Mr. Harrington
is enjoying a vacation from the
First State Bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Buzick hayei
taken a cottage at the park where1
the Buzick young folks are enjoy
ing a vacation.
Mrs. Roy Neagle and little son
are enjoying a vacation in Camp
Mr. Nagle spent Sunday with:
them.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pembroke
and son Jack and Mrs. J. H. j
Light foot drove up to the resort
Sunday and spent the day with!
Dr. and Mrs. Roy W. Martin.'
Mrs. Dave White and Evelyn
have been at the park for* the
past week.
Mrs A1 Cahlan was able to
with the new son last Monday
leave the Las Vegas Hospital
evening.
Frank Garside, owner of the
Tonopah Times and the Las Ve
gas Review, is in Vegas during
the absence of Editor A1 Cahlan.
Mrs. Dave Wadsworth of Pa
naca has been in the Las Vegas
Hospital this week undergoing
examination and treatment. She
plans to return home early in
the week. She plans to come to
Vegas with her children to reside
the coming winter, in order to
receve further treatment by her
physician.
Mrs. Frank Buol, Jr., and her
little sister of Sloan are enjoying
a few days in camp.
CALIFORNIANS HOPE
FOR RIVER COMPACT
Prediction That Agreement
Between Arizona and
Other States Will Be
Reached Following Denver
Meeting.
.... (Nevada State Journal) _
Hope that an agreement be
tween Arizona and other lower
basin states on the Colorado ri
ver may be reached at a confer
ence, tentatively planned for
August 10 in Denver, was express
ed yesterday by members of a
southern California commission,
who stopped in Reno after visit
ing the states primarily Interest
ed in conservation an^l controll
of the waters of the Colorado.
The members of the group were
Earl C. Pound, president of the
Imperial Valley irrigation dis
trict and designated by Governor
C. C. Young as one of the men
to ibe appointed as a memiber of
the Colorado river commission for
California^ W. B. Mathews, chief
counsel of the department of
water and power of Dos Angeles;
T. A. Panter, assistant electrical
engineer for the bureau of power
and light of Dos Angeles; Ralph
H. Criswell, Colorado river agent
of the department of water and
power, a former member of the
city council of Los Angeles; W.
J. Dowd, chief engineer of the
Imperial district; Charles L.
Childress, chief counsel for the
district, and F. H. Mclver, sec
retary and treasurer.
The members of the commis
sion said they ha^l been on a
“friendly visitation” to the four
upper basin states, stopping at
Santa Fe, Denver, Salt Lake
City and Reno.
“In all states we found a
friendly attitude toward the great
desire to see the compact of the
seven states ratified by Arizona.”
Uitttnn ui a,s»iMtuu c lu v^am
ornia and Arizona in terminating
the differences of those two
6tates relative to agreements for
distribution of benefits to accrue
from construction of the proposed
dam, were made by the upper
states, the visitors said.
“California feels friendly to
ward Nevada and appreciative of
the efforts of Nevada in forward
ing plans for the dam. At no
time since the seven state pact
was prepared and signed has
there been any serious differen
ces of opinions between the offic
ers of Nevada and California,”
Pound stated.
“There has been nothing but
the most harmonious relations
between the two states he con
tinued.
"In 1926 Nevada and California
agreed on a proposal for a three
state compact, formulated by J.
G. Scrugham of Nevada, .but the
pact was rejected by Arizona.”
The upper states, the Califor
nian added, have offered to act
as judges at the coming confer
ences between the lower states.
ii mtf luwer stales cau itjacu au
agreement, assurances were giv
en to the travelers that the upper
states will fight for the legisla
tion for 'he dam in congress.
The visitations were said to
have been entirely satisfactory,
and probably v> have paved the
way for concrete action at the
coming conference.
Governor Young of California
will be in attendance at the Den
ver meeting, it was stated.
Yesterday the men held a con
ference with Governor Balzar,
George W. Malone, state engineer,
True Vencill and other officials,
which was described as very sat
isfactory.
There was no thought at the
conference, Criswell said, of try
ing to enter into any agreement
with Nevada.
The party left Reno last night
to go to Sasramento to make an
unofficial report to Governor
Young and the members of the
California water commission.
CLARK COUNTY MEN
VISIT LINCOLN COUNTY
Mr. Wilson and his associate,
Mr. Wagner, Supt., and Foreman
of the .borax mines near Las Ve
gas, who have been prospecting
in Lincoln County for the past
10 days, while on a visit with
their friend, Joseph Kutchner of
the Kaolin Mine of which he is
Supt., are much impressed with
the mining property visited by
them near Elgin and Carp. They
speak in the highest terms of
the districts visited.—Lincoln Co.
Record.
STONE REELECTED
MACHINIST CHAIRMAN
A. T. Stone was reelected chair
man of machinists for the coming
two years at the '•'invention of
shop employees of the Union Pa
cific held at Caliente this week.
Mr. Stone has already served a
two year t"rm in fa’s important
position. ,
The old time song which ran
“My Bonnie lies over the ocean”
may be succeeded by one which
will go, “My Bonnie flies over
the bcean.