Herbert Hoover Signed Letter Sec of Commerce 1922 ARIZ

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Herbert Hoover Signed Letter Sec of Commerce 1922 ARIZ:
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Typed letter signed by then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. Dept of Commerce letterhead. Nov 261922. The letter was sent to Mr W S Norviel. Norviel was the State Engineer for Arizona during the Water Rights Negiotations for the Colorado River water. The letter to Norvies states the state should erect a monument to him. (See below). There is no envelope and no photo as mentioned in the letter. Hoover , of course, went on to become President of the United States. The signature has not been authenticated, but I am confident it is an original document.

By the early 1920s the Colorado Basin states were anxious about their share of the Colorado River. Then, as now, California\'s growth was viewed with concern. Burgeoning growth meant increased water demand, and the other Colorado Basin states feared California would establish priority rights to Colorado River water. Although Norviel\'s feistiness complicated and prolonged the proceedings, he was viewed as an effective fighter for his state\'s cause. Herbert Hoover, the federal chairman of the commission, described Norviel as \"the best fighter on the Commission\" and told him, \"Arizona should erect a monument to you and entitle it \'One million acre feet. In reviewing the give and take of compact negotiators, one figure stands out as especially obstretuous and contrary, W. S. Norviel of Arizona. His insistence that the Lower Basin states receive all the water of their tributaries, plus half the river\'s flow at Lee\'s Ferry, almost wrecked the negotiations. The extra one million acre feet that was allowed to the Lower Basin states was to placate Norviel, in a battle over whether tributary flow would be counted as part of a state\'s Colorado River allocation.