Diary 1926

Abstract

Diaries of Carpenter's professional activities as a lawyer in 1926. Diaries are dictated with occasional written entries by Carpenter, but transcriber is not identified. Carpenter travels a lot between Greeley and Denver, makes frequent visits to Crow Creek Ranch--his shorthorn cattle ranch northeast of Greeley, and works on Greeley-Poudre Irrigation District legal matters. Interstate commission work for several rivers appear, especially for the Platte, Colorado, and Rio Grande, and Carpenter makes heavy use of the Union Pacific Railroad system to get to meetings all over the U.S. West. In the first diary, entries appear primarily in Carpenter's hand and only cover parts of January through April. In March, Carpenter and his son, Don, go to Washington, D.C., to monitor the Swing-Johnson Bill. In the second diary, there are no entries in February and March. On January 6, Carpenter and his brothers Alfred and Fred decide to sell their father Leroy's ranch. Carpenter goes to Washington, D.C., again in April to testify before the House Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation regarding a Colorado River Bill (possibly Swing-Johnson). He abruptly leaves Washington on April 26 because Don is arrested for an undisclosed "mishap". On June 5, Carpenter and his wife, Dot, travel to Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. He spends late August and early September in Los Angeles discussing Colorado River matters, such as the All-American Canal and Boulder Canyon Dam and conducts interstate compact meetings all over the U.S. West in mid and late September. The case Henrylyn vs. Klug occupies him in the fall, even as he constantly lobbies for the Colorado River Compact's ratification in California and Arizona.