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<br /> <br />ef public funds upEm any €If these large enterprises.. Resent irivestigatiem.s <br />justify the senslusien that eempaets assuring the states ef erigin of the <br /> <br />free and unrestriotea use,ef the waters 0ftheir stre~s would have net <br />, <br /> <br />ell.11 resulted in a united Mtien of beth the sta;bes ud the natienal gGvern_ <br />ment, but would a1$e in nG way have impaired the lituffieienoy of the water <br /> <br />supply fer the 1'rejects in the lOwer state<<,. <br /> <br /> <br />ill. view ef this ge!lllerltl expar:i.ell.<Je, the westarn sta.tes. while <br /> <br /> <br />fully appresiative of amd desiring a oentill.uanse et federal aid fer devele1'~ <br /> <br /> <br />ment ef the 1'r4ijeets i1l1 the several states~ are ge1llierally msillt~lt that <br /> <br /> <br />/ future 1'rejeets shall only be eeRstrueted afte~d ~et befere interstate <br /> <br /> <br />eempe.ots he.ve been entered inte (al'ld to vrhieh the Gevenamel'ilt Should be party)" <br /> <br /> <br />assUl'ug te the ste.tes ef origm of tl1e _tel' supplies of interstate stre!l.lllS <br /> <br /> <br />the freedom of future devele1'mel1l.t witl1eut unreasenable aJld UlUl.ieessary re- <br /> <br />struGtiens. <br /> <br />Te this end the League ef the Seuthwest. comprising the seye.n <br /> <br />states of' Arize_.. Oalifor.nia, Odorado. Nevada.. NIIm Mexie... Utah l!I1Ild Wyoming, <br /> <br />All.lIl1'tea resolllui;itll:ms at; Salt Lake City 81l. Jalll.uary 21. 1919. in part as :t'ell~sl <br /> <br />"The histery efirrigatieA threugheut the world has showa that the <br />greatest duty ef water is_ had by fir at asmg it up<m the upper reaehes of' <br />the s.tream alll.d .en.ti1tuill.g the ase pregre&siveiy illll1Vl>1W8.ra. J:J1 ether werd8. <br />"the wa.ter should first be ea1'.ed am.i! used while it is youag," fer it Calll. <br />them be recaptured as it retur.a8 frem the 1'erfermance ef its duties and thu8 <br />be used ever !I.1Ild ever e.gaiD.. . <br /> <br />Attentien is further direeted. te the faQt that ma.l:!l;Y' Illf these <br />irrigatieA pnjeets, ef a magl!l.ituae t. be develeped a>nly by the Federal <br />GeveI'l!lllent. G~ be properly earrieil en witheut i1tterfering with smaller <br />aev+1Et]!lmeA-"lis whieh shGuld be Ulldertakell by illldividual and eerperate illitiativEt, <br />ami! We therefere urge upon the Interieramd Agri~ultural Departments the <br />Atieptien efa liberal amd sympatheth l'Gliey in the grantingef rights ef way <br />fer reserveirs and ditehes upon the 1'uolis domain where the same are essential <br />te the dlevelepment sf sush 1'riva.te prejeots. <br />