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<br />A.ttol'J~oy~ for: the ~thtc of c'd))orac1o arc prcp~iring' to a~'gue for'
<br />tbe third time the ceJclJnltcd \V-.~'oming~Colorado \\-ater case, in~
<br />volving the .diversion of _water .fot irrigatioll purposes fi"om: tllC
<br />Laramie river, on thewe"t slope of the Continental Divide, to the
<br />plains of northeastern Colorado. . .
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<br />,Wo.rd has been received from Wash* "ter in what state 4ecreed, apply irre~
<br />ington that the supreme court of. the spective of .state' lines.
<br />x..088 of the sUit would mean the..,
<br />United States hils restored the', ca.se abandonment 'of -huge irrigation proj-
<br />(:m the docket and asked -fol" new argu- €lets in Weld -county. involving the
<br />ments. ,The case has 'been pending .in watering. of more than 100,00(1 acres
<br />I the supre'lUc co.urt since 1910, when of land. Should Wyoming win' the
<br />: tho court, 0\1' tho /.l.pplication of suit it '~'ollJd mean. this enorm?~s
<br />I . . acreage would remtl.211 barren prall"le
<br />11.\ yorn.i.ng, <1>1 a. fJOYC1'elgn staLl::, rl,\3. I jllSttoacl of ]Jeing turned .Into produc-
<br />, :, lJll'~(i (Jl"lb"lnal juri;,qic:UOll. I til'e fal'i.l1 klld, and millions' of dol-
<br />i ,Tho state of Co\t;n'[j.do contends the Ilanl, cxpelldNl to bring ,water ,to this
<br />i IYnters 01' .fill .'ltn'HJl1B h/.1,y'iJlg tl1l'iI', land would be, lost i'orever.
<br />I SOUl'Co- in Colorado, lJe10!lg' to Colorado. 'W.yoming brought the suit when
<br />1Vyornil1g, 011 tIle. other han. d, insists COlora,d.O f;lngineers ,beg..all the co~-
<br />that as fut' 3S the use of water' fot' struytlOn of a tunnel thru the Medi-
<br />i'irrigation is concerned, ,state lines art; cine BO.W. 1'1it~ge of the ,!tackles, west
<br />\viped out and water r.u:hts, no mat. of Fort Collma, for the purpose of
<br />- " I bringing thru the. .Rockies the, waten
<br />, from the upper reaches of the Lara-
<br />mIe river" The plan was to turn ,these.
<br />wa.ters into the Cache'!Ai Potidre river'
<br />and .,then, thru canals; conduet. them,
<br />to the :prairie -land north and west ,of
<br />Greeley.'in Weld, county, A.ltogether,
<br />about 90,000 acre feet of 'Water are'!
<br />in volve11" '
<br />The I,aramie river hatl its Source in
<br />the North .Pai.k country in Colorado
<br />and th.e water to be conducted thru
<br />the tUn1i:el to the eastern side of the
<br />'Rockies was to he taken out of the
<br />river within the, state, of Calm'ado.
<br />W:I'omin,g entered the . suit on the
<br />ground the watel's which Colorado
<br />sought to divert had. been a,ppropl"tated
<br />years before'by resjdent.'3 of 1Vyorr.dng,
<br />NEW ORDER COMES
<br />AS BIG SURPRISE:
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<br />o WATER CASE .11
<br />UPREME. COURr i
<br />lLBE REARGUED
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<br />The case was 'argued the first time
<br />iil.1916', Additional, briefs and argu-
<br />ments were asked 'for 'and had in
<br />1918. At that time the United States
<br />goverpm,en t, thru the reclamation serv-
<br />ice, became a pary to the suit, So.
<br />licitor' General Da vi$, who' later be.
<br />came ambassador to England. advanc~
<br />ing the claim. neither ,"Vyorning nor
<br />Colorado had a right to the \V~ater, and
<br />that it belonged to.'the Dniti;'d States..
<br />I' For. '.he last three. years attorneys in
<br />the case have e,xpected a decision al-
<br />most every day, The order for ,addi-l
<br />tional argument came as a surprise, '
<br />FOUl' ColoradQ attorne:rs, general-
<br />Benjamin Griffith, .Tohn T. Barnett,
<br />Fred C. Farrar and Leslie E, Hub-
<br />It bai'd----.,.have participated in the 'prep-
<br />ar~ti.on and presentation of the .state's
<br />defense and now',a fifth, Victor E,
<br />Keyes, will take charge' of the case.
<br />In additio'n to the state's official legal
<br />advisers, a number of other lawyers,
<br />I frrigation la\v experts, haye partic-
<br />I' ipated in the case, notnbly Delph E.
<br />! Carpen,tcr of C+reele~', who ,prep(..reu
<br />i the gt'eatel- pm't of th.-, state's hdci'.
<br />JDwl" since ,the institution of the
<br />suit, tile Colorado genC'l-a1 assemblies,
<br />Il'ei:1liZing ,t'he' importance or t.;H~ casC'.
<br />iHtH: made r('gulaJ' appropl'iaUons to
<br />I CQnduct the ::;lH,le's dcf~n~c,
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