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<br />,'-0., <br /> <br />, Oil19i)'J <br /> <br />-38- <br /> <br />stE\te~;ents, C\nc~ I checJ~el1 l1ates, I fine!. that he must be in <br />error because the bill 'ras not filed in that case until October 13, <br />1930. I fine1 in the "Hoover Dl'xCl Contracts", by 'Jilbur "ne1 Ely, <br />~uollshed in 1933, copies of a contract for electrical enerGY exe- <br />cuted b~' the United Sta,tes €',nd the i:etropolitan 'later District of <br />Sou":;hern Ce,:.i:Cornia on A',ril 26 1930 executed a contract for the <br />(,elivery of 'Tater OJ' the United Stctes to it. Both of sa1t~ <br />contrncts lTere executel1 nem'ly six "lonths oefore the Arizona <br />0111 of cOf.lplaint "as filed; so ;;r. Ho"ard r.:ust be f11ista:~en, <br />It is Arizol'!als vlelT that the questions rais!ld by California <br />are con:J1etely Gl1C, conclusively settled by the ooulc1er Canyon <br />Project Act, the California Self-Llnltation statute, the Colorado <br />River C08;JClct, 2n(1 the Arizona Contract, 'Ii ~h the one possible <br />question of l/ho shall bear reservoir losses. <br />In that connection, it shoulc1 be rer.le::;bered th:.\t that <br />question cannot [',rise: rooaol:' for a humered ye,~,rs, or untL. the <br />Upper Basin has cO','pletel,' utilized all of' 1 ts pater ~nc1 all sur- <br />pIlls has (lisappeared ami. there occurs a short2,,~e of "ater available <br />for delivery frOl:; La::e ::ea(1. If that ti':1e should ever arise, it <br />is in the far, di8, and distant future; and as is the universal <br />practice in the "lest, L~eliveries lTouhl be curt::,iled proj)ortion- <br />ately. In an~' event, it cannot no" Cive rice to a jL!sticiable <br />controversy, becouse i t !~ay never happen. If there shrJuh1 be <br />such a short2;:::e, anG. it :.ay never hap;)en, thnt California <br />sh)ulc1 use all of the 'Tater conceivably L'sable by her am1 Arizona <br /> <br />anG lJevada sh-1ulc_ use [1.11 of' the ,,;.rater f;~et 8_sic1e for then, de- <br />