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<br />~ _.-.... -<;'":";_ ..I. .. -',. - . <br /> <br />.' .,_-":.-'-,"~-~--:. .',;. <br /> <br />1))1876 <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />"'[oy all ;)oth siCes of the ColoraDo River across Arizona; am1 the <br /> <br />Stete, in the Constitution al1opteel, ac;reed to such reservation. <br />In 1922 th8 Color8.(',0 River Gor,mect Ims sisned at Santa re, <br /> <br />;,e'.7 l.~exico, 'lith its ter;'JG as set out, <br /> <br />Historv - 19?2 <br /> <br />1928 <br /> <br />FolloHin:; the 8i[;n1n:; of t:le Colorado River COT.1pact, Arhone. <br /> <br /> <br />tried to Hor::_ out pith Callfol'nlCl ancL Nevada a tl'i-state coupnot <br /> <br />\1:1ich 1~oulL' carry out the unde1'stanciinG thnt 1~D.C1. been reac;lec1 be- <br /> <br />l <br />:j <br />:j <br />5 <br />:.t <br />.:~ <br />.:..) <br /> <br />t'!een t:le_., oefor e '-1' i iiorvi el Sii3nec'l the COlTIjX).c t for /lrizo:1a, that <br /> <br /> <br />i"1:'eC.iatel~! after its siC;nhiB Do tl:'i~8tate conpact betHeen Californi. <br /> <br /> <br />leveela, and .lU'izona '.)OL11e'. be eJ':ecL1teel., providing that the f.1illion <br /> <br />11cre-feet of III(b) lister set forth in tl1e CO."J;~.f\ct 1JaB for the <br /> <br />exclL~s i ve beneflcie_l con2ll,:l,..ti"e us e of' Arizona to cOf.1pensate <br /> <br />AriZOil:? for t'1e inclL'sian of t'le Gila system in the over-all c1.efini- <br /> <br />,,;: <br />., <br /> <br />.~' <br /> <br />tion of t11e Color2.c~0 River s::c;te~',l, 'Tl1ich o:e,;:,eec,ent C211for:11e. re- <br /> <br />>~ <br />"?? <br /> <br />frsed to \;:o':e. It is only fair to S8.y elE'.t dJ.'izon€> at that tL:e, <br /> <br /> <br />a:"1c1 I [',ubnit '11th justification, believe<" tllat Arizona 'Jas entitlee1.. <br /> <br />"..; <br />~."~~ <br /> <br />fj <br />" <br /> <br />to the llse of the uaters of the Gila River, D~-lc'. in pc:.C.ition tl'.creto <br /> <br />?"..~ <br /> <br />., <br />;::~"~~ <br />.~";...'(. <br />;~i?~ <br /> <br />to the L\Se of an acount equal to the us e in Cf.lifornia of the <br /> <br />-:;":'.i <br />" ". <br /> <br />main stream of the Ooloroc1..o River. Tbis tllSY beli eyed to be true, <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br />anel I submit' 'i t:, j UE; tific11 tlon, for the re280n tl,2t Arizona then <br /> <br />h8.el ane;. nO,1 b8.s a grec,.t (.~al of excellent lancl t:,2.t cOc'.lt be <br /> <br />:.:.;.} <br /> <br />irriGated if the "\.mter "er8 ;:v8.i1(1ble; anC in vi~\J of tile further <br /> <br />. " ~ <br /> <br />f[1ct tl12t C<::lifo:rnia contribl!tes practically no uater to the <br /> <br />. -' <br /> <br />ColoraDo River ane, :las 011ly sorne 3,500 square :"iles in the natural <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />basin of tl1e Color11(,o River, "hereDs Arizona contribcltes laree <br /> <br />.! <br /> <br />quanti ties to the OoloraGo River, D.n0. h2S sone 103,000 square mileE <br />prnctic2lly the entire stv..te, in the na1;LJ.rnl banin of the Colorado <br />R.~ver. <br />