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<br />. <br /> <br />,;"'", <br />.'.' \ <br />\..: <br /> <br />:it:, <br /> <br />MH, SC:\UGHAM: Leaving a di8'~h"rg8 of '.),000,000 acre-feet? <br />M;{. Mr:lUILLL: More than th&t, bec8lAse only the in~rease will <br /> <br />be extracted from the 11,900,O~O feat. <br />MR. SCRUGHAM: If it were shown that financLlg the projects <br /> <br />coull be more readily carried on \Ihen ~'ou h2ve more definite <br /> <br />rights, could you se9 Eny ob,jection to Colorado accpeting a <br /> <br />testrictive consumption, to be somewhat liberal - you find th~t <br /> <br />2,800,000 acre-feet Wffilld be sufficient to irrigate all the land <br /> <br />susce:ltible 'of irrigation? <br /> <br />MR. I,Ill'R3H::rili: I l'ad intended to deal with that question at <br /> <br />the close of the hearing, but if ~"ou ureier, I will say a little <br /> <br />a bout it now. <br /> <br />MR. SCRUGHLM: Tha t wi 11 be sa ti sfac tory, if you \'Iill ma}:e <br /> <br />a mente 1 i10te that you are to corne bac;': to the subject. <br /> <br />In considerLtion of your problem in Colorado, you have re- <br /> <br />cognized tho doctrine of a,propriEtion as the doctrine applic- <br /> <br />able to yourselves, r~ther than the doctrine of riparian rights? <br /> <br />MR, r.1LR.'lIl:LL: Yes, prior benefici'Ol use in Colorado, <br /> <br />1,m. SCRUGHA1.\: llnvigl?tion !ioes not cnter into your problem? <br /> <br />MR. U:;R3I:>LL: llo, althou[;b the river is as susceptible to <br /> <br />navigation as the diver' Rhine. <br /> <br />!.In. 1;Ill'RRI~:!',L: 1'he first Gentleman on whom I will call will <br /> <br />give you the facts regardin~ the Gr&nd Valley project of the <br /> <br />ReclEIliEtion Service and ~lso will toucn upon the r.lCtter of re- <br /> <br />gel!? tion of use., vie VI~nt the commission to feel that we ere not <br />1:lein~ wasteful 'of this water; that vie are not trying to use any <br /> <br />more \ft,iater t11[ n the others. <br /> <br />G.J. <br />