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<br />.' <br /> <br />...e <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br />MR. H.JitVI.r;L: Mr. H2"'per, T8vi2wing tlle que:;tions th2t you hav., <br />been askecl and your answers, ~vill you. Give us your further opinion <br />as to why there may not be a workine arTangement between the upper <br />states and tho lower st~tes, or a compact under which they might <br />wo rk? , <br />NIL H!dPhit: I rea,lly haven't given thi-s matter a great deal <br />of study; it has only been incident8.l, but as I understund the <br />si tuation, the upper states take the stEnd, m turally, that the <br />water or~~inating in those states belongs to them. out the mem- <br />be l' s of the loca 1 t.: ommi tte e in che rge of thi shea ring are m or e <br />familia, wi th thst phase of the matter thEn I er.], <br />MR. !!IcCLU1ili: I doubt whether many of them ure more familiar <br />with the sitUation than you tlre, l:no\Ving of YOl11' eXT)erience <br />through the v~est; c~,n you imagine as u deGree of fairnesS be- <br />tween th~ sev~rE.l states conce'cned, why the 10'161' tei'ritory may <br />not have a definite allocation of the maximum amount of water <br />to which they may be entitled and further why such an agreement <br />cannot be entered into? <br />Mil. HldP.c;R: Just as an ordinary, evei'y-day proposition, I <br />believe that an agreement should be entered into, sillply if for <br />nothirlg elae, to avoid endless l~tigation and legal expense. <br />MR. NOiWIKL: 1.11'. Harper, Y01J mE de th a statement a moment ago <br />that you thour,ht the people of Color&do rcther claim the right to <br />water because it originstea in this state? <br />I.m. H!di'l;"~: Yeti, I bP.lieve I did, <br /> <br />G.J. <br />