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<br />.' <br /> <br />I~ <br />I <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />MR. IWRVThL: Do they neve, flu fa, aS8yol1 know, the sa,lle feel- <br />ing res~cting the ai;:? l~ow th8re is r;;ora in that tbought than <br />frivolity, beC8use writers on irrigation have almost unanimously <br /> <br />referred to v,ater and air on the same basis; that'they were prac- <br />tic.. lly the same and tha tone be lcnge 0. to the atE. te as much as <br />thB other; do you think that that is the proper attitude to assume, <br />that because the air or water origin'ites in this state, if it does <br /> <br />that, thet it ought to belong to the p~o:ple, WDen the natural in- <br /> <br />clination of the earth is so fixed that both of them slide to sane <br /> <br />other 10celi1ty? <br /> <br />MR. HA"PtR: That is a question I ask ?3rmission of the com- <br /> <br />mission not to answer. <br /> <br />MR. NORVIL!: I see where you are right. If there is a surplus <br />of water in Colol'!:!do, would it not be the proper thing to make <br />con tract wi th the othe r sta tes to gi ve them sane assuranc e of an <br />amount that they may be ~ntitlBi to the use of? <br /> <br />MR. HA?PLR: Yes, I think so, <br /> <br />Mil. IWRVI,bL: I ~otice:i in the DD.!:€r this morning, the state- <br /> <br />ment was mao.e that the probaJ:.ility of using more than 30 or 33 <br />per cent, or one-third of the water of the Golorado rtiver in this <br /> <br />state was impossible; do ~'ou think that is proper? <br /> <br />Mn. HAnrll'R: I think tbl.'t from the sho"ling Hr. l.lerriell made <br /> <br />here, that is substantially correct, <br /> <br />G.J. <br />