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001034 , ( -3- Such determination as regards uses of water above Caddoa Reservoir, how- ever, involves many complications. In this latter connection, consideration was given to certain methods of approach which were later used by Mr. Knapp. His method of approach requires certain assumptions as to losses of water in transit and of river accretions from point to point along the river which, due to weather and other conditions, vary from week to week; also time inter~ vals covered in the transit of water between headgates and gauging stations, trial and error computations of an involved character and other factors not readily susceptible of accurate determination. Unfortunately, the daily flow of a river will not await such determinations. Its waters must be administered as they flow, and until a "backlog" of storage has been accumulated in Caddoa Reservoir in sufficient amount to permit adjust- ments between the Colorado ditches and between the two States, it was felt that long and involved computations were not justified, at least pending a determination by the Court of the questions at issue. As we understand it, the principal purpose of the Stipulation was to pro- tect past or historic uses of water out of the river, both in Colorado and in Kansas, of which there is a record covering a period of many years. It was also thought that, due to the relatively small quantity of water in Caddoa Reservoir in 1943 available for adjusting daily errors of administration, and to unpredicable stream flow into and below Caddoa Reservoir before the close of the irrigation period and also pending a clarification of the diversity of interpretations which have been placed upon the Stipulation, no intricate plan of administration should be adopted for 1943. In this connection, it may be stated that the administration of the river was placed upon a priority basis on May 29th, on which date there were about ~'. .-1. ~ . . '"L