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<br />COMPA.CTS AND AGltBEMENTS BETWEEN CERTAIN S'l'A.TgS. 5
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<br />more lhan one year's flow 'of the river; this to be impounded pn-
<br />mnrily for power purposes,
<br />The United States Reclamation Service is a,nxious to eonstruel
<br />what is known as the Boulder Canyon Heservoir in the Colorado
<br />River Canyon, or the Grnncl,Co.nyon, which would have an im-
<br />pounding capacity when completed, according (,0 their plans, of
<br />25,000,000 acre-feet a yeo.r, as I am o.clvised; in Otl101' words, con-
<br />sidcrably more than the avemge year's flow of the rivcr,
<br />In view of the un fortunate litigation brought by a number of the
<br />lower States againsL the States of origin in water supplies in the
<br />:VVe8t. on streams 'where t.he water is used for irrigation, the most
<br />Hobble of which is the case of Kansas v, Colorado (201; U, S" 46),
<br />.it has come Lo be regarded as a. matter of importance thll..t the Litle to
<br />the wa,ter-that is, the title to its use--should be determined ,in ad-
<br />vance of fUl'lher eonstnlCLion-lluo.logous, if you please, to the set-
<br />Uing of title to land before the erection of n building,
<br />Thc Stntes of origin-tJmt is, the Sto.tes in which t11e water has its
<br />rise-fcel and contend thnt they are entitled to make a. reasonable
<br />use of Lhe wo.ter in the upper State, the State of origin, bdore it
<br />I'asses on down to the lower States, The lower Stnles, on the other
<br />land, h,we frequently taken the attitude tho.t the water must pass
<br />from thc upper State unused to the lower State, o.nd have sought to
<br />prevent. further development upon the head watel;S, This o.ttitude
<br />has been, in some. degree, e.ncourage.d by various other a.gencies, lc.a,v-
<br />ing naturally a chaotic condition and a feeling of uncer(,ainty,
<br />In view of these conditions, it being a well-known fact that the
<br />Colorado River is still young, ns it were, in the matter of the utiliza-
<br />tion of the water supply, either for irrigation, or for domestic, power,
<br />or othe!' beneficial uses; lLnd wishing to avoid any future contro-
<br />versy between the States respecting the development upon that river,
<br />the Colorado l~ivel' Stutes, seven in number, vo/llich are Hamed in the
<br />bill, California, Colorado, Nevado., New Mexico, Utah, and Wyom-
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<br />Ie _,HAInMAN mterposmg. Il rIZona.
<br />Mr. CARPENTER, Yes, Arizona; I should have mentioned that first.
<br />Those St.ates, by their governors or o(,her representatives, met '"'"'
<br />~' at Salt Lake City, Utah in January, 1919, Gov, Spry, of
<br />UtlLh, now Commissioner of the General Land Office, presiding,
<br />With your permission, I sho.lllater include in the record the resolu-
<br />tions that were adopted at that meeting, But I may briefly state
<br />(,Iu,t, after a thoroup;h consideration of the diJferent phases of the
<br />general subject of the beneficial use of (,he wo.ters of (,he Colomdo
<br />l~iver and all of its tributary streams, resolutions were preparecl and
<br />adopted, making- certain recommendations, pn.rticula.1'ly to the effect
<br />that the dmino.p;e area' should be developed primarily at the source,
<br />and that the development should proceed from the source, downward,
<br />in order that the grcILtest use mil4ht be made of the water supply,
<br />I might. po.use here to remark that the history of iniglLt.iou in the
<br />West. IHIS demonstrated that the application of water tt) lands docs
<br />not eonsnme the water, save in part. It is not like a refillery use, for
<br />exa.mple, or uses where the water is diverted from Ul('. steam and
<br />passes oll to the air, in the form of steam or vapor; but (,he water, in
<br />largc part, sinks into the soil in the same manner tho.t water from
<br />rainfall sinks into the soil in the humid repons, and pltssinl( down
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