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<br />COMPACTS AND A.GREEMENTS BETWEEN CEn.'J~AlN STATES. 17
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<br />Service or the Laguna DlUIll which goes rrom rock bluff to rock
<br />bluff across the river, In ract, I am told that since the construc-
<br />tion or the railroad about 1876, there has hcen practicltlly no nltvi-
<br />gation OIl the Colora.do H.ivor. Whatever, however, t.he facts as to
<br />thatmltyhe, it is the t.llOught, or those or us who have had some part
<br />in the preparation or this general plan that no compact that we
<br />might cntcr into could in any way interfere with the international
<br />rclations with t.he Repuhlic or Mexico, and that whatever the State
<br />might do, or whatever the Dnited St.ates and the States might do
<br />witllin the territory or the Dnited States would at all times be sub-
<br />ject to the .reserved treaty powel:s of the United States.or America
<br />m Its rellitiOn to MeXICO, We dl(l not tlunk of dlsturbmg them III
<br />U,e leasL
<br />The GTlAIRMAN, Nor with regard to the administrat.ion of the law
<br />in rcfcrence to water power.
<br />.1\1Ir. Cl\HPEN'l'NR. No, sir; not at all.
<br />Thc CHAIRMAN, Whnt you really want is the use or the water for
<br />irrigation and domestio 'purposes along the stream 1
<br />.1\11'. CAnPENTER. Ii'or lrrigtttion, domestic, refinery, and for other
<br />beneJicialuses t.hat future ingenuity rimy devise,
<br />The CHAIRMAN, If you do not interfere wit,h navigation or water
<br />powcr, thc States would have the right to use the water uuder exist-
<br />ing law, so rar as the Federal Government is concerned, except where
<br />the Government owns land adjoining the stream.
<br />Mr, CARPENTER, Thel'e were some debates upon that question, As
<br />I recall t.he debates upon that question, the position was taken by
<br />those in charge or the bill, or the contention was m~de, that the
<br />Government might not control that situation, but that in truth the
<br />States would' control the water supply, I think that statement WItS
<br />ffi\\de. b)' Mr, W\\\sh "t <>11e. time on. the. floor, I might s\\)' th"t
<br />thoro might easily ariHe yet some very serious conflict of jurisdic-
<br />tion on that very problem, The legislation does not necessarily
<br />exclnde thc possibility or friction in that quarter,
<br />The CHAIRMAN. This, of course, would not ha.ve anything to do
<br />with the water power, except in those cases where you n;ight have to
<br />cross a State boundary,
<br />:1\11', CAUPEN1'En, That is true,
<br />The CHAInMAN, Or where there might he a contest hetween two
<br />Statos, e"eh adjoining the other on the river,
<br />Mr, CAIn'ENTEn, Or possibly some phase of local regulation of the
<br />use, However, that probably would be a matter or interstate com-
<br />merce.
<br />Thc CHAInMAN, There are questions of that kind that might be-
<br />come very difficult.
<br />Mr, CARPENTEn, It is the thought or those who have boen thus far
<br />pionecring upon the subject to avoid all possible interferenoe with
<br />the. in.tern."tion."l ph""", of this subjer..t ll.nd to le.ll.ve. u\\dibturood the
<br />rights of the United States and or the Republic of MexiCO, whatever
<br />thcy may be, either within the United States or in Mexico, and we
<br />havc to avoid the contention or primary contention as bet,ween States
<br />over futuro developments, I might state in that connection that it
<br />might be thought that this is a little bit early or coming a litt.le too
<br />soon, but the experience upon the Rio Grande and North Platt.e,
<br />where two large control reseI'voirs were constructed rairly well down
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