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<br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />crec,sing st;.rplus, ',On our lO\"ll:,.nd ,.re~s, thLt hns, L.lreEdy com- <br />pelled the drni.ne.ge of k.rGe trects nnd will ultimntely make <br />drainage a necessary supploment of irrigction; <br />(11) ~hut upl~nd irrig~tion is ~ potent means in equ~liz- <br />ing stream ,flow, aidihg power produotion, reduoing the silt <br />burden, improving the watershed, D.nd reduoing the si;lS add cost <br />of re~llating dams bolow, <br />In view of these proven facts, we confidently predict that <br />materiQl benefit, to each und every ncrt and interest of the <br />. basin Will follow the unrestircted use of water by Utah, and <br />other upland st~tes, Hi thin the Great Colorado River Basin; end <br />therofore; regardless of stats bound~ries, irrespedtive of spec- <br />ial interests, and, for the common good of ell, wi llingly con- <br />cede. [',nd e!lrne stly olaim t},e nc ture 1 end unre stria tad right to <br />everlastingly IVA'fl!:R Till: \VA'~tHSH1!;DS. I thr.nk yeu fer your atten- <br />tion. (Applause) <br />MR. HOOVl!:R: From YOur experience, do you conSider there is <br />no consumptive use 0:' the water t.,t ull,- according to your point <br />of view, ie there no 10B8 of Water in use? <br />MR. OOill!;MUS::; No sir. 'J.'here is SOIre loss due to evaporation <br />and trgnBpir~tion; there is some difference between the quant.ity <br />of water that is plaoed upon the lend Qnd the quantity that <br />dreina from the lands and returns to the water course. But ou~ <br />S.L. <br /> <br />) '"(.;, <br />