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<br />'. on1;<,' tile );'Qmnnnt, that irrigation :':o.il!J to restnin for which we <br /> <br />need dllms end r8servoirs. And these will 00 of Ie ss dimensions <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />snd cost, thQn rnll be required without the aid of lrrig~tion <br /> <br /> <br />on the ulner lQnds. Wa c!:.nnot too strongly urge the E',dvantsf.e <br /> <br /> <br />of clet(',ining all the wo.ter possible upon the watershed l[;llds 'by <br /> <br />meE!lS of botl1 irriel~tiDn nnd storage. <br /> <br />Flood con trol for Ilneri!',l Vi'lley is important and dese rves <br />timely Lttention, b~lt should Gnd cen, in my opinion, be affected <br />without impairment of ~ny interests above if 8ccomulished in <br />aooordo.nce with some p18n that p$rmits preferentiEl exeoution of <br />!l partioular unit for ti13.t s:,?ecial purpose without Ecquirement ' <br />of rights for any other purpose. The scientific way of effect- <br />~ ing river control in my opinion, is to start 3t the top, detein <br />all the water yossible on the waterShed 3rea, End ar~est the <br /> <br />remnant as hiBb as you possibly can by reservoirs in the C[;nyon <br /> <br />district. Control works ere necessLry in any event, but not to <br /> <br />the extent with iai/2'<ltion thc,t they ore ~01}.t irrig::,tion. <br />MR, Cl.:r"JW~Lr,; I imagine it would toke twenty-five to fifty <br />yeers to develop the storl.?ge in the "Amphitheatre" where the <br />~uestion is five or ton now, which ought to be the period-- <br /> <br />llit . DO iu<:r.iU3 ; <br /> <br />, <br />Those things ere import2nt end should receive <br /> <br />cerp.ful consicler~tion, It was noted. in the lost memoranda, thet <br /> <br />we should not [,rlO}t v.ny time limit hurried.ly, because we might ,have <br /> <br /> <br />to ohaQge to suit the sitllEtion ll'ter de\'8loned.. Cepa'ble and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />constant supervision might fully meet the situl'tion suggested. <br />S.L. <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />l <br />