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<br />.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />113. DO.ol.lI'MU3: 'i'hat is really the best law; I don't lwow how it <br />would worl: in Unoor California where riparian ri~hts are rec0g- <br />nized, but if the luw of s:onroTlri2tion is to :yrevail it could <br />not be any other way. and every rif,ht, as it is acquired, would <br />be fixed and could not be lawfnllY infringed. <br />MR. IW.?VIJ;;L: Neither by u~ner or lower, or other owner? <br />MR. DOtl.ll'IAUf3: S1lrely not. <br />COL. SCRUGHA1I: You believe navigation rishts and riparian <br />rights should be abandoned? <br />MR. :UOR.!I'IAUS: Y e f:l si r . <br />MR. Ct,LDi/f:LL: I believe Mr. ~mith, of the b.gricultU"!'al <br />College at, Phoenix told us that God made the country in Imperial <br />Valley and in Arizona? <br />MR. DOR~mS: I believe it. <br />MR. CALDWl:;L!: - But thpt he forgot tJ,e upper country? <br />MR. DO.1.t:hlUS: I don't believe that. <br />W'l. CALDW1'LL: And he asserted his di\'ine right to water <br />these sun-kissed plains down there, and if it took all the water <br />of the Colorado River to do it, that is the way it should be? <br />Mil. DORU.mS: I should have to thinl: that over before agree- <br /> <br />ing. It has the apTlearance of a very extra vagant claim. <br />MR. CA:LDW.lI'LI, : Would you assent to the di vine right of the <br />pe ople down there to use all tr.e water down there'? <br />MR. DORJ:;MUS: I am too selfish and hums.n for that. <br /> <br />S,L. <br />