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<br />undor ,rotection of an equita'ule rule or law, beiIWadmlnistered <br />., by cOlYlpctent ::i1JthOl'ity, that wouli first anprove and supervise <br />all l'Iork and s11bsoquentl~' fix and protect the priori.ties of all <br /> <br />ri~hts 30 acquired, <br /> <br />1.11'. Caldwell hAre introduced the next s;Joa1:er, I,ll'. G, J. <br /> <br />Ullrich, an enfineer and attorney ~t law. <br /> <br /> <br />M.tt. C~.' J. VI-LRICH: !Jr. SeOrp.t2ry. r.entlemen (>f the COI'lmifrsion: <br /> <br /> <br />Irrigation has beeIl practioed in the arid \'Jest now for <br /> <br /> <br />seventy-five years. :0uring this time vIe have learned many va1- <br /> <br />uable lessons about its ver10us phases. lie hElre also wi tnessed <br /> <br />some profound ohanges in the flow of rivers \~ich have been ex- <br />tensively developed from an irrigation strndpoint, lIe have many <br />more lessons to learn. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Of our past oxperience the most valuable lesson, to my <br /> <br />mind. that we have learned is the one that has demonstrcted to <br /> <br />us that the une of water on the highland regions of the river <br /> <br /> <br />system will result in the increased utilization of the water <br /> <br />supply due to the return flow. <br />We have also learned that it stabilizes, increases and <br /> <br />makes more certain the direct ::lo;v on the lovler river system. <br />We have !l ver,y striking example of this in our own Sevier <br />River ai1~. Mr. Secretary, with your indulr,enoe' and that of the <br />Commission I desire to set forth briefly some of the salient <br />facts regarding the return flow and incraased utilization of <br />the water' in the Sevier River, and I will later on attempt to <br />8.L. <br /> <br />. <br />