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<br />. <br /> <br />MR. HOOV.r.:R: I did not intend to g0 into that phase of the <br /> <br />question. <br /> <br />MR. HOllVI.:.>r,: If an individual, finding a pIece in the Basin <br /> <br />Where tilere is an abundance of water for the land, he proposes <br />to cultivate, should apply tile water to beneficial use on the <br />land, should he thereby create a ri~ht that has ac~rued to him <br /> <br />and his land? <br />Url. UT,I,RIGH: AS far as th8 beosficial rights in the State in <br /> <br />which he develops that system, yes - so far as other States l2.re <br />concerned in the water supply of the Colorado rliver System, No. <br />J@. NORVH;1: Y01, then thinl; we ahould not develop the Basin <br /> <br />as one system? <br /> <br />"R. UP,RICH: Yes. I thint you should paying due rr>gards to <br /> <br /> <br />. the notcntiel rights of the other States 1'Jhichcconstitute the <br /> <br />watershed of the Colorado iUver System and not for the benefit <br /> <br />of any individual state. <br /> <br />MR. NORVI1~: Then as I get your view, we, in Arizona, may <br /> <br /> <br />dul tivate our lands to a hirch degree of cultivation, and you here <br /> <br /> <br />can 'take that water to our detriment &nd dry us up? <br /> <br /> <br />MR. ur,r iUCH: llo, I dmdn' t say that. but y 011 sh ould pay due <br /> <br />regard to onr rights before you develoll extensively in Arizona, <br /> <br /> <br />with the idea of having the water running throuc~ Utah for your <br /> <br />benefit. <br /> <br />J <br />S.1. <br /> <br />.' <br />