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<br />I <br />I, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.', <br />~ ) <br />,/ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br />, j <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'~'he first speaker r/il1 be l,lr. A. F. Doremus, the first <br />ste-te engineer of the State of Utah, ''1ho is thoroughly ferniliar <br />with irrigation and irrigation ~roblems and river developments <br />in !the arid acreas. lie know him here to be a man of wide ex- <br /> <br />parience, and excellent judgment, and I take pleasure in intro- <br />ducing Mr, ~oremus. (np~lause) <br /> <br />MR. DOR~~US: Mr. ~ecretary and Gentlemen of the COmmiSsion -- <br /> <br />MR. Chairman: <br /> <br />From the viewpoint of the ~eople of this state, the making <br /> <br />:-- <br /> <br />of a program for the development of the water sup~ly of the <br /> <br />great Colorado Ri ver :Basin, is no easy tas}:. And all we may ex- <br /> <br /> <br />pect to dri at this time is, as has been suggested, to lay before <br /> <br /> <br />the Commission, certain facts that huvo resulted from long ex- <br /> <br />parience in the Stute of Utah. <br /> <br />tTtilization of thfJ wuter Gllpnly. and developments of the <br /> <br />manifold resollrces, of the great Colorudo .'liver Basin, is an <br /> <br />undertuking of immeaS1Jt'!cble ifll'9ortance. <br />PhYSical environwlot and diversity of interest, sug~est <br />problems, requiring tho exercise of !):reat skill End wisdom. <br /> <br />Clear vision and rightflll purpose will, howev9::', insllre proper <br /> <br />methods, equitable adjuntment. and timely consumma.tion of this <br /> <br /> <br />greet enterprise. <br /> <br /> <br />Utah, whose pioneer settlers were the first Anglo-S~xons <br /> <br /> <br />to employ irrigation in aid of &e;riculture, earnestly desire <br /> <br />S.t. <br />