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<br /> �l grad4lbo li , Y ' pr 1 t,;a{�1ti13I1 iha the I t
<br /> a have paid
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<br /> h e g • ,er`y
<br /> `} r wax` e ':Il?etni",rnyer nhis-
<br /> R::Colo.—The vrrater �r. hira ; 4al� t
<br /> ' clelating these' r
<br /> ibrei '�(�ytowsy,�ips�tio1�
<br /> S" MoUZi alt sprnig
<br /> `110.3`te'ard, it'•'S tl 41 •., qulrerff•Artlst r, d,{
<br /> G'Iear Cal,ti piotil�s e .ogee:able Wiled nearly`ieve +
<br /> the mountaims and down amckv, figs tit OUR used'.at "1t's.� T lfl�yak ehthu- 4 U
<br /> yen'to New,—avert at .. .• slasf' t 'y'dii,nilent nisi; d ka
<br /> arranged bnulders iii downtovc be.- for wbn�drive,s over after Wbvl¢
<br /> Aden; COW1s'�yxnoay at the irivesi °'hb at ut `F3
<br /> t9 awelLd�.s nagz�Eax h s tv :"�1 east, _'• , `
<br /> lY iene� l} 3'i lours " f:h.. ishhe result is. ha oOf?s.
<br /> ere, �;d the city' liar !,oft"
<br /> F eP� '• a r- ih , sslo
<br /> �" �;, sin street its f�ll`�tl nth �rs'ts k sal .
<br /> nui grtaranteeil that said, C'1e Creek of csur �e wig' goats
<br /> water course will always flbw. wmyld b,�e dry toy' eM-0ry dhy J1S'esior sa ; '±
<br /> ',, ', , . m��e a�Ys .:
<br /> other WartYs3 The � Ido r ;n yaleer eh+ m toam laa snow melt. .
<br /> water ram, and 1�MMeir won � e:. next ll bed g�timated at m libn au- 4 "It's a water war;' sh 'sa ,
<br /> but u m fi ne•mounts Not i4b ab a '>rn e, iaUalhy.:Notu ttt reoreat on is ;4`and a gnaw war.I tl nl ere
<br /> above tlloldem, ore' to cele- vi tst�, ark, .ColeM. dst �istr�;the �xs gc�ii�g to be a lot maz'b Of this. .
<br /> nrm Water wars—=a art of
<br /> , life l
<br /> sinceuro- .+` rt s io7n . 1 'Erbbon 'going on in Colorado.,,.
<br /> i s w• r a� ¢� Flo 3`a 18dt�t S '
<br /> rs,an1ri �1t u d ' a''f� 140� � •fflsh(�plaillyrtews.corxt. ' a
<br /> �, t s, leak e
<br /> r" srifil It w mted'to'es i r -VIM
<br /> e ;
<br /> th iu b, OntoW - no matter Yates ncros's an
<br /> hb*:jtli l] Aty they het: p ,d
<br /> duld r '
<br /> .�°�'� e;� °� ,�, y,, `•fit' s
<br /> �•�' k��n137r+a:".�t� �l�+ �° r M'�19 ' '; �': �' .
<br /> per In 'future, we'ze'all : get>SII `� . y bUtas
<br /> 'the':varet '1
<br /> gQu�g to have to go to•Golden to 'ems; na � e, .� � .s
<br /> xnpre ancl:`the, other up-
<br /> �.�sVIR ll'ave O. m- l .oir �d � e t,
<br /> trier Aa9, iu that the cr ' g
<br /> h denim more
<br /> ( dett cidiil ra for 'i r tl; r`f�iekay-
<br /> �r dieedet3, � 1 �e1`to
<br /> eb l l G o r dews., Problemis tst "s'h Bat
<br /> ` t '*01 Quo- wit to s13 a it �
<br /> redo tame orb o?ban o wash #fir
<br /> rri~ 1bao'iwning.. �".ih d 'flier t1C to1feneffdfal
<br /> But heir j'llght spd tt�• lee ' 1 '� ,� M ' use by the upst
<br /> �e stand, of ate at ` dad
<br /> We lit t�IYe� I �I. sues ]�t ' e ea
<br /> leaa tire. tiori An-popal'a- p'asYr• k Vj* �
<br /> I IVOV h Water-�-so abun- as ilia ' � �v� e
<br /> d�ril b the East'eat it can often 1e l to s� the .
<br /> p• ,'"were 1 oiiii td �shotrld' ave'
<br /> be en"Pov granted --` limit- a rrel t o ' �sgen this conat
<br /> ed is`t Vest: Rut C•nl 'n ha;�' e a ° n h�iyittg ui} waterIiits,.
<br /> From iheRio( andetc the'Ca lal A,'ale iwn;`°° er '�` ldeld?s be�tidoin lumbia,l r,there,is'scareely a M orsnit cf �' a 'What thosear. fi
<br /> drop that flows that has not been parlor 6�e d� lam,�.ail�- .•t:reek County-towns s iould ;'
<br /> leg all claimed, or "appropriat portant of Ot tii have been doing," he 'aid:
<br /> �'` e , aborati swot: 'f lie so of. ioY' e beierdund ff
<br /> 1f10
<br /> Iy defined system of arights. �te.lrtee `has lia r s
<br /> sx slid tTiey rd A-st no get-
<br /> No big or even medium-size rent'cranked axp kith bgti�lQei� �ig aund to'60MU..4 a Iffiew
<br /> " Western" ty —not Denvet.or in- engifeere'd 4*off s is star=ri�hts iiati'ori? Come
<br /> Albuque ue er Fhoen�x or-L;as tares."That allWm-14 ra"to
<br /> Tog.
<br /> as•'or gyros'Angeles —•:`can perform•stunts hi the viqu�ewa� "Yes,.we did get'�atrght�lth
<br /> eve in;the ioeager supply that ,ter,and the large paurVing Tot is our:pants down,"aclmowle�ged
<br /> do and 'skimpy streams ..
<br /> se the '' ay.
<br /> ha+e gone hundreds of
<br /> miles, over mountains fond
<br /> ac-os.deserts', to secfrre"heir
<br /> water supplies:Los AngeleO le-
<br /> :gal raid;on the remote'Owens
<br /> ' V
<br /> Meyea�ly in the 2iltth'centu�ry
<br /> is Legendary.'
<br /> Dux water wars are not by-
<br /> gooes.of a colorful era.Those io
<br /> valved believe that,as population
<br /> increases throughout the West,
<br /> the wars will surely multiply.
<br /> "I'really see water, in the
<br /> next 5'years,.regionally divid-
<br /> ing the[Western] states,"May-
<br /> or'Short said.'"Whoever has it
<br /> has power and money."
<br /> "Water`is Such,' political com-
<br /> modity;its the ultimate politi-
<br /> cal commodity;"' said Merin
<br /> Porzak; the attorney who 'won.
<br /> Golde`l case acid whose whole
<br /> prate' like those of scores '
<br /> of other 7•arado lawyers'—is
<br /> dev+oVd to,*pter.law.
<br /> 1n fact,.Colorado has a'court,
<br /> system devoted``exclusively to
<br /> water law.The roost basic rule
<br /> is that those with.,'the oldest
<br /> claims•to'a•stream's water, the
<br /> senior rights, have first'claim.
<br /> Rights to a specific amount of
<br /> water can be bought and sold,
<br /> and senior rights•are gold.
<br /> Not everybody uses all the wa-
<br /> ter to which they'theoretically
<br /> have rights all the time.The law
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