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<br />to only their share of the water." <br /> <br />MR. PICKREL: <br /> <br />"Certainly you would have considerable ob- <br />jection if the water is diverted from their <br />ditch and on into John Martin and then if you <br />allowed it to flow down the river." <br /> <br />MR. SPARI<S : <br /> <br />"We can leave it in the river as far as that <br />goes. But the state would then actually become <br />a part owner of the Las Animas Ditch company <br />and would have to continue to pay its assessments. <br />It would be just another stockholder in the <br />ditch company." <br /> <br />MR. PICI<REL: <br /> <br />"You are trying ,to buy controlling stock in <br />the Town Ditch?" <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"That's correct." <br /> <br />MR. PICI<REL: <br /> <br />"How about Consolidated? It is also divert- <br />ed through .. II <br /> <br />MR, SPARKS: <br /> <br />"The same way. That's part of the same <br />decree. We have made the same offer to the <br />Consolidated." <br /> <br />MR. PICXRELt <br /> <br />"consolidated is going to put up 5~ shares, <br />I believe, and Town Ditch 321" <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"Yes, they actually are shareholders in the <br />Town Ditch." <br /> <br />MR. PICI<REL: <br /> <br />"I mean 5~ second feet." <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: <br /> <br />"Yes, 5~ second feet." <br /> <br />MR. PICXREL: <br /> <br />"consolidated 5~ and 32~ from the Town <br />Ditch. " <br /> <br />M!\. SPARI<S: <br /> <br />"They own stock in the lias Animas Ditch <br />company and we have offered to buy their stock. <br />It's the same stock at the same price. What <br />we would hope to do is to actually work out, <br />perhaps, an arrangement with Ft. Lyons, to <br />divert at Ft. Lyons headgate. We think this <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I' <br />