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<br />63 <br /> <br />finest reservo1rs of water information 1n the West, perhaps <br />outs1de of Californ1a, that is ava1lable. <br />We now have that work ofoatalog1ng the l1brary com- <br />pletl!dand as authorized by the Board, at the cost of $970. <br />'rhe total est1mated cost was $1100. We got 1t dcme under the <br />estimate. Al\d sOllIe of these days when you men get tiBia, I wish <br />you would come up and look.at that l.ibrary. <br />The 1mportance t;lf it might be env1sioned Just for this <br />one example: ~1s heated Controversy that's g01ng on now be- <br />tween Ar1zona and California which d1reotly affects the Upper <br />Basin states probably could be, at least in large measure, <br />solved if the recQrd of negot1ations of the old Colorado River <br />Compact had been preserved. . The very questions wh1ch are the <br />. .. <br /> <br />souroe of-.at least largel, the souroe-~of the present controw <br />versy on the ColoradO River are covered by a part of that <br />record which 18 completely 1.0st. It ien't aVailable in Colo.- <br />rado; it isn't available in any of the other states or in <br />Wash1ng~on. Ithae completely d1sappeared. I don't think <br />that thing should ever-happen aga1n, so we are very careful <br />to preserve. the records of any water matters of any importance <br />1n permanent form 1n that library. <br />I wonder if there are any questions about that item' <br />The next item 18 the Upper Colorado River Compact record. <br />"The compilation of the Upper Co1.orado River Basin Com- <br />pact reco~d has been completed and is now being distributed." <br />