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<br />depreciate the value of the water rights of the upstream
<br />owners, and to make impossible any intelligent program of farm-
<br />ing, is obvious, So precious is every miner's inch of water in
<br />these parched regions that no arrangement should be counte-
<br />nanced which would encourage waste or tend to induce it,"
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<br />Also, the recent case of Northwestern Bands of Shoshone
<br />Indians v, V,S." held in effect that, in construing Indian
<br />treaties, the court seeks to determine what the parties meant by
<br />the treaty, but stops short of varying its terms to meet alleged
<br />injustices, This decision would seem to indicate a relaxation of
<br />the ruling in Winters v. V.S, to the effect that all ambiguities
<br />would be resolved in favor of the Indians,
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<br />Moreover, the Walker River case would seem to indicate
<br />that the courts are now ready to give Indian tribes, residing on
<br />reservations, that amount of water now necessary to irrigate
<br />their lands, the amount to be determined by past experience with
<br />a priority date as of the date of the creation of the reservation,
<br />By continuously allowing a reservation of water, usable by
<br />white men, of an undetermined amount, and for an indefinite
<br />time, the courts would be condoning waste of a precious natural
<br />resource, This they will not do,
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