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<br />the :flolJ f'toO:l. 1925 to 19'7 Inclu::;lvCl. This Tinter was Inclt,d-"<l in the runoff'
<br />lI'hll?h those schedules were!' ba:ged..
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<br />3q The Court in the Decree of 1934 found that th18 work had been completed with
<br />dua diligence and related the decree back to Jnno 3, 1903 as fixed in the
<br />original decree.
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<br />A15 we under3to.nd it, our Compact Co!mUioaioner, M. C. Hindcrlider, and Ro)"Co J.
<br />Tipton, C. E., engineer advisor for Colorado, both agree that this water should not btt
<br />included under the terll'lS of the Compact. HO';fevar, 0. ra.ther 3erloUB misunderstanding
<br />&rOss between State Engineer Hinderllder and 1r':r. Tipton relativo to the basis of' th18
<br />op1n1on.
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<br />Mr. Tipton takes the poolt1on that tho Compset provides that no lRlter rlp.ht9 in
<br />Colorado pbynlcs.lly 6:Jtablished prior to 1937 should be affected because Colorado schedules
<br />.ere haDed on the run-ofr for 1928 ~ 1937 and this wator was included in the computationa.
<br />Mr. H1nderlider t.ak\iD the position that we should rely upon the Court decree.
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<br />We take the poeition thr_t there is no jt13tification whatever under the Compact or
<br />otherwisG, for any :mch sll,ggaation. Probably thera is co~e conru.sion 1..." the minds of t~&
<br />people on the lo~or river in viaw of the fact that the Compact provides in effect, that
<br />no rights 1n Colorado estab1iohed prior to 1937 ahould ~ affocted, while rights 1n New
<br />JJexico sub30quent to 1929 are affected.
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<br />At a meeting of The Colorado "ater COruJ(lZ'vation Board h3ld in Denver on JanU1iry 10,
<br />1945, attended b7 our socretary Oscar~. Lindstrom, ~~d attorney George M. Corlett, the
<br />whole matter waG diBcunscd with Mr. Itlnd9rlider ~ ~x. Tipton and wo feel that this
<br />matter will be worked Old a~t13factorily.
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<br />Howcvor, if an attempt should be rode to subject theac reservoirs to the COMpact r.~
<br />strongly believe we should resist any such effort.
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<br />Our Compact CCF1!:11ssioner e..'td Attorney Gonors1, rathor po:npOU31y, Tfe feel, take the
<br />position that thoy lll"'3 the sole arbitoro of Colorlldo~a e.nd our richt:) undor the CO::11^lctj:
<br />that they 3hould consider these rAtt6r~ rro~ an entirely disinter9st~d otendpoint,
<br />Impnrtialllj: that they are the nppolntod guardians of the honor of the State of Colcrndo.
<br />'I'hnt we, being intero~tod in the rotter, ccn.,ot 00 i~t1al, fair or jU3t nnd 0.3 a
<br />matter of f~ct that 0\.'.1" viEl:f3 in the m..'\ttcr are entirely be aide the point - probably biased
<br />and they ahould gather such inforr,~tion as they desire fron disi~tcre3ted SOurC~8.
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<br />ile, aD. the other han1, nra stro:1g1y of the opl1uon that l-epresentatlvos of T()nJ,s and
<br />New Mexico are not to B.:1J" cOMiderable axtent, aT:ayccl by any such fUturistic sentiJllBnta.
<br />We know tlw.t when Toxas and !:C'P.' "'o7.:ico 1':ere o'bjeetlnc to our use of small rO:JBrVo1rs in
<br />1941, atter nil of cur debt:J to Ne". Mexico and Texas hnd boen fully paid and diacharged,
<br />New !~,...1eo 1nl3 actu~lly using D\1ch like 3m31l re:len-oirs ~'hen 6D a matter of' fact har debts
<br />had not been paido
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<br />Your board thortlforo recor:rmendz that until our wut01" U:Jcra ere thorol1ghly infomed
<br />as to Compact ne.(:oti:ltions paat, prC3ent a.~d anticipated, and our people hnve been eatlt1flcd
<br />of the justnoD3 f.nd fairn'3:Jl3 of any proposod ch3J'lgoa in the Comp..~ct tho.t "e r03i3t evory
<br />attompt to mako an] chc.nga;; lThnboevar, to tho utnont extent of our ability.
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<br />Our moet serioU3 rro~lem of the year resulted from tho offer of Q position to Dave
<br />Mathias, Special Doputy ~tato Enein<:!er in charge of water dlstrilmtion in r".ater District
<br />Uo. 20, which "l\'Ould csrry with it a !Jalary of $1200.00 per year n:or~ than It.r. Ltnthiss i9
<br />now rocoiving i'ro'n tho Stata of Colorado, and Mr. Mathias terde:-ed his rca:1eno.tion as
<br />Doputy State Fd1Gin~er on December 24, 1944 to be effective rlnrch 1, 1945.
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<br />We feel that if we chould lose tho oorvlcos of a Deputy State Engineer in this Water
<br />Diatrlct it. would be a calamity. \'16 disCUll90d the ma.tter with r-tnto Engineer IIindorlider
<br />and we toel f1.o.ve tto~-ol\";hlS c~,".."1.,~~sed. the p030ibili t~. or :Jccu.:ri!1G e. mc.n of .3u.rricient
<br />maturity and or.pm"lonco to :-ol'lacc Hr. Mathies.
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<br />l.r. I11nd.crlider urgently :raque:Jtod It.-. l"~thillo to romain on tho job, a.:1d fi:-nt IndiCll:ted
<br />that In his opi!1.1on ho felt he would be c.ble to ndv.:mcc Oj1-e hnlf of the amount necessary to
<br />incNaae llr. Unth1:m' st,ltrJ to the a.:l:OUllt offered bl the Rcclm-.ation Servlco and could
<br />seeure a sufficient lll':{Iunt to be includDd in ~1a bo:tdr;et in the pending seesion of" the
<br />C~lcrado Legislature, to taka C3re of the matter after the end of the 'biennium. Juno 30,
<br />194.5. Ilr. Ms.th.lu agreod to continue nth the '\fork if thio arr~nge'l!lont 1s constm.mD.ted.
<br />Howevor, lator Mr. Hindorl1dor advi.:JiJd that his fun13 uould p:!,-obably be oxhnustod and tha.t
<br />he felt that it ~ould be ~~~siblo for hin to advni.co funds prior to tho ond of the
<br />present blonniu~, but 1ndic~ted that in his opinion any Incronso should be divided on a
<br />SQ--50 OO3,1a - 5~ to tho State o.nd 50.: to our wat.or uoera1 G33oe1ntlon, and that he would
<br />endeo.Tor to oeOtu'e the eppropriation of funds fron the St&te to re1mburoe the o.s3odation
<br />tor 50% ot t~9 increasso
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