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<br />OCU87 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.", <br /> <br />application it must give preferenoe to Arizona's applioa- <br /> <br /> <br />tion since the statute so deolares. <br /> <br /> <br />There are. so far as wo know. no other applioants <br /> <br /> <br />for the permit, but even if there should be. under the <br /> <br /> <br />authority of the foregoing act the offer should receive <br /> <br /> <br />preferred attention, <br /> <br /> <br />Thus far there seems to be no legal objection to <br /> <br /> <br />the application that manifests itself anywhere in the <br /> <br /> <br />history of the proceedings. If any'there bo,' it is shrouded <br /> <br /> <br />in obsourity. <br /> <br /> <br />Can an objeotion to it be raised beoause of the <br /> <br /> <br />terms of the Colorado River Compaot? <br /> <br /> <br />An examination of the Compaot does not seem to <br /> <br /> <br />affeot it. By it the water of tho river is divided equally <br /> <br /> <br />between the upper and the lowor basin stat es. not taking <br /> <br /> <br />into oonsideration the Gila and other small intra-state <br /> <br /> <br />streams in Arizona; and the fact that Arizona is not a <br /> <br /> <br />party to the Compaot oannot affeot the legal situation, as <br /> <br /> <br />we will hereinafter show. <br /> <br /> <br />The drainage basin of the Colorado River covers <br /> <br /> <br />in whole or in p art all of the states hereinbefore mention_ <br /> <br /> <br />ed, and that no ane state has the exclusive right to the <br /> <br /> <br />entire waters of the river has been judioially determined <br /> <br /> <br />by the Supreme Court of the United States. The rule govern- <br /> <br />9. <br />