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<br />'. <br /> <br />It is iair-ly \h,ll Lno.vn that .i,t i" S40,OOO J.c:,:es, 'l'he <br />people of Arizona do not se0m to neve acour-ate au~ definite <br />data Sf'; to the amount of 1811(1. whi')j; ma:l' be L,'l'igatad iiJ that <br />stat8, ar.d likewise in 1:8\V iIloxico and N8vada. <br />Now it may very \Vo~l be that thu conclusion of the Com- <br />iDiaion on tho subject of tha Euf.ficiG:1cy cf -:;his supply of <br />watsr-, while not justified pcr-haps by the facts thnt are de~ <br />finite~y anQ accurately known, may ultimately provv to be cor- <br />l'oct. It sooms to me that it would b6 unwise and unsafe to <br />pr-ocee1 upon the theory that enoubh is Qofinitely and acourate- <br />ly know~ to enablo this CommiSSion to reach a conclusion as to <br />the water needs of c~c~ of these states without any o~~ortunity <br />for futu!'e invostigatio;l or to proI'i.t by future expt;ri0nce. and <br />so wha'j; I 8m baing to sUj;:sest to til c; COmllliS;3 ,i,un is a method of <br />guarding against mistskes WIlich ',Iill :postpon" tht3 final dis- <br />position in order thut it .,na;,' b" J&sGd upon fll,rthGl" information <br />and futul'e experi<JriCo which IJ1ay etl8,ble thE! COJl"-nission to detor- <br />mine this question a:\J, a future time. I am not sUGe:estine: that <br />the Co~issiorc ~a not arriv~ at ~rJ agroument at t~is time.- <br />that they t"ku no &ction -- far b(; it. :f:!'orn ,;)0 to sug'gost that <br />they take to that oourso. I trust th~y will be able to roach <br />dn a.;r.e;ement of som" l~ind. '.'his 8tat.a fa,vors it because we <br /> <br />i' <br /> <br />.. <br />