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<br />./ <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />A. MR. CORTHELL: <br />I believe that 1 would just turn that statement around. <br />think that oribinally the right of priority dated from the time <br />of making the use of the water. The pructice of filing a cIa in; <br />developed into the present system of filing a complete and <br />elaborate st~"temcnt of the method tIDd pllrposes of appropriation. <br />?ersonally. I think this datin& of priority from the filing of <br />claims tends to retard development unless carefully guarded, - <br />unless there is some public interest whict. supervises the appli- <br />cation of that doctrine. <br />Q BY l,iR. HOOVER: <br />Isn't there a tendency among the western states to return <br />to the o=iginal forms through the l~pse of claims, etc.? <br />I can't say. Mr. Chairman. that that is true. It may be <br />true. I am not perhaps sufficiently well informed to say. I <br />don't think it is in this state. I state with some reluctance <br /> <br />1;. <br /> <br />that it is not true in Colorado. As to the other stutes, I am <br />not well informed. <br />Q Your own view would be that any development of that rule <br />should return more to the original form? <br />A Yes, the spur of diligence ought to be applied in some <br />form, b~ some process. <br />Q Another question whieh hos arisen frequently has been the <br />question whether It is possible to seeUl'e the development of the <br />West ~nless there is a ~ositive attachment of w&ter right either <br />