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<br />i,. <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />1i\ <br /> <br />We ./J.ppreciate vf;ry much yo-"r cO;;Jing here atJ(~ f,ivin[; us an <br />opportunity to be hf;arQ. I realize that you have had a long, <br />hard trip; that you have ]laci to listeLl to i!lany, and no doubt <br />by this time you are willing to give everybody everything they <br />want, provided t~ere is sufficient water tb give it to them. <br />He OCClqy a different :position in dyomit1g from illOSt stE',tes. <br />W~'oming furnishes vlater to adjoining states. "~e 8:.:e really to <br />a certain extent at the head of the creek anQ of the watershed <br />for a largG ref,ion. I've havv streams in ,vyomins which run to <br />U,e ?uget Sound, to the GuLf of California, to the Gulf of liex- <br />ico. Our streams run in all directions and I think, with the <br />exception of ono large rive~, all strea~s heLd in Wyoming. <br />Another thing that we must consider at this time is this, that <br />our agricultural develo~ment has been smaller than that in ad- <br />joining states, and tho probabilities are thLt it will not be <br />as fast in the future. For that reason,_ we must look largely <br />to tile futu:L' e rather than to the ?l'eseut. an(\_ we must protect <br />the future of the btatu end !uture ;enerations which may come <br />aiter. <br />As regards the Colorado River, our condition could be sim- <br />ller to that which has develoj,Jed on the ~orth .l?latte niver where <br />\'Ie have a case where, throue;h the btate no'(; loo;cing out for its <br />l~terest, W~ gave anBY one of the most valuable assets that <br />.lyoming had. A large reservoir known "'-E the ..:ath:i:li1cler was oon- <br />r;-cl'ucted on that river. ile thou;ht at the tir.le ttat the waters <br />