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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
4/2/1922
Author
Colorado River Com.
Title
Hearing of the Colorado River Interstate Compact Commission, Cheyenne Wyoming April 2 1922
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<br />. <br /> <br />., <br />'., <br /> <br />fj\ <br /> <br />least onc-fifth ir~i[abl& area, depends largely on the develop- <br /> <br /> <br />ment of th0 Grevn l1iver, which is the tributary of the Colorado. <br /> <br />I have been nmeh inter~st~d in the IVork of t~lS CO~jissiono <br /> <br />I belivvo it is thv first ti~e that such an eflort has ever <br /> <br />been made to ~ring ~bout an agreement or treatY between Rtates. <br /> <br />It is most import~nt that somJ resalts arc o~tGined. ~his <br /> <br />Co~ission ca~not ~fford to not get together. We cannot afford <br /> <br />to !;o thl'ough loog hostility alJo. i'1uefin:i.te lClgislat:i.on, \"Ihioh <br /> <br />will probcbly tcke place shoulu this Co~ission not agree. You <br /> <br />have a iF'eat opportunity. I realize tholt it is impossible to <br /> <br />do anything in the way of a Jreat le~i31utive movement or pact <br /> <br />without compror.Jise. llo sevan or eight men can e,et together <br /> <br />8D0, "[',CD 2.nd everyone g8t eve:::;{thillg that he wants. 'Ne want to <br /> <br />say that so far as Wyoming is con~G:::ned. we d~sire to protect <br /> <br />ou~ rights. ~8 feol that ge have a gTavu responsibility. We <br /> <br />are"'not deeidinc for today -- we Bre deci6.ing for rell time to <br /> <br />corns. We do not want to see the State of ~yoming give away <br /> <br />sO:J1ething' or do something that will embarrass the future gener- <br /> <br />otions, but on the other hand, we aru g:i.lling to be fair -- we <br /> <br />are willing to compromise -- we want to see r"sulto obtained <br /> <br />through this Commission. For that Tuason I cen aSBUT'" you that <br /> <br />wo, on Ol!r part, will do snything to bring '.lbout an aE;reemento <br />
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