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<br />112 <br /> <br />112 <br /> <br />. "That ~he topography and configuration of the mountainous <br />states of origin are such, and the ,mter supply thereof is so <br />abundant, and the areas \iliich may be irrigated and the consumption <br />Ylhich may take place therein is so limitlld by nature, that thp <br />states of origin will never be able to beneficially use even an <br />equitable part of the ,mters rising and flowing within the res- <br />pective territory of each, and the major portion of such waters <br />will flow from such states of origin for the benefit of the terri- <br />tory of the lo\rer states irrespective of the uses and development <br />vrithin the states of origin. II ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In view of the fact that no one of the states of origin ,~ll <br /> <br />ever be able to consume the \,mter uithin her borders, to nou fix <br /> <br />any harsher'lilnitation upon her than nature has imposed, is to be <br /> <br />looked upon uith disfavor. To a state \,rhich produces and yields. <br /> <br />uithiri and from her territory a resource so bounteous that she may <br /> <br />not only develop all her OHn available lands, in course of time, <br /> <br />but may also furnish the greater part of the supply with which to <br /> <br />develop the 10\,rer states and make them prosperous, no other right~ <br /> <br />ful position may be taken than that she be limited only by those <br /> <br />bounds which nature has fixed, because the lands which she may <br /> <br />tj <br /> <br />reach arE> so isolated, so cut up by mountains, .so scattered and <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />limited in areas, that for her to attempt to fix a safe lirrdtation <br /> <br />upon her acreage, she uould be compelled to far exceed .in her fore- <br /> <br />case the acreage Hhich'Hill ever be'actually reclaimed,. in order <br /> <br />that she might amply protect herself aGainst future adverse asser- <br /> <br />tions. Ber claim would have to be far in excess of anything that <br /> <br />has already been considered, in order that sufficient security <br /> <br />might be given the future development "rithin her territory, although <br /> <br />the amount actually later developed might fall far' belou any fig- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />ures already considered. Otherwise, her limitation 'of area would <br /> <br />H. <br />