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<br />.' <br /> <br />MoL HOOV";::~: l/e11 , what ~]8tUYe of", GOIT;)act, would Y011 el;cai <br />into lJ~t\'Jee:I the st2.t~s un'ier your project for the divisio:1 of <br /> <br />wr..... t.e r~? <br /> <br />MiL !,:cCJ.cGOJ: -",r2n!~I:y, J.lr. Secretary, that--I thir;]c that I <br /> <br />Hould not enter into an~' CClf;]T.act. <br /> <br />lvlJ. }J.OOV,J::R: iJell, how ,IOU] d ~'Ol1 a\"oid tile prooel:le' perl Oil of <br /> <br />li tig2 tion tha t this m',st 100 thn'l;fh before there will be a clar- <br />i ty 01 title 'i <br /> <br />Ma. McJJ.\l:GO.-\: I.iy idea 18 th",t as fhr as the use by irrigation <br />o..::~ <br />i::; cO:JCerned, the priority Vlould be recognized through/t'hebasin, <br /> <br />the t i8, tilC pTclfer81lCe lVou:i.d b'3 gi ,"en to i;he fi;rst users in the <br /> <br />basin wh~ther they ara in California, ~rizone, Colorado or wher- <br />. ever thEY miGht oe.. aiii' preference would be given to the first <br />users then as far as yowe.c is cone el'ne d. I ,.0 "ld not be in fg vor <br /> <br />of the usa of water for irrigation anywhere until aftertthe last <br /> <br />dam was built, when the va:ue of the water fDr power will be more <br /> <br />than it will be for irrigation in the upper states. That is my <br /> <br />i"ea; that when t.he J.ems <ire fully J.evelopeiJ, or a 3100 foot h<3/ld <br /> <br />iSffiBl-:ing "lower, the WE ter for tl;at nurposl1 \'!ill be more valuable <br /> <br />than it '<rill b'3 for most 0 ~ thl3 lend in the 11p)er states, thct is, <br /> <br />b"sed en tho ,:"relJ<3nt ,-no,:'; of loo;,irlg at things now. Of course, <br /> <br />things IT'sy chan~e and rw idelJ. i:3 th9.t wben the tir,~e COIT,es and the <br /> <br />last dam is built, then yon cOll1d decide wh8t ri5ht nower has over <br />land, if it has 13.ny. <br /> <br />P. <br /> <br />. <br />