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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />and ure; at leadt 8'J)roximately deter:ilined. We h&ve others which <br />we might set forth L: Vie :3e1fishly SaVJ fit to undert~ke to raise <br />this water to questionable heights, as some of the other advocates <br />fa'lor in their resDec.tive communities. ,oerhaos we could ulti- <br />m&tel~T irrigate half the Stete of llevada, but we come forward with <br />no 3uch plan, and with respect to thiS present acreage we do not <br />claim. nor expect any lands. of considerable extent in the State <br />of Nevada to be irriGated by gravity water from this Bouldar Can- <br />yon )Hoject. vie do not wish to have our future rights of develop- <br />ing the tri bu tary wa tc rs of the Colorado inpai red by any action of <br />this Co~mission at this time, which would be the case if the Davis <br />,"eport waR li te;:plly ecloptpd. The land adjacent and tributary to <br />the Virgin iUvor or land which could be irri[!ated by :::, projact on <br />the Virgin River, as shown by a survey, is about 35,000 acres, <br />water to be stored at a point close to ,the Vevada-Arizona line <br />in Arizona, \.e are not as:~irg Go~'ernment aid or any other kind <br />of aid for that project. We merely ask to be loft to work it <br />out. We do not wish to hal'e or,r rights impaired in <lny respect. <br />It will TJrobably be.::ome necessary for the completion of that pro- <br />ject to issue a large amount of bonds. 1'hese bonds c01'llld not be <br />advantageously sold, l?S any financier knows, if our rights were <br />impaired, even though those injuries might be as remote as fifty <br />yeers from mow. In putting out a bond issue, those thingS are <br />invest i gated ~'l r the full length 0 f the issue, <br /> <br />P. <br /> <br />i <br />