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<br />. <br /> <br />.:'.......". <br />, - <br />r, <br /> <br />i.' <br /> <br />.r' <br /> <br />I kn:)w tha t you men can do it, and I bel ie ve that you wil~ ,; <br />and I wouLl loa!: upon the work of yourself and otherJ!l vlho have <br />been interested in this big problem in past ~'ears as a broken _ <br />vase, never to be repaired, if before final adjournment of the <br />deliberations of this Commission either here or in some of our <br /> <br />sister stEtes S cr.iething be not accom:?lished. Because, you men <br />Sitting here around the table as you are, knowing ~ach other as <br />you must, heal'ing in this state aod in the vErious other states <br />the ambitions and the desires and the hopes of the people therein, <br />if you cannot come to some reasonable !-.greement and ad.justment of <br />the interests of the vErious states, then, what opportunity has <br />the Various legislatures in the various states to come together <br /> <br />in tl"Je drawing of a compact. If you seven men with your chairman <br /> <br />cannot do it, meeting as you do, then again I say, what chance <br />is there to enter into a treaty or compact when "resented to the <br />legislatures End the Congress, as it must be, before it becomes <br /> <br />law. <br /> <br />It is not my purpose. '!"entlemen, to take up more of your <br /> <br />til'1e. You loll know how much this means to me personally, and <br /> <br />to me as the Governor of this State, and you all know what the <br /> <br />development of this river me2ns to this State of Arizona, and it <br /> <br />is my hope and fervent :?rayer that you v~ll get together upon <br />this occasion, ~s we have always gotten together heretofore in <br />the last two or three years, where men's minds have met for a <br /> <br />oommon purpose. <br /> <br />P. <br />