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<br />j' <br />i <br /> <br />'t r,::,:> <br />I(.'.J <br />'N <br />\tol:ao <br />N <br />C,.,;l <br /> <br />Problems Involved In The Administration of <br />the <br />Colorado-Kansas Stipulation of <br />December 18, ],lli. <br /> <br />Address ~ M.C. Hinderlider, State Engineer <br />before <br />Pueblo Chamber of Co~~erce, August 3, 1943. <br /> <br />History of Present Litigation between Colorado <br />and Kansas !ZI.Q. ~ Waters of ~ Arkansas River: <br /> <br />The original case of Kansas vs. Colorado was filed in the <br /> <br />Supreme Court of the United States in 1901, and was decided in 1907. <br /> <br />The present case of Colorado vs. Kansas was filed in the <br /> <br /> Supreme Court of the United states on January 3, 1928. <br />.~. Colorado concluded the presentation of its testilllony on <br />. - <br />. <br />! October 24, 1942, and Kansas on December 14, 1942. <br /> <br />The testimony in this case, I understand, includes 7,055 <br />IvVu. <br />pages, ..bich ~ acco~?anied ~ 409 exhibits. Briefs filed in March, <br /> <br />1943, amounted to an additional 614 pages. <br /> <br />Final arguments before the Special Master appointed ~ the <br /> <br />Court,-' "ere heard at Boise, Idaho, on March 22 to 24, 1945, and the <br /> <br />Master filed y,ith the COlL~ on ~ay 1st, his report and reco~endations <br /> <br />for a decree. <br /> <br />On December 18, 1945, Colorado and Kansas, thru their offi- <br /> <br />cials, entered into a Stipulation for the purpose of promoting the con- <br /> <br />struction of a proposed storage reservoir on the river ~ Federal agen- <br /> <br />eies, T.hich was then under consideration, and, also, for ~he purpose <br /> <br />.1 <br />- -.- --~- - <br /> <br />of ~intaining the status quo of uses of roater from the river pending <br /> <br />the entry of a. final decreeby. the United - Stf,tes~ Supre:!!e Court in the <br /> <br />present suit. <br />