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<br />land in Colorado, and furnish about 105,000 acre-feet to the river after
<br />irrigating the 1,000,000 acres. I mention these matters merely in pass-
<br />ing.
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<br />One thing furtherl In the Grand Canyon district, a 1urge develop-
<br />ment is nCW contemplated. The California Edison Co. reoently filed in
<br />Arizona a claim far the right to build a reservoir at Lees Ferry, common-
<br />ly known as the Flami_ng Gorge site, whioh would amount to more than one
<br />year's flow of the river; this to be impounded prinarily for power pur-
<br />poses.
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<br />The United States Reclamation Service is anxious to construct what
<br />is known as the Boulder Canyon Reservoir in the Colorado River Canyon,
<br />or the Grand Canyon, which would ha:ve an impounding capacity when com-
<br />pleted, according to their plans, of 25,000,000 acre-fect a year, as I
<br />am advised; in other words, considerably .110re than the average year's
<br />flow of the river.
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<br />In view of the unfortunate litigp,tion brought by a number of tre
<br />IG'ler States against the States of origin in wai.d' supplies in the Hest
<br />on streams where the water is used for irrigation, the most notable of
<br />which is the case of Kanses v. Colorado (206 U. s. 46), it has come to
<br />be regarded as n matter of importance that the title to the water -
<br />that is the title to its use - should be determined in advance of fur-
<br />ther construction - Ilnalogous, if you please, to the settling of title
<br />to land before the erection of a building.
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<br />The States of or~g:l.n - that is, the States in which tre water ha.s
<br />its rise - feel nnd contend that they are entitled to make a reason-
<br />able use of the water in the upper State, the State of origin, before
<br />it passes on down to the 1cmer States, The lower States, on the other
<br />hand, have frequently taken the attitude that the water must pass fran
<br />the upper State unused to the lower State, and have sought to prevent
<br />further development upon the head waters. This attitude has been, in
<br />some degree, encouraged by various other agenoies, leaving naturally
<br />a chaotic COndition and a feeling of unoertainty.
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<br />In view of these conditions, it being a well-known faot that the
<br />Colorado River is still young, as it were, in the matter of the utiliza-
<br />tion of the water supply, either for irrigation or for domestic, pO'IWr,
<br />or other beneficial uses; and wishing to avoid any future controversy
<br />between the States respeoting the development upon that ri7er, the
<br />Colorado River states, seven in number, which are named in the bill,
<br />California, Colorlldo, Nevada, New 119xico, Utah, and Wyoming,
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<br />THE CHAIRMAN (interposing). And Arizona,
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<br />l~. C&~PENTLR. Yes, Arizona, I should have mentioned that first,
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