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<br />"Exhibit H (See Exhibit H, Appendix Denver He Etr1ngs ) 1s <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />c ai~Gramatic representation of seepEtge measurements mcde in <br />the yeers following 1889, beginning at tho scme peint, La <br />Salle. Up to 1916, c2,ch yee,rly die.gram represents the results <br />of one set of me asu't'ement s made, 2.S a rule, in the fell. <br />"They shov; u c ontinu~.lly increasing tetul. They also <br /> <br />show in the eurlier yeers, e. river either dry or "losing" <br /> <br />e.long the lower stretches from IIi ff te Julesburg, but 0-8 <br /> <br /> <br />time gees on the losing tendency is counterbalanced by the in- <br /> <br /> <br />creasing return flow until in 1907 we find e. eon~nually gain~ <br /> <br />ing river clear to the state line. <br />"Measurements made in 1916-1918 show that this gr:tining <br /> <br />tendency has reached a point neer Ogallala, Nebraska,.c dis- <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />Ie' <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />tance of s,ome 50 mi1es 'l1ast of the interstate line. <br /> <br />"In the ycars 1916-191(3 e. dete.iled study of this return <br />f10w on the lower South PIette 0es made, by the writer, and the <br /> <br />up,er die.grams marked "1916 summer", "1916 fall" and "1918 <br /> <br />fall" represent, the results of this work, made from some <br /> <br />tVlent;y odd sets of measurements during these three ycars. <br /> <br />"In 1919-1920 a coo:por!1tiv0 investig!1tion wae oarried <br />on by the Stato cnd tho U.~;. Bureau of Public Roeds, Depr.rt- <br /> <br />ment of Irrigo.tion Investigctions, in this same territory. <br />Autofi'Gtic g<'.ges were installed on 0.11 ditches end riveT stc- <br /> <br />tions, and the return flow W!1S measured qU!1ntitative1y. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />. <br />