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<br />tine; onginoer c.nd will roc,d c. :)[',"::<:or on "Colorado's Rolction <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to Intorstc.to 'H8-ter Problems." For [, nUmJ01' of Y08-r'if hEl W8-8 <br /> <br />with the U. 3. Rocl<'.m8-tion Sor'lico in Chcrgo of the wark in <br /> <br />Southern Wyoming ~lld l!oorl.sk8-. Ho is a fJl'.n of largo Elx:pcri- <br /> <br />Elnce in i~rig['.tion m8-ttor8. Mr. John E. FiElld: <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. ::;'io ld the n re8-d the follo\'ling :;>8-1'or on "Colorc.do IS <br /> <br />Rolation to Interste.te WBtElr ProblElffis." <br /> <br />MR. FIeLD: "Tho history of Colorado in j,ts relc.tion to <br /> <br />other st8-tos ['.nd wHh tho Fodon:l Govornmont e.s l)Crtcins to <br /> <br />, <br />'.rt <br /> <br />wo.tor hc.s !lot boon [>. hepp;:,' cne. Contrr,ry to the old Biblice,l <br /> <br /> <br />saying "Thr.t to him tho.t hr,th. sh0.11 be givon". tho more <br /> <br />modElrn po.reblc ['.nd the g0noral ',;endcncy is "Thr.t from him that <br /> <br /> <br />hath it shell bo t2lcon r.VlC.y", C'Ild unfortuneto is thc.t country <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />which he-s ne-thing worth fighting over. <br />"Googrc:phicc.lly romote from the moro populous secti ons, <br /> <br />politicelly unimportc.nt :::.nil s1tuated on tho Continontal <br /> <br />Divide, our influenece hc.s been e-n inverse rf'.tio to our ,hysi- <br /> <br />cr.l neoossi ty. <br /> <br />"Of necossity the doctrihe of ripe-ric,n rights he.s boen <br />abrogeted. We of the intormountain country could not c om- <br /> <br />promise en this question so thet our lews cnd mlstoms hcvo ono <br /> <br />cleer out princi:::-lc. which is utter nnd absoluteceb'oli tion. .of <br />the ripc.rh:rl rights doctrine. Ho could not have the duel [',nd <br /> <br />mongrol cond ition which 12.tely obteined in llobraska cmd still <br /> <br />exists in Cc.lifornia. These two stc.tos, therefore, h8-V0 not <br /> <br />the S2lIle outlook nor 0.0 they thl'1110Ughly understand the pl'in- <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />D <br />