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<br />. <br /> <br />MR. FI~1D (eontinuing): As to consumptive use end its <br />relr.tion to tlle retu:cn wn.ters of toct strer.m ol!l.f,the C2chll lr. <br /> <br />l'oudre it is considered nol'1 to be about eight-tenths of a <br /> <br />cubic foot peT ~cre. That is ~ figure besod on investigr.tion <br /> <br /> <br />in connection 1,v.ith the Lur[:ffiie River suit. Until irrigr.tion <br /> <br />has been prccticed for c good /l1['.ny years ['jld the soil: hr.s <br /> <br />become setnrr.ted ~nd the water level hr.s "risen there is en <br /> <br />increc.so in the ['mount of return water nnd c decrer-sO in the <br /> <br />consumptive use,--much less thC.n is nccesscry in such districtJ <br /> <br />than on the western slo~c, which hr.s not become estc,blished, <br />end the soils ere not s2.turr.ted nor the vmter t!',ble le,val <br /> <br />reached the overflow point r.s in the older irrigr.ted soctions. <br /> <br />It is my opinion th2t the consumptive use of 1.3 r.cre per <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />year ['.s stcted by Mr. Moeker is 2 low, rr.thcr thrn s high <br /> <br />figure. <br /> <br />Our section of the county is one different from tho <br />Im:poriz.l Vr.llcy Y.lherc r,t the most thoy only livc far r, few <br />months of the ye r.r , or thr.t )zrt where the tourists sojourn <br /> <br />cnd their )rincipr.l occupation is pitching horseshoeS. Our <br />t <br />country is )o~Julr,tod with men in the iull vigor of li~ethr.t <br /> <br /> <br />steW the yezr r.round C-lld ,-'i thout whom the country would not <br /> <br />develop. We )rofer 10w-broHs, if you please, to lovr vests. <br /> <br />(Au',Jh:.use) . <br /> <br />The v~lue of these st~tistics is to ~ll~y the fer.rs of <br />the wcter users on the lower river. They justify us in ~sser- <br /> <br />ting that we vent tho right to go aheed with our irrigction <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />enter!lrises ~.nC: not 'be interfered with. Tho situ~tion does <br /> <br />D <br />