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<br />\~I <br /> <br />~. <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the State of Golor~co to know the chGracter and intc5rity of <br /> <br />the men on th~s conldissiu:: who 2re to evontuc:lly work out <br /> <br />this :::>robleID, [',nd we kno\'/ that when th8Y have a full know- <br />led~2 of the situat~on, the citizens may be confident that <br />these re~resentetives of th~ severnl st~tbS will ultimately <br /> <br />reach e. conclusion b2sed on fairness and justicG c'd. one that <br /> <br />,will therefore be satisfactory to nll. <br /> <br />I 2m sur" that th8 tn0i11b8l" who rGpr0SGnt Colorado <br /> <br />\yill 6i vo Lrge le::rnin6 end hf.Jlpful progress to this wator <br /> <br />question, r~thor than to defer eny Bction, arid with his <br /> <br />assistance, the Commission will be enablod to hGlp to secure <br /> <br />all maxiwuw bonefits dosirod. I thenk you. <br /> <br />hill .!c.!';YES: I:ir. Ch2.irman ::nd. Gentlemen of thf.J COElLlission: <br /> <br />In sGttinb forth th" claims and. peeCl.s of Colorado pGrhaps it.; <br /> <br />is ~cll at tho cutsat to call nttention to the unique position <br /> <br />of our State with reference to the streams thct risQwithin <br /> <br />our 00U(!cl.a.l~i<J8. <br /> <br />Colorado is the crest of the OJntincntal Divide. <br /> <br />Several int~r8tate atreans of consider~ble size have their <br /> <br />origin within cur mountairs. ~,cy flow do~n the mountainside <br /> <br />North and South, Eest end West; they boout acros~ the prairic~ <br /> <br />pf our own and nei~h~orln[ states, and Quch of the ~uter even- <br /> <br />tually re~ches the ucean. Some wataT goes to the ~acific and <br /> <br />some to the Atlantic. The Creator has so arr20bed our moun- <br /> <br />taios and our rlains that, thOUGh we strive to the uttermost, <br /> <br />we can use but a portion of that great Datural resource, the <br /> <br />D <br />