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<br />.1 <br /> <br />water that rises within our b0undD~ios. <br /> <br />Becauso of those phrsic:::l conditions, we arc inform- <br /> <br />ed by irrigation enginoers that we can never use more thon <br />about one-third of tho water of tho Colorado River thpt is <br /> <br />produced within the State, no l;lattCY how hard we may try. Thl <br /> <br />rest of the water of this stroammust forever flow on down to <br /> <br />ot~er commonwoalths to be useQ by them for the bon fit of <br />mankind. <br /> <br />I undorstand also, that the topography of the other <br />stat os of origin is such that in no event ODn real in~ury be <br /> <br />done to the lower statos provided storage res~rvoirs are built. <br />'This being truo, it would appoDr that 2. oompaot mD.y be agreed <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />upon by the Commissi on that is fair to ell tht; stc.tes of the <br /> <br />Colorado Riv0r basin if the Commissi. on hes full knowledge of <br /> <br />all the faots. <br /> <br />Tho IilQin purpose of these hcarings, I take it, is <br /> <br />to Dscertflin these f:1.cts. Thinking that wc-"mightc.id the, Com- <br /> <br /> <br />mission in its investigations, we have asked certain individ- <br /> <br />uals to give testimony or mako statements concerning questions <br />under consid~ration. <br /> <br />Mr. Mecker, Deputy State En[inDer, at the request of <br />Governor Shoup and myself, has, Quring the last tw~ sunmers, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />made a study of the Colorado portion of the Colorado River <br />to <br />basin. He will givo/tho Commission tho result of his study. <br /> <br />He will show to tho Commission that the proper utilization of <br /> <br />the waters of tho Colorado means much to our Statt),especially <br /> <br />D <br />