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<br />28 <br /> <br />28 <br /> <br />fundamental if we are to determine whether there is a sufficiency or <br /> <br />deficiency of ,later in the river. In order that we may give every <br /> <br />opportunity to those who have come some distance to attend this meet- <br /> <br />ing I would like to know what. associations and organizations are here <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />this morning? Vie might give them an opj:!ortunity to present their <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />views and after ,/8 have had those presentations I think we will want <br /> <br /> <br />very much.to hear from.those men who have. given their lives to a <br /> <br /> <br />great degree to the technical. phases of ithese problems, especially <br /> <br />Mr, Davis of the Reelamation Service. In the meantime I would like <br /> <br />to know who are represented here. and Vlho Vlould like to present their <br /> <br />views? <br /> <br />If there are no organizations represented here at this time, we <br /> <br />will be glad to hear from Hr. Davis on this question. <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF HR. ARTHUR P. DAVIS, DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ENGINEER <br />OF THE RECLAMATION SERVICE; DEPARTNENT OF THE INTERIOR. <br /> <br />Mr. Davis. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Cemmission: I can <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />add very little to what has already been said. A year ago last <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />August, in the meeting of the league of the Southwest in Denver, for <br />the first time in publiC I was able to state that the progress of the <br /> <br />investigations had reached a point Vlhere I felt confident that with <br />proper and sufficient conservation Vlhichiwas thought advisable there <br /> <br />,/QuId be sufficient water for the irrigation of all the lands that <br /> <br />could be favorably reached from the stan~point of economics within <br /> <br />or adjacent to the Colorado Basin, not otlly by gravity but by reason- <br />able pumping. <br />It is a vast study, ~W tirst studi$s'ofthe Colorado River <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />began in 1895 when VIe established stations on the Colorado at Yuma <br />