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<br />29 <br /> <br />and various points in the basin and the work ,IUS greatly accelerated <br /> <br />in 1902 by the passage of the Reclamation Act recognizing the import- <br /> <br />ance of the Colorado and its tributaries in irrigation, Those in- <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />vestigations were greatly extended including much Vlider investigations <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of the water supply which were made in connection Vlith the Geological <br /> <br />Survey largely and the topographical work also, on Vlhich VIe had the <br /> <br />cooperation of the Geological Survey, At the same meeting at which <br /> <br />I gave the information and basis for the conclusion as to whether <br /> <br />there was water enough or not it was concluded to initiate the move- <br /> <br />ment tha~ has culminated in the appointment of this Co~~ssion with <br /> <br />a legal status. <br />The investigations of the Basin are by no means complete at the <br /> <br />present time. v~ have only had men and time and money enough to hit <br />. . <br /> <br />the high points and have used that information but we have been look- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ing forward from the very first to questions of an international and <br /> <br />interstate character that require the possession of basic info~ation <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />upon which the water supply of the Colorado River could be distributed. <br /> <br />Various theories have been promulgated from time to time concerning <br /> <br />the best use of the Colorado River, At one time it was thought that <br /> <br />there was an abundance of water for the lovler river VIi thout storage. <br /> <br />That never appealed to me and a little investigation proved it uq- <br /> <br />founded but the possibilities of storage in the lower basin as well <br /> <br />as in the upper basin are so great and the feasibility is so clearly <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />established to ,lhat extent it would be necessary that we feel certain <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />in saying that the Vlaters of the Colorado River can practically all <br /> <br />be conserved. There are some small drainage areas Vlhich can not be <br /> <br />intercepted but they are trivial in comparison Vlith the whole. At <br /> <br />the junctien of the Green and the Grand we have 72 percent of the <br /> <br />~-"'-~ <br />