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<br />(-IS till' "HI'PI"i11!t' lllllJllal dt'pt'lldidd('" \\'alt']' sUPJ,)." of tht' .-\J'Ki'lIlS.I.<.; Hi\'er ill years, KansHs took III) ildiOJl 11
<br />('ollll'ad" ll\to tract i01l',;, ant1 llWiirdllJg th(l.s~ Xl"al'tiullS to 1ht' ~t<ltt:'S l'e.speetivd,\. These filets mi:.d!t well pt'!
<br />~ll('h il contl'o\'('J'sy ,IS is llel'e prescnted is not to ue determined CIS jf it w('n~ till. .in ;lIlY {'vent. flip." !!ran'ly iltld
<br />ht'n\t-'(II~~W(1 prinltC' riparian propl'ietors or iljlpJ'opriFllO!........ ~- -be w~igned'-ineF.fimafi\\g tll(' 1'1
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<br />") l"l,lid' f(JlIIJtlt'd Oil tlil' (.lwl').!e thilt {'OIOl'ildo llil~. :-.illt.:e oU!' pl'in!' tlecisioll, 111_
<br />(.]TII....,.11 dl'plf;'tiu!\ ld tll\' \\"i\h'I' ....ul'pi:--. In the lllnt{'l'iill drllllHge of Kans3<;' :-.1111-
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<br />Kans,ls asks, \\'01l1d illtlict serious d.'lIll,lg~ on existing' flgricultm'.ll illterest~ ill.
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