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Show i 944 Thatis , if it waa ( drawn drampn ) clown to , the foot of the dam site . ( R . 3716-3717 . ) The purpose of making a ( survey surNTOY ) of the dam 6ta2 marked in red , was essentially for irrigation , inci ¬ dentally for power , and possibly to assist in ( naviga- naviga ) tion . ( R . 3717 ) In other words , those red daggers marked ( on oii ) exhibit ( "Power Power ) ( 'mean mean ) utilizatioa of the power in the stream in its natural condition ; that and the utilization of the stream by virtue ( 'of of ) ( increase hicrease ) of the ( low-water lowwater ) flow of this storage ( reser- reser ) voir . ( R . 3718-3719 . ) The primary purpose of the dam site , indicated on the ( map inap ) , is for the storage of water to be used ill the Imperial Valley or in the lower end of the river ( and aad ) not for use in Utah or Arizona . ( R . 3719-3720 . ) To be used for irrigation at a far distant point . And also at that time there was some talk of the question of navigability of the lower end of the Colorado , ( and a-rad arad ) the necessity for diverting the water out , for ( irriga- irriga ) tion purposes , and supplying that water from stored water ; because , under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , there is something in there ( about abou-11i abou11i ) retaining the navigability of the lower end of ( the tlia ) Colorado river . ( R . 3720-3721 . ) ( Redirect-examination Redirectexamination ) ( R . , Vol . 20 , pp . . 3721- 3722 ) : The map which is in evidence , Compl . Exh . , . 6 , ( indi- indi ) cates that the elevation at Lees Ferry is 3,120 feet ; ; under the head of the cataracts it is 3,800 feet . . The head of ( Cataract Cataxact ) Canyon is 3,800 feet . . So that the |