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Show Green 189 River . On pages 134-5 of said Exhibit No . 58 , it is stated that in 1913 , there were 500,000 acres of land irrigated with water diverted from the Green River and its tributaries , above Green River , ( Utah Utali ) . This , of course , includes acreage in Utah and Wyoming . We have not access to any data showing the amount of increase in irrigated lands and diversions of water since 1913 . Again accepting the ( report's reports ) assumption of 3.5 ( acre-feet acrefeet ) as the duty of water and allowing for a ( twenty-five twentyfive Nventy-five Nventyfive ) per cent return flow , the flow of the Green River is each year depleted by reason of water diverted for irrigating said 500,000 acres of land in an amount equal to the continuous stream flow throughout three hundred ( sixty-five sixtyfive ) days of a stream at all times carrying 1258 ( second- second ) feet of water . At page 137 of said Exhibit No . 58 , it is stated : ( "In In ) Utah , Colorado , and Wyoming , in the upper basin , water is diverted for irrigation during a more or less definite period , commonly called ( 'the the ) irrigation season / which usually extends from April 1 to October 1 ; on the lower Colorado , ( though thougk ) the rate of demand varies from month to month , there is no definite ( irri- irri ) gation season , water being diverted for irrigation throughout the year . " DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AS TO NAVIGABILITY . It is unfortunate that some man of the character and mental capacity of Mr . Dellenbaugh or Major Powell did not make boat journeys on the San Juan ( Eiver River ) similar to their expeditions on the Green and Colorado rivers and record their observations with reference to navigability . Statements recorded by such men , long before any controversy has arisen , would seem to be entitled to great weight . Although in the course of their journeys they proceeded in a leisurely manner , studying the adjacent country and making frequent landings , they were not , like the government survey parties of recent years , making surveys of the rivers and along the sides of the rivers which compelled them to continually cross back and forth and proceed to certain points regardless of difficulties and regardless of the location of the river channel . They were not , like Major Stanton , making a railroad survey or ( examin- examin ) |