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Show -68- Senator Butler. It is coining out* Senator Reed. All right* As a State matter we refuse to acknowledge that the Government of the United States is entitled to take control of waters, except of navigable streams* Senator Butler. Senator, we have an agenda here whereby we will get up to these amendments in very short order* Senator Reed* I have got just as many pressing engagements as you members have o I would like to state my objection. I have talked it over with Senator Millikin, Senator Butler, and Senator Johnson, and we are all agreed on it. Here the Federal Government hedges back by retaining the right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this act. Senator Butler. That is coming out# Senator Reed. Section 3 readsi The right to alter, amend, or repeal the provisions of this act is hereby expressly reserved. I am not for it. If you take that out, that is all we want. Senator Butler. That is coming out. Mr. Chairman, in view of the short time that we will try and make the record on this bill, I am not going to make many remarks. I would like to insert a statement on the topography of the Republican River Valley into the record. (The statement referred to is as followsi) TOPOGRAPHY OF THE REPUBLICAN RIVER-KANSAS RIVER BASIN, The area drained by the Republican River and its tributaries in eastern Colorado, northwestern Kansas and southern Nebraska is a part of the Great • Plains and has for its characteristic topography smooth, flat surfaces traver-sed by broad, shallow valleys. In portions of the basin, particular- ly nea.r Haigler, Nebraska, cross drainage cutting deeply into the under- lying rock has produced deep canyons bordered by precipitous walls. Trail Canyon, ]+ miles east of Haigler, has a fall of 300 feet in less than 2 miles* The northwestern part of the basin embraces a small portion of the vast sandhill area of western Nebraska, which is a region of rounded sand dunes and sand ridges. Owing to the light rainfall in the upper part of the ba-sin, the boundaries of that part are poorly defined* The general altitude decreases from 5,500 feet at the western edge to 1,500 feet at the Nebraska-Kansas line. |