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Show 5989 sarily carries with it the admission that those rivers are not of value for use, or susceptible of being used, in carry-ing trade are commerce between these two States. Now, that there is a long lake up there where it might be navigable, and that the Colorado River runs through, in some such way as the stream ran through Mud Lake in Wisconsin, so as to make it navigable water. I do not know anything about that. It is not in the case. We are not making any contention in that matter and could not possibly do so. The Special Master. Well, why do you not for the pur-poses of the case admit it is navigable? That does not neces-arily conclude anybody outside of this case. Why not remove that issue from this case? Mr. Farnsworth. The issue is not in this case. The Special Master. I don not think it is in this. But I have got to report all of this testimony; and if the ques-tion is pressed I shall exclude it, and it will have to be taken and go up to Court; and it is just an unnecessary in-cumbering of your record. Mr. Farnsworth. Absolutely. But I think it would be impoper for me to state anything about that, just as im-proper as it would be for me to read into the record here an |
