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Show guardian of suoh Indians, fails to see that beneficial uso la made of the water, the question arises as to who is to make good to the Indian at some indefinite future time, should the latter suddenly awake to the neoessity of recovering his lost water rights or a water supply equivalent to the waters lost to his lands, due to negleot in making use of the same within the presoribed limit. In other words, should the Government be oalled upon to make good, or should the poor white settlers in the community be oompelled to give up their rights? In my opinion, it should be the Government's duty, since the charge is then met by the nation as a whole, and not by a little band of settlers who are struggling to wrest homes from the desert. Without rauoh question the Government will have to expend considerable money in the construction of reservoirs, pumping plants and other irrigation works in the future at many points wherO water rights have been lost to the Indians due to their neglect to protect their rights to water through actual bene-fioial use, if neoessary. I will endeavor to visit your oountry during the ooming summer, as before stated, as I should like very muoh to witness the progress that ha3 ooourred sinoe ray last visit. Our work has inoreased very largely, and our total appropriations for tho finoal your 1911, inolurtlng both irrigation and drainage, approximate nearly a million and a half dollars. In addition to the inoreased amount of work whioh suoh largo appropriations involve, we have been called upon to submit |