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been solved and so well solved that, as I have said, 

 some of the most important provisions of the Fed- 

 eral act, such as the control of the irrigating works 

 by the communities they serve, such as making the 

 water appurtenant to the land and not a source 

 of speculation apart from the land, were based upon 

 the experience of Utah. Of course the control of 

 the larger streams which flow through more than 

 one State must come under the Federal Government. 

 Many of the great tracts which will ultimately so 

 enlarge the cultivated area of Utah, which will ul- 

 timately so increase its population and wealth, are 

 surrounded with intricate complications because of 

 the high development which irrigation has already 

 reached in this State. Necessarily the Federal offi- 

 cers charged with the execution of the law must 

 proceed with great caution so as not to disturb pres- 

 ent vested rights; but subject to that, they will go 

 forward as fast as they can. They realize, and all 

 men who have actually done irrigating here will 

 realize, that no man is more timid than the prac- 

 tical irrigator regarding any change in the water 

 distribution. He wants to look well before he 

 leaps. He has learned from bitter experience what 

 damage can come from well meant changes hastily 

 made. The government can do a good deal; the 

 government will do a good deal ; but your experience 

 here in Utah has shown that the greatest results 

 which are accomplishing most spring directly from 

 the sturdy courage, the self-denial, the willingness 

 with iron resolution to endure the risk and the suf- 



