Deseret Evening News | 1906-09-08 | Page 7 | Arkansas River Suit

III SUIT SLI Washington 8 Sept pt Tbt brief of ot th tb the United Stat stes government which has W Intervened In the suit of at Kansas against a aID t Colorado do in which hh Kansas s seeks e ks to 10 B a secure cur an injunction prohibit prohibiting ing lag the diversion In Ira Colorado of ot water from the Arkansas river for Irrigating purposes purpose was as Died tiled In the supreme court of the United Stiles States today tocla I Th The f rounds grounds upon which the United I States State claim the right rheM rl hi to tu Intervene are let Ht et forth in the brief The government maintains that In to th tM the watershed of ot the tho I In Colorado and western Kansas Kansan Hen the federal t government pus pos pose e e 1000 sores acre of lands landi which can be bf reclaimed r l by b diverting the thc water from the he river and also alo 60 W acres acre in the arid cone aone which fan can be reclaimed hv hr diverting waters from other rivers The brief concludes with Ith the statement that Ihal the public welfare demands that this territory be made we productive t I h I te n