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Show Riparian Rights Gone, Says Work Los Angeles Secretary of tb.8 Interior In-terior Hubert Work declared here that the doctrine of riparain rights una been discarded tn favor of public control con-trol of all water in rivers, streams, lakes and other natural water sources. This was the conclusion, he sa'ld, of the recent Pan-Pacific conference on education and reclamation, which he attended in Honolulu. Dr. Work stopped stop-ped in Los Angeles en route to Yuma, Ariz., where he will open the first meeting off the Colorado river factfinding fact-finding commission appointed by him. He said he will issue his instructons to the commission at its organization meeting. The commission is to make a report to congress next December that may provide a foundation for Colorado Col-orado river development legislation. |