Teddy Roosevelt: “In the arid States the only right to water which should be recognized…”

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In the arid States the only right to water which should be recognized is that of use.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that only the right of use should be recognized for water in arid states.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the arid States the only right to water which should be recognized is that of use.”