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mistakes have beeu relatively few.
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civilization progresses Is because there
il Z continuity in its experience thai
penerei!ons overlap ana one builds Cl
the experience acquired By its prete-
cessor.
With water officers Of the gtats
there has been the unfortunate clstou,
In the pas, for an entire change 10
take place al the beginning o each
administration. Each officer has found
thai, no matter how well qualified he
is, hig first year is largely one Of gain.
ing knowledge or the conditions. and
that his second year has been one in
which he could give the beet service.
He took occasion TO urge that the ap
appointment OF water commissioners
and division engineers be removed en-
tirely from politics. for the reason that
good men are difficult TO procure
Lengthening the terms Of Office also
was stated To be change worthy Of
adoption.
The balance Of the address. which
WAS very extended. took up various
matters OF interstate importance. il.
Guiding the Kansaa-Colorado water
rights quit Water decreea and their
validity was also taken up at length.