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Map Exhibit May Decide Great Lakes Water Case
A Chicago court hearing on the Great Lakes level dispute features experts like Dr. J. W. Goldthwait and a 1678 Father Marquette map as Exhibit A. The case pits Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Ohio Pennsylvania and New York against Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi and Chicago sanitary district officials over river diversions and artificial drainage potentially affecting lake levels.
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Hey
Washb-ington
United States Supreme Court
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Supreme ‘ Dm
Comants
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
J. W. Goldthwait
Methany
Dartmouth College
Northwestern University
American
Maine
Washington
Father Marquette
Ilinois
Des Piagines
Roctor Goldthwaitt
Kefdzte Avenue
Chicago
Mississippi
St. 8
Kedzie Avenue
Goldthwait
Des Plaines
Lake Michigan
Oslumet
Lake Michien
Illinois
Mississippi Basin
Chicago Drainage Canal