Oregon Supreme Court March 6, 1929 (In Re Water Rights of Deschutes River)

lead-opinion

BEAN, J.

A short history, as indicated in the briefs and record, relates that the Deschutes river is a nonnavigable stream and has well-defined banks and bed and flows directly north from Central Oregon. It is, perhaps, the longest and most important stream which, throughout its entire course, traverses the arid region of the state of Oregon.