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<br />" <br /> <br />.2 . <br /> <br />Oolo~.do continued the engineering work, commenced in <br />1919. through 1920. 1921 and 1922. IIIlking tour y..... 01' dota <br />available at the t~e the Compact vas negotiated. <br />.ow Mexico likewiae BUryeyed the ditohe. and lands irri- <br />gatad in that State. and aeoured hydrographic dota, <br />During 1922 both atat.. held preliminary oonterences and <br />took aotiye stepa to negotiate a oompact, which ou~lnat.d at <br />the Bishope Lodge, Santa Fe in Wov..ber. 1922. <br />Mr. Stinson ot La Plata, Hew Mexico wa. a180 present an <br />lov..ber 11th at . Colorado - New Mexico oonference at the <br />BlIhop. Lodge. <br />Delph I. Carpeuter and Ralph I. M.eker represented <br />Colorado. <br />Stephen B. 0..18 and Chat. A. May. State Engineer, re- <br />pre.ented Mew Mexico. <br />On Wovomber 25, Dav18, Kay and Governor M. C. Meche. <br />conferred with Carpenter and M.eker. <br />On Nov..ber 21, rlnal agre..ent was reached, the cQRpaat <br />engrol.ed and 11gnature. attacAed. <br />HISTORICAL RBVIBW. <br />xrr1gatlon co_enced a1multaneoualy in both atates; <br />New Mexico 1879. Colorado 1880. Ditch oonstruction waa rapid <br />in .ew Mex1coJ .low in Colorado until April, 1899. when the <br />Ute Re..rvat1on (a 15-.11e .tr1p 01' land ju.t north 01' the <br />lev Mezloo - Colorado .tate line) "a. thrown open to settlement. <br />There.rter dItch oonltruction ... rapid and the Red He.. are. <br />wa. qu1ok17 irrigated. <br />During the dr7 cycle 01' 1892 to 1904. the anow-tan on <br />the .. Pl. ta .ountain. v.. tar below normal and atream. flow <br />me.gre in lev Mexioo. As. result the irrigated are. under <br />Ne" Xeaioo ditohe. luttered heavily tor water, crop. were lost, <br />land value. declined and many He" Mexioo water user. became <br />dilcouraged and lold out at very low figure.. Some of them moved <br />upstream Into Colorado. <br /> <br />