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<br />- 3 - <br /> <br />An aftermatb of tbe dry clele was incre.sed irrigation <br />In Colorado. In 1906 an ef:tort va. made ~ ditch.. in K.w <br />MexIco to bring a suit in the United States District Court <br />against ditches In Colorado. Being ~properl1 drawn the action <br />vae ell_t..ed. <br />The x.w Mexico vater situation on the La Plata became <br />ao dlatre.a1ng 1n 1902 and 1903 that tho attention or tho U. S. <br />Recl...tlon Service va. calle4 to it. Engineers were .ent to <br />exualn. the situation In 1904 with the r..ult that survs,._ tor <br />a large projeot were initiated un~er M. C. Hlnderllder. Engin..r <br />In oharge. <br />Mr. Hind.rlid.r outlin.d and aurv.y.d a 40.000 acr. proj.ct <br />in New Mexico to be watered trom the An~8 RIY81' by . 32~11. <br />canal h.ading a t ~ango and pi.rc1ng the Anl.8.a-La Plata divUe <br />..ith a 3-ail. twm.l. The eat1lllat.d co.t .... $3.000,000 or $61.00 <br />per acre reclaimed. fhla proJeot was consldered impracticable . <br />trOlll . coat I tandpoint and was abudoned. <br />A .odified project. wal then investigated 1Dyolvlng t be <br />propo.ed State-lIne Res.ryoll', a 17~11e main canal tor 17.000 <br />aor.. along tbe ",at .1de of the X. Plata River. The estimated <br />cost vas $26.00 per acre not includIng lateral.. POI' aome UDkDoWD <br />reallon this projeot wae alao abandoned. <br />ID March 1919 the Attom., a.n.ral or Colorado .... notir1.d <br />by an oUicial or the Stat. or II... Moxico thet l.gal action ..ould <br />b. brought 1n U. S. Supremo Court ov.r the wat.rl or the La Plata <br />Ri.er. This conte.plated aotlon wall brought about b~ the very <br />dry year, and ~e.r of low .tre.m flow, of 1916 on the La Plata. <br />With a r.cord.d rlo.. or the La Plata Riv.r at Heap.rul or 19.000 <br />acre-r..t in 1918 only &.800 acr.-r..t ...r. m.alur.d at the gaging <br />station at La Plata, Xev MexiCO, S allea south of the .e" MezIco <br />11n.. During April. May. June and Auguat the riv.r .... virt....lly <br />drJ at La Plata .... Mexico. <br /> <br />