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<br />. A Cox Newspaper
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<br />\ I.N, Bunting. Publisher 189~-1911
<br />, \ Walter Walker. PUbllS. he. r.19..1.1-1956 '
<br />f ~ ~reston Walker, Publisher 1956-1 ~70
<br />KlI(lnath Johnson, Publishe( 1.970-1979,
<br />Jame. C. Kennedy,p,UbllSher 1979-1985 ...
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<br />;; 'S~hof Gallow~Y'I1~ating
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<br />Gi' ,.reg, 1I0. skin's ap.p oipt- .' "SonofG~llowar,~;:IS a nefarl-
<br />, . . mentas Mesa Conn- . ous scheme to dry up Colora-
<br />: ty's . rep-resentative to do farmlands;' ,.
<br />ihe Colorado River Water If it's the intent of the staff
<br />~onservation District.s togive:that,impresSion and
<br />:board of Directors already . that impression alone, the
<br />tas proved to be a-" Wise, . ',staff is }~~i~g;to!>. clever by
<br />~hoice by the Mes'~CoUl~ty b,ilf., , " ',' ",.J ." . . .
<br />. ~ommissioners. :. ." When thei,plan was
<br />;' Last week, with knees jerk- . unveiled in Albuquerque
<br />'lng in their customary coHec- late last year, former Wyo-
<br />;tive fashion, river districtming Gov. Ed, lIerscqler spe-
<br />:t>oa-rdmembers consideredcificaUy mentioned that wa-
<br />:passing a resolution OPPOS- . ter from underutilized stor-
<br />;mgtheso,called"Son ?f Ga.l:..,~ge fa~.iJit!Jls ,,~IJ~h .as
<br />io. .w..a..~~.p. roP1ls. a. 1. ,..~N~~.. .....~ ~S.' fJi. Jl'OJ,lt. en. el.J.~....~..,e.. .~~. ''IN. ~i.nWy.o,
<br />\!)aseiF'on the .somewh' ; e-;mltig'~()\ll!t~'\)e., 4birrk'ete'd to
<br />"etical!!;~otion ot'selIi g -. wl1ter:s.f,il)ijf~&wet, basin
<br />le~~ s~!hn~ forprof!t"of al1~f~I~tes'~Y~IL..;1ntCj!!'~t~!j!..wll!er:
<br />.tll1ngs,- upper baSin water.fmarket1l1gholll'I'",iIll;,m.anner
<br />it910wer b. a. sin. usprs,r,p':. .... . ;i~;gfA!.oSiti,Y~im~9ft. ~{~$~W ~st-,
<br />;.: neforethe' "rIver mstnct 'erll"'S19P'e, proJe~ts..gil'c1i 'as'
<br />~took an official position on Animas:~aPlata;'..:'
<br />~h.e pro.p..o.s....a...I.,...lI...o..S...k..i.~j c...a u-'. . w....e.re;;notfom. te.I..i'.,.. ,c..o..n....-...
<br />. 10nedJ.!lat it;Wq1JI~ be'hel~-. '.vi~l~ . ': J~l~o:.
<br />. I to hay.e..the"dl~tp~~S POSI-:Way.': "\!~!7;.
<br />~l?n 'down' <;!faFl~,;on;,,!?ap~; "~aH ,be.. >.,., ..' .~~Y<el',(,
<br />~Ith all ofthe.posIhon'sram'. ," we.~recQnvm<!ll,thatt,he pro,
<br />;{fications fully unde.rs{<iop by "po$al,~intrigiH g Mo.ughfor
<br />f~).S,tri.ct bQ~r~lIlember~:' .H to,~~~~jlr~Qll~J~;~t~~~ion:
<br />.,Indeed. ,Given the apoca-.. 'And"lf'snot, getfin~ tliat' at':
<br />rlyptic assessment of the pro- tentionfrom the fIver aistrict
<br />:p<!sll.l .by .river district staff and the .rest of the state's wa- .
<br />:t,ilembers,.one can't help but. '.. terest.al?lishment.r
<br />it~r~~~W!1:~~a~~J.~gem;r~~~f~}:~~Jt~~~ttcti~~~1I;rii.~:~f
<br />~.a ...n..'.,~.~.P.,.,lt~.lifth. e"Pto.,.PdsaI..;...By...,~.;.:.t.....h. ((.. ...i.:....:.S.....,e,1fa,J.,~. ~..,."':,....,..i!tt!~<lol. '..R. . e-, .
<br />'~mep.-~. on.ly to .staffl!J~~;M~~;s~1t~~~s~!>m,i1J:~t.. "",~.q5)~1.d,
<br />\~" ,,' .' um,p(~rJ!1~~"obs;J.1(~~~glY~i~the.iPmpg,."c.~~/W.'
<br />.er~". y~~~~ii <&o~~I~~~::~ia.~~.,,~:)~~t!Y~~~1~:,~~~f:~~!:;.T_..:2':.
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