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<br />liij>. V. V(Jarvis. a large landowner and si;oolcra:tser on the Red Me,a..
<br />infonn, e,'""a, J' "..11. e) Ci),lllmi..., doner that,t,',O. hiSlcP,., OWl, ,.e,.,d, g,e one, 1','. ann,. _ ',t, hil.t",,' ha., d... l1ll.d, '"a,.,I.
<br />mol'tgag~ f ~20.000 a fflW ;yearsbaolc, wa,s ;now about to be sold for tllXest",
<br />due to't ' "f\l.oj;tll4t there had been no produotive :l.noome Il,S a nsult ofl
<br />the aoute !sht~jl;geof water. That ir,ri~ated pastures would be a great :
<br />benefit,tQ tlle stol!ltm.en ope!'atin~ in that obnununity. :
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<br />~" ~ohn Hl1.rris. a fann~r and stoekman of La Plata_ New Mexioo. ~ ' ;:'
<br />next infO, l\le~ the Clommissioner i<hat they "Wllre in the prooess of organiti4g-.
<br />a Conser ~py Distriot to take oare of their irrigation problems" That;
<br />they had or~ :l.lllproved aoreal5e ~han there was water available for. That,
<br />the Compaqt4iye-):os~()n of w4'terbl3tween the States .made for short_tel' fq'r
<br />both; andl~h;.t. the#e, Was urgent ne, ed for the oondtruot:l.on of the Long , ;'
<br />Hollow an,!: S1iate "'%le Reservoirs.
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<br />M,it- ~1Iller 'l!aylorof Red ~esa, Colorado, the largest wheat fanner;
<br />in tl1ll.t t.trl,tory $dopel"atord,f the Long nollow Mil1$ng ComplUly, in- '
<br />fonned thL~1(ss~oner that he had, been on the La Plata River for 57 "
<br />Yllars_ll.n:t., ha,' t ..i1', ,that seotion ~ad adequate water storage it wou.ld be t~
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<br />, Jt4dge O!Ro\\;1'ke nextgav~ a "rief outline ,of the proposed'Larger" "
<br />Animas Clr !the .An~s..LaPlatll.DWersion Projeot. ,He then asked Mr,. John ,
<br />J. Hedde.~ resi4ent Engineer ,of the BUreau of Reolamati"n. to go over
<br />the pro~ed1i qnthereo18.lllation in,El.ps.sta.t'tin~ at Havrardsville, CQlorado,
<br />on the M~IIla$ River, and taking the pioture through to oonolusion in NflW ,
<br />Mexioo on J'l!he ta.'Plata River., TN.s projeot oonsiStS of a sedes of nine;
<br />dams or, r~seDvOirs,of whioh the, Long Hollow and State Line ReserVoirs
<br />would be . unit. l'hat it would ):le bothfo%, irrigation and pOWllr~and .
<br />that itwiln,te.ke 111 approximat"e~y 11'1,000 a.cresin Colorado ab.d NflW MeJdlOOI !
<br />and that $'tl ltasvery vital to the weltareof both St,ates. i "
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<br />~.' qlif;,r~r:d H. Stone; D~rector of,the Colorado WaterCon.serva'!;i~
<br />Board. i1eic/b~ntonned the CommisUc!;tler tl1ll.t the La Plata, Projeotwu SO\ll1<!
<br />eoonomi9aJfLy,' that the Long Hollow and State Line Reservoirsoan be buil'lii
<br />as a un4t 10f;the larger projeot; and that it must be inoluded in the. k
<br />, initiall:l.l~t:otproOeots for immediate oC};nstruoti,on under the. Bur.eau of i
<br />,Reol_t:l;o%!:' II (jolnpIilhensive plan for utilizing the wa,ter resouroes of th~
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<br />Mi".. ~ohn M. Cooper_ Assistant Superintendentoi the Navajo India..!,
<br />Servioe.''I!i:n4ow Rook, Arizona. was the next speaker for this projeot. .,Hitjj
<br />remarkswelt'e:thati-~ was generally understood that the Navajo was'Mlya i
<br />stoo~,~ot afai'lner'1'his was untrue, as the Navajo had alWays peen 1"
<br />a fanner ,Jt;olsuPl>l$ent his stock raising. . That the population .liJ.d in.; ,
<br />orea8edt'~ ':B,OQoto 52.000;aI'ld that 1;heY"Wllre oontinuing to inorease r
<br />at the ra~ o;f 1.00b per year. births over deaths, and that tllere "Wllre j,
<br />now f1.ppro~msIt;llly 11.000 Navajo families. that present oond,it,ions only
<br />permitted il.bo'ut 75 head of sheep per family. That eaoh family should '
<br />. have 75 he~d ,:ofilheep and 20 Mres of land. and that if' this were to be ,
<br />a realityb"htiU would require approX~lJW.tely160;OOOaores of irrigated
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