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<br />i Withsuffioient water the area would support many more
<br />Ileople .thll!ll it, does now, not only from the standpoint of
<br />~hose who 'WOuld live on the land and p.roduoe orops, but the
<br />~roduoe t~t oould he furnished to the people to the south
<br />4:1l us. Texas, Arizona and ,southern Oalifornia would oonsUlne
<br />$;el'y1;hing We oan produce here, inoluding pOl\ltry, lall!bs. l'
<br />lteef,eto" At the present time tlll1re is an inoreasing dema.nd
<br />~orproduoe from this seotion. .
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<br />, ,I have been the Engineer for the Florida Oanal Oompanr fort.
<br />'ti,he ,past tWenty-five years ,lUldas theirrep%'esenta.tive I iun: j
<br />e,l.\r~ t~t Il. large majod ty of the fal'lllerll under this llYlltem teelj
<br />'bpat it is imperative tba.t they muat have supplemental water in: .
<br />Q~derto oarry on suooesstully. .
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<br />OPNQLUS~ONI
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<br />; The above %'eport is also applioable to the La Plata area,
<br />lY,iUgtW"enty miles to the southwest of Durango, as theoondi-
<br />t~ons there are praotioally identioal with the, flo%'ida mesa,
<br />e)coe'pt that unde%' an interstate OQlllpaot Oolo%'a~o is o'bligated. I'
<br />tp' furnish' a oerta!. 110 $lIlount of the flow of the LaPlatll. l.l,i vel' t
<br />.th' N:ew l4exioo, whioh makes the oonditions of the La Plata
<br />a~a: even more serious than on the Florida mella.
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<br />Respeotfully submitted,
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<br />A. L. Kroeger, Engineer.
<br />Durango, Colorado
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<br />ut- .K%'oeger also irifol'llled the COllllllissi oner,that their presentoo~ts
<br />were abou~ 9b! 1'$1' acre, but that they were very short on water- henoet
<br />short oro~s.' '
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<br />*o):.loyd Mason, a%'lUloher of the Florida Mesa,' infol'llled the Com-
<br />missionel'ithat theorops were the shortest this year ainoe 1934, due to :
<br />the low w+-tersupply. !
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<br />T~e ~inEl Rive%' was the next district to be disoussed,. Mr. R01ltl~d
<br />O$lllpbell,ifo:l'JnellSeoretary of the Pine River Irrigation,Distdot, thlUlke.
<br />the COmjni$/lionel' lUld party fo%' looking over this p%'ojeot. That they hll.di
<br />$lIlple iiattt&upplyunder the neW Vll.lle6ito Reservo~rl that th!!lY Aid need!
<br />!!Ixtension!of'ditohes and laterals to take in new lands available under ']
<br />this resetvo1ro That Southwestern Colorado should be proteoted in all~~
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<br />tel' right.. before any diversion was made.
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<br />l M,t. T. c. Grabowsky, a ranoher under this projElot,allkedthe Com+
<br />missioner,ihoW he cCluld obtain relief fromassessmentoosts pf this 'd$lll o~
<br />lands notlsu8oepti111e of irrigation. The suggestion was made,to him to "
<br />take the Jj1atter up 'with his Dist%'iot di%'eoto%'s; an4 that pl'ohll.b:l.y a ,suit! :
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