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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 196ij Lamar there was a peak at the State Line of 12,000 c. I. s. The rain lall was much less up stream consequently very little water was slored in John Martin as a result of this storm. The total inflow Into John Martin Reservoir as measured at Las Animas was 40,990 0..1. of which 7290 0..1. was during the winter storage months. 4230 0..1. by the Arkansas and 2965 0..1. by the Purgatoire. The practice of winter irrigation by upstream ditches and the mtld open winters of recent years have practically nulllfied private storage rights as well as storage in John Martin Reservoir. The water offlctals should see that this water is not wasted in barrow pits and on the roads. when it is impossible to properly apply irrigation because of freezing conditions. The ditches in District 67 diverted 60.780 a.f. during 1964, 8670 0..1. of which was during storage season. The State Line flow amounted to 81.460 a.t. of which approximately 14,000a.f. was winter flow. Upstream diversion of the Arkansas River below Pueblo amounted to 159,780 0..1. during winter and 273.504 a.f. during irrigation season. In addition 45.029 0..1. of Trans-mountain water most of which went to the Colorado canal. Diversion from the Arkansas river by ditches in Kansas was 42,588 a.f. Storms in Colorado the last of May and in Kansas in JWle caused 21,600 d. 10 pass Garden City in June, but flows at this station averaged approxlmately 5 d.s. the remainder of the irrigation season and about 32 c.l.s. datly in the winter. Distribution of water from the canal when flows from the river fluctuate greatly cause larger transportation losses and ere often not very satisfactory to the irrigator. Your patience and cooperaUon is always appreciated. The Amity has joined other ditches on the rtver tn a petition. to the State Engineer of Colorado to take jurisdiction over the pumping of underflow waters by two ditches into their canals below the measuring devices. doing this in addition to .thelr decreed priorllles. This practice if allowed to continue would destroy the value of State Administration of the river and with that the priority system. J. E. Whitien, State Engineer has sel February 25th as the date to hear protests on this practice. Construction Is proceeding on the early phases of the Frying Pan.ArkanSllS project. The Southeast Colorado Conser- vancy District has signed a repayment contract with the Reclama. tion Bureau. Part of the repayment is based on the re-requ]allon of the native waters of the Arkansas River. This re-reguJallon would 01 necessity effect a part of District 67 supply, which Is outside the Conservancy District Boundaries. . p.,. .,. I 1