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<br />FORT MORGAN, COlORADO
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<br />TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1963
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<br />No. 161
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<br />SiI'e"(hosen, Prophecy Of J. M. Dill~
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<br />Editor's: note; J. M. Dille, fore-
<br />most Colorado water authority,
<br />had bee,n asked to give his views
<br />on the' merHs of the Hardin and
<br />Narrows siles shortly before his
<br />death Feh. 24. Dille, who knew the
<br />-South Platte River better than any
<br />other person, wa~ vitally interested
<br />in the "location of a dam on the
<br />fiver and had stron~ views on the
<br />subject. The article was finished
<br />just a. few hour~ he{ore his death.
<br />Because of-the importance of this
<br />subject, his family has agreed to
<br />the publication of the article.
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<br />A STATEMENT
<br />I have been asked to express my
<br />views as to where any reterv()~r
<br />in should be built on the South Platte
<br />K- -River. Perhaps I should state that
<br />m I have been interested in irriga-
<br />.1l tion work ort.,the South Platte Riv.
<br />I"," er since 1906. In 1910, I took charge
<br />?I of the ,Riverside system which had
<br />n just been built, and in 1924, in addi-
<br />s tion to these duties, waS made
<br />SlIp('rintf!iidr.nt of the BUolI SY,'O-
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<br />tern. I operated both of these sys- formed about what makes the Ft.
<br />terns until 1939, when.1 resigned 'Morgan area one of the leading i
<br />from both of them to give full time agricultural counties of the State:
<br />as manager of the Northern Colo- and of the nation. Fort Morgan is
<br />rado Water ConserVancy District a farm town, and it is a fine town,
<br />which promoted and directed the ~nd everyone must stlrely realize
<br />construction of the Colorado Big that the business prosperity, the
<br />Thompson Project. good schools and churches and all
<br />Just prior to tlHs, I had been ac- that we are proud of de.pends upon
<br />tive in the Water Users Association the crop production and allied in-
<br />which was the forerunner of the come from lrrigaled land.
<br />Conservancy District, and which I have lived here 6Q years, and
<br />took part in th.e preliminary nego- during that time, I have seen many
<br />tiations with the Bureau of Ree. .good years of production and many
<br />lamation. During this .period of ~ bad ODes. The bad years were due
<br />almost 20 odd years, 1 kept my mostly to short water supplies,
<br />home in Fort Morgan and my in- particularly for such systems as
<br />terest in the irrigation problems of the Bijou and Riverside.
<br />Morgan County, Colorado. I 8;1.. It is interesting to note the
<br />ways have and will be in Fo'rt changes in the towns near the foot.
<br />Morgan and Morgan County. hills. Since the completion of the
<br />Much of what I will try to ex. ColoradQ Big Thompson Project,
<br />plain represents the thinking of a. the cities of Greeley. Fort Collins,
<br />group of irrigation men. who are Loveland, Longmont, and others
<br />disturbed by the attitude of many ~have boomed due largely to the
<br />of our citjzens.~~av()rtng thoe : NaH';.' increase in stabilized water sup-
<br />rows Site. We .:'b'eIieve~.:t.l1ey are ~,p~ies. As far as Weldon Valley is
<br />very short:signted or. ..Poorly in.:.;' (Continnt"d on Page 5)
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