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<br /> <br />A dream come true <br /> <br />"I a/wuysft'lt rheday wouldroml' when prop/t of lhis <br />dIStrict would wan( and ntt'd this proj~', .. <br /> <br />Th.. wOl one ollhe remQrk, mgde by Ihe late Judge Clifford <br />H. StO"8. dirKtor ollh. Colorado Wale' Conservation Boord. <br />'" h. oddreultd 0 5p..:lol wol.r meeting I'll rh. Dove C._I, <br />Memo,io' Hall..olmos' 33 yeof'S 090 10 the doy Ihe McPhee <br />Dam will b. dedicoted. <br />The me.ting hod been organized by I"elolll Oon B. Hunter, <br />g m..mber ollhe state water commission from Dove Cr~. to <br />..riously diKU," 11'1.. proposed McPhee Dam following two <br />yeor, 01 extreme drought. (The proiecl really become 0 dream <br />ba<k in the 1880', oller the completion 01 th. MOfl'.lumo <br />Volley Irrigation Tunnel and Conal. o. Ihe Montezuma Journal <br />mentioned. 0 vo'1 underlaking Ihol would bring ple"Iilul <br />waler,upplie.IOlh"area.) <br />for 'ho.. 01 us who allended Ihe meeting in Do". Creek <br />Ihol hOI and ~ull'y day. Ihere ~eemed 10 be 0 ~en~e 01 urgency <br />and uni'y omong Ille 250 ronche'5. lo,men. bu~inessmen. <br />ci"ic artd public olliciol~ 10 move oheod wilh Ihe project. <br />When Judge Stone called lor a ~how 01 hands 10 delermine <br />sufficienlinte,esl for furlher ~Iudy. 011 bul one in ollendonce <br />"oledlnfo"orolconlinuingwi'hoprojeclsu/"\ley. <br />Bur II has loken more lhon Ihree decodes 01 hard work and <br />lobbying by many in rhe Monlelor.s oreo 10 bring Ihe McPhee <br />Dam 10 0 reolily. <br />Ir ho~ nol been On easy road 05 selbocks ho"e been <br />numerOU5. including Ihe failure of congress 10 oul""rize pIon- <br />ning funds lor 'wo yeon ohe, Ihe project wo~ approYed in <br />19b8. <br />11 wosn', unlil1m. nine years 10l.r. alter a "elo by Pr.s;. <br />dent Ca".( (rhelosl of a seri.. al crise~ by Presidenl$ Lyndon <br />Johno.on. Il:ichord Ni.on and Gerold Ford) thaI conslruclion <br />was linolly Slarled. <br />HiSlory has shown rhallhe~e booSlers and supporters 01 Ihe <br />Dolo,esP'ajectne"ergG"eup. <br />Today the McPhee Dam is porI 01 Ihe S400 million Dolores <br />Projecl. II will de"elop wOler lor irrigalion. municipal and in- <br />dUSlriol U5e, tecrea'ion, and lish and wlldl;!e. It will 0150 pro. <br />"ide lload conlrol and will cerlainly be a prime foelar in Ihe <br />economic ,ed.".lopm.nl of Ihe area. <br />The complelion and Ihe dedica,ion 01 the McPhee Dam <br />lomorrow morning is Ihe realizalion 01 0 dream (ome Irue..o <br />Tribule 10 the potople 01 Monlezumo and Dolores COUnli.~ who <br />ho". otwaY' beli..,,1l'd in Ih.. fulur. and saw lhe n....d for such <br />oprojecl. <br />Judge Slone was righl..we won'ed ood needed Ihe project. <br />Abo". all we proved we would work for it. <br /> <br />TJJ <br />