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<br />.\ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Our im'estigations iljehcate that the statement 'ilhich I <br />have previously made that in many places power development must <br />preoede irrigation. is es?ecially true on the ~reen Riv~r. upon <br />which relatively few oppo~tunities for the construction of gra- <br />vity irrigation systems exist. So,t[:at to a large extent <br />de1)cnC':.ence must be had on power dcvEJlopment if irrigation is <br />to be successfully attem:?ted. Ho investigationbas yet been <br />undert[',j;en to indicate the c01'lmercial feasibilities of irri- <br />gation by ::?um-Jed water. but in the main it may be said that if <br />irrigation is to be undertaken at all. power dev~lopment will <br />have to be "he first step in the ~rorram. <br />In conclusion I viould state that we believe that the power <br />pOSSibilities of the Green riiver and of its'principal tribut- <br />Eries will be needed in the delrelopment of the ~t&.te of Utah, <br />in which the arcen rtiver is almost entirely located. that a <br />substantial part of those facilities will need to be developed <br />in the rclatilrely near future. of the g~owth of the ~tate is not <br />to be retarded. and that Some definite and consistent policy <br />of power del'eloprnent must be arri Ired at both for the purpose of <br />."reventing the creation of idle investment on the one hand. and <br />so that there m~y be adequate power available for the state's <br />develo,rnent on the other. It further appears that whatever is <br />done to delrelop "9ower in thi S way \Ii 11 be of m~ terial benefi t <br />in sol Iring the flood control problem in the lower reaches of <br />S.L. <br />