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<br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />water resources 'Were presented in 1944 to the Congress by the Corps of <br />Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. The Hale Dam site proposed by <br /> <br />the Corps of Ji:n€,ineers in House Document 475 was replaced by Bonny Dam <br />and published in Senate Document 247, which reconciled the Bureau of <br />Reclamation and Corps of Engineers' plans for the Missouri River Basin, <br />later known as the Pick-Slo~n plan. The coordinated plan proposed the <br />construction of three dams on tributary streams in the Upper Republican <br /> <br />area. Pioneer Reservoir on the Arikaree River was planned for flood <br /> <br />control only, Viray Reservoir on the North Fork oi' the Republican River <br />was proposed primarily for irrigation, and Bonny Reservoir on the South <br />Fork of the Republican River was proposed as a multiple-purpose reservoir <br /> <br />for both flood control and irrigation as the primary features. The <br /> <br />predominant use of the reservoir, however, was for flood control. No <br /> <br />immediate irrigation development is contemplated for Pioneer as it is <br /> <br />primarily for flood control and is under the jurisdiction of the Corps <br /> <br />of Engineers. <br /> <br />A plan for irrigation from Bonny Reservoir as published in Senate <br />Document 191 provided for irrigation of 6,000 acres of new land and 519 <br /> <br />acres for supplemental water supply to the presently irrigated lands <br />under the Hale Ditch. The new lands were to be irrigated on the north <br /> <br />side of the river from Bonny Dam and extending dovm the South Fork to <br /> <br />within a few miles of St. Francis, Kansas. The project, consisting of <br /> <br />dam, reservoir, and irrigation distribution system, was called the <br /> <br />St. Francis Unit. In the Flood Control Act, Public Law 534, December 22, <br />1944, 78th Congress, 2d SeSSion, the St. Francis Unit was authorized for <br />construction. This action by Congress assured the building of Bonny <br /> <br />Dam, the major feature of the St. francis Unit, the largest and most <br /> <br />2501 <br /> <br />