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<br />" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />{}00364 <br /> <br />-24- <br /> <br />If Artesia or Vernal can show an access road that can be built cheaper and <br />better and have as good scenic attractions as the under the Blue Mountain rim on <br />the south side of the Bear River, I am for that road. <br /> <br />We surely enjoyed the IJeeker meetings and we are proud of you and the Water <br />~oard for the gallant fight you are making to protect the water and power of Colo- <br />rado. <br /> <br />I have analyzed the addresses of all the men from your office, Washington <br />D. C., the Park and Salt Lake, and I feel they are not ,just paper men, but that <br />you all know your business. <br /> <br />Yours truly, <br />Gordon and Ilrs. Graham <br /> <br />*******~w~X~Y*~~,~~**~~i~* <br /> <br />The Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association <br /> <br />Montrose, Colorado <br />April 16, 1951 <br /> <br />Colorado River Conservancy District Board <br />Grand Junction, Colorado <br /> <br />(Jentlemen: <br /> <br />As a result of the two public hearings held, one at Gunnison and one at <br />Delta, in our opinion, the Colorado River Storage and Participating Projects are <br />justified and should have a far-reaching effect on the economy of the Upper River <br />Basin. <br /> <br />The Principle that waters ar1s~ng in Western Colorado should be first used <br />to serve the consumptive need, present and potential, in the area in which they <br />arise, should be recognized by all interests. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Reclamation should make every effort to complete surveys so <br />that the determination can be made of the present and potential needs for water <br />on the Western Slope area. <br /> <br />We further believe that it is essential and necessary that said waters be <br />out to a beneficial use without undue delay and that immediate development for the <br />, '.'rigation of new lands and the supplying of supplemental water to lands now in- <br />~dequately irrigated on the Western Slope should take place. <br /> <br />The Curecanti Dam is the key dam for development in Gunnison, Delta and <br />Montrose Counties. Unquestionably this dam will be constructed if the ColoradO <br />River Storage Project is carried forward. ,re believe that the Curecanti Dam should <br />be first constructed ~,d that its construction should be at the earliest practical <br />date. In our opinien such economic loss as is suffered by Gunnison County by reason <br />