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<br />, <br /> <br />000367 <br /> <br />-27- <br /> <br />up over 786 acres of land that I own--which is as good ranch land as there is in <br />the Gunnison River Valley--and which is supplied by as good water right as there <br />is in the North Fork of t.he Gurmison Valle~T.. The qu.uity of the l:l...""ld tha.t I o;,-n <br />(this 786 acres) is far above the average quality of the lands that will be under <br />~he Smith Fork Reservoir (9800 Acres) so that you can see that it will be neces- <br />,ary for me to give up over 8% as: mu'ch land as will be benefitted by the con- <br />t'truction of the Smith Fork 9800 acre reservoir--and I might mention here that <br />from this 786 acres of land I receive an income that is more than sufficient to <br />provide for me and my family--but regardless of this splendid income- I will pay <br />nny one ~l,OOO.OO in cash that will prove that I have ever said or done anything <br />that would slow up or prevent the construction of the Smith Fork project--and the <br />reason for my action 'is in keeping with the views expressed in this letter con- <br />~8rning the construction of the dam in the Black Canon of the Gunnison--I want to <br />see these dams located where the greatest good to the greatest number will be <br />realized, knowing as we all do-that if we fail to store or use the waters that are <br />-:Jow available-the day will come-and it's not far off when somebody else will own <br />title to this water and those who are to follow us-will find that we sold them <br />0C..,m the river by failure to do our duty to them-and future generations. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br />Leslie J. Savage <br /> <br />i~w..**.. W*****~~**~~**i~**~* <br /> <br />Crawford, Colorado <br />April 21st---1951 <br /> <br />Hc-norable Clifford H. Stone-Director & Board Members, <br />G010rado River Uater Conservancy Board, <br />State Office Building <br />Jenver,Colorado <br /> <br />.lentlemen: <br /> <br />Will you please attach this as a P.S. to letter we wrote you dated l~th inst. <br /> <br />Since we wrote you on the 11th in which we said that it was our opinion in <br />order to carry out the obligation of the State of Colorado with reference to the <br />Division of the water of the Colorado River Basin--we would be compelled to either <br />store or use the water our State was entitled to that it would be best for the <br />first dam located on the Gunnison l/iver to be located below Sapinero, we have con- <br />ferred with Mr. Ed Dutcher and P. P. Mickelson of Gunnison and they have told us <br />of a number of requests that the people of Gunnison and the Gunnison River Valley <br />expected to make in event it was decided to build the first dam below Sapinero. <br />It is our opinion that careful and favorable consideration should be given to the <br />''',,'wests made by these Colorado-Gunnison County citizens--as we are of the opinion <br />chat they should be given special priority rights because of the many hardships <br />that will fall upon Gunnison County and the citizens who own ranches and all those <br />