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<br />INTRODUC1IOli <br /> <br />The investigat10n of this, project, together with a <br /> <br />UUIlIberof others in We6ternCo1oredo, TIllS undertaken I:\Il a ?ublic <br /> <br />!forks project (F.P.49) UIlder er. allotrllllnt of $150,000, from the <br />IIPl'ropr1etion made aviUle,ble UDder tho llational Industrial P.e- <br />coveT,1 Act of june 16, 1933. .The purpose of the Project wae <br />stated cSI <br /> <br />"Stucl7'o! posllible irrigation llnd j?ower'de- <br />velopments in the Stv.te of Colorado, particularly <br />in thf.t portion west of the Continental Divide. a . <br /> <br />Acting in cooperat1on 11'1 th the Colorado State Plen- <br /> <br />ning CCIllmisoion, tho Bureau ot R6cll1lll8tion has undel'wkt:n first <br /> <br />to investigate. ~se areos, elrea4T 6ettled and irrigstad, where <br /> <br />~n ecute need for l5Upplelllental water supply existsJ tIluIre the <br /> <br />settlere on the proposed project tore by lSOme form of lJrganize- <br /> <br /> <br />tion and activity attempt10ng to rellleq their difficult.YJ llnd <br /> <br />where th6se Bottlers have forlll8lly expressed their willlng- <br /> <br />!leSS, should the project be built, to repa,' ite. cost under <br />the terms of tb.e National Rec].r.mat1on Act. <br /> <br />Under the terms of Chapter 145, Colorado Session <br /> <br />LeWIl 1935, the II ettlors forJned the l4lln4oB Public Irrigation <br /> <br />~ <br />Cl1 <br />...;;. <br /> <br />Diet.rict, and elected i1r. J. L. Dyer, President, end Mrs. <br />Clue L. Ormiston, Secretary. 1Ms organization hired Mr. <br />H. L. OW6nB, of Cortez, Colorado, who on April 25, 1936, rEl- <br /> <br />ported apon the Weber Resorv01r. <br /> <br />1 <br />