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<br />THE PUEBLO STAR.JOURNAL AND CHIEFTAIN
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<br />Published Morning and Evening, Except Sunday Evening,
<br />Every Day in the Year By
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<br />The Star.Journal Publishing Corporation
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<br />Frank S. Hoag. P,esiclenf
<br />Frank S. Hoag Jr., Publisher
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<br />Member, of The Associated Press; The United Press; American
<br />Newspaper Publishers Associationj Colorado Press Association;
<br />The Audit Bureau of Circulation, "
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<br />IN Pitkin County, where the headwaters of the
<br />Roaring Fork 'and the XD;'iEg__~"lJ rivers are lo-
<br />cated, is a very beautiful mountain resOrt called Aspen.
<br />The town is a typical mountain town in the Rockies
<br />which had seen better days during the mining boom,
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<br />It was not until after World war II that Aspen was
<br />converted from its role of a pleasant, mountltin resort
<br />where fishermen liked to go, to one of'the most out-
<br />standing sports and cultural centers in the western
<br />part of the United States, This was accomplished
<br />through the efforts of one man, principally, Walter J.
<br />Paepke of Chicago.
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<br />A"s was the case in other parts of Colorado, many
<br />otber so-called outsiders, possessing considerable
<br />wealth, came to this state and purchased many ranch-
<br />es, farms, homes and made investments in business
<br />propositions, They are all welcome, they have done
<br />many things for the benefit of the state as a whole
<br />and'particulltrly for the localities in which they hltve
<br />settled or invested. '
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<br />But unfortunately it appears that some of these in-
<br />dividuals are being misled or are deliberately distort-
<br />ing the facts in regard to the trans-mountain diver-
<br />sion of water from the headwaters of the Frying Pan
<br />river to the Arkansas river watershed, One of those
<br />who is looked upon as having a reputation ItS a con-
<br />servationist is Arthur H. Carhart, who somehow is
<br />able to get the ear of everyone who is interested in
<br />fish and wild life preservation regardless of whether
<br />he presents all the facts, or as to what his ultimate
<br />goal ~ually is,
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<br />Last week Carhart, while in Aspen, blasted the Fry-
<br />ing Pan-Arkansas diversion project, charging that the
<br />Colorado Conservation board was, "acting against the
<br />interest of Colorado" in its endorsement of the proj ect,
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<br />He made such ridiculous statements as to try to tell
<br />Western Slope residents that the diversion project
<br />would lose pulp mills, oil shale reduction plltnts and
<br />coal hydrogenation plants and would hinder agricul-
<br />ture and livestock development.
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<br />Mr. Carhart is not a conservationist, he is It distor-
<br />tionist,
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<br />All of those who charge the same things or agree
<br />, with him in regard to this project and other projects
<br />involving trans-mountain diversion are guilty of the
<br />same pitfall.
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<br />One of the most striking things about the protest
<br />being made by Carhart and others of the Aspen area
<br />is that the behind the scenes leaders are principally
<br />those from out of state who care nothing fundamen-
<br />tally Itbout whether they have anything more than a
<br />nice place to live in the summertime in a rural com-
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