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<br />-._-_..--~,,--~-----:. <br /> <br /><2vE2 <br /> <br /> <br />. YOUR OWN WEEKLY FARM NEWSPAPER <br />,~ii\''-'<;R~~ -''-:-----:~~f~:~;iW~~~~ ~fil- <br />, <br /> <br />)II Second Year Of Service To The Western Slope <br />I <br />Pitkin County Gets Backing <br />In Fight Against Diversion <br /> <br />The proposed Frying Pan- Ar- <br />kansas tranS-lnountain diver- <br />sion of the Re-clamati-on Bure-au <br />was branded as short-sighted, <br />extravagant and -against the <br />best interests of Colorado as a <br />whol-e in a talk delivered in As- <br />pen by Arthur H. Carhart 'before <br />the Pitkin Cbunty Water Protec- <br />tion Association. <br />Carhart is a 'controversial na- <br />t.i011al figure in the field -of con- <br />versation. <br />"To divert We.stern Slope wa- <br />ter through projects costing <br />hundreds .of millions, to east of <br />the Divide before we have an <br />adequa!te appraisal of fut'me <br />uses in the natural river basins, <br />may strangle the fullest devel- <br />opment of some of Colorado's <br />most vital res'ources/' he d-eclar- <br />ed, <br />The speaker accused the Rec- <br />lam.ation statement t~Tging this <br />proj2.ct .of one-sided presenta- <br />tion, totally inadequate discus- <br />'sian of Western Slope potential <br />developments and full of evasive <br />contradictions. <br />Carhart pointed out that by <br />'this fI.nd -other major diversions <br />out of the CoLorado river basin, <br />great pulp mills ,to utili"" spruce <br /> <br />timber, oil shale reduction <br />plan t S, ,coal hydrogenation <br />plants as well as in-basin agri- <br />culture might be bloeked in the <br />future for lack of adequate wa- <br />ter supply, <br />"Until we kn-ow the state-wide <br />and particularly the Western <br />Slope future demands on water <br />resources," he said, "'and until <br />these are determined, such pro- <br />jects as 'the Frying Pan-Arka!): <br />sas proposal Should never be ap- <br />proved." <br /> <br />The, speaker hlasted the Colo- <br />rado Water Oonservancy Board, <br />calling it narrow-minded, not <br />repres'enting all water-using in- <br />terests,and being a -Li:ttle Sir <br />E"ho of the federal !Jig-dam <br />proponents, He pointed ,out that <br />by law, the director of this 'board <br />was supposed to speak for the <br />stat.. as a whole, -but failed i ' <br />doing 'that because of limit I <br />outlook regarding wa, tel' weal .1 <br />Carhart 'recommended tliat <br />Western Slope people, 'headed by <br />the Pitkin County Water Protec- <br />tion Association, demand a <br />thoro'.1gh analy:sis -,of the pro- <br />posed diversion p~oje"t. claiming <br />that it is full of 'gaps and In-' <br />adequacies, and a full study of <br /> <br />Wednesday, August 13, 19StS{ij <br />."- - ~ <br /> <br />potential water uses In the nat- <br />utal river hisin -and no Congres- <br />sional aetion until such inclusive <br />check-up Is made, ' <br />"Gommon sense" he said 'can <br />show how Inadequately the en- <br />tire spread of problems involved ' <br />have been covered. It would be I <br />against the entire 'state's best <br />interests to let this be Tail- <br />roacted through without such <br />searClhing examination of all <br />problems involved.'" <br /> <br />'.. --.- ~ -.- <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />"~,,,,:~ <br /> <br />{::h I \ <br />-, ( '. <br />~ W':, ; <br /> <br />. .----'. <br />