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<br />hobert H. Rose
<br />Chester J. Petty
<br />G. H. Skewes
<br />Ivan Patterson
<br />Paul B. Palmer
<br />E. E. Ballenger
<br />i"'.l.!1k l"mrd
<br />J. l',ay Roberts
<br />Whitney D. Hammond
<br />J~I,(,k Turner
<br />C. R. Henderson
<br />Gordon A. Weller
<br />K. E. Corrdery
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<br />D. A. Martin
<br />John F. Parker
<br />Lloyd B. Mason
<br />Robert L. Maddox
<br />;;01',".ce Buchanan
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<br />Superintendent, Mesa Verde National Park
<br />! Sheriff, La Plata County
<br />Secretary, Chamber of Commerce
<br />Empire Electric Association
<br />Lawyer
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<br />Vernal Chamber of Commerce
<br />Vernal Chamber of Commerce
<br />" Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
<br />Vernal Lions Club
<br />Vernal Lions Club
<br />Meeker Chamber of Commerce
<br />Meeker Chamber of Commerce
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<br />Farmer
<br />Farmer (Florida Project)
<br />,Farmer
<br />Farmer
<br />. Turner Securities
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<br />Mesa Verde, Colo.
<br />Durango, Colo.
<br />Durango, Colo.
<br />Cortez, Colo.
<br />Farmington, N. M.
<br />Cabone, Colo.
<br />Vernal, Utab
<br />Vernal, Utab
<br />Vernal, Utah
<br />Vernal, Utah
<br />Vernal, Utab
<br />lfleeker, Colo.,
<br />I~eekel',Colo .
<br />Bloomfieild., :
<br />New Mexico
<br />Durango, Colo.
<br />Durango, Colo.
<br />Aztec, New 14exico
<br />Durango, Colo.
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<br />The meeting con~ened at 10:15 a.m. in the District Court Room at Durango,
<br />COlorado, with Dan Hi;lnter, member of the Colorado .later Conservation Board presiding.
<br />Mr. Hunter gave the welcoming address and introduced Judge Stone, Director of the
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board. Judge Stone then introduced most of the persons
<br />present at the meeting and asked those he had not previously mentioned to introduce
<br />'~hemselves. He stated that he had invited representatives from New Mexico to attend
<br />the meeting since the State Line was more or less fictitious as far as water was
<br />concerned since the ~pper Colorado River Compact was signed. Be explained that
<br />the Colorado River S~orage Project Interim neport, prepared by Region 4 of the
<br />Bureau of Reclamation, had been submitted to the State of Colorado for comments.
<br />Before making comments on the report to the Bureau of Reclamation, the COlorado
<br />Water Conservation Bdard had called for five meetings throughout the State, at
<br />Craig, Grand Junction, Durango, Pueblo and Denver, to discuss the report with
<br />local interests, and to obtain their views, comments and desires on the project.
<br />The meetings at Craig and Grand Junction had already been held, and the meetings
<br />at Pueblo and Denver 'Would be held within the next few days. After all the meetings
<br />have been concluded the Colorado Water Conservation Board will submit conunenlls tG
<br />the Bureau of Reclamation, and later will confer on the report with the other
<br />interested states. J~dge Stone reviewed the steps necessary before the report
<br />could be authorized by Congress. He then called on Regional Director, E. O. Larson,
<br />to expla~n the operation of the Colorado River storage Project and participating
<br />projects as setup in,the Bureau of Reclamation interim report.
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<br />Mr. Larson explained the project as at the preceding meetings, emphasizing the
<br />four major problems on the Colorado River. The first problem, the division of the
<br />waters ot the Colorad~ River between the Upper and Lower Basin States, had been
<br />solved by the Colorad~ River Compact of 1923. The second problem, or the division
<br />of the Upper Basin Sta,tes share of water, has been solved by the Upper Colorado
<br />River Basin Compact of 19h8. The third problem is the repayment of the construction
<br />cost of irrigation prQjects beyond the ability of the water users to repay. The
<br />fourth problem is the'locations where we can best use the 7,500,000 acre-feet of
<br />water allocated ,to th~ Upper Basin States. The Colorado River Storage Interim
<br />Report sugges1;sa sol*,ion for tl1e third problem. The fourth problem would have
<br />to be solved by 'furth~ investigations.
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