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<br />ei <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />000982 <br /> <br />Re port of tllC J0gionc.l Director <br /> <br />in t.ho Gc:ring, " Fte Lr.l"o.mic, c.nd the Gosl1cn Districts, i:ospcctivol:l, <br />in 1946. <br /> <br />LCCAL EmUS;RY <br /> <br />25. Although the j'orth Pkttc Project is .3u"Jdi".."iccd into sO'T82',,1 <br />irr~_Gc.tio:::: uistricts, ocono:.1icnlly t.he entire [\rca mc.y bc cons:.dcI"cd <br />o.s ::.. u::lit" ".7a.ge:s ::.!1d pr"iCDS p:'ov:;.iling; in O!1Q irrig:..'.tion district <br />o.ro COlilp~.r:J.blo -\r:1_tl1 tilCSO in r.i1othcrj crops end livestock [\1'0 simil:::.:ro <br /> <br />26. I:1QUStI'iC\.1 [~ctiyit:{ 1Ji thin -the p~ojc:Jt c_rc~" is tied in with <br />the o.gric:'1.1tural dcvclopmcnt"J L.'1rgo CJ1d sm~ll pl':~l1ts Ll t:10 folloYli!1{; <br />Ib:.c s of :~.cti vi ty ['.re loc8.tcd in SOyol'::,.1 to\'ntS on the project: beot <br />sug:-'.r rcfinLlg; gr::l.in.. foed Clnd seed processing; pot;::.to proccs.sinGj <br />mc':'..t p:,.ck~ng; f~.rm m:~chincr~l; c..nd crox:1Cl"'ics :..:r:d turkey !)l'ocGssing.:l <br />T::orc ~..s ::,.180 c01:sid.Gr~ctlC' :~.cti~:ity in c:-..binct, furnituro ;:,.nd mill <br />'."JOr.1.:; olo.:\" brick:s f:.r.d cement blocksj :~!ld pctroleu!7I refining in add=-tio!1 <br />to such :...'..ctivitics r.S ro.ill:~ond c,nn trG.ck mnintrJ:lnncoj w:wlcsc..lir:.E; af <br />food, [.ute p.~,rts, etc..; rct:tiling; bottl~l1.c; 'narks; b8..kcricsj ~d <br />C:!1tl: rt~.inJ:1cnt.. <br /> <br />27< Livcstock not sle.uc;htered 1000.110' e,rc ship;oed to roidHCGtcrYl <br />mo.rkotso Processed bco..ns, potatoes, ::.nd turkeys 8.1'0 sent to c....,~stcrn <br />roc.rl,cts. T re.l1G porte. tion fer the p;'o.jcct c.ree. is pro"~.ided by tHO re.: 1- <br />TCCcd lines, by ::;ovcral b'..ls ~nd truck li:-1cs, r'.nd by ~ir service o.Y:":'cil- <br />,'."10 e.t Scottsbluff, An independont telephone company provldes <br />corr1!:lu....'"1icD.tio~ f:.cilitics,) lloGt of the arca is covorC'd by!illA linc:s. <br />The :'~.rt1s ['.re 1'10 11 devc lor-cd, 1'li th above n70ra.:::;c impl~o"rCIilC!lts" The <br />torJ!lS ::'.!ld cities ill tho project n.r~8. provide gf)od schools, churches, <br />C',nd banking f~-.cilitics~ A jlLl1ior college is opcr:",'.-!:;ed by the cit~l of <br />Scottsbluff. <br /> <br />WATER U:-;r::S <br /> <br />28. Tho Ft~ L:~r8.ITlio Di-,/isio:l is EO\"l ill ::'.. hiSh st:."'.to of dcyclop- <br />r~c:nt i:1CLSl11UCn ['..5 the districts hc....;-c h.:C:l in opcr~;.tio~l for norG t1K-..n <br />trJc:"lty ~rc;.l.rs"O Their problcn is th,.:t ()f oct tor rCG;ul~'..tion r',:1d <br />conservC'.tion of :"',so.ilc"blo \".;ater, rcsultir:.g from chc.nf;od cropping <br />p~.ttcrr:.so <br /> <br />2.90 .A B\..'.rc:....u apsrC':tcd llydroclcctric pl;:-,nt ncc.r Li!'J.gl.J.. Vf:7or.,iT1g, <br />rocc;i"'l'Js its rlC'.tcr supply t~1rough t~.c Fto Lc~rnmic C::-.n~.l; hm'lcynrJ tho <br />opcr8.tion of t.b-...t plc.nt is contir...;ent upon the sU[l2=:ly of yg).tcr in the <br />cr-.~_1;:\1 ::"nd the irrigc.tion dc:nc.nds thereon" As c. result, the 60ncro..- <br />tion of pO'.-:or is irrcguh'.r.. )Clrticlllcd"ly durin.; t:1C irrigr~tion 800..80..1. <br />Ino.sr.1uch ~,s t::.c potcntinl Er[~zicl Rcscrv.oir ..-Joule. i:.c 'J.soo. only l'or <br />rog1.tl:.'.tury PU1'POSCSJ tiie :.ntcr:;l'ittcnt roleases rJOuld rcs1.1lt in u <br />hig~1l:r fluctu['.tinr; "\:l[:~tQr surf:::.cc olcv~.,tio!lJ l:.cncc hydroelectric pOllor <br /> <br />7 <br />