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<br />.or ... ,- <br />1 'J. '.' 'J <br /> <br />24 <br />75 <br />Vall ey. <br /> <br />alone with other civic leaders, .of' the dry Ar!tl:\nsa:J <br /> <br />This visit was of course a great promotion for the F~yinBpan- <br /> <br />.~kansas Project and it would again be revitalized the following <br /> <br />year. <br /> <br />~d <br /> <br />Following the set back of tho ?ry-Ark Project in 1956, <br />Governor McNichols took a strong stand and felt that the problems <br />over the Colorado Jiver Storage Project Act h3n to be solved <br />satisfactorily if the state was to proceed with its water develop- <br />ment. A firm resolution to the problom didn't come about until <br />76 <br />19~0 though. Following the failure of the Fry-Ark ilill to <br />pass the i1ules Committee in 1951~ addi tiono.l bills were in traduced <br />77 <br />and hearings were held in 1955 and 1956. Congressmen following <br />the latter two hearings told supporters of the bill that the <br />Fry-Ark Project probably would not be passed until a taxinG <br /> <br />district was formod and a Repayment Contract with the government <br />could be made. As a result, in 1957-1958, supporters of the bill <br /> <br />led by Mr. Hoag, Mr. Christy, <br />peti tions to form t'lis taxing <br /> <br />and Mr. Thomson, <br />78 <br />district. <br /> <br />began circulatinG <br /> <br />These petitions were circulated because under Colorado <br /> <br />law they were needel so the court could establish the district <br />79 <br />as a political entity. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />75 . <br />Lohmiller, p. 142. <br />76 <br />Sparks, p. 150. <br />77 <br />Hoag, p . 1 36 . <br />78 <br />Thomson, p. 156. <br />79 <br />Hoag, p. 156. <br /> <br />