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<br />1500 <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />p1lIIIp the Arkansas niv,~r dry during the dryer months. <br /> <br />A 501- <br /> <br />ution had to be found for this problem. Mr. I30u s toad then <br />started a campaign to bring these wells into a priority sys- <br />tem which was bitterly opposed by the pumpers. This priority <br />system was eventually established witi1 the backing of Larry <br />, 108 <br />(Felix) Sparks. <br /> <br />However, in gaining the support of legislatures for <br />the passage of this qill, Mr. Boustead spent a good deal of <br />money and this gave t.he pumpe rs an opportunity for what became <br />known' as the "~le:t'l1ie Gase ". This case basically char.ged the dis- <br />trict with mismanage~ent. This case began in 1966 and was solved <br />in 1970 in the State Supreme Court. The court ruled that it had <br />no jurisdiction over the case which in effect ruled against the <br />109 <br />pumpers. <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />Presently there are several thousand pumps used for <br /> <br />irrigation east of Pueblo and they pump 120,000 acre feet of <br />110 <br />water a year. <br /> <br />In 1969 two main activities took place. The first <br /> <br />; <br />, <br /> <br />item was the objection, by environmentalists in Pitkin County, <br /> <br />of building a road up Hunter Creek and as a result of this it <br /> <br />""" do"ld"d 1;,. <11'1"" 1;11<) lIulll:<)1' '~I'()(llc l:\lnnol from one adit, a <br />111 <br /> <br />OhUIlf-'iI' "'"dill I.IHI III" t.: I UN.I P I all:!. <br /> <br />The second event was the adoption of a new water act. <br /> <br /> <br />1015 <br /> Beise, ). 7. <br />109 <br /> Ibid., }. 7. <br />110 <br /> Ibid. , p. 9. <br />111 <br /> Ibid., (). 7. <br />