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<br />Population of Colorado
<br />; ;1920-939,629 1930-1,035,791
<br />'1940-1,123,296 1950-1,325,089
<br />I ~ In 1953-1,480,000
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<br />San :Luis
<br />bamArgued'.
<br />At ,Hearing
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<br />BY l"RED."BAKER. -I
<br />:d- _, Denver Post, Staff Wr1ter.,'
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<br />~ALAMOSA, Colo., July 14.-c-AIi .
<br />estimated 125!,ersons crOl;,dedthe
<br />dlsjrlct .courtro~m .here Tuesdai to
<br />pr~~.en! arguments for' and' agamst
<br />. prol!osed constraction 01. the $51-
<br />utiUlon Wagon Wheel Gap dam in
<br />tI1e\ _rich, San Luis 'valley.
<br />.'l'he one,-day public hearing was
<br />beipgheld by asub.committee'ol
<br />tl)e; $ta{e 'water ,conservation:, boarq :
<br />b'ad~d ,by .its.director, Ivai> :c.
<br />Ctawford:With:hiin were' George .
<br />J. J~aiIey 'o,f. Walden, ,. yice" chair- '
<br />:man.; ROyce_Tipton of Denver,' con.
<br />S9ItinK engi1J~ei'; - Jean'S. Breiteni,
<br />stein' pf, 1?,Emver. .. attorney, and
<br />11ternber"R.,J. 'Moses, ()f,Alal)iosa. :
<br />;''the -morning sessIon was devoted
<br />to. ;.those '-favoring construction :-0:1:
<br />the~:huge dam, key struCture in the
<br />Rio 'Grande valley divisidn of the .-
<br />S*n:~,'Luis - valley rec1amatioh-:_'proj~ ~
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<br />.:ConStrirction 01 the dam already .
<br />h~s _ been recommended by the
<br />U. S. reclamation bUreauj which
<br />has ,sent its report to other federal
<br />a~encies and the ~overnors 01 Colo-' ~
<br />radq; -:New Mexico and Texas.
<br />lItE TO GET STANDS, . si
<br />J:ie~pons'es of these officials-and .!.
<br />the:_ COlorado water board-will ,be -
<br />fo~arded, to President Eisenhower F
<br />as'-. preliminary step to-presenta- :_
<br />tipn' of the project I'eport to con'
<br />gress.
<br />ArnJng those. te,ti,fying in lavor
<br />of :JIie ' dam Tuesday -- ,was ,Ray
<br />Fletcher, president of. the.:,Alamosa
<br />Ch~~ber of _ Commerce and - pub- '
<br />lisher of the. AIamc)sa Courier,,; ,
<br />. He told the board. that the pro)' tl
<br />ect could add $1 million annually 'n'
<br />to the economy of the Alamosa (f
<br />area._-affecting the JivIihood of some . Ii
<br />~O,OOO persons. n
<br />-"Charles Houser,-- mayor of';Ala-
<br />masa;' saId ,the _city cou,ncii heie has a
<br />gone on 'record in favor at .the 430- 'd
<br />footda'in that would create a, stor- 1
<br />age reservoir for _1;050,000 _ acre';'
<br />le,~t 01 water' to regulate the IIow t
<br />0/ the ~io Grande. . (
<br />HEADSOI'I'OSITION. t
<br />. John Veteto, r:naYOLO of Monte l\:
<br />Vista;. ~aid construction -of the dam a:
<br />would mark, Hone of the greatest w
<br />achievements; possible for the San cl
<br />Luis valley." Ct
<br />, In addition to irrigation and power
<br />. fe_atutes. the' project would provide gE
<br />floon',control prQtection for areas in he
<br />sOUthern -Colorado and northern sp
<br />!!Iew MexIco. PI
<br />; Heading the Ojlposition'was Elmer
<br />Headlee of M(;inte - Vista, a former su
<br />state - s~nator .'and a former mem~ Tl
<br />~$r of the .state water board. a. 'j
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