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<br />of Montrose, At
<br />the completion of
<br />the feast. the peo-
<br />ple of Lake City
<br />pre s e n t e d the
<br />President with a
<br />I (lh-pound trout
<br />to dine on the
<br />next day, The day
<br />ended as the Pres-
<br />ident was escort-
<br />ed back to his pri-
<br />vate car by the
<br />we:stern sheriffs.
<br />to the accom-
<br />paniment of booming cannons and cheering people. The Den-
<br />ver Post greeted the memorable occasion with banner head-
<br />lines: "Taft Opens Tunnel That Will Make Desert Bloom,"
<br />"Western Slope Makes Event Grand Holiday," "As President
<br />Pushes Button Lifting Headgates Gongs Sounded in Valley,"
<br />"Bore 30,582 Feet Long Will Carry Water Through Base of
<br />Mountains. "~oJ
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<br />Actually, much remained to be done on the Gunnison River
<br />Diversion Project. The intricate canal system in the valley
<br />had to be com-
<br />pleted, finishing
<br />touches had to be
<br />put on the tunnel
<br />itself, and so on,
<br />Indeed, the over-
<br />all project wasn't
<br />considered com-
<br />plete until mid-
<br />1923, at which
<br />time expenditures
<br />had reached $3,-
<br />715074.41, almost
<br />ho]f of which hod
<br />gone for the tun-
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<br />The tunnel portion of the project was declared completed
<br />for present use in June of 1910. with the first \I,'ater for irri-
<br />gation being turned into the tunnel on July 6,'" The Gunnison
<br />Ri\'er Di\'ersion Dam at River Portal was finished in January,
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