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<br />-. <br /> <br />ffj5:J <br /> <br />(Projoct lC:nds) <br /> <br />Spocial problons <br /> <br />,Tho only spocial probloJ:! of tho Bosseoor c.rea is ol~.li:l(\tion of <br />surf~co drain~ho difficultios c~usod by hibh,my and ditch br~~0s. <br /> <br />, ., <br /> <br />Colorado, Booth-Orchard Grove. and Excolsior Cana's sub~!_~ <br /> <br />i: _ <br /> <br />Tho subaroa, s~own on exhibits 3 and 4, pagos and . is ~'unded <br />on tho west and north by tho Booth-Orchard Grevo Ditcil, tho ExoolcriQr <br />Ditch, and tho Colorado Canal. It is bounded on tho vast by Horsu Crook' <br />~=and=on~t,ho",sout h and=s out!;.oe. st",by~t had.r.Jmh Sll'S- River c'<\nd-,t ho~Ho 1 b.r.o,ok- <br />o:.,Co.l1a-l~.-.C.Tho. ,"-ron, is 10c<i.tod=o;1'Oth,,~ncr_th=sido :6f~tho':1\.rk:JIlso.s'::RivcrL._., <br />-. c:.-':o~iit-=gf=Piioblo~':i:nd- in~i\wbb-a:hd-CrGwleyCou~'i':.s:-~:TE~ ~_":i:lgClte=()!,~ _-_ <br />'-~~O :Bc;ot..h:"Orc~"-rSl_ Gr2Vo= Dltoll,:i:"s~l~,E'1iiifow-=~t he;-c'oiif'liio-nC:? _6CtliCi-!~Ii.'l-', <br />, - ta.~~ an.q=t\1c :~i-@,ris~ 'l. Ri~.~=:'cThoc:.d ictch _oxtand soe~.ii'Yn:.!d~fo r-=a'oot.it_=~:-: <br />nilos and~ ht1s~thouoldost -adjuc1ic~tod -wntor-right-- in :,lho-kr...nsO:s,-V<i-Uoy. <br /> <br />- <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tho hoc.d;c.to of tho Exoolsic'r Ditoh is south of the and of the <br />Booth-Orohnrd Grovo Ditch. Tho Exeo 1 sial' Dit ch extoJ1':ls oastW-lrd about <br />7 nilos to North Avondo.lo, <br /> <br />Tho ho~d~~te of tho Color~do Can~l is 3 oilos wo~t of Boono. Tho <br />ct\r.o.l follows tho hills o1oso to tho ..rlconsns Rival' for sovoral oilos <br />and thon ontors a broad upland =11oy noar 01noy Spri.llr;s. It oxtonds <br />oast past Lako Henry to lIorso <:.roo~ 'md is 49 ",il0S -h,nG. Tho mjority <br />of tho irrigatod lands aro,uplands loeatod around Olnty Springs, Crowloy, <br />Ord~y, Clnd SUb~r City. Rival' battcnland undor tho c,lor~do Car.~l is <br />usually punp~irriGatod, althou;;h thoro aro a fow snaa fiolds irrir,a.tod <br />dirootly fro;., tho =a1. Pur.lp-irl'i,:atod lands are in tho r.li.nority, but <br />thoy aro boof;raphically loco.tud so tho.t thoy oan 150 s<arvod by tho pros- <br />ont oano.l. Thoy would bone fit tronondously from supp~~nontcl wa.ter, 'as <br />it o..'\n be suppliod nuoh 1"01'0 ocor.or.li.e"-lly th~n tho prc,font pUf.1pod wo.tor. <br /> <br />Soils <br /> <br />--.---- <br /> <br />Lcmd in the north ond oast part of tho aroa sorvod by tho Colorado <br />Canal is undorl~in by Piarro shalo, whoreas the suUthor~ part is undor- <br />la.in ~J tho Niobrara group. Both tho Piorro s~'\la and' .no ~pishnpn <br />shalo of tho Niobr~rc, group 0.1'0 salt boo.rinG, tho offect of which is <br />_ e~llm~!y_ np.tioenbl~ _~Eeo inlly in the.. eAs:tern_pe.r_t_of_O;he_area~ <br /> <br />24 <br />