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<br />.' <br /> <br />While the assessed valuation of the property of such <br /> <br />outside interests is not large and any revenue raised by direct <br /> <br />taxation of such properties, in the manner provided by the Colorado <br /> <br />Conserv3ncy District Act of 1937. would be relatively small, so <br /> <br />much indirect benefit fran the project will be so widely spre"d <br /> <br />ever the valley that it seems only fair th0t these interests <br /> <br />should perticipnte in the cost of the project. The act cited <br /> <br />above recognizes the importance of such intangible benefits and <br /> <br />provides for an ad valorem tax on all prop8rty included within <br /> <br />a district which includes the cities 2nd towns and much irrigated <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />land which does not receive sny wnter directly. <br /> <br />INDI1\N RIGHTS AND USES <br /> <br />Other Possibilities <br /> <br />After flowing through 1&'1ncos vCllley rmd the deep canyons <br /> <br />below which Bre included in Mesa Verde NatiGl~l pqrk, M3ncos <br /> <br />River enters the Southern Ute Indian Reservotic~. <br /> <br />Irrigated land here is limited to 123 acres situated <br /> <br />where U. S. highway bbb from Cortez to Shiprock crosses the river, <br /> <br />and w3ter for this lo,nd is pu:nped from underflow during the lClte <br /> <br />summer months. Adjacent to this small development thero is about <br /> <br />400 acres of Class 2 arable land not now irrigated. The mesa lands <br /> <br />in this vicinity Ore all peor residuul shale soils, almost uniformly <br /> <br />~too thin fer successful development. <br />(), ~ <br />. .~ 2'2' 42 <br />