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<br />'.' <br /> <br />ivlcClu~e f.'.lJ.uded thi:o mO~l~ing Lt the oE:3innin6 of this hearing. <br />I hOj)e there is no citizen of Colore-ceO o:!: of con:: of t!le up <br />river str_tes so selfish f.'.S to l'Iisil to put cnythic;g in the <br />way of those people getting ~rotection f:!:om the terrible <br />flcoa menace ~t the earliest possible moment. Eut while that <br />isoeing done '-'Ie wish to be p::-otecteo_ in our 2"ibhtS for the <br />following :!:E:aSJns: <br />It is )roposed to build a d~~ ct Eoulde::- Canon to <br />store 25,000,000 to ::50,000,000 eCl'e-feet r,JUch more than the <br />average ,~nnu2.1 runoff. 110\i i"o is necess2_2'Y !One:. worth while to <br />build a d2.ni of such cepacity fer floocl~rotection >.:nd to t['_ke <br />care of silt, but so 1~r3e 2. d~m is nut necessary to p~ovida <br />ir~ig['tiou for the lends it is proposed ~o ir~igete at the <br />present t hIe. But there C~6 l'lri. e :'~6[lS 10w6:!: a. O\'Jn in ;,Ie:':ico <br />und with tile riO.ter once in there WOUlCl be c strong temptetion <br />to ex~ard the use ~B that count~y is likely to develop fcster <br />than ours. Also gref.'.t stc'ess is laid on the pO\7er fee.ture <br />of the Boulde~ Cenon den: by the )60])16 oi the lower river. <br />If this d"m is -i));,ilt ;;end filled to ccpecity no'_' \'Ihile w2.ter <br />is plentiful E.nd powe~ developed accol"cci,]t;ly, dem;;_ncl would <br />be made to have that maximum CE.~2city to the det~iment of <br />the upper country. This is \'Ihy 176 woule:_ ask in the compact <br />th"t no lLlitations be put on ,13 io:::- irrigc.tion. The return <br />w2ters ~re bound to be 2 large fEctO:!: in meintaining E staady <br />End reli2.ble supply fo~ ell legitimete uses on the 10Der river. <br /> <br />.-) <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />D <br />