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<br /> <br />002473 <br /> <br />z. <br /> <br />Mr. Burgess bad informed us that the Colcirndo Cana117l1S <br />not diverting aEW we.ter so "", did not stop there. <br /> <br />The river was measurliil at Nltre_ta and a nail driven in the <br />piling under the Santa Fe. RR bridge at the water surfaoe. <br /> <br />At .the otero Dttob we found that all the WBter was returnil1@; <br />to the river thl"O~ thf3 wast...y. We then went to ~ river <br />at FO'II'ler and set 8 mark at the water surfaoe, returning to <br />Fowler for the night. <br /> <br />Seotio~ !Wo. Ootober 6th... 1921. <br /> <br />We went to ihe rivel' trt Fcrw10r 8.t 7:30 A.M. and found the <br />stream to be at the G8Jl1llheight as on the .previous evening. The <br />mea.8urSClent. made on ih40 5th at. Nepeata 'WIlB used 8S the inf'lOlf <br />..t the beginning of seotioli tlro.. <br /> <br />All the dit~hG8 in this seotion were gaged with the exoeption <br />01' the Otero whioh was dry at the rating flume and tiL Ft. Ivons. <br />'lbe iJlage heidlt was read on the Ft. INons Carial end. the BlOOunt <br />taken fl"om the measurement mnde the riext morning. <br /> <br />When we arrived at the Catlin Ditoh. the ga'ge height was 2.00 <br />ft. and by'lhe time the _Sur_ont 'W811 oolnp1eted the ditoh had <br />raised to Q ~age height of' 2.26 ft. Evidently some of the water <br />liaS turned O\1t of the d itob the night bet'ore and they '\'I'8l"e putting <br />it in while we were the!':l" T{ie gage height reported on this ditoh <br />the dllY prsviDllS lIall 2..20 i't. and the mean gage height 01' the <br />moaourement was 2.19 ft. !he Holbrook and Rooky Ford ditohee h&d <br />ohanged dui:ing the night.. The alliounts measured in these ditohell <br />were used as it.as i!lS8Ullled that the water in the river at these <br />points would reaoh La Junta ~ ovenin@;. <br /> <br />;: <br />.:.- <br /> <br />A careful investip;ation was made of the _ste water from. the <br />Rooky Forti and Swink Sugar Faotol'iel! and this 1!BS measured. <br /> <br />When we arrived a t the la JW\ta st~tion it 'MIl! too dark to make <br />a measurement so the gage heiGht was recorded to be applied to the <br />curve obtained from the 1\Ii3a5Ure~nt to be made the next 1l10rning. <br /> <br />The determinations 1'01' saotion two 0lUl only be considered fair. due <br />to the cba1\fell that ooourred in the ditohes and stream. <br /> <br />: ll~l~ <br />