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<br />1, I <br /> <br />3447 <br /> <br />..,.; <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />Denver. Colorado. <br />Ootober 24. 1920. <br /> <br />Hon. Victor E. Keyes, <br />Attorney General, <br />State U.COlorado. <br /> <br />Dear S1rl- <br /> <br />1Il20 REPORT. LA PLATA RIVER INVES'lIGA'l'10NS. <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />Herewith attached please lind the Anuual Report oovering the <br />1920 rield !Jave.t.1gaUone Oft the La Plata Rinr in Colorado and NlI'II <br />Mex1co. Statemente made 11'l thio repnrt ehould take prec.dence CIveT <br />any disagreelll9nte oocurring 11'l the 1:919 report. The tl10 llIIlIItal ",porte <br />ehot.lld be ueedJ01nUy .. one "port. '1'be all 01 irrigated luldo', page S, <br />.bO'Wll 11'l the 1920 report is Unal, and inoludes New lledoo '. area. <br /> <br />ConcluB1ollll and reco_ndaUons wUl bs lound on page /4,16 <br /> <br />Specal La Plata Investigatione have noVl ree.ched a ste.ge whero <br />they oan be disoontilll1ed, e!Jace lIIllt1cl.ent data have been aeoured to <br />arr1". at genoral Cloncl udoo and be prepa",d to ellter court 1t New <br />llexico indete . <br /> <br />The otJ"H/JI gflg1"r on the La Plata Rt".r at HeepeJ'\le and <br />the State Lio ehwld be oonUlIlIed lndet11'lltelYl also Long HoUnr at <br />IIOUth, Ch'rry Oneil: .t _th, Hel'll108A Creek .t Lee's llanch Ileal' mouth, <br />JUIIOUon C""k .t IllOUth, &lid L1gbtner Oreell: 11881' llOuth. AlTBIlgtllll8Jl'h <br />wlth the St.te Ingin..r's otttAls ban been -.1. whereby thie W8rk wi.U <br />be aamed on by the regP.1ar ltydl"Osraphio Deparlll81l\. <br /> <br />That department has alee been requested to etud1 continuoue17 <br />the snov-fAll reports of tho Southw.st and the Baa hen lIounta1rus, in <br />order that 780.1"8 of 10" Nlt'"'Otr IlBY be &IIt1cipated and spooial atte_ <br />tion given then to etraam-Ilow and H.. Uexioo oonditioas. The re- <br />occurrenoo of ex'\.relll8 lRlb-normal 7S1ll'll in stream-flow wUl rev1're the <br />La Plata confUct ed give flew llexioo Engineers opportunity '1.0 lIeemre <br />concrete date. to sustain their contention of New Uedco' _tel" 1.108"', <br />IIhould no 1mmed1.ate oourt aoUon be taken by that state. <br /> <br />L.A.Gillett. State Engineer, 01 New Uex10o, and hie assistante, <br />have welcolll8d every proposal tor co-operation and uchllJlgo 01 enginl8r- <br />ing data, and thereby prevent duplication and unnecesBary expenditures. <br />