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<br />5. C41orndo ctt~ch cono~ryc~icn ~a5 le03 rapid, confined north of
<br />tho Ute !tono:-vu': ion (ee.! E,,,rm9R!1. l7ua<i:-ill1g1l;l "South Boundarl Ute'
<br />Coded Lanu", npproximataly one ,tUldone-hnlf ndles oouth of Fort ,
<br />Levr:ls) until ~899, und cul!llinat~dt\bou.j;, 1905. Dit,cil construotion:
<br />WM rapid in Colo~a(lo after tho' opening of the Ute Reservation in
<br />April 1899. The fifteen-mila sHip So throwti open toantrr a:dendo
<br />from the State Lin9 to Breen POl:ltolfi<:El,' Inthiastrip lies ~of
<br />Colorado's present irrigated al'i3a. . Settlara01lt ,and' dev.",.l'ap~rlt~i
<br />this 1'Hteen-mile strip \'lore retardedaat least twsnty years be-
<br />causs it WIiB a por1.ten of the Ute,ReservaH<i~h " C'
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<br />6. " , Asser1.ion by He'll l:exico,!aterusers that their 'iI'lI,t'er 'ri~ts .,
<br />largely ant$-date' Colorado prioritiell in ti~;e is true, and, tor the
<br />above reason, viz., Colorado IS i:\renor finsllt irr1gab1s'lands "~,' .'
<br />(Redmean) could not be developed until it woe thrown open too'set-
<br />tlement. Had irrigfition de\'elcrp'4\ill1t been Oll corr.mon ground as, to '
<br />U.L'.El in both otatea, the lIednesCl>;,rea would haVtI been 4ewloped
<br />t\7onty years soor-e,', on d &1l interstate water pl'oblem raised' i<l
<br />the dry cycls of yee.rs extending:l'rQm:,1892 to 1904." ,.
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<br />7. Dud.llg the dry cycle of l892t61S04 inGlnc;be, the'snow-fall
<br />on tho La Pln'tae wa:; tar hslow noroal, and stream-flow. very maagre
<br />in UCIIV l!.axico. AG n reoult tha ~,rrigated area under New Uoxico "
<br />ditches suffered henvi.J.y for weterjoropa 'ylere lost, land values de-
<br />Clined, and many New Mexico waterusara be came discouraged and sold
<br />'out at very low figures, ranchee selling in to'~o froUl tlOOO to, $2000.
<br />SO!!lO of theee paople iuM8 cti.att'll,' llsnfl-t:!"!\tad the Colorado, area upon
<br />its being oper,ed in 1899, and today it. is not uncommon for rancht'rs
<br />in Col:orado to oc!n.i'o discCU1"'g,i.ng early irr:l.sation efforts in NeVI
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<br />8. Some of tho children of thG Mormcn Color!/" established at '
<br />Jackson about eixmiles above th~ mouth of the La Plata River in the
<br />early nineties, and which after\;a.rdsw!lsabandor.sd durir.g' the dry
<br />cycle because of crop failures for, lack of watJr, are today', ranchers
<br />on Re"mtlea. . . ' , ,
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<br />9. , '". An aftermath of this dry cyclejogeJllerwith increased irrigation
<br />in, Colorado occurred about 1\:108, wl1en:an effort was made by ditches '
<br />in New Mexico to bring Ruit 'inth&'trnited States District Court
<br />against d'itchesin Colorad o. . Being::lmproperlydrawn the action was
<br />diem1eQed. ' .." "
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<br />tressing in 1903 and 1903 thatt.he attlntion of the U~ited States
<br />Reolo.mation Service wae called to it. Engineers were sent in to
<br />examine ths situation in 1904 with theresuH that eurveys for a
<br />large project Vlere initiated under U. C. Hinderlider, Engineer in
<br />charge. Mr. H:l.nderlider outlined a project of 40,000 acres in
<br />New,J.i,'xico, commencing at tho State Line. Ti'le water supply \1100
<br />to have come from the Anlll~s River via a tran6-~untain di.ersion
<br />with a 32~ile canal heading at Durango and pi'arcing the AnirJ:ls,
<br />La Plata divide with a S-~ile tunnel. tne estimated cost was
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