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'. ~ -...- L_ _ :. 'un(l915 "'-. - 34- with groups and individuals I have concerned myself chiefly with the human side of the problem as a matter of justice and a fair deal. My fellow ci tizens in the Li ttle Snake do not ask for charity. They merely ask for the same consideration which our Government has so justly and magnanimously extended to other communities under like conditions. There is another aspect to this case--sentimental you may call it. These good people living in the Little Snake River Valley are practically all either pioneer settlers, or diroct descendants of pioneer stock. They rapresent a sturdy, industrious, and intelligEih citizenship. They have borne many of the hardships that are tha let of frontier life. They have asked for little either from Stata or Federal Government, and they have alwp.ys responded to the call either for military service or revenue. Then, gentlemen, thesa facts stand out boldly: 1.. The naed is most urgent. At a moating ef the Upper Green River Development Company, Chairman Hitchcock presiding, aftar a cAXaful consideration of the aleven projects that were listed for fav0rable recomm~ndation, d~- cided by unanimous vote that the Little Sn~e River project on tho basis of "urgency" should be given second place. (No\.! first Place). This .boRrd was created by the laws of Wyoming and its members are appointed by tho governor. The title bespeaks the function of the Board. 2. The water supply for stornge is rumple. Detailed and exhaustive reports of Federnl and State engineers c0vering years of observatio~ and study uniformily confirm this statement. 3. Hundreds of acres of productive land would increase their yie1d vastly ~!i thout appreciable ndded cost in labor or super,'.vis'.on. 4. During the high water or flood runoff season thousands of cubic yards of the richest alluvial soil that forms the river banks are washed away and carried down stream, never to be replaced. It is gone forever. The effect is to widen the river bed area with a pra~. , tically usaless gravel formation. The total loss of acres-I';e to ,)18 Valley TUllS high each season. A roservoir would place flood waters under controL 5. The incraase of the water supply and its storage at a hiGh e1.e- vation would not only add apprecia~ly to the product" of tho soii. but it would make available potential weal th in the form of hydro- alectric power that would contribute in no small way to the industricl devolopme~t of our state. 6. Prosneri ty would be brought to .the homes of large numbers of deserving loyal Americans whose lives aro dcvotad to the highest i- deals of our citizenship.