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Show Should Protest Diversion DiversionOf DiversionOf Of Water to Eastern Slope SlopeMack SlopeMack Mack Citizen Urges Local People to Act Immediately Immediatelyto to Protect Their Right to Colorado River RiverBefore RiverBefore RiverBefore Before It is Too Late . Eastein E'lstelll Elstelll Eastern ' . . Utah and western Colorado peope people ] should fight fightto fightto fightto to the last ditch to prevent the pioposed plOposed proposed diveision dlVelsIOn dlvelslon of Colorado Colo Cololado Coloiado lado rado river nver " waters "aters aters to the eastern slope of the Roc&y Rocy Rocky & moun mountams mountarns mountains tams tarns according accordmg to Don Weimer 'Venner Venner Weirrier ' , , Mack , Colo rancher who whoin whom 111 in a letter to the editor of The Times Independent , points pomts ou outhat outhat outhat that the pt-opis pt opis rt.ople rtople people . - of the westein westelll Western slope will lose their bllth bfith bfithlight bllthllght biithlight llght light unless unleqs they nse rise up immediately to prevent the plO pio plOposed pioposed pioposed posed dl\ dl di dneision dlelSIOn dneisionThe \ elSIOn eision elSIOnThe eisionThe The mattci mattel mattei is 1S likely hkely to come to a head at this session seSSlOn oTcongress of ofcongress ofcongress congress Eastern Colorado interests mterests are a asking < ; kll1g tor an ap appropnatlOn appropriation appropnation propnatlOn propriation foi the Grand lake pioject ploJect project which contemplatedlivelting contemplate contemplatechvel contemplatediveiting , chvel dlivelting tmg the headwaters of the Colorado nvei rIvel rivei through the thecontinental th the.continental thecontinental < . . contmental continental divide to be used for irrigation IrngatIon purposes on th&eastern theastern the- the theeas theeasern & - easern eas } ern slope Mr Weirnei Welmel Welmei urgp " < , that eastern Utah people peoplerequest people.request peoplerequest . . request then . senators and lepresentatives IepresentatIves representatives in m congress tl tc tchave tchave . have the Grand lake appropriation applopnatIOn killed II- II : - IIFollo . Follolng Folio Follo \lng lng sing \ \ Ing Is Mr Weimers Welmer Weimer s letter letterIuch letterwhich letterwhich \Iuch Iuch which , \ should be read rE'ad ' and senou.sl senousl serious senouslconsidered . ] consIdered by all " western "estern estern aestern slo slot slotresidents slop-residents slop residents slopresidentsAs - resIdents residentsAs As you know there Is a deal ll or orto ( orto " , to take tale water from the headwater headwaterof of the Colorado river through the thecontinental thecontinental continental divide to northernColorado northern northernColorado Colorado If this water is taken thepeople the thepeople thepeople people of a , western \ estern Colorado and andeastcrn andeastern andeastern eastcrn eastern Utah have lost the bIggest bIggestnatural biggestnatural biggestnatural natural resource that we ae e have ever everhad everhad everhad had If we can keep this water we wehas wehave 1130\ 1130 has 1130e \ e a chancesome chance 'ome ome some < ' day to put putunder putunder putunder under water "ater ater aater " the desert from the thestate thestate thestate state line Ime to Greenriver Greennver and you youknow youknow youknow know what "hat hat ahat " thatould that \ would \\ould ould aould mean to toeastern toeastern toeastern eastern UtahThIs UtahThis Utah UtahThis This looks like l1ke a big order but butIt butit butit It is possible and can be done for forone forone forone one tenth the cost per acre of what whatIt whatit whatit It will cost to divert dlvert the water to tothe tothe tothe the other side of the divide I Itlunk Ithink Ithink tlunk think If the present plan to divert divert"a divertas divertwa "a a as " : er ' \ were 'l\ere 'l l ere sere investigated mvestigated before It ItJS itis itis JS is too late ltould it lt \ would \\ould ould be found that thatIt thatit thatit It is unlawful to take the water waterfrom waterfrom waterfrom from its natural course for UTiga irriga UTigatlon irrigation irrigation tlon tion purposes " when "hen hen there Is land landithm landwithin landwithin \ithm ithm within , \ its course that can be 11- 11 ir- ir 11rlgated irrigated ir ' irrigated - rigated rlgated rigatedI rlgatedI I doubt it If this ' \ will 1\111 1 111 do yon you 011 or orme orme orme me any good personally but I do dothink dothink dohlnk think , it will wlll do the coming conung genera generabon generation generaion bon tion : a lot of good and I do think thinkthat thinkthat thinkihat that people like us should try to tosave towe lve save " : the natural resources for the thefuture thefuture thefuture future as they were aere ere saved sa\ed sa ed sased \ for us in inthe inthe inthe the past And " we "e e are not so old oldbut oldbut oldaufc but what we ae e might see good homesand homes homesand homesand and people making makmg a good l1ving living l1vingwhere livingwhere livingwhere where there are barren flats fiats nowYou nowYou now nowYou You know what "hat hat " Utah state of officlals offlcials officials ficlals flcials this should be taken up withto WIth WIthto withto to have it investigated mvestlgated It If an m in mvestlgation investigation investigatlon vestlgation vestigation can be started a lot of ofsupport ofsupport ofsupport support can be had in ill western westernColorado westernColorado westernColorado Colorado and it may be that ae aecan vecan v . , e ecan i can still get something somethmg done It is isJust isjust isjust Just another case of a few people peoplesellmg peopleselling peopleselling sellmg selling something that should be besaved besaved besaved saved for all the people peopleI I can cant t stand by and see it done doneWIthout donewithout donewithout WIthout a struggle I believe bel1eve you youfeel youfeel youfeel feel the same way aav av about tIungs things thingssuch tIungssuch thingssuch such as this and that is why I amwriting am amwrIting amwriting wrIting you and asking asJng . ! you to do dowhat dowhat dowhat what you cin c\n c n can ' \ about this This Tlus thmg thing thmgis thingis thingis is serious senous when you look mto into itand it itand itand and I think you love eastern utah utahand Utahand Utahand and andestern western \\estern estern aester \ \ Colorado as much as asI asI asI I do doIf If you can I wish you would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have this taken uputh up with \uth uth \ the Uruted Umted UrutedStates UmtedStates UnitedStates States senators and representatives representathes representativesfrom representathesfrom representativesfrom from Utah and see what they arc are arc'lllling arewilling arewilling 'l\llling 'l l llling willing ' \ + ; to do to try to have ha\e ha e \ the ap appropnation approprration appropnation propnation proprration for the Grand lake pro proJect project project Ject . killed J.illed Jilled billed in this session of con congreSS congrass congross greSS grass If this can be done it WIll WIllgIVe willgive willgive gIVe us more time tlme for further m in mveshgatlOn investigahon investigatlon . veshgatlOn vestigahon |