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Show - 1 1Bears Bears Watching , Indeed ' The Times Tunes Independent was pleased to note m a recent issue issuepf issueof pf f the Price P.rlce Prlce . Sun Advocate the following followmg editorial edltonal edltonalmder \ under \mder mder the cap cap11on caption caption 11on tion , "Bears Bears " Watching Watchmg ' , ' / Persons interested in the Colorado river setup and all who whoresIde whoreside whoreside resIde in lit . "this this thls " area have some interest mterest in m it should watch closely closelyany closelyany closelyany any moves which are made in m the not distant future concernmg concerning concernmgthe concerningthe concerningthe the distribution d1strlbutlon of the water of that important lffiportant streamEfforts streamEfforts stream streamEfforts Efforts are being bemg made some of them not too strongly on thesurface the thesurfacet thesurface surfacet surface surfacetto , , , to scuttle the value which that liver jiver holds for the peoyle people peoyleof peopleof peopleof of the mtermountam mtermountaui area ilrea particularly partlculary ! eastern Utah and western westernColorado westernColorado westernColorado Colorado Disposition of the water from that river as carried earned outm out outm outin m the near future will have hare ha ire an important lffiportant bearing bearmg on the econom economIC economis economie IC is interests mterests of this section sectlon , a less but still shll important lffiportant value to the thenatlon thenation thenation natlon nation as a1whole atwhole a ) whole ' . Water opportunities opportumhes such as that which exist in m connectlon connection connectlonwIth connectionwith connectionwith wIth the Colorado are growing growmg too rare in m the nation nahon extremely extremelyso so m In this semi arid and area to be permitted to go by the board WIth WIthout without without out due consideration ! , for or the people who make their homes 1D in 1DthIS inthis inthis thIS parlhf p par fct f the nation ' , The Sun Advocate will continue contmue to endeavor to keep peoplejn peoplem people m thiscsection thistsection thls chon informed mformed as to the Colorado river situation as to tostepso tosteps tosteps stepso steps .to to . ! . be made In in , the disposition dIsposltlon of its waters and we suggest suggestthat suggestthat suggestthat that alL aILkeep 1lkeep keep an eje e e on the situation sltuahon in m order that the public may mayknoW mayknow mayknow knoW ' just what is being bemg done to property which in the final fmal analysis analy analySIS analysis SIS belongs to themII them II " Apr Apropos pos of the editorial edItonal from the Price Pnce Sun Advocate pub published pubhshed hshed lished above The Times Independent has urged for months thatthe that thatthe thatthe the time tlme is ripe for eastern Utah to demand ij.hearmg ijhearmg ahearing . a , , hearing in m cannectIon tonnetian connec cannec tonne , tion tian with Colorado river development The water is here power powersItes powersites powersites ! sItes are here hundreds hundreds'of hundredsof 'of of ' ' of thousands of acres of fertile ferhle land are arehereii areherea arehere | here-ii here ii here-a a - - a combination combmabon that should not have to go begging beggmg At the therecent therecent therecent recent national reclamation conference at Denver , Itas it was \\as as \ \ as generally generallyconceded generallyconceded generallyconceded conceded that the Dewey damsite damSlte in m Grand county is favored as asthe asthe asthe the No 1 project m in the upper Colorado basin basm This being bemg the case casewhy casewhy casewhy why can't cant ' Utah Utali as a unit UDlt get behind behmd the Dewey and insist mSIst on ItS ItSconstruchod itsconstructiod itsconstructiod , construchod constructiod as an immediate postwar project7 proJect ? ' A power and rec reclarnation reclamation reclamation larnation lamation project on the upper Colorado easily would rank as the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest | greatest enterprise of such a type ever undertaken m in Utah or orColorado orColorado orColorado Colorado It is something somethmg these two states vitally need In addi addl addltIon addition , tion to furnishing furmshIng a vast amount of cheap power , so pressmgly pressingly pressmglyneeded pressinglyneeded pressmglyneeded needed for the development of other resources it would lIkeWise lIkeWisemake likewisemake likewisemake make posslble- posslble possible possible-homes possible homes posslblehomes - - homes for tens of thousands of additional familiesin famll1esm familiesm famll1es families m eastern Utah and western ColoradoCan ColoradoCan Colorado ColoradoCan Can it 1t be that the western slope of the Wasatch moan mountains tams m in mUtah inUtah inUtah Utah and the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains mountams m Colorado Coloradoare Coloradoare Coloradoare are trying trYmg trjmg to suppress this vital opportunity opportunlty for the buildmg bUlldmg building of a avast avast avast vast inland mland empire between those mountain mountam ranges ranges7 ? ' If such is thecase the thecase thecase case ltn itnt t it high time tlffie tune that eastern Utah and western COlorado Coloradocommenced commenced to speak out m loud and violent tones9 tones ' " , ) |