Show boosts echo park after visit visiting hi 9 area this year yea 1 the ill following fol loing appeared d lit tit tin the tribune t genut george hunts ot of N M foi fot s nears urs I 1 have been intorf ich tc in the echo park dik dom I 1 controversy siding with tit the con ae nl ill though without too strong it con coll action bither way durin during the past summer I 1 kiil d t una 04 area again and nd in eluded it i trip down the yampa front roin lih park to echo park and I 1 believe many of the nagu monts ments against the tile building ot of this duni dain lire tire without it solid bests 1 a 8 is the area involved in dinosaur jil monument a c classed as siami desert with its accompaniment of deep dry 1 a scrub type of vegetation fi ri and comparatively little water the dam itself would be on fined in the main to a very narrow gorge not riot much wider than the present river and would still be below the rim of the confining canyon walla walls the bulk of the monument would still be as inaccessible inac as it la is today it must be remembered that we are going through a period of phenomenal population in crease particularly in the west and th chronic water shortage short shor taue aee must be overcome the only apparent way appears to be by use of freeh fresh water streams which can be utilized at places where they are needed by modern construction methods which would have been economically impossible a few year years ago we are reaching a point where we must choose b between a luxury foi fol a lew ew and development tor for many this concerns not only echo park but many other places the upper basin states particularly ticul arly utah and colorado have plans that are reasonable and logical for the development and use of their shares and should be allowed to put them into use |