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Show - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I ' 'y/ILL 'y y ILL iWILL ' / IiLL GREEN RIVER RIVEROWER RIVEROWER RIVERPOWER OWER BE DEVELOPEDi DEVELOPED ? \ i , f it itThe iThe i The appropriation appropnatlOn of $25,000 25000 $ $ , made by the U S BTu/.Jteau BTu.Jteau BTu .Jteau Jteau Br Bra .o- .o . - .oau / > . au of Reclamation for a survey and drilling dnlhng di Illing of testKoles test testoles * 1 1oles oles at a.t . the Dewey power site on the Colorado Oolorado nver rIver , ' , south of Cisco in Grand county , the center of interest mterest is ISnow isnow | now focused on this thlS new site Bite alts Thus the number of pos posBible pos81ble posslble Bible 81ble slble major mayor power sites apes to be recommended for developt developwent developfhnent develop t lnent went in lD Utah has simmered sunmered almmered down to two two-Echo two Echo - - Echo Canl Can Canon Canon yon on northeast of Vernal and the Dewey site alts sitej altsA I | / j | | A thoroug-h thoroug h thorough - survey and test teat holes of river bed for fortion fortfon forijpttation tion tfon at the Echo canyon site BIte alts already has been ma.de made ma.deI ma.derAhe . m&delby/the m&delby mdelby the & I | rAhe : rthe / USBR . . The site was recommended to the sen sari sariEVte senate sent ate EVte sub committee conunIttee cominlttee : by the tht tho ) Secretary of the Department Departmentof Departmentt | t of the Interior Intenor as the one project protect on the Green Rivernow Rivernow River Rivernow now ready for immediate constructionThe construction constructionJ constructionb I J b The development of the Echo Canyon Oanyon site slte offs would wouldI wouldbnng wouldbang wouldi I bring bnng bang prosperity prospenty to Eastern Utah Utah , , provide proVlde abundant abundantpower abundantpower abundantIpower power for the rapidly growing growmg industrial induatrlal centers ofUtah ofUtah of | Utah and be the first unit in m the Colorado river-Great river Great riverGreatllsin nV nver-Greatiasin nver Greatiasin rGrea.t rGreat rGrea.t'Basin - . | 'Basin Basin ' $ $ llsin project , serving both national defense and peac9time peacetime peace peac9 peaceJIme time needs . JIme The project would not only serve the needs for for'power forower 'power power ' power but later could be utilised utilized for ita Its water storageWater storage storagesWater Water ater is the life blood of industry mdustry , commerce and agn ogre agrifiulturo ( nlturo ulturo : Whatever Wha.tever . future this thlB state may have is defm defin defmitely definitely itely tely linked to conservation conservatlOn and development of its wat wet watM Ir < ( r " resources fu fuWith With the full development of the Colorado RIver RIverr RiverGreat r 1 ' 'dt dt ' t.Basm tBasm . Basm Basin project protect it has been estimated that in 15 1b 15ears 1bears 15years ears the population populatlOn of the state would be doubled , , even evenpled evenpled eventripled pled , through natural expansion of agriculture agnculture , , man manuf manufactuang manUfactunng uf ufactuang act unng , and other industry mdustry lndutry $ and tounst tourist tradeUmtah tradeUintah trade tradeUmtah Umtah Uintah county shoulde shoulda should e a enlist nl1st Helot the support of the en entIre entiro entire tIre tiro Basin Basm Western Colorado and the State of Utah 111 111sewnng 111securing insecuring sewnng securing further development of the Echo Canyon Oanyon pro proJect prosect project projectA Ject sect sectA JectA A carefully prepared outline outlme , showing the mentalof mantaof ment manta of the tle } project , forwarded to Washington Wash.1ngton Wash1ngton . and supported support ed by letters l letters tters , wires from County Commissioners ComnusslOners Commasslonera , LionsClubs LionsClubs Lions LionsClubs Clubs and andvanous andvenous various vanous venous other organizations orgamzatlons and a.nd . the personalcontacts personalcontacts personal personalcont'tcts cont'tcts conttcts contacts ' by Governor H B Maw , our Congressional delegltion del deleg deleg eg ltlOn ttlon would be very effective in bringing bnngmg banging this muchneeded much muchneeded muchneeded needed power/development power development power I / development more clearly before thepowers the thepowers thepowers powers that be , who will ultimately ul tlmately give the signal Slgna.l Slgnal . tostart to tost'ut tostart st'ut stut start ' construction on one of the two projects protects |