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Show . . . . . _ . . _ . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .w w . ii II .THE THE . THE STEINAKEB STEINAKER DRAW DRAWOBJECTION DRAW OBJECTIONThe OBJECTION OBJECTIONThe The protest of the Ashloy Ashley Central Irrigation coUl corn coUlpany cornpany cornpany pany against agmnst the use ofwater of water fr9m from Ashl Ashley y Creek to fiU fill fiUthe fillthe filthe the proposed Steinaker Stemaker Draw reservoir came as a shodto shock shockto shockto to most Umtah Uintah Basin Basm resIdentsAdIllittmg residentsAdmitting residents residentsAdmitting Admitting AdIllittmg the possibility possIblhty , which the letter of ofprotest ofprotest oiprotest protest pointed pomted out-that out that out - that the transfer of water "willdisrupt "willdisrupt willdisrupt " dIsrupt the tho beneficial benef1CIRl use of adJudicatedwater adjudicated water of the thecompany thecompany thecompany company , will wllllmpmr willimpair impair existing eXlstmg rights nghts and lead to htigation htIga litiga htIga.tlOn litigation .tlOn tlOn . , | tion concerning concenllng the exchange use ; and that the use of ofwaters ofwaters olf"waters olfwaters waters " appropriated would load lead to the loss 108s ofcontrol of controlof control of ofthe ofthe ofthe the company's companys ' canals andImgabon andirrigation and irrigation Imgabon systemwe system-we system we system , " -we we - we can can- cannot cannot cannot - not help believing behevmg that the protest la 18 is shortsightedConstruction short-sighted short sighted - . . Construction of Boulder dam probably disruptedtemporarily dIsrupted dIsruptedtemporanly disruptedtemporarily \ temporanly temporarily some of the existing local water service , and andit andit andit it is likely hkely that the same thing thmg happened happehed during dunng the con COD- COD con- CODstructIon construction construction - struction of the Deer CreekreserVOIr Creek reservoir , andat and at Buck Pas Pas- Pasture Pas- Pas Pasture Pasture - - " " of the West's Wests ' reclama reclama- reclamation reclamabon reclamation ture But the "long long haul view - - . tion bon tion projects indicates mdlCatcs that anything anythmg which wlueh gets add addi- addi addiional addi-ional addi ional ! - . ional ionalwater water on western land is pretty likely to be a n good goodinvestment goodinvestment goodinvestment investment for everyone concernedPerhaps concernedPerhaps concerned Perhaps some sacrifices sacnflCcs are necessary and Ashle.y Ashley Ashhy Ashle.yCentral AshhyCentral AshleyCentral . Central Irrigation IrngatlOn company company.stock companystock company.stockWIll , . stock stockwill will depreciate deprccmte invalue In Invalue invalue value with the additional addltlOnal water winchIS whichis which winch is to be avmlble availble avmlbleWe availbleWe availbleWe We hope , however , for the future of Umtah Ullltah Uintah Basin Baslll and the theWest theWest theWest West that objections to such projects proJt-cts proJt cts - can cnn be met and andsettlcd andsettled andsettled settlcd settled settledThe . The Thc protest protcst , it seems to us , is the poorest poorcst precedent prece precedent precedent dent possible for the proposed $300,000,000 300000000 $ , , Central Utah UtahProJ UtahProjects UtahProjects ProJ Projects cts ofwhich of which E Echo ho Park dam dum is a part |