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( ticdlo tiC0110 ) by ( diversions divorsions ) ( from frorm ) 42 the Dolores River . ( 'The The ) probable increase is seen to be very ( small sinall ) and only half of the probable increase is ( contiguous contigtious ) to . ( tlie b1i'le b1ile ) ( river rivei ) . ( Exhibits 505 , 506 . ) Considering ( all 01 ) of the ( area aTea ) in southeastern ( "Utah Utah Utah ) embraced within the 28,000 square ( miles n-iiles niiles ) covered by Grand , San Juan , Emery , ( Wayne AVayne ) , Garfield , and Kane Counties , Government records of the U . S . ( Q-eol Qeol Geol ) . Survey as summarized in a report prepared for the Secretary of the Interior on the grazing ( resources resoiirees ) of Utah show ( that thtit ) 98.6 per cent are ( graz- graz ) ( ing iug ) lands or in national forest ( national forests are 12 per cent of the total ) and the ( remaining reniaining ) 244,800 acres , or 1.4 per cent , is tillable land . ( Addi- Addi ) tional evidence showing ( rough rouggh ) , ( arid and ) country is ( con- con ) tained in field notes , General Land Office , Exhibits 419 to 459 . From an ( industrial inditstrial ) ( standpoint staadpoint ) . ( Witnesses -AVitnesses AVitnesses ) for the State testified that the ( development developmetit ) of the ( iicatu- iicatu ) ral and scenic resources of the country would result in an ( increased ilicreased ) population . To what extent ( de- de ) ( velopment velopinent ) as outlined ( will ivill ) take place is ( problemati problemati- problemati ) cal . Government ( witnesses dtnesses ) ( Cleary , Vol . 16 , page 2895 ) testified that ( upward upwalA ) of 2,000,000 had been expended in ( wild-catting73 wildcatting73 "wild-catting" wildcatting ) but to date there are no producing wells in the territory adjacent to the river in the stretches under ( consideration consideTtition ) , nor have any substantial quantities of oil been ( produced prod-Liced prodLiced ) . ( "Whether Whether Whether ) the region is underlain with oil deposits is entirely problematical . |
