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Show Record the Navajo Reservation in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. 4168 There is not at this time any irrigation project which contemplates the irrigation of any of the lands of the Navajo Indian in the State of Utah from the San Juan River, and none in Arizona, but there is some in New Mexico. At Hogback, 5 or 6 miles east of the Shiprock School or Agency in New Mexico, there is a project now under development, about 4000 acres, which it is contemplated will reach about 7000 acres. Construction of this project was in progress in 1912 when I came into the service. The project diverts from the river a maximum of 75 second feet. 4169 Wendell M. Reed testified on cross examination as follows: I am not intimately familiar with the county around the Four Corners. I have been there. I know of the project down there spoken of as the Curley Project. I do not know of any other project except the Curley Project, which takes in an immense area. 4170 It is possible to divert water onto the lands in the Navajo Indian Reservation from a project like the Curley porject. 4171 As far as slope or accessibility is concerned, it would feasible to apply water to the Indian reservation lands from a storage project on the San Juan River, or its tributaries in New Mexico, anywhere in the region of the Four Corners. I would not consider the control project as it was submitted by Mr. Turley as a feasible project. That something might come out of there is quite probable. Wendell M. Reed testified on re- direct examination as 4172 follows: The lands that I have been talking about are the Navajo Reservation Indian lands lying to the south of the San Juan River and east of the 110th meridian. There is an immense acreage, probably beyond the available water. I could not tell you just what parts of all of that could be irrigated. By a diversion of water 598 |
