Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-05-18

HUN W -htrp WIN an hbhioNins fhcpnec;
immsnss and almost soundiess and solitary.
ditch Wa crossed on this high plateau, and
all Of il eau be wstered, and will be.
And how many people know what is being
done IN this out-of the-way place, in this
desert, il there il one IN X sn.as. Mr.. Be-
dell, the surveyor, classified Toe bitches for
ine as follows:
No. |, owned by Senator Plumb and
others, composing the Crest Eastern lrrigat-
above Lakin. is thir;y-iout feet wide; i,
surveyed ioI twenty-five miles; will water
The plateau 10 Sequoyah and Kearney coun-
ties. Work has begun and will be pushed 10
completion.
No. 2, leaves the river on the South side,
nearly opposite, owned by gentlemen Con-
rac,ed with the Santa re road, called the
Hinnehsba Irrigation Company; Is twenty
eight feet wide, twenty two miles long, and
will water bottom lands on South eide OF the
river.
No 5, leaves the river at Deerheld;
twelve feet vide. fifteen miles long; has water
running, and will irrigsle the plateau North
of Garden City.
No. 4, JoDes' ditch. leaves the river at
Sherlock; waters bottom around that station.
No. 3, original ditch, waters bottoms be-
tween Garden City and the river; is in opsr-
alton a. already described.
Now read the tigures Tnis system, az
completed, can now water 60, 900 acres; the
whole system, as at present devised, will be
completed within six month";, and will water
262, 900 scres, which means that land now
waste will be made 20 yield every vegetable,
fruit and flower known to Kansas. Ii means
that al an elevation Of J, 900 feet above the
re. il is proposed TO cultivate a great field or
garden 262, 900 acres in extent. Peopl. here
who seem to BE- cool-headed and reasonable,
say i, will be done. They tell me that in a
very few short years. at iarthesi, l will see
this recent solitude peopled, and that old
hsckneyed X ansas real estate phrase about
the desert blossoming like the ROSE made
9 reality.
This Is a great scheme; one that, in it,
amplitude, might we'll s,tract the genius OF
Colonel Mulberry Sellers; and We, the gen.
tlemen interested are the farthest possible
removed in character from that enthusiastic
protector Tney are backing their opinion
with great deal of money.
The main ditches, or canals, are excavsted
with p,ow and rcrsper, and water is furnish
ed from them at 81 per acre Of land cultivat-
ed during the growing season. Mr.. Bedell
believes the whole Arkansas DO tom, as lar
as Great Bend, l65 miles, can be successfully
Irrigated, though it is doubtful If there are
MANY poinls where a. much land Can BE-
brought under water As at Garden City
There is something fascinating in the ides
Of every man being his own rain maker,
and being Independent, Of shifting Clouds and
uncertain winds The enthusiastic irrigstor
with a shovel can bring on a light or heavy
shower, and by lifting a sluice gale organize
a thunder storm, and he can run all the va
e,ies of elemental disturbance at once ii b,
chooses. The "windows of Heaven are
nothing to him; he runs the machine him
sell.
NV own doubt was. whether The Arkansai
would al all stages supply the water needed
Mr.. Bedsll has measured the river repeated
ly, and says the supply lie practically mex
hiustible. TIE Arkansas Is two story